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2025 Major League Cricket
Tournament logo
DatesJune 12 – July 13, 2025
Administrator(s)American Cricket Enterprises
USA Cricket
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
Participants6
Matches34
Official websiteMajor League Cricket
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The 2025 Major League Cricket (also known as MLC 2025, or for sponsorship reasons as 2025 Cognizant Major League Cricket) will be the third season of Major League Cricket, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States.

The Washington Freedom are the defending champions.[1]

Background

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In May 2024, MLC announced plans to expand its season from 19 games to 34 by its third season.[2][3] By January 2025, amidst concerns that the league's schedule would overlap with other T20 leagues like the Hundred, MLC announced that their season would run from mid-June to July, thereby avoiding conflict.[4] A full schedule would be released in March, following the season's annual domestic draft.[5]

The domestic draft, which was held in February 2025, saw a number of top players released by teams – key amongst them being Pat Cummins and Travis Head.[6]

Teams

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All six teams from the previous season will take part this season.[7]

Teams in the 2025 Major League Cricket
Franchise Captain Head coach
Los Angeles Knight Riders Sunil Narine TBA
MI New York Kieron Pollard TBA
San Francisco Unicorns Corey Anderson Shane Watson
Seattle Orcas TBA Matthew Mott
Texas Super Kings Faf du Plessis Stephen Fleming
Washington Freedom TBA Ricky Ponting

Squads

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Main article: 2025 Major League Cricket players' draft
Los Angeles Knight Riders MI New York San Francisco Unicorns Seattle Orcas Texas Super Kings Washington Freedom

Venues

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Matches are set to be held at three venues: Grand Prairie's Grand Prairie Stadium, Lauderhill's Broward County Stadium, and Oakland's Oakland Coliseum.[8][9]

Venues in the United States
Texas California Florida
Grand Prairie Stadium Oakland Coliseum Central Broward Park
Capacity: 7,200 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 20,000
Matches: 9 Matches: 16 Matches: 9
Grand Prairie Stadium in 2024 The Oakland Coliseum in 2024 Central Broward Park in 2008

Points table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 Los Angeles Knight Riders 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to Qualifier
2 MI New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 San Francisco Unicorns 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to Eliminator
4 Seattle Orcas 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 Texas Super Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 Washington Freedom 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Match summary

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TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
12345678910Q/ECF
Los Angeles Knight Riders??????????
MI New York??????????
San Francisco Unicorns??????????
Seattle Orcas??????????
Texas Super Kings??????????
Washington Freedom??????????
WinLossNo result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

League stage

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Timing of matches in California are in Pacific Time Zone (PDT) (UTC-07:00), while matches in Texas and Florida are in Central Time Zone (CDT) (UTC-05:00) and Eastern Time Zone (EDT) (UTC-04:00).
Match 2
June 13, 2025
18:00 (D/N)
v
Match 4
June 14, 2025
18:00 (D/N)
v
Match 7
June 16, 2025
18:00 (D/N)
v
Match 9
June 18, 2025
18:00
v

Play-offs

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QualifierChallengerFinal
July 8, 2025 – Grand PrairieJuly 13, 2025 – Grand Prairie
11st placed teamQWWinner of Qualifier
22nd placed teamJuly 11, 2025 – Grand PrairieCWWinner of Challenger
QLLoser of Qualifier
EliminatorEWWinner of Eliminator
July 9, 2025 – Grand Prairie
33rd placed team
44th placed team

Qualifier

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July 8, 2025
19:00
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team

Eliminator

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July 9, 2025
19:00
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team

Challenger

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July 11, 2025
19:00
Loser of Qualifier
v
Winner of Eliminator

Final

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July 13, 2025
19:00
Winner of Qualifier
v
Winner of Challenger

References

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  1. ^ McGlashan, Andrew (29 July 2024). "Smith, Maxwell star in Washington Freedom's emphatic title win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ "U.S. MLC secures List A status, plans expansion to 10 teams". Reuters. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ^ Islam, Arif (28 May 2024). "Major League Cricket plans to expand to ten teams". SportsPro. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  4. ^ Roller, Matt (23 January 2025). "Hundred and MLC avoid fixtures clash for 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Oakland Coliseum to host nine MLC matches in 2025". BBC News. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  6. ^ Lavalette, Tristan (22 February 2025). "Several Stars Will Skip America's Major League Cricket As Pivotal Season Looms". Forbes. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  7. ^ Behle, Brandon; Parker, Pamela (26 March 2025). "Everything Bay Area baseball fans need to know about cricket before MLC games at Oakland Coliseum". KABC-TV. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  8. ^ Lockard, Melissa (26 March 2025). "Major League Cricket coming to the Oakland Coliseum for historic June tournament". The Athletic. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  9. ^ Roller, Matt (26 March 2025). "Oakland's Coliseum set to host nine games in MLC 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
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