Major League Cricket’s first-ever championship winning team will be crowned in front of a sold-out crowd, with Grand Prairie Stadium set for a grand finale to the newest top-tier competition in the world’s second most popular sport. The historic final match will take place in Texas on Sunday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m., broadcast live on Willow TV in North America and around the world on leading sports networks.
Tickets remain available for the three elimination games that will take place at Grand Prairie Stadium on Thursday, July 27, and Friday, July 28, determining which two teams will make it to the championship match. Six matches in the round-robin stage of the competition have already sold-out, with several further games expected to reach capacity soon and sell-out. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets now at tickets.majorleaguecricket.com to secure seats.
“The passion fans have shown for Major League Cricket in Texas has demonstrated the bright future the game has in the United States. The stage is set for a showpiece ending to our inaugural season at Grand Prairie Stadium, and this is only the start of a fantastic new era for American cricket,” said Sameer Mehta, co-Founder, Major League Cricket.
Star players taking part in the inaugural season of MLC include Afghanistan T20 captain Rashid Khan, South African internationals Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock and David Miller, West Indians Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo, Australians Marcus Stoinis and Aaron Finch, England's Jason Roy, Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza and New Zealand’s Trent Boult.
MLC’s inaugural season features six teams – the Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom – with each boasting multiple global stars on their rosters alongside the best talent based in the United States, playing the explosive Twenty20 (T20) format of the game.
