Major League Cricket (MLC), America’s top T20 league, has revealed the details of its upcoming second season, which will begin on July 4. The exciting competition, which the West Indies and the United States are co-hosting in 2024, ends shortly after it does. In contrast to the first season, which was played in a single round-robin format because of scheduling issues, the next season will be played in a double round-robin format.
With a longer and more competitive schedule of games, the league is expected to conclude by early August. There is talk about the possible addition of two new sites to the program, even though the tournament’s exact locations have not yet been made official.
Among these is the temporary 34,000-seat arena in Long Island, New York, that MLC hopes to utilize for the World Cup. They will also be looking into using their soon-to-be George Mason University facilities in the Washington, DC, area as a potential location for World Cup warm-up activities.
MLC invites elite cricket players to become part of its pantheon.
Since the second season’s schedule avoids conflicts with white-ball cricket matches in England, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, and Pakistan, great expectations will be placed on the team to maintain the all-star lineup that dominated the event the previous year.
MLC’s plans for an expanded format and possibly new locations will heighten excitement for the 2019 season. In addition, the first season saw some outstanding additions that brought in elite players on large contracts, outpacing other leagues like the BBL and SA20 in terms of average player wages per league game.
“The amazing first-season performance of Major League Cricket offers an ideal foundation for pushing American cricket to even higher levels in 2024. “We anticipate an even greater number of elite players participating in season two of Major League Cricket, which will create an amazing summer for the sport in America in conjunction with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup,” Major League Cricket Tournament Director Justin Geale stated, as cited by Cricbuzz.
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