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Aaron Finch and Quinton de Kock were among six marquee overseas names revealed at the inaugural MLC draft on Sunday (March 19). GEORGE DOBELL: No Objection Certificates will not be granted for the competition, which is staged during the Ashes in July. Without such certificates, players cannot sign for another league.

Major League Cricket has unveiled several big-name global stars ahead of the tournament's launch in July.

Only 15 of the 54 players chosen in the draft classified as local residents have represented the U.S. Several global stars are hoped to give the tournament heft and credibility amongst cricket and American sports fans alike. There will be more overseas players revealed before the 18-day tournament, consisting of 19 matches, starts on July 13. We need to be competitive with the benchmark outside of the Indian Premier League," MLC co-founder Vijay Srinivasan Finch, who led Australia to a drought-breaking T20 World Cup title in 2021, will take the reins as skipper. Other big-name signings were South African speedster Anrich Nortje and Sri Lankan spinning all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga.

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The inaugural season of the Major League Cricket (MLC T20) will kick-start on July 13, with the players draft concluding in the United States of America ...

During the players’ draft, each team selected the core of their domestic squads. The remaining two teams are owned by local American investors in collaboration with New South Wales Cricket and Victoria Cricket, with one based in Washington DC and the other in San Francisco. The competition will consist of six teams, four of which are partly or wholly owned by existing Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises.

MLC 2023: Here is a look at the teams, squads and the players that were signed by the respective franchises in the first round of the player draft on ...

Age: 29 Age: 30 The inaugural season of the MLC will be played between July 13-30 this year.

Australian stars Aaron Finch, Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis will be powering cricket's ambitious push into the American market after being announced as ...

Age: 29 Age: 28 Age: 31 Age: 30 Melbourne Stars fast bowler Brody Couch was drafted by the San Francisco Unicorns. “There’s no reason why cricket can’t work [in the US] I wouldn’t think.”

World Cup winner will play alongside the likes of Aaron Finch and Marcus Stoinis after being drafted by the San Francisco Unicorns.

Finch and De Kock were among six overseas signings announced during Major League Cricket's (MLC) 'Domestic Player Draft' on Sunday, in which each of the six ...

Fast bowler Liam Plunkett, who was part of the England side that won the 50-overs World Cup in 2019, was also picked by the Unicorns in the draft. SAN FRANCISCO (California): Former Australia skipper Aaron Finch will captain the San Francisco Unicorns in the inaugural edition of the United States’ new Twenty20 tournament, while South Africa’s Quinton de Kock will play for the Seattle Orcas. Finch and De Kock were among six overseas signings announced during Major League Cricket’s (MLC) ‘Domestic Player Draft’ on Sunday, in which each of the six teams picked nine US-based players.