Seven has secured a multi-year deal for the unique rights to America’s Main League Cricket match in Australia, with all 34 T20 matches to be broadcast reside on 7plus.
The match kicks off on Friday 13 June with San Francisco Unicorns taking up Washington Freedom from 9.00am AEST. All matches shall be streamed reside on 7plus with the ultimate broadcast reside on 7mate on Monday 14 July.
Seven’s Business Director, Sport, Renée Quirk, stated: “We’re thrilled to be increasing our cricket footprint with the addition of Main League Cricket to 7plus Sport, providing followers a brand new and thrilling competitors to observe by way of winter.
“It’s a pure extension of our cricket story after a blockbuster Indian summer time, and it units the stage completely as we construct in direction of an enormous Ashes summer time forward.
“This partnership with MLC is just the start of a multi-year journey. We’re proud to supply reside and free protection of the competitors, with each match on 7plus Sport and the Ultimate simulcast on 7mate and 7plus Sport, serving to expose a brand new wave of expertise and pleasure to Aussie followers,” she stated.
Seven’s Head of Cricket, Joel Starcevic, stated: “Main League Cricket is the following frontier for the game and we can not wait to ship each ball to followers throughout Australia, reside, free and completely on 7plus Sport.
“Like several American sporting product, it’s going to be large, and we’re thrilled to convey all 34 video games to Australian viewers as we rely right down to an unbelievable Summer season of Cricket on Seven and 7plus Sport.
“Aussie cricket followers are in for an actual deal with with a talent-packed native contingent lighting up Main League Cricket. Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen and Jason Behrendorff are all lining up for the defending champions, Washington Freedom, underneath the management of none apart from Ricky Ponting,” he stated.
“They may even face a bunch of different large Aussie names, together with David Warner, Marcus Stoinis and Mitch Marsh, alongside world superstars like Rashid Khan and Quinton de Kock. It’s a world-class line-up.
“Whether or not you’re tuning in along with your morning espresso or establishing a second display screen at work, Main League Cricket is the right companion for Aussie followers this winter,” he stated.
Main League Cricket Chief Govt Officer, Johnny Grave, stated: “We’re thrilled to accomplice with Seven, guaranteeing cricket followers throughout Australia can watch each match of Cognizant Main League Cricket reside this season.
“This settlement displays the league’s continued development and rising world curiosity. Partnering with a number one broadcaster in a serious cricket market is a robust endorsement of the world-class expertise on show this 12 months,” he stated.
Now in its third 12 months, the highest American T20 competitors has attracted a variety of worldwide superstars, together with Australians Xavier Bartlett, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Jack Edwards, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Steve Smith, Matthew Brief, Marcus Stoinis and David Warner.
Former Australian captain and 7Cricket commentator, Ricky Ponting, can be the top coach of Washington Freedom.
MLC is the primary skilled T20 cricket league in the USA, with Australian expertise competing alongside America’s finest home expertise from Dallas, San Francisco, New York Metropolis, Seattle, Los Angeles and Washington D.C.
