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2023 Major League Cricket Season
The 2023 Major League Cricket season (also known as the 2023 MLC) was the inaugural season of the Major League Cricket, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States. The season was hosted at two venues, Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina. The season was played from July 13 to 30, 2023, with MI New York defeating the Seattle Orcas by seven wickets to win the inaugural title. Background Major League Cricket announced in November 2022 that its inaugural season would be played at Grand Prairie Stadium starting July 13 and concluding July 30. MLC also revealed that the tournament would be played in a single round-robin format with fifteen league matches played among six franchises before a four-match play-off phase. In March 2023, the teams for the tournament were announced ahead of the league's inaugural draft – called the Texas Super Kings, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Cricket
USA Cricket (USAC) is the governing body of cricket in the United States. USA Cricket operates all of the United States national representative cricket sides, including the men's and women's national teams and youth teams, as well as Minor League Cricket, which is the highest level of domestic American Twenty20 cricket. The body was unveiled on September 24, 2017, as a proposed successor to the United States of America Cricket Association, which had been expelled from the International Cricket Council (ICC) in June 2017 due to governance issues. In January 2019, it was approved as an associate member of the ICC. History Background In June 2017, the ICC voted to expel the USACA from the ICC, due to issues with governance of the sport in the United States. Control of the United States national team was handed over to ICC Americas until a new board was formed. Creation and first years On September 24, 2017 (the anniversary of the 1844 Canada-United States cricket match, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPNcricinfo
ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present. , Sambit Bal was the editor. The site, originally conceived in a pre-World Wide Web form in 1993 by Simon King, was acquired in 2002 by the Wisden Grouppublishers of several notable cricket magazines and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As part of an eventual breakup of the Wisden Group, it was sold to ESPN, jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, in 2007. History CricInfo was launched on 15 March 1993 by Simon King, a British researcher at the University of Minnesota. It grew with help from students and researchers at universities around the world. Contrary to some reports, Badri Seshadri, who was very instrumental in CricInfo's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language News broadcasting, news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is owned by the monarchy government of Qatar. It is the first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Instead of being run centrally, news management rotates between broadcasting centres in Doha and London. History The channel was launched on 15 November 2006, at 12:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time, GMT. It had aimed to begin broadcasting in June 2006 but had to postpone its launch because its High-definition television, HDTV technology was not yet ready. The channel was due to be called ''Al Jazeera International'', but the name was changed nine months before the launch because one of the channel's backers argued that the original Arabic-language channel already had an international scope. The channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian "newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinton De Kock
Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African cricketer and former captain of the Proteas in all three formats. He currently plays for South Africa in limited overs cricket, Titans at the domestic level, and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. He was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 2017 Annual Awards. An opening batsman and wicket-keeper, de Kock made his domestic debut for the Highveld Lions during the 2012/2013 season. He quickly caught the national selectors' eye when he starred in a match-winning partnership with Neil McKenzie in the Champions League T20 against the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He also finished fourth on the first-class rankings, despite playing only six of the 10 matches that summer. De Kock made his international debut in the first match of South Africa's home Twenty20 International series against the touring New Zealanders during the 2012/13 season. He was asked to k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Finch
Aaron James Finch (born 17 November 1986) is a Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in T20I and formerly captained the national team in ODI cricket. Finch currently holds the record for two of the three highest individual scores in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I), his score of 172 against Zimbabwe in July 2018 beating his previous record of 156 against England in 2013. In July 2018, he became the first player to reach 900 rating points on the official International Cricket Council (ICC) T20I rankings. He made his Test debut for Australia in October 2018. He is also a part time commentator with Fox Cricket and Triple M. Finch plays domestically for Victoria and Melbourne Renegades. He is an opening batter, and occasional left arm orthodox spinner. Junior and domestic career As a junior, Finch played at Colac West Cricket Club in the Colac & District Cricket Association (CDCA) as a wicket-keeper. A right-handed batsman, he played in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmeet Singh Baddhan
