The full schedule for the fourth season of Major League Cricket has been announced. The tournament's fixture list was revealed on Friday, March 20th, just a few months before the league kicks off.
Texas Super Kings will get the fourth season of Major League Cricket underway on June 18 against Seattle Orcas, at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Texas. Defending champions MI New York kick off their campaign on June 20 against Washington Freedom at the same venue.
Six teams are back for another campaign: Los Angeles Knight Riders, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom, MI New York.
MLC 2026 will feature 34 matches in total, just as last season's edition. 30 league matches, 4 play-off games will be held in three stadiums in America: Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium (Texas), Oakland Coliseum (Oakland), Knight Riders Cricket Field in Fairplex Pomona.
Details on the Format and Last Season's Events
The second season of MLC will adopt a double round-robin format. This means all the 6 teams would compete against each other twice in the league stage. After the conclusion of the league stage, the top 4 teams in the points table would advance to the play-offs.
The teams finishing at number 1 and number 2 positions in the table will compete against each other in Qualifier 1. The winner of this match will be through to the final, the losing team will have to play the winner of Qualifier 2 for the remaining spot in the final.
The 3rd and 4th positioned teams will battle against each other in an eliminator match, the winner of this match would compete against the loser of Qualifier 1 for the remaining spot in the final. The league will span from June 18th to July 18th and the final of the MLC 2026 is set to be played in Oakland.
Last season, MI New York lifted the MLC 2025 trophy. Although they had finished 4th in the points table they managed to make their way to the finals and beat Washington Freedom who finished 1st in the table to clinch the trophy. Rushil Ugarkar took key wickets of Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Maxwell at crucial junctures and was named the Player of the Match in the final.
Texas Super Kings and San Francisco Unicorns were the other two sides that made it to the play-offs but were knocked out, meanwhile Seattle Orcas and Los Angeles Knight Riders ended the league stages outside the top 4.
MLC 2026 Full Schedule Table
| No | Date | Match | Venue |
| 1 | June 18 | Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas | Grand Prairie |
| 2 | June 19 | LA Knight Riders vs SF Unicorns | Grand Prairie |
| 3 | June 19 | Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie |
| 4 | June 20 | Texas Super Kings vs SF Unicorns | Grand Prairie |
| 5 | June 20 | Washington Freedom vs MI New York | Grand Prairie |
| 6 | June 21 | Seattle Orcas vs LA Knight Riders | Grand Prairie |
| 7 | June 21 | Texas Super Kings vs MI New York | Grand Prairie |
| 8 | June 24 | SF Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland |
| 9 | June 25 | Washington Freedom vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland |
| 10 | June 26 | MI New York vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland |
| 11 | June 26 | SF Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland |
| 12 | June 27 | MI New York vs LA Knight Riders | Oakland |
| 13 | June 27 | Washington Freedom vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland |
| 14 | June 28 | LA Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland |
| 15 | June 28 | SF Unicorns vs Washington Freedom | Oakland |
| 16 | July 1 | LA Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom | Fairplex Pomona |
| 17 | July 2 | Seattle Orcas vs MI New York | Fairplex Pomona |
| 18 | July 3 | LA Knight Riders vs Texas Super Kings | Fairplex Pomona |
| 19 | July 4 | Washington Freedom vs SF Unicorns | Fairplex Pomona |
| 20 | July 4 | LA Knight Riders vs MI New York | Fairplex Pomona |
| 21 | July 5 | Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings | Fairplex Pomona |
| 22 | July 5 | SF Unicorns vs MI New York | Fairplex Pomona |
| 23 | July 8 | MI New York vs SF Unicorns | Grand Prairie |
| 24 | July 9 | Washington Freedom vs LA Knight Riders | Grand Prairie |
| 25 | July 10 | MI New York vs Seattle Orcas | Grand Prairie |
| 26 | July 10 | SF Unicorns vs LA Knight Riders | Grand Prairie |
| 27 | July 11 | Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie |
| 28 | July 11 | Seattle Orcas vs SF Unicorns | Grand Prairie |
| 29 | July 12 | MI New York vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie |
| 30 | July 12 | Texas Super Kings vs LA Knight Riders | Grand Prairie |
| 31 | July 15 | Qualifier 1 (1st vs 2nd) | Oakland |
| 32 | July 15 | Eliminator (3rd vs 4th) | Oakland |
| 33 | July 16 | Qualifier 2 | Oakland |
| 34 | July 18 | Final | Oakland |