Plot Synopsis

Major League Cricket (MLC) is a professional cricket league in the United States, featuring many of the best T20 players from around the world playing alongside domestic talent. For its inaugural season, six teams compete from July 13-30, 2023: the Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom. Superstar players set to take part in MLC include Afghanistan T20 captain Rashid Khan, Pakistan's Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf, South African internationals Faf du Plessis and David Miller, West Indians Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell, Australians Marcus Stoinis and Aaron Finch, England's Jason Roy and New Zealand's Trent Boult. The new premier cricket-specific venue in the Dallas-area, Grand Prairie Stadium, plays host to 12 matches in the American professional cricket championship, with seven matches also taking place at Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina. The inaugural MLC match was played on Thursday, July 13, 2023. A further 18 games take place leading up to the first-ever championship final on July 30.

The entire inaugural season is broadcast live on Willow TV in the United States and Canada as part of a five-year partnership. During the inaugural season, CBS Sports Network will also air games beginning on Monday, July 17, as the Texas Super Kings face MI New York live from 6:30pm-Midnight ET. Coverage continues on Friday, July 21, live from 5:30-9pm ET, featuring the Seattle Orcas and the Texas Super Kings. The San Francisco Unicorns take on the Texas Super Kings on Monday, July 24, with live coverage from 5:30-9pm ET. The broadcasts feature a 30-camera set-up for the matches at Grand Prairie Stadium in North Texas and Church Street Park in North Carolina. The lineup of announcers includes cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar from India, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, former New Zealand international Danny Morrison and former Zimbabwe international Mpumelelo Mbangwa. Announcers Natalie Germanos (South Africa), Alan Wilkins (Wales), and Nikhil Uttamchandani (Barbados) complete the commentary team.