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2024 Major League Cricket players' draft
General information
SportCricket
Date(s)March 21, 2024 and June 18, 2024
Time8 p.m. ET
Network(s)
Overview
LeagueMajor League Cricket
Teams6
← 2023

The 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft was held on March 21, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Major League Cricket season.[1] An additional "supplementary" draft was held on June 18, 2024 to complete the squads.[2] Both drafts were held virtually[3] and not broadcast. Recaps of the event were released by the Major League Cricket via their social media platforms.

The draft was conducted over 10 rounds divided on the basis of salary cap, using the "snake" format. Out of the 125 players in the draft list, 20 players were drafted.[4] During the supplementary draft, teams were given 48 hours to strategize before selecting any players. A total of 3 players were ultimately selected.[5]

Rules

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The draft is exclusive to domestic players, like the previous season, however teams are able to announce newly signed players during the draft.[6]

Each team were allowed to have a minimum of nine domestic players and maximum of ten, with a mandatory U23 player in their squads. Until all the teams had passed, the draft round continued in the snake format. Each team could draft two players in each level, if they had enough purse available.[2] Teams who had not yet completed their squads were free to do so during the supplementary draft, wherein teams were given 48 hours to strategize before selecting any further players.[7]

Salary cap

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The draft had fixed salary caps for each round, with the highest being $75,000 in the first round and the lowest being $5,000 in the Rookie (U23) round.[2]

  • First Round – $75,000
  • Second Round – $65,000
  • Third Round – $60,000
  • Fourth Round – $50,000
  • Fifth Round – $40,000
  • Sixth Round – $35,000
  • Seventh Round – $25,000
  • Eighth Round – $20,000
  • Ninth Round – $15,000
  • Tenth Round – $10,000
  • Rookie Round – $5,000

Draft order

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The draft pick order was based on the reverse order of the teams' finishing positions in the 2023 season standings. Los Angeles Knight Riders had the first pick, if the team did not have enough purse to draft a player, they were automatically passed to the next team.

Retained players

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Teams were set a deadline for the end of February 2024 to announce overseas and domestic player retentions for the season, with a maximum of nine overseas slots allowed in each team.[8] Any remaining domestic players would be available to be picked by teams during the main draft.[9]

On February 15, 2024, the retained overseas players' lists were announced.[10][11] On March 1, 2024, the domestic player retention list was announced.[12]

Retained overseas players for the 2024 Major League Cricket season
Team Player Nationality
Los Angeles Knight Riders Spencer Johnson  Australia
Sunil Narine  West Indies
Jason Roy  England
Andre Russell  West Indies
Adam Zampa  Australia
MI New York Trent Boult  New Zealand
Dewald Brevis  South Africa
Tim David  Australia
Rashid Khan  Afghanistan
Nicholas Pooran  West Indies
Kieron Pollard  West Indies
Kagiso Rabada  South Africa
San Francisco Unicorns Finn Allen  New Zealand
Haris Rauf  Pakistan
Seattle Orcas Heinrich Klaasen  South Africa
Quinton de Kock  South Africa
Wayne Parnell  South Africa
Imad Wasim  Pakistan
Texas Super Kings Devon Conway  New Zealand
Faf du Plessis  South Africa
Mitchell Santner  New Zealand
Washington Freedom Akeal Hosein  West Indies
Marco Jansen  South Africa
Retained domestic players for the 2024 Major League Cricket season
Team Player Salary cap
Los Angeles Knight Riders Ali Khan $75,000
Unmukt Chand $65,000
Nitish Kumar $40,000
Saif Badar $15,000
Shadley van Schalkwyk $10,000
MI New York Steven Taylor $75,000
Ehsan Adil $50,000
Nosthush Kenjige $40,000
Monank Patel $35,000
Shayan Jahangir $15,000
San Francisco Unicorns Corey Anderson $75,000
Liam Plunkett $65,000
Carmi le Roux $35,000
Brody Couch $25,000
Sanjay Krishnamurthi $2,500
Seattle Orcas Harmeet Singh $75,000
Shehan Jayasuriya $65,000
Shubham Ranjane $50,000
Cameron Gannon $40,000
Nauman Anwar $25,000
Texas Super Kings Calvin Savage $65,000
Milind Kumar $40,000
Cameron Stevenson $25,000
Zia Shahzad $10,000
Saiteja Mukkamalla $2,500
Mohammad Mohsin —
Zia-ul-Haq —
Washington Freedom Andries Gous $75,000
Mukhtar Ahmed $65,000
Obus Pienaar $50,000
Saurabh Netravalkar $40,000
Justin Dill $10,000
Akhilesh Bodugum $2,500

