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The Latest Breaking News from Major League Cricket

Can cricket crack America? New T20 league aims to take US by storm

The dream is in place, the field has been built. Major League Cricket finally launches on Thursday in the United States. But will the people come?

The Guardian - US

ICC chief Wasim Khan accepts Tests and franchise leagues must learn to coexist

Jason Roy last week cancelled his England incremental contract to play in Major League Cricket.

The Independent UK

Jason Roy looks Los Angeles-bound but says ‘I never will walk away from England’

The batter has had to cancel the remainder of his current incremental contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The Independent UK

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Jason Roy ends England deal to play in America’s Major League Cricket

32-year-old remains committed to England despite move

Evening Standard

Jason Roy responds to England contract confusion after making lucrative USA move

Jason Roy is the first high-profile cricketer to sign a deal and join Major League Cricket, with the batsman expected to join the Los Angeles Knight Riders in a two-year deal

Daily Mirror

Jason Roy forfeits England contract to play in new US T20 cricket league

Jason Roy is the first current England international to sign up for Major League Cricket

The Guardian - UK

Jason Roy set to shockingly cancel England deal to join start-up cricket competition

The explosive England opener is header to the USA to compete in Major League Cricket

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England could 'triple match fees' in fight against lucrative T20 franchise competitions

The rise of T20 franchise leagues around the world means players have opted to skip representing England in order to honour more lucrative deals elsewhere and the ECB are looking to combat this

Daily Mirror

ECB and PCA on collision course with players set to be banned from Major League Cricket

The ECB and PCA have conflicting views on the involvement of England players competing in the inaugural American Major League Cricket competition in Dallas this July

Daily Mirror

Major League Cricket: will a $120m moonshot find success in America?

Players such as Mitch Marsh, Quinton de Kock and Liam Plunkett are bringing their experience to a notoriously tough market

The Guardian - US

Finch, de Kock unveiled on Major League Cricket draft day

Finch, de Kock, Chand named by franchise teams for USA T20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in July.

Al Jazeera

Major League Cricket: Liam Plunkett and Australian stars join new American T20 tournament

World Cup winner will play alongside the likes of Aaron Finch and Marcus Stoinis after being drafted by the San Francisco Unicorns

Evening Standard

Australian stars join American T20 cricket league

Three Australian Twenty20 World Cup winners have signed on for the inaugural tournament of the Major League Cricket in the United States.

AAP

Cricket NSW coming to America with players set for T20s

Cricket NSW will push for some of its players to turn out in the USA, after signing a deal with Major League Cricket and linking with a club in Washington D.C.

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The Independent UK

England stars tipped to join USA’s new ‘go big or go home’ cricket competition

The first competition is slated to start next June

The Hindu

Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen among investors in first U.S. T20 league

Indian-American CEOs of Microsoft and Adobe, Satya Nadella and Shantanu Narayen, will fund Major League Cricket, the new T20 league in the U. S.

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