Harmeet Singh Baddhan (born 7 September 1992) is an Indian cricketer who played for Mumbai and Tripura before moving to the United States to play Minor League Cricket. He was part of the India Under-19 cricket team in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler who was a member of the Rajasthan Royals squad during the 2013 Indian Premier League. He was the leading wicket-taker for Tripura in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with thirteen dismissals in eight matches. In August 2021 he moved to Seattle where he captains the Seattle Thunderbolts in Minor League Cricket Minor League Cricket (branded as the Toyota Minor League Cricket Championship presented by Sling TV for sponsorship reasons, and sometimes shortened to MiLC) is an American Twenty20 cricket developmental league for Major League Cricket which com .... References External links * Living people 1992 births Cricketers from Mumbai Indian cricketers Mumbai cricketers Trip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seattle Times
''The Seattle Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned by the Blethen family since 1896. ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Washington state and the Pacific Northwest region. The Seattle Times Company, which is owned by the Blethen family, holds 50.5% of the paper. McClatchy company owns 49.5% of the paper. ''The Seattle Times'' had a longstanding rivalry with the '' Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' newspaper until the latter ceased publication in 2009. Copies are sold at $2 daily in King & adjacent counties (except Island, Thurston & other WA counties, $2.5) or $3 Sundays/Thanksgiving Day (except Island, Thurston & other WA counties, $4). Prices are higher outside Washington state. History ''The Seattle Times'' originated as the ''Seattle Press-Times'', a four-page newspaper founded in 1891 with a daily circulation of 3,500, which Maine teacher and attorney Alden J. Ble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Unicorns
The San Francisco Unicorns are an American franchise cricket team based in San Francisco, California that competes in Major League Cricket (MLC). In 2023, it was announced as one of the six teams to participate in the league's inaugural season. The team is owned by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, co-founders of Cambrian ventures. Plans are underway to build a stadium at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The stadium is expected to have a capacity of 15,000 people. During the first MLC season the team will play at Grand Prairie stadium in Texas. In March 2023, Cricket Victoria announced their partnership with the Unicorns for the opening season. History Background Cricket has been growing steadily in San Jose, thanks to cricket clubs like the Northern California Cricket Alliance. Looking at these growing numbers, the county supervisors have been planning to build a stadium in the Santa Clara Fairgrounds. The Unicorns' minor league affiliate are East Bay Blazers, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Freedom (cricket)
The Washington Freedom are an American professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in Major League Cricket (MLC). The team is based in Washington, D.C. and was announced in 2023 as one of six inaugural franchises to play in Major League Cricket. The Freedom is owned by Indian American entrepreneur Sanjay Govil. The team plans to have their home ground at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The stadium is planned to host both cricket and baseball games and support up to 12,000 spectators upon its completion in summer 2025. The team is coached by Greg Shipperd, who currently coaches the Sydney Sixers, and is captained by Sixers captain Moises Henriques. Franchise history Background In May 2022, Major League Cricket announced that it had secured $120 million from various investors across the United States. One of these investors was Sanjay Govil, who was later announced to be the lead investor and owner of the Washington DC-based franchise team. Alongside MLC, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Knight Riders
The Los Angeles Knight Riders, sometimes shortened to the LA Knight Riders, is an American professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in Major League Cricket (MLC). The team plans to be based in Los Angeles, California and was originally announced in 2020 as a team to play in Major League Cricket. The Knight Riders are owned by the Knight Riders Group. The team plans to have their home ground at Great Park in Irvine, California. The stadium is expected to cost $30 million and seat upwards of 10,000 spectators once its completion around 2024 and 2025. The Knight Riders' minor league affiliate—the SoCal Lashings also separately play in MLC's developmental league, Minor League Cricket. Franchise history Background In December 2020, it was announced by Major League Cricket that the Knight Riders Group had bought a stake in their league, and as a result, was given ownership rights to the LA Knight Riders. Plans for the team were reaffirmed in April 2021 with CEO Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Super Kings
The Texas Super Kings is an American professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in Major League Cricket (MLC). The team is based in Dallas, Texas and was announced in 2023 as one of six inaugural teams to play in Major League Cricket. The team has two minor league affiliates – the Dallas Mustangs and the Dallas Xforia Giants, which both compete in Minor League Cricket alongside 24 other teams. The franchise is co-owned by the Chennai Super Kings, Ross Perot Jr., and Anurag Jain. The team's home ground is Grand Prairie Stadium, located in Grand Prairie, Texas. The stadium has a capacity of 7,200 – but it can expanded to seat 15,000 for major events. The team is coached by Stephen Fleming, who also serves as head coach for the Chennai Super Kings and the Joburg Super Kings, and is captained by former South African skipper Faf du Plessis. Franchise history Background In November 2020, USA Cricket announced that ACE had acquired a 15-year lease for a former Minor Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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