Australia’s World Test Championship Final and ODI World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins is reportedly set to feature in the upcoming season of USA’s Major League Cricket. Cummins would be the subsequent huge signee in the league following fellow Aussies Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Spencer Johnson, Steve Smith and Jake Fraser Mcgurk.
As per a report in Cricbuzz, Cummins is set to feature for San Francisco Unicorns in the upcoming MLC and can seemingly be Aaron Finch‘s successor after the latter’s retirement. He will be part of fellow Aussies Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk, each of who’ve signed for the workforce.
This event will prolong Cummins’ gruelling cricket schedule, which started in February with Australia’s tour of New Zealand. He just lately led Sunrisers Hyderabad into the ultimate of IPL 2024 in his maiden stint as T20 captain. Cummins’s SRH fell brief on the ultimate hurdle, shedding to Kolkata Knight Riders in a lop-sided showdown conflict final week.Â
Despite the loss, Cummins’ credentials as captain speaks volumes due to his achievements on the International circuit. He has led Australia to the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup victories in 2023. He additionally led the Aussie workforce to retain the Ashes in England with a 2-2 draw in a five-match sequence final 12 months.
The upcoming MLC will start on July 5, 5 days after the T20 World Cup in the Americas. The league just lately received the List-A standing from the International Cricket Council (ICC), changing into the second Associate-run franchise competitors to get this standing. The first one to get the List-A standing was UAE’s ILT20.
The second version of the event will start from 5 with defending champions MI New York taking up runners-up Seattle Orcas on the Church Street Park in Morrisville. The opening is a double-header with Texas Super Kings dealing with LA Knight Riders on the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas.
