The fourth season Major League Cricket (MLC 2026) set to illuminate United States of America It offers cricket fans an exciting schedule of 34 T20 matches between 18 June to 18 July 2026. This high-octane tournament showcases six powerhouse franchises, four of which share deep-rooted DNA and are backed by prominent representatives. Indian Premier League (IPL) property groups.
Like the defending champions and elite squads MI New York, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Texas Super Kings, Seattle Orcas, Washington Freedomand San Francisco Unicorns assembled with a dazzling mix of international icons and homegrown American talent. such as global superstars and captains Nicholas PooranJason Holder, Steve Smith, Faf du Plessis, Matthew Shortand Marcus Stoinis will lock horns in an intense month-long battle for supremacy.
Adding to the grandeur of the 2026 edition, the tournament is expanding its footprint in three major American venues. The matches will power the crowds at Grand Prairie Stadium, built in Dallas, along with two exciting additions in California: the Oakland Coliseum (which will host the championship final) and the newly developed Knight Riders Cricket Field at the Fairplex in Pomona. Combining world-class cricket infrastructure with elite athletic competition, MLC 2026 promises to deliver the sport’s rapid, historic rise on the North American sporting landscape.
Major League Cricket 2026: Presentations
| Match / Stage | Armature | Location | Local time | GMT time | it’s time |
| 1st match | Texas Super Kings and Seattle Orcas | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 18, 7:30 p.m | June 19, 12:30 p.m | June 19, 6:00 am |
| 2nd match | Los Angeles Knight Riders and San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 20, 3:30 p.m | June 20, 8:30 p.m | June 21 at 02:00 |
| 3rd match | Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 20, 7:30 p.m | June 21, 12:30 p.m | June 21, 6:00 am |
| 4th match | Texas Super Kings and San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 21 at 3:30 p.m | June 21, 8:30 p.m | June 22 at 2:00 |
| 5th match | Washington Freedom vs MI New York | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 21 at 7:30 p.m | June 22, 12:30 p.m | June 22, 6:00 am |
| 6th match | Seattle Orcas vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 22, 3:30 p.m | June 22, 8:30 p.m | June 23 at 2:00 |
| 7th match | Texas Super Kings vs MI New York | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 22, 7:30 p.m | June 23, 12:30 p.m | June 23, 6:00 am |
| 8th match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 24, 6:30 p.m | June 25 at 1:30 | June 25, 7:00 am |
| 9th match | Washington Freedom vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 25, 6:30 p.m | June 26 at 1:30 | June 26, 7:00 am |
| 10th match | MI New York vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 26, 2:30 p.m | June 26, 9:30 p.m | June 27, 03:00 |
| 11th match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 26 at 6:30 p.m | June 27 at 1:30 | June 27, 7:00 am |
| 12th match | MI New York vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 27 at 2:30 p.m | June 27, 9:30 p.m | June 28, 03:00 |
| 13th match | Washington Freedom vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 27 at 6:30 p.m | June 28 at 1:30 | June 28, 7:00 am |
| 14th match | Los Angeles Knight Riders and Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 28, 2:30 p.m | June 28, 9:30 p.m | June 29, 03:00 |
| 15th match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 28, 6:30 p.m | June 29 at 1:30 | June 29, 7:00 am |
| 16th match | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom | Fairplex, Pomona | July 1, 6:30 p.m | July 2 at 1:30 | July 2, 7:00 am |
| 17th match | Seattle Orcas vs MI New York | Fairplex, Pomona | July 2, 6:30 p.m | July 3 at 1:30 | July 3, 7:00 am |
| 18th match | Los Angeles Knight Riders and Texas Super Kings | Fairplex, Pomona | July 3, 6:30 p.m | July 4th at 1:30 | July 4, 7:00 am |
| 19th match | Washington Freedom and San Francisco Unicorns | Fairplex, Pomona | July 4, 2:30 p.m | July 4, 9:30 p.m | July 5, 03:00 |
| 20th match | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York | Fairplex, Pomona | July 4, 6:30 p.m | July 5 at 1:30 | July 5, 7:00 am |
