The Major League Cricket tournament which is slated to begin in July 2023 has got approval from USA Cricket for the 2023 year along with Minor League Cricket The 5 franchises for Major League Cricket are from Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Francisco, Texas, & Seattle. 4 out of the 5 franchises are owned by IPL franchises which are Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians & Kolkata Knight Riders.
American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) had signed a commercial rights agreement of 50 years with USA Cricket way back in 2019. It would be interesting to see how the league unfolds & most importantly it can grab the attention of the viewers.
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This MLC would be quite crucial for the USA as they are going to be the co-hosts of T20 WC 2024 along with West Indies. It is assumed that the Caribbean players would be available for the entire tournament along with Proteas which would make the contest intriguing.
USA Cricket on MLC 2023
USA Cricket announced a statement on MLC 2023. USA Cricket was quite happy with Ace’s commitment & assured that they would closely with ACE.
“USAC is pleased to announce the sanctioning of the Major League Cricket (MLC) and Minor League Cricket (MiLC) tournaments for 2023. Over the past few months, we have worked diligently with Ace to ensure that the MLC and MiLC are positioned well to support the growth of cricket in the United States,” the statement said.
“We are pleased with Ace‘s commitment and best efforts to include all the current men’s national team players in the major league tournament. Additionally, we look forward to working with Ace to provide governance of the tournaments,” it stated.
“Finally, we will review our commercial relationship with Ace over the next few months. We wish all the teams and players much success in this 2023 tournament,” it added.
Fascinating League on Cards
ICC earlier had pointed out that MLC & Minor League Cricket was disapproved. It would be interesting to see whether MLC gets the List A status as earlier we witnessed UAE’s International league also didn’t get the status of T20s.
With IPL franchises owning the teams, we can expect scintillating action. It won’t be wrong to say that MLC would prove as a stepping stone for overseas players ahead of the much-hyped ICC T20 2024 WC.Also Read: Kane Williamson To Undergo Surgery On His Right Knee, Likely To Miss The ODI World Cup 2023 In India
