American T20 cricket league.

[Donny]

Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis and Mitch Marsh are among the Australians who will play Major League Cricket when the inaugural edition of the American Twenty20 competition begins in mid-July.

More: https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/cricket/australian-stars-join-american-t20-cricket-league/ar-AA18PAwg?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=6b127fa0a4714611800fa303fcfb7d8f&ei=37

[K]

Brody Couch...

Err... who is Brody Couch? Oh, "Melbourne Stars paceman".

Nortje and de Kock are also in.

[K]

Watson lands maiden head coach gig in American MLC

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-watson-head-coach-san-francisco-unicorns-major-league-cricket-mlc-tim-david-wade-sams-zampa/2023-06-23

[Donny]

Activate the links for all the player info.

[K]

Speaking of Shane Watson, social media was saying it was his birthday on the day that FTB Smith was out plumb LBW and burned an Oz review in the 1st Test!!

Maybe that was FTB's birthday present to Watto.


Watson's previous coaching experience was as assistant to Oz's last great batsman, Ricky Ponting, in the IPL.

[K]

It's begun!!

[K]

San Francisco Unicorns top 5 all ANZ.

Finn Allen 10
Matthew Wade 5
Marcus Stoinis 6
Aaron Finch 9
Corey Anderson 73*

[Skids]

SF Unicorns win today 7/212 off their 20. They move to 3rd on the MLC table. The Seattle Orcas are the only unbeaten team. LA Knights sit in last (6th) place, losing all 3 of their matches so far.

Wade 78 (41 balls)
Anderson 39 (20)
Stoinis 37 (18 )
Finch 12* (10) C

Zampa 3/41
Russell 1/32
Narine 1/34 C

LA Knight Riders 5/191

Roy 45 (21)
Russell 42 (26)
Kumar 31 (23)

Khan 2/26
Bishnoi 1/4
Anderson 1/18

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/major-league-cricket-2023-la-knight-riders-vs-san-francisco-unicorns-match-8-live-score-mlc-2023-lakr-vs-sfu-in-dallas-101689727385175.html

[K]

Trying to work out the strength of MLC. Weaker than IPL for sure. Is it BBL strength?

Guess it doesn't matter for betting. Just bet like it's IPL!

[K]

Tournament done and dusted. Well, that was quick. Even by slogathon standards.

Blink and you'll miss it!


Leading wicket-taker for the tournament was FTB Smith's tormentor, Trent Boult (22).

Total wickets taken:
Pace 157
Spin 78.

FTB is Boult's bunny. Easy to see why. If there's swing, Boult will find it. And just a teeny weeny bit of sideways movement is enough to destroy FTB's defective technique.

But will Boult ever play another Test for NZ? Oz will tour NZ in January for the first time in a long, long, long time.