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In 2004, the United States cricket team played a first-class match as part of the first ICC Intercontinental Cup. The matches against Canada and Bermuda were the first in many years. [32] The team won the ICC 6 Nations Challenge beating Scotland, Namibia, the Netherlands, and the UAE on net run rate by 0.028 of a run. [33]
Major League Cricket (MLC), also known as Cognizant MLC [1] [2] for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United States.Operated by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) and sanctioned by USA Cricket, it began play on July 13, 2023, with six teams representing major US cities under a single-entity model. [3]
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.It was co-hosted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket from 1 to 29 June 2024. The tournament was hosted by the West Indies for the second time, and was the first major ICC tournament to feature matches played in the United States.
The Bangladesh men's cricket team toured the United States in May 2024 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against the United States national team. [1] [2] The series formed part of both teams' preparation ahead of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [3] [4] In March 2024, USA Cricket confirmed the fixtures for the tour. [5]
Cricket in the United States is a sport played at the amateur, club, intercollegiate and international competition levels with little popularity, with 200,000 players (<0.1% of the population) across the country. [1]
The 2024 Major League Cricket (also known as MLC 2024, or for sponsorship reasons as 2024 Cognizant Major League Cricket) was the second season of Major League Cricket, [1] [2] a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States. [3]
In April, USA Cricket—the governing body of cricket in the United States—officially sanctioned the tournament following a dispute with tournament organizers, American Cricket Enterprises, that threatened to delay the launch of MLC. [18] [19] Tournament fixtures were announced on June 12—nearly two months later.
United States won the toss and elected to field. This was the first time Pakistan and United States faced each other in T20Is. [10] Babar Azam (Pak) became the highest run-scorer in T20Is, surpassing Virat Kohli. [11] This was United States's first win against Pakistan in T20Is. [12] Super Over: United States 18/1, Pakistan 13/1