| 21st match | Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings | Fairplex, Pomona | July 5, 2:30 p.m | July 5, 9:30 p.m | July 6, 03:00 |
| 22nd match | San Francisco Unicorns vs MI New York | Fairplex, Pomona | July 5, 6:30 p.m | July 6 at 1:30 | July 6, 7:00 am |
| 23rd match | MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 8, 7:30 p.m | July 9, 12:30 p.m | July 9, 6:00 am |
| 24th match | Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 9, 7:30 p.m | July 10, 12:30 p.m | July 10, 6:00 am |
| 25th match | MI New York vs Seattle Orcas | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 10, 3:30 p.m | July 10, 8:30 p.m | July 11 at 2:00 |
| 26th match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 10, 7:30 p.m | July 11, 12:30 p.m | July 11, 6:00 am |
| 27th match | Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 11 at 3:30 p.m | July 11, 8:30 p.m | July 12 at 2:00 |
| 28th match | Seattle Orcas vs San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 11, 7:30 p.m | July 12, 12:30 p.m | July 12, 6:00 am |
| 29th match | MI New York vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 12, 3:30 p.m | July 12, 8:30 p.m | July 13 at 02:00 |
| 30th match | Texas Super Kings vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 12, 7:30 p.m | July 13, 12:30 p.m | July 13, 6:00 am |
| Qualifier | TBC vs TBC (1st and 2nd) | Oakland Coliseum, California | July 15, 2:30 p.m | July 15, 9:30 p.m | July 16, 03:00 |
| Eliminator | TBC vs TBC (3rd and 4th) | Oakland Coliseum, California | July 15, 6:30 p.m | July 16 at 1:30 | July 16, 7:00 am |
| Challenger | TB vs TB | Oakland Coliseum, California | July 16, 6:30 p.m | July 17 at 1:30 | July 17, 7:00 am |
| The final | TB vs TB | Oakland Coliseum, California | July 18, 6:30 p.m | July 19 at 1:30 | July 19, 7:00 am |
Major League Cricket 2026: Groups
Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR): Sunil Narine (c), Alex Hales, Unmukt Chand, Saif Badar, Colin Munro, Andre Fletcher (wk), Nitish Kumar, Jahmar Hamilton (wk), Carmi le Roux, Christopher Ramsaran, Ali Khan, Lloyd Pope, Andre Russell, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Matthew Tropthewyk, Karthik and G.
MI New York (MINY): Kieron Pollard (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Monank Patel (wk), Agni Chopra, Tajinder Dhillon, Trent Boult, Sunny Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Tristan Luus, Corbin Sherpherord, Corbin Sherordson, Faisal Khan Ahmadzai and Kunwarjeet Singh.
San Francisco Unicorns (SFU): Finn Allen (wk), Zia-ul-Haq, Connor Esterhuizen, Saideep Ganesh (wk), Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk), Ollie Peake, Aakarshit Gomel, Xavier Bartlett, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Ilyas, Ranoyvi A Hammas Hamasdle, Khamash A Hammadle Azam, Matthew Short, Aaron Hardy and Anirudh Immanuel.
Seattle Orcas (SO): Shimron Hetmyer, Shehan Jayasuriya, Tim Seifert (wk), Shayan Jahangir, Matthew Breetzke, Sujit Nayak, Sharad Lumba, Rahul Jariwala (wk), Tim Robinson, Cameron Gannon, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman, Harmeet Singh, Tansade Singh, Ace, Dasun Shanaka, Marcus Stoinis and Ali Sheikh.
Texas Super Kings (TSK): Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, Calvin Savage, Smit Patel (wk), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Joshua Tromp (wk), Adam Milne, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Hardus Viljoen, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Mohsin, Abhimanyu Mulbader, Wiiraand, Wiiraand, Shubham Ranjane and Amshi de Silva.
Washington Freedom (WF): Steven Smith, Mark Chapman, Mukhtar Ahmed, Lahiru Milantha (wk), Andries Gous (wk), Lockie Ferguson, Ben Dwarshuis, Amila Aponso, Saurabh Netravalkar, Asif Mehmood, Abhishek Paradkar, Yasir Mohammad, Glenn Maxwell, Racine RavindraObus Pienaar, Ian Holland, Marco Jansen, Nikhil Chaudhary, Jack Edwards and Mitchell Owen.
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Stream and Live Streaming Details
- USA. & Canada: Willow TV (Sign Up Here)
- India: Star Sports, JioHotstar
- Australia: Seven Network, Seven / 7plus
- New Zealand: Sky Sports New Zealand
- Caribbean Sea: ESPN
- Sub-Saharan Africa: ESPN
- Middle East: cricbuzz
- Seattle (Local): Fox 13 Seattle
- Bay Area (Local): NBC Bay Area
- NYC DMA (Local): YES Network
- Other areas: MLC network
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