Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
ChampionsMI New York (2nd title)
Runners-upWashington Freedom
Participants6
Matches34
Player of the seriesMitchell Owen (Washington Freedom)
Most runsMonank Patel (MI New York) (478)
Most wicketsXavier Bartlett (San Francisco Unicorns) (18)
Official websiteMajor League Cricket
The 2025 Major League Cricket (also known as MLC 2025, or for sponsorship reasons as 2025 Cognizant Major League Cricket) was the third season of Major League Cricket, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States. The tournament was played from June 12 to July 13, 2025.
A map of the United States with pin-points on 2025 Major League Cricket venuesGrand Prairie Stadium in 2024The Oakland Coliseum in 2024Central Broward Park in 2008
Background
In May 2024, MLC announced plans to expand its season from 19 games to 34 by its third season. By January 2025, amidst concerns that the league's schedule would overlap with other T20 leagues like The Hundred, MLC announced that their season would run from mid-June to July, thereby avoiding conflict. A full schedule would be released in March, following the season's annual domestic draft.
The domestic draft, which was held in February 2025, saw a number of top players released by teams – key amongst them being Pat Cummins and Travis Head.
Teams
All six teams from the previous season will take part this season.
Franchise
Captain
Head coach
Los Angeles Knight Riders
Sunil Narine
Dwayne Bravo
MI New York
Nicholas Pooran
Mark Boucher
San Francisco Unicorns
Corey Anderson
Shane Watson
Seattle Orcas
Sikandar Raza
TBD
Texas Super Kings
Faf du Plessis
Stephen Fleming
Washington Freedom
Glenn Maxwell
Ricky Ponting
Squads
Initially, ahead of the season opener, the appearance of Afghan players in the tournament was in doubt due to U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on twelve countries, including Afghanistan. Trump's proclamation, however, allowed travel for players participating in a "major sporting event"; MLC was classified as such an event, thus Afghan players were allowed to participate.
Venues
Matches were held at three venues: Grand Prairie's Grand Prairie Stadium, Lauderhill's Broward County Stadium, and Oakland's Oakland Coliseum. This was the first tournament in which games were held at Oakland and Lauderhill; Morrisville's Church Street Park hosted games the previous two tournaments.
Grand PrairieOaklandLauderhill
Oakland
Grand Prairie
Lauderhill
Oakland Coliseum
Grand Prairie Stadium
Broward County Stadium
Capacity: 12,000
Capacity: 7,200
Capacity: 20,000
Matches: 9
Matches: 16
Matches: 9
Match summary
Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed., Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.
Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams., Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Team
Group matches
Playoffs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Q/E
C
F
Los Angeles Knight Riders
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
MI New York
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
4
6
6
W
W
W
San Francisco Unicorns
2
4
6
8
10
12
12
12
14
14
L
Seattle Orcas
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
6
6
6
Texas Super Kings
2
4
6
6
6
8
10
12
12
14
L
L
Washington Freedom
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
12
14
16
W
L
Win
Loss
No result
Visitor team →
LAKR
MINY
SFU
SO
TSK
WF
Home team ↓
Los Angeles Knight Riders
New York8 wickets
Los Angeles11 runs (DLS)
Seattle5 wickets
Texas57 runs
Washington5 wickets
MI New York
New York6 runs
San Francisco47 runs
New York7 wickets
Texas3 runs
Washington2 wickets
San Francisco Unicorns
San Francisco32 runs
San Francisco3 wickets
Seattle4 wickets
San Francisco1 run
San Francisco123 runs
Seattle Orcas
Los Angeles6 wickets
Seattle3 wickets
San Francisco32 runs
Texas51 runs
Washington5 wickets
Texas Super Kings
Texas52 runs
Texas39 runs
San Francisco7 wickets
Texas93 runs
Texas43 runs
Washington Freedom
Washington113 runs
Washington6 wickets
Washington12 runs
Washington8 wickets
Washington7 wickets
Home team won
Visitor team won
League stage
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field. , Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns) scored the fastest century (off 34 balls) in Major League Cricket and also the second-fastest in any franchise T20 league, behind Chris Gayle's 30-ball century against Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013. , Finn Allen scored the highest number of sixes (19) in innings breaking the record of Chris Gayle (18) in T20s. , Finn Allen scored the fastest 150 (off 49 balls) in T20s, breaking the record of Dewald Brevis 150 (off 52 balls) against Knights.
