Dates | August 18 – August 27 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | T Ten Sports Management |
Cricket format | T10 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin tournament and playoffs |
Host(s) | United States |
Champions | Texas Chargers (1st Title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 25 |
Player of the series | Mohammad Hafeez (Texas Chargers) |
Most runs | Aaron Finch (California Knights) (236) |
Most wickets | Sohail Khan (New York Warriors) (15) |
Official website | https://usmasters.ttensports.com/ |
The 2023 US Masters T10 League (also known as Winbuzz US Masters T10 League 2023 for sponsorship reasons[1]) was the inaugural season of the US Masters T10 League. The tournament was played between August 18 and 27 at Central Broward Park in Lauderhill, Florida using a T10 cricket format.[2][3][4]
Teams
The first edition featured six teams.[5]
Team | Captain |
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Atlanta Riders[6] | Robin Uthappa |
California Knights[7] | Suresh Raina |
Morrisville Unity[8] | Harbhajan Singh |
New Jersey Tritons[9] | Gautam Gambhir |
New York Warriors[10] | Misbah-ul-Haq |
Texas Chargers[11] | Ben Dunk |
Squads
Players were selected in a draft which took place on July 9, 2023.[12]
Atlanta Riders | California Knights | Morrisville Unity | New Jersey Tritons | New York Warriors | Texas Chargers |
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Points table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | New York Warriors | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.838 |
2 | California Knights | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1.332 |
3 | Texas Chargers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1.496 |
4 | Morrisville Unity | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −0.015 |
5 | New Jersey Tritons | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −3.221 |
6 | Atlanta Riders | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | −0.188 |
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League stage
The full fixtures were confirmed on August 12, 2023 on Twitter.[13][14]
On August 20, It was announced that matches postponed on Day 1 and Day 2 due to bad weather had been rescheduled for August 21.[13]
August 18, 2023 |
Atlanta Riders |
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Texas Chargers |
Match abandoned |
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August 18, 2023 |
California Knights 116/3 (10 overs) |
v |
New Jersey Tritons 117/4 (9.4 overs) |
New Jersey Tritons won by 6 wickets |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (New Jersey Tritons) | |||||
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August 18, 2023 |
New York Warriors 124/3 (10 overs) |
v |
Morrisville Unity 118/5 (10 overs) |
New York Warriors won by 6 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Billy Taylor (Eng) (Eng) Player of the match: Richard Levi (New York Warriors) | |||||
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August 19, 2023 |
California Knights 158/1 (10 Overs) |
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Texas Chargers 110/8 (10 Overs) |
California Knights won by 48 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Milind Kumar (California Knights) | |||||
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August 19, 2023 |
Atlanta Riders 97/4 (10 overs) |
v |
New York Warriors 103/3 (8.1 overs) |
New York Warriors won by 7 wickets |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Sohail Khan (New York Warriors) | |||||
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August 19, 2023 |
New Jersey Tritons 95/3 (10 Overs) |
v |
Morrisville Unity 96/4 (9.5 Overs) |
Morrisville Unity won by 6 wickets |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Obus Pienaar (Morrisville Unity) | |||||
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August 20, 2023 |
Morrisville Unity |
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Atlanta Riders |
Match abandoned |
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Match 7 |
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August 20, 2023 |
California Knights |
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Texas Chargers |
No result |
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Match 8 |
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August 20, 2023 |
New York Warriors 84/2 (5 overs) |
v |
New Jersey Tritons 90/1 (4.4 overs) |
New Jersey Tritons won by 9 wickets |
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Match 9 |
Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Jesse Ryder (New Jersey Tritons) | ||||
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August 22, 2023 |
California Knights 100/4 (10 overs) |
v |
Morrisville Unity 102/3 (8.5 overs) |
Morrisville Unity won by 7 wickets |
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Match 10 |
Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Obus Pienaar (Morrisville Unity) | ||||
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August 22, 2023 |
New Jersey Tritons 57/9 (10 overs) |
v |
Texas Chargers 60/2 (4 overs) |
Texas Chargers won by 8 wickets |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Fidel Edwards (Texas Chargers) | |||||
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August 22, 2023 |
Atlanta Riders 103/6 (10 overs) |
v |
New York Warriors 109/4 (10 overs) |
New York Warriors won by 6 wickets |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Sohail Khan (New York Warriors) | |||||
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August 23, 2023 |
Texas Chargers 109/7 (10 overs) |
v |
Morrisville Unity 75/8 (10 overs) |
Texas Chargers won by 34 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Texas Chargers) | |||||
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August 23, 2023 |
California Knights 106/5 (10 overs) |
v |
New York Warriors 91/3 (10 overs) |
Knights won by 15 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Devendra Bishoo (California Knights) | |||||
