San Francisco Unicorns host Texas Super Kings in Match 8 of MLC 2026 at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, starting at 6:30 PM PDT (UTC-7). Oakland Coliseum is MLC’s largest regular-season venue, with capacity for 12,000 cricket fans, and this is San Francisco Unicorns’s home ground.

The 2023 MLC champions face one of the league’s most recognizable franchises in their own backyard. San Francisco Unicorns’s inaugural title cemented Bay Area cricket’s status on the American sporting landscape. Texas Super Kings, built on CSK’s dynasty, arrive as one of MLC’s most globally supported teams.

San Francisco Unicorns’s game plan centers on Corey Anderson’s power at the top and Finn Allen’s explosive stroke play. Shadab Khan adds a match-winning dimension with leg-spin that can take three wickets in an over on any surface. The Bay Area crowd, deeply connected to cricket through Silicon Valley’s South Asian community, creates an atmosphere that elevates every home fixture.

Texas Super Kings rely on Faf du Plessis’s class and Mitchell Santner’s control to build innings and take wickets. Dwayne Bravo’s T20 experience is unmatched in the league; he reads conditions and adjusts his bowling to the situation faster than almost any player on the circuit.

Oakland Coliseum’s marine layer creates conditions that favor seam bowling under floodlights, giving this evening fixture an extra tactical dimension that afternoon matches at other venues lack.

When to watch: The 6:30 PM PDT start on June 24 converts to 2:30 AM BST on June 25 (London), 7:00 AM IST on June 25 (India), 11:30 AM AEST on June 25 (Sydney), and 9:30 PM EDT (New York). For current local time, check San Francisco time and US time zones.

Home of the San Francisco Unicorns and the venue for the MLC playoffs and final, Oakland Coliseum is the Bay Area’s cricket stadium. The marine layer rolling in from San Francisco Bay makes the toss a significant factor in evening fixtures here.