Dallas: Cognizant Major League Cricket (MLC), America’s own T20 league, has announced a landmark broadcast schedule that will see the second season air in millions of households worldwide.
Willow by Cricbuzz, the official broadcaster of MLC in the USA and Canada, offering more live streaming and on-demand cricket than any other sports service, will air all MLC matches throughout the three-week tournament, it said in a statement.
In a new partnership deal to increase viewership and accessibility in the US market, select MLC matches will air across multiple regional sports networks (RSNs), starting with YES Network.
Each RSN will carry all regular season matches of its home MLC team to bring cricket to a wider sports market and drum up more local support within the teams’ hometowns.
"Cognizant Major League Cricket features the finest cricketers from around the world and is arguably one of the best T20 Leagues, even though we're only entering our second season,” said Vijay Srinivasan, CEO Cognizant Major League Cricket.
“Our broadcast partners will air MLC live to millions of fans worldwide, with Willow by Cricbuzz and multiple Regional Sports Networks providing Americans with prime-time matches. This will build on the game's growing popularity in the US, which began with our inaugural season and the T20 World Cup,” he added.
MLC has also confirmed this season's international broadcast schedule for Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
The opening match is on Friday, July 5, with a Championship rematch between 2023 inaugural winners MI New York and the Seattle Orcas in Morrisville, NC.
It will be followed by the Texas Super Kings vs. LA Knight Riders at Grand Prairie Stadium, TX, later that evening.
MLC’s second season features an all-star lineup of announcers, including the former captain of the Indian national cricket team and great batsman Sunil Gavaskar, Pakistani legendary bowler Wasim Akram, former New Zealand and Auckland cricketer Danny Morrison, alongside Daren Ganga, Pommie Mbangwa, Matthew Hayden, Chris Morris, Natalie Germanos, Scott Stylis and Mike Haysmen.
