Major League Cricket 2025: Full MLC schedule, squads & captains ¡ª All you need to know
MLC 2025 is scheduled to take place from June 12 to July 13, with 34 matches set to be played across three venues ¡ª California, Dallas, and Florida ¡ª in a traveling format. This year¡¯s edition will feature six competing teams.
The third edition of Major League Cricket (MLC) kicks off on Wednesday, June 12, 2025, with defending champions Washington Freedom facing last season's runners-up San Francisco Unicorns in a thrilling tournament opener.
The tournament will run from June 12 to July 13, featuring 34 matches played across three venues ¡ª California, Dallas, and Florida ¡ª in a travelling format. Six teams will be participating this year, led by the following captains:
- Washington Freedom ¨C Glenn Maxwell
- San Francisco Unicorns ¨C Corey Anderson
- MI New York ¨C Nicholas Pooran
- Texas Super Kings ¨C Faf du Plessis
- Los Angeles Knight Riders ¨C Jason Holder (Sunil Narine to stand in for 2 games)
- Seattle Orcas ¨C Heinrich Klaasen
Aye aye captain ? The MLC team captains are ready to take the pitch tomorrow at Oakland Coliseum. ?
¡ª Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MLCricket) June 11, 2025
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MLC 2025: Tournament format
The competition begins with a double round-robin group stage, where each team plays every other team twice, resulting in 30 league matches. The top four teams will qualify for the playoffs, starting July 8, with the final set for July 13 in Dallas.
- Qualifier: 1st vs 2nd ¨C Winner advances to the Final
- Eliminator: 3rd vs 4th ¨C Winner moves to the Challenger
- Challenger: Eliminator winner vs Qualifier loser ¨C Winner advances to the Final
MLC 2025: Squads
Washington Freedom: Steve Smith, Rachin Ravindra, Glen Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mukhtar Ahmed, Lahiru Milantha, Andries Gous, Ben Sears, Lockie Ferguson, Jason Behrendroff, Saurabh Netravalkar, Yasir Mohammad, Amila Aponso, Abhishek, Glenn Maxwell, Justin Dill, Obus Pienaar, Jack Edwards, Iam Holland, Mitchell Owen.
San Francisco Unicorns: Corey Anderson, Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Jack Frasser McGurk, Karima Gore, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Liam Plunkett, Xavier Bartlett, Brody Couch, Callum Stow, Carmi le Roux. Haris Rauf, Juanoy Drysdale, Matthew Short, Hassan Khan, Copper Cannolly.
MI New York: Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Monak Patel, Heath Richards, Sharad Lumba, Agni Chopra, Kumwarjit Singh, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil, Rashid Khan, Nosthush Kenjige, Naveen ul Haq, Rushil Ugarkar, Michael Bracewell, George Linde, Sunny Patel, Tajinder Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai
Texas Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Daryl Mitchell, Devon Conway, Calvin Savage, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Joshua Tromp, Adam Khan, Adam Milne, Noor Ahmad, Zia ul Haq Muhammad, Marcus Stoinis, Milind Kumar, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubham Ranjane
Los Angeles Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Alex Hales, Said Badar, Nitish Kumar, Rovman Powell, Unmukt Chand, Andre Fletcher, Sherfane Rutherford, Adithiya Ganesh, Jason Holder, Corne Dry, Anrich Nortje, Ali Khan, Tanveer Sangha, Andre Russell, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Karthik Gattepalli, Matthew Tromp
Seattle Orcas: David Warner, Shimron Hetmyer, Shayan Jahangir, Steven Taylor, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Sujit Nayak, Rahul Jariwala, Cameron Gannon, Obed McCoy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Waqar Salamkheli, Jasdeep Singh, Ayan Desai, Sikandar Raza, Gulbadin Naib, Kyle Mayers, Harmeet Singh, Ali Sheikh
MLC 2025: Full Schedule (Local Time)
June 12: San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom ¨C 6:00 PM (California)
June 13: MI New York vs Texas Super Kings ¨C 6:00 PM (California)
June 14: San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders ¨C 2:00 PM (California)
June 14: Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom ¨C 6:00 PM (California)
June 15: Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Texas Super Kings ¨C 2:00 PM (California)
June 15: San Francisco Unicorns vs MI New York ¨C 6:00 PM (California)
June 16: Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas ¨C 6:00 PM (California)
June 17: Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders ¨C 6:00 PM (California)
June 18: MI New York vs Seattle Orcas ¨C 6:00 PM (California)
June 20: Texas Super Kings vs San Francisco Unicorns ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 21: MI New York vs Washington Freedom ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 22: Seattle Orcas vs Los Angeles Knight Riders ¨C 3:00 PM (Dallas)
June 22: Washington Freedom vs Texas Super Kings ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 23: MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 24: Texas Super Kings vs Los Angeles Knight Riders ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 25: Seattle Orcas vs San Francisco Unicorns ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 26: Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 27: Seattle Orcas vs MI New York ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 28: Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns ¨C 3:00 PM (Dallas)
June 28: Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
June 29: Texas Super Kings vs MI New York ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
July 1: San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas ¨C 7:00 PM (Florida)
July 2: Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom ¨C 7:00 PM (Florida)
July 3: Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York ¨C 7:00 PM (Florida)
July 4: San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings ¨C 3:00 PM (Florida)
July 4: Washington Freedom vs Seattle Orcas ¨C 7:00 PM (Florida)
July 5: MI New York vs Los Angeles Knight Riders ¨C 3:00 PM (Florida)
July 6: Washington Freedom vs MI New York ¨C 3:00 PM (Florida)
July 6: Los Angeles Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns ¨C 7:00 PM (Florida)
July 8: Qualifier ¨C No. 1 vs No. 2 ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
July 9: Eliminator ¨C No. 3 vs No. 4 ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
July 11: Challenger ¨C Eliminator Winner vs Qualifier Loser ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
July 13: Final ¨C 7:00 PM (Dallas)
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