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August 23, 2023 |
Atlanta Riders 101/5 (10 overs) |
v |
New Jersey Tritons 53 (9 overs) |
Riders won by 48 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Hamilton Masakadza (Atlanta Riders) | |||||
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August 24, 2023 |
New York Warriors 115/5 (10 overs) |
v |
Texas Chargers 109/8 (10 overs) |
New York Warriors won by 6 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Rushane Samuels (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (New York Warriors) | |||||
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August 24, 2023 |
California Knights 94/2 (10 overs) |
v |
Atlanta Riders 89/4 (10 overs) |
California Knights won by 5 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Christopher Taylor (WI) Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (California Knights) | |||||
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August 24, 2023 |
Morrisville Unity 124/1 (10 overs) |
v |
New Jersey Tritons 69/7 (10 overs) |
Morrisville Unity won by 55 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Corey Anderson (Morrisville Unity) | |||||
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August 25, 2023 |
California Knights 76/1 (5 overs) |
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New Jersey Tritons 52/3 (5 overs) |
California Knights won by 24 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (California Knights) | |||||
Chris Barnwell 29 (15) Ben Laughlin 2/7 (1 over) | |||||
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August 25, 2023 |
Texas Charges 124/5 (10 overs) |
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Atlanta Riders 102/9 (10 overs) |
Chargers won by 22 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Imran Khan (Texas Chargers) | |||||
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August 25, 2023 |
New York Warriors 139/6 (10 overs) |
v |
Morrisville Unity 106/3 (10 overs) |
Warriors won by 33 runs |
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Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (New York Warriors) | |||||
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Play-offs
Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
August 26, 2023 - Central Broward Stadium 09:00 | August 27, 2023 - Central Broward Stadium 11:15 | ||||||||||||
1 | New York Warriors | 97/2 (8.4 overs) | QW | New York Warriors | 92/6 (10 overs) | ||||||||
2 | California Knights | 96/4 (10 overs) | August 26, 2023 - Central Broward Stadium 14:00 | CW | Texas Chargers | 92 (10 overs) | |||||||
QL | California Knights | 139/3 (10 overs) | |||||||||||
August 26, 2023 - Central Broward Stadium 11:15 | EW | Texas Chargers | 140/3 (8.5 overs) | ||||||||||
3 | Texas Chargers | 119/2 (8.3 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | Morrisville Unity | 115/5 (10 overs) | |||||||||||
Qualifier 1
California Knights 96/4 (10 overs) |
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New York Warriors 97/2 (8.4 overs) |
- California Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
Eliminator
Morrisville Unity 115/5 (10 overs) |
v |
Texas Chargers 119/2 (8.3 overs) |
- Morrisville Unity won the toss and elected to bat.
Qualifier 2
California Knights 139/3 (10 overs) |
v |
Texas Chargers 140/3 (8.5 overs) |
- Texas Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Final
New York Warriors 92/6 (10 overs) |
v |
Texas Chargers 92 (10 overs) |
- Texas Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Future Prospects
As the US Masters T10 League continues to evolve and capture the imagination of cricket fans, its future looks promising. The league’s success has sparked discussions about the potential expansion of T10 cricket in other cricketing nations, creating a global footprint for this high-octane format. The league organisers, players, and fans are excited about what the future holds, and the US Masters T10 League is poised to become a mainstay in the international cricketing calendar.[16]
Broadcasting
In August 2023, It was announced that tournament's inaugural season would be broadcast live in a number of major cricketing nations.[17]
References
- ↑ @USMastersT10 (August 15, 2023) Winbuzz announced as the title sponsor for the US Masters T10 League (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-08-15 – via Twitter
- ↑ "T Ten Global Sports launches US Masters T10 league". Hindustan Times. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ↑ "US Masters T10 League launched – ttensports.com". Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ↑ "Fancy a bit of Gambhir vs Afridi? Turn back the clock with the US Masters T10 League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
- ↑ Jennifer (2023-07-12). "US Masters T10 League: Full List of Squads". Sky247.net. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ↑ "Atlanta Riders - US Masters T10". 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ↑ "California Knights - US Masters T10". 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ↑ "Morrisville Unity - US Masters T10". 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ↑ "New Jersey Triton's - US Masters T10". 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ↑ "New York Warriors - US Masters T10". 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ↑ "Texas Charges - US Masters T10". 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ↑ US Masters T10 2023 Draft, retrieved 2023-07-18
- 1 2 @USMastersT10 (August 20, 2023). ''Postponed matches from Days 1 & 2 will now take place on August 21 , Monday'' (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-08-20 – via Twitter
- ↑ "Fixtures - US Masters T10". 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ↑ "Atlanta Riders vs New York Warriors postponed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ↑ bj, sports (2023-11-12). "All You Need to Know of USA Cricket: US Masters T10 League". Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ↑ "Official Broadcasters - US Masters T10". 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-08-15.