Draft selections

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Domestic draft

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No players were drafted by the teams in the third, fourth and fifth rounds. So, the 6th pick of the draft was directly made in the sixth round.[13]

First round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
1 Adithya Ganesh LA Knight Riders Bay Blazers
2 Hassan Khan San Francisco Unicorns Chicago Kingsmen
3 Joshua Tromp Texas Super Kings Houston Hurricanes
Second round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
4 Raj Nannan Texas Super Kings The Philadelphians
5 Ruben Clinton MI New York SoCal Lashings
Sixth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
6 Hammad Azam Seattle Orcas Chicago Kingsmen
Seventh round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
7 Ian Holland Washington Freedom –
8 Amila Aponso Washington Freedom Atlanta Fire
Eighth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
9 Corné Dry LA Knight Riders Atlanta Fire
10 Heath Richards MI New York Atlanta Lightning
Ninth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
11 Tajinder Singh San Francisco Unicorns Chicago Kingsmen
12 Ali Sheikh Seattle Orcas Dallas Mustangs
Tenth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
13 Derone Davis LA Knight Riders New Jersey Stallions
14 Karima Gore San Francisco Unicorns New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers
15 Lahiru Milantha Washington Freedom Silicon Valley Strikers
16 Jahmar Hamilton San Francisco Unicorns Atlanta Fire
Rookie (U23) round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
17 Matthew Tromp LA Knight Riders Houston Hurricanes
18 Yasir Mohammad Washington Freedom New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers
19 Ayan Desai Seattle Orcas SoCal Lashings
20 Rushil Ugarkar MI New York Dallas Mustangs

Supplementary draft

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A total of 3 players were selected by teams during the supplementary draft.

Selections made during the supplementary draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
1 Chaitanya Bishnoi LA Knight Riders Dallas Xforia Giants
2 Aaron Jones Seattle Orcas Atlanta Fire
3 Sunny Patel MI New York New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers

Overseas signings

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The following players were directly signed by teams ahead of the 2024 season.

Overseas signings for the 2024 Major League Cricket season
Player Nationality Team Ref.
Michael Bracewell  New Zealand Seattle Orcas [14]
Matthew Short  Australia San Francisco Unicorns [14]
Anrich Nortje  South Africa MI New York [14]
Romario Shepherd  West Indies MI New York [14]
Rachin Ravindra  New Zealand Washington Freedom [15]
Steve Smith  Australia Washington Freedom [16]
Jake Fraser-McGurk  Australia San Francisco Unicorns [17]
Travis Head  Australia Washington Freedom [18]
Glenn Maxwell  Australia Washington Freedom [19]
Nandre Burger  South Africa Seattle Orcas [20]
Lockie Ferguson  New Zealand Washington Freedom [21]
Aiden Markram  South Africa Texas Super Kings [22]
Lance Morris  Australia Seattle Orcas
Nathan Ellis  Australia Seattle Orcas
Matt Henry  New Zealand San Francisco Unicorns
Ryan Rickelton  South Africa Seattle Orcas
Andrew Tye  Australia Washington Freedom
Josh Inglis  Australia San Francisco Unicorns
Sherfane Rutherford  West Indies San Francisco Unicorns
Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh Los Angeles Knight Riders
Joshua Little  Ireland Los Angeles Knight Riders
David Miller  South Africa Los Angeles Knight Riders
Naveen-ul-Haq  Afghanistan Texas Super Kings
Obed McCoy  West Indies Seattle Orcas
Waqar Salamkheil  Afghanistan Los Angeles Knight Riders
Abrar Ahmed  Pakistan San Francisco Unicorns
Pat Cummins  Australia San Francisco Unicorns [23]
Jack Edwards  Australia Washington Freedom
Marcus Stoinis  Australia Texas Super Kings [24]
Withdrawn players
Daryl Mitchell  New Zealand Texas Super Kings [14][25]
Replacement players
Noor Ahmad  Afghanistan Texas Super Kings [25]

Administration changes

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Administration changes ahead of the 2024 Major League Cricket season
Team Name Change RolE
Washington Freedom Greg Shipperd[26] Resigned Head Coach
Ricky Ponting[27] Appointed Head Coach

References

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  3. ^ Hays, Nate (February 17, 2024). "Seattle's Wayne Parnell ready to "make new memories and moments of brilliance" as MLC teams announce retained overseas". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
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  19. ^ Malcolm, Alex (April 18, 2024). "Maxwell signs with Washington in MLC, clarifies that form was the reason for IPL self-omission". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  20. ^ "Nandre Burger: Meet the newest member of our pace battery!". Seattle Orcas. April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  21. ^ @WSHFreedom (April 24, 2024). "Welcome to the family, Lockie Ferguson" (Tweet). Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Twitter.
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