Major League Cricket kicks off 2025 season with West Coast debut at Oakland Coliseum

by Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

The six team captains of Major League Cricket, Corey Anderson, SF Unicorns, Faf Du Plessis, Texas Super Kings, and Glenn Maxwell, Washington Freedom, Heinrich Klaasen, Captain, Seattle Orcas, Sunil Nadine, Los Angeles Knight Riders, and Nicholas Pooran, Captain, MI New York, wait for a group photo at the Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Professional cricket will be making its West Coast debut at the historic stadium in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday, June 11. (Andres Jimenez Larios/Bay City News)

THE SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS cricket team is hoping to make a magical experience at the Oakland Coliseum.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee spoke at a press conference Wednesday welcoming Major League Cricket to the Coliseum ahead of the first match of the 2025 season on Thursday night.

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