MLC 2024: Start date, final, schedule and fixtures for Major League Cricket 2024

29-07-2024
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Last year, the ever-growing set of T20 franchise leagues received its latest addition as the USA Cricket board set up Major League Cricket, a league based on the general format of various leagues like the IPL.

There was also IPL investment in the teams for MLC 2023, as MI New York, Los Angeles Knight Riders and Texas Super Kings were all set up along the lines of Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings respectively.

MI New York won the inaugural edition of the tournament, beating Seattle Orcas in the final. Now, the tournament is all set to return for its second season in 2024.

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What is the format of MLC 2024?

A total of 6 teams will participate in MLC 2024. Each team plays the other nine in a round-robin home and away format with the top four qualifying for the play-off. The top two teams in the league will compete in the Qualifier and the winner will make it to the final. The third and fourth-placed teams will compete in an Eliminator. The winner of the eliminator will compete against the team who lost the Qualifier in a Challenger. The winner of the Challenger will then make it to the final.

What time will the matches start in India?

Because the USA spans several different time zones, matches start at different times in India. Most games will start at 6:00 AM, but a few also begin at 1:00 AM and 12:30 AM.

MLC 2024 match schedule, results

The full schedule of MLC 2024 was announced on May 7.

Date (India) Match Venue Time (IST) Result
July 6 MI New York vs Seattle Orcas Morrisville 1:00 AM MI New York won by 6 wickets
July 7 San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders Dallas 12:30 AM Los Angeles won by 12 runs
July 8 Washington Freedom vs MI New York Morrisville 12:30 AM Washington won by 4 runs (DLS)
July 8 San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders Dallas 6 AM San Francisco won by 6 wickets
July 9 Washington Freedom vs Texas Super Kings Morrisville 1:00 AM No Result (Rain)
July 10 Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas  Dallas 6:00 AM Seattle won by 9 wickets
July 11 San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings Morrisville 12:30 AM Texas won by 7 wickets
July 13 MI New York vs Texas Super Kings Morrisville 12:30 AM No Result (Rain)
July 13 Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom Dallas 6:00 AM Washington Freedom won by 5 wickets
July 14 Los Angeles Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns Morrisville 12:30 AM Match abandoned
July 15 Texas Super Kings vs MI New York Dallas 6:00 AM Texas won by 15 runs
July 15 Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders Morrisville 1:00 AM Washington won by 8 wickets
July 16 Seattle Orcas vs San Francisco Unicorns Morrisville 12:30 AM San Francisco won by 23 runs
July 17 MI New York vs Washington Freedom  Dallas 6:00 AM Washington won by 94 runs
July 18 Seattle Orcas vs Los Angeles Knight Riders Morrisville 12:30 AM Los Angeles won by 4 wickets
July 19 MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns  Dallas 6:00 AM San Francisco won by 3 runs
July 20 Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom  Dallas 6:00 AM Washington won by 42 runs
July 21 San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas  Dallas 6:00 AM San Francisco won by 6 wickets 
July 22 Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York  Dallas 6:00 AM MI New York won by 4 wickets
July 23 San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom  Dallas 6:00 AM San Francisco Unicorns won by 6 wickets (DLS method)
July 24 Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas  Dallas 6:00 AM Texas won by 37 runs
July 25 Eliminator (Texas Super Kings vs MI New York)  Dallas 6:00 AM Texas won by 9 wickets
July 26 Qualifier (San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom)  Dallas 6:00 AM Washington Freedom won by 7 wickets
July 27 Challenger (Texas Super Kings vs San Francisco Unicorns)  Dallas 6:00 AM San Francisco won by 10 runs
July 29 Final (Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns)  Dallas 6:00 AM Washington Freedom won by 96 runs