2024 Major League Cricket season

2024 Major League Cricket season
DatesJuly 5 – 28, 2024
Administrator(s)American Cricket Enterprises
USA Cricket
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s) United States
ChampionsWashington Freedom (1st title)
Runners-upSan Francisco Unicorns
Participants6
Matches25
Player of the seriesTravis Head (Washington Freedom)
Most runsFaf du Plessis (Texas Super Kings) (420)
Most wicketsSaurabh Netravalkar (Washington Freedom) (15)
Official websiteMajor League Cricket
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The 2024 Major League Cricket season (also known as MLC 2024, or for sponsorship reasons as 2024 Cognizant Major League Cricket) was the second season of Major League Cricket,[1][2] a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States.[3] The season was hosted, as was the case the previous season, at two venues: Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina.[4] The season was played from July 5 to 28, 2024, with the Washington Freedom defeating the San Francisco Unicorns by 96 runs to win the tournament.[5]

MI New York were the defending champions.[6]

  1. ^ "Cognizant named as Major League Cricket title partner". Major League Cricket. 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Ahead of second season, Major League Cricket signs Cognizant as title sponsor". The Economic Times. 13 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Cognizant announced as Major League Cricket title partner". Financial Express. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ Roy, Anjishnu (7 May 2024). "Major League Cricket 2024: MI New York vs Seattle Orcas in season opener - full MLC schedule". Olympics. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ McGlashan, Andrew (29 July 2024). "Smith, Maxwell star in Washington Freedom's emphatic title win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Mumbai Indians New York: Champions of the first ever Major League Cricket T20 tournament in the US". Forbes. Retrieved 8 May 2024.