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HEADLINE: West Indies players to give US Major League Cricket a dose of star power
CaribbeanCricket.com
Jul 6, 2023, 10:21:15 AM
TWO-TIME WORLD T20 champions, West Indies, will have top representation in the inaugural season of Major League Cricket (MLC) in the United States of America.
The T2O tournament, which will include six teams – Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom – will see the tournament bowl off on July 13 and run through to July 30, with matches to be played at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas.
The tournament will be played in a single round-robin format with 15 league matches played among the six franchises before a four-match playoff phase begins.
Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies off spinner, Akeal Hosein, who has played 34 matches in the format for the regional side, taking 26 wickets at an average of 30.77, will turn out for the Washington Freedom.
Los Angeles Knight Riders will have the talented pair of Jamaican Andre Russell and another Trinidadian in Sunil Narine in their ranks.
Read more at Jamaica Gleaner
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cricketfreak
Jul 6, 2023, 12:44:56 PM
That's all those guys are good for playing money entertainment see ball hit but when it come down to real serious international cricket they are all lost at sea .
Windiesfan78
Jul 6, 2023, 12:58:26 PM
In reply to cricketfreak
This is correct. This is why we continue to fail as a team.
PalsofMine
Jul 6, 2023, 3:58:31 PM
water always finds its own level. Where are Hety, Pooran and other professional T20 cricketers??? Maybe this league doese not pay enough?
cumberland
Jul 6, 2023, 7:19:38 PM
In reply to PalsofMine
Did you read the feature article?
Pooran is playing for the NY team.
rhatid
Jul 8, 2023, 12:20:10 PM
In reply to cumberland
I'm rooting for Pooran's team, MI New York and against Russell's and Narine's team, Los Angeles Knight Riders.
anthonyp
Jul 9, 2023, 9:51:23 AM
In reply to PalsofMine
The league paying way more than CPL.
Hety turning out for Seattle Orcas... Joing De Kock, Raza, Imad Wasim, Parnell, Klassen, Shanaka, Tye etc.
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doosra
Jul 9, 2023, 9:56:06 AM
In reply to anthonyp
a see SRK pick Gaja too
deh gat flight going off to the USA? 
doosra
Jul 9, 2023, 9:56:38 AM
In reply to anthonyp
The league paying way more than CPL.
I didn't get that impression from the draft
anthonyp
Jul 9, 2023, 10:36:10 AM
In reply to doosra
Read somewhere that Jason Roy signed a two year deal with the Knight Rider team for about 400k... So that's about 200k per season... CPL highest is 160k per season.
Found de link... It's actually 186k per season for Roy..
In some cases, certain players may command higher salaries.
For example, Jason Roy, who signed with the LA Knight Riders, reportedly received an offer of £300,000 ($372,000) on a 2-year contract, equating to $186,000 per year.
This means that the LA Knight Riders will have a reduced budget of approximately $644,000 to sign their remaining eight overseas players, resulting in an average salary of around $80,500 per overseas player.
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doosra
Jul 9, 2023, 10:41:57 AM
In reply to anthonyp
plus 'bonus'
anthonyp
Jul 9, 2023, 1:12:04 PM
In reply to doosra
Plus at most a team playing 8 matches (including eliminator, qualifier and finals).
Not bad for couple days work
doosra
Jul 9, 2023, 1:33:20 PM
In reply to anthonyp
and another 3 weeks CPL
to follow
any league inbetween?
anthonyp
Jul 9, 2023, 2:37:59 PM
In reply to doosra
Sri Lanka league and the hundred does be just before CPL... Not sure if any other new leagues starting.
doosra
Jul 9, 2023, 2:41:24 PM
In reply to anthonyp
right 100 starting soon...next saturday is finals day in England for their t20
brians_da_best
Jul 11, 2023, 3:24:01 AM
These leagues are one of the reasons for our steep decline. Unless we can 'restrict' our players from playing these leagues because of money and national pride, similar to what India does, we will never be able to get our best 11 on the field