The previous Australian cricket captain will play within the US-based league after the conclusion of T20 World Cup on June 29.
Australia batter Steve Smith will play for Washington Freedom within the second season of Main League Cricket (MLC) in the USA.
The Washington DC-based workforce – which is certainly one of six inaugural franchises to play within the MLC – made the Smith announcement on Thursday.
Smith, who has performed simply 4 Twenty20 internationals for Australia for the reason that begin of 2023, went unsold on the Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale held in December final yr. He competed for the Sydney Sixers within the 2023-24 Large Bash League (BBL).
The 34-year-old can be reunited with former teammate Ricky Ponting, who was appointed coach of Washington Freedom in February.
Final yr, Smith was named model ambassador to Washington Freedom, who’ve a high-performance partnership with New South Wales, his home workforce in Australia.
Washington Freedom completed third within the inaugural season of the six-team T20 match. The second version of MLC is ready to start on July 4, following the conclusion of this yr’s T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies.