MI New York won the toss and elected to field. , Adam Milne (Texas Super Kings) played his 200th T20 match.
Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field. , Matthew Tromp (Los Angeles Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to bat.
Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field. , Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) played his 400th match in T20s.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to bat.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to bat.
San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to bat.
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field. , Andries Gous (Washington Freedom) played his 100th T20 match.
MI New York won the toss and elected to field. , Kieron Pollard (MI New York) played his 700th match in T20s.
Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field. , Andre Fletcher and Sherfane Rutherford (Los Angeles Knight Riders) both scored their 8,000th and 3,000th run respectively in T20s.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to bat. , Mitchell Owen (Washington Freedom) took his first five-wicket haul in T20s.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Akeal Hosein (Texas Super Kings) took his 200th wicket in T20s.
Washington Freedom won toss and elected to field.
Los Angeles Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
MI New York won the toss and elected to bat. , The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain. , Adithya Ganesh and Karthik Gattepalli (Los Angeles Knight Riders) both made their T20 debuts. , San Francisco Unicorns were set a revised target of 245 runs off 19 overs due to rain.
Match 1 June 12, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
San Francisco Unicorns269/5 (20 overs)
v
Washington Freedom146 (13.1 overs)
Finn Allen 151 (51) Jack Edwards 2/39 (4 overs)
Rachin Ravindra 42 (17) Haris Rauf 3/30 (3.1 overs)
San Francisco Unicorns won by 123 runs Oakland Coliseum, OaklandAttendance: 5,126 Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns)
Match 2 June 13, 2025 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Texas Super Kings185/6 (20 overs)
v
MI New York182/8 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 65 (44) Michael Bracewell 2/34 (4 overs)
Monank Patel 62 (44) Adam Milne 3/22 (4 overs)
Texas Super Kings won by 3 runs Oakland Coliseum, OaklandAttendance: 6,356 Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Calvin Savage (Texas Super Kings)
Match 3 June 14, 2025 14:00 Scorecard
San Francisco Unicorns219/8 (20 overs)
v
Los Angeles Knight Riders187 (19.5 overs)
Jake Fraser-McGurk 88 (38) Shadley van Schalkwyk 3/50 (4 overs)
San Francisco Unicorns won by 32 runs Oakland Coliseum, OaklandAttendance: 7,361 Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Jake Fraser-McGurk (San Francisco Unicorns)
Washington Freedom won by 5 wickets Oakland Coliseum, OaklandAttendance: 7,361 Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Ian Holland (Washington Freedom)
Shadley van Schalkwyk 27 (21) Noor Ahmad 4/25 (4 overs)
Texas Super Kings won by 57 runs Oakland Coliseum, OaklandAttendance: 6,450 Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Texas Super Kings)
San Francisco Unicorns won by 3 wickets Oakland Coliseum, OaklandAttendance: 6,450 Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Xavier Bartlett (San Francisco Unicorns)
Qualifier
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field. , No play was possible due to rain. , Washington Freedom advanced to the final as they finished above Texas Super Kings in the points table.
Eliminator
MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
Challenger
MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
End of season awards
Highest Wicket Taker of the Tournament: Xavier Bartlett , Most Valuable Player of the Tournament: Mitchell Owen , Domestic Player of the Tournament: Monank Patel , Most Valuable Player and the Best U23 Player of the Tournament: Rushil Ugarkar
