Seattle Orcas face San Francisco Unicorns in MLC 2026 Match 28 at Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas on Saturday 11 July 2026, starting at 19:30 CDT (UTC-5). Grand Prairie Stadium holds 8,000 spectators for cricket fixtures. Major League Cricket 2026 is the tournament’s third season, building on the 2028 LA Olympics cricket inclusion that has accelerated investment in American cricket infrastructure.

Match Overview: Seattle Orcas vs San Francisco Unicorns

Seattle Orcas face San Francisco Unicorns in the evening fixture at Grand Prairie, a West Coast rivalry transplanted to Texas for the group stage. San Francisco Unicorns are the 2023 champions and Seattle Orcas are a Pacific Northwest franchise building toward their first title. With the group stage approaching its conclusion, the points gap between playoff qualifiers and non-qualifiers is likely narrow.

Seattle Orcas represent the Pacific Northwest in MLC, named after the orca whales native to Puget Sound. The franchise draws from a significant South Asian diaspora community in the Seattle tech corridor, which includes a high concentration of Indian-origin technology professionals.

San Francisco Unicorns won the inaugural MLC title in 2023, the only franchise to have won the championship. Based in the Bay Area, they draw from Silicon Valley’s South Asian diaspora, one of the most concentrated in the United States.

Key matchup: Aaron Finch and Quinton de Kock for SO against Corey Anderson and Finn Allen for SFU. Both sets of players are established international cricketers, reflecting MLC’s rapid rise in global player recruitment.

What Time Is the Match in Your Timezone?

The 19:30 CDT start on 11 July 2026 converts as follows across major cricket-watching regions:

• India (IST, UTC+5:30): 6:00 IST
• UK (BST, UTC+1): 1:30 BST
• Australia/Sydney (AEST, UTC+10): 10:30 AEST
• USA/New York (EDT, UTC-4): 20:30 EDT
• USA/Dallas/CDT (UTC-5): 19:30 CDT

Check Grand Prairie time and US time zones for live conversion.

Venue: Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie Stadium in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has served as MLC’s primary launch venue since the league’s inaugural 2023 season. Configured to hold 8,000 fans for cricket, the ground offers a compact, intimate atmosphere where crowd noise becomes a factor in close matches. The Texas summer climate, with temperatures regularly exceeding 35 degrees Celsius at match time, places a premium on fitness and favours teams with deep batting orders capable of scoring aggressively in hot, heavy-air conditions. Fast outfields contribute to high powerplay scores.

Why MLC 2026 Matters

Major League Cricket launched in 2023 with 6 franchises backed by IPL franchise investment. By 2026, the league has attracted consistently higher-ranked international players and grown its broadcasting footprint across India, the UK, and Australia. Cricket’s inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is the most significant structural event in the sport’s American history. MLC is the primary proving ground for that transition.