The WASHINGTON FREEDOM, also called “WF”, is a professional T20 cricket county club, that represents the city of WASHINGTON DC The Capital of USA located in district of Columbia usa in the American professional county cricket League called T20 Major League Cricket.
Washington Freedom Team Over View :
Team General Information
| Short Name | WF |
| Cricket League | Major League Cricket T20 |
| City | Washington DC |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Home Ground | George Mason Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity | 12000 |
| Matches Wins | 0 |
Team Personal Information
| Owner | Sunjay Govil |
| Captain | Moises Henriques |
| Couch | Greg Shipperd |
Team Home Stadium
The home stadium named as George Mason Cricket Stadium is located at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia with a capacity of 12,000 spectators to watch the home team located in Faifax. Meanwhile, their MLC games will be played in GRAND PRAIRIE STADIUM, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AND CHURCH STREET PARK, MORRISVILLE, NORTH CALORINA.
Owner Of The Team
The teams’ cricket club is owned by Indian American Entrepreneur SANJAY GOVIL, who is the chairman and owner of Infinite Computers Solutions. “The Washington D.C. area is home to hundreds of thousands of cricket fans, and it’s an honor to be able to bring a professional team to the nation’s capital with the Washington Freedom to compete in the groundbreaking Major League Cricket championship this summer,” Sanjay Govil Shared his reviews in an announcement.
WF Coaches:
WF has remained the legacy and announces the coaches name:
| Head Coach | Greg Shipperd |
| Bowling Coach | Dale Steyn |
WF Captain :
The captain’s name is Moises Henriques from Australia.
Moises Henriques excelled in the Australian U-19 cricket team, performing as a standout player in multiple World Cups, taking 35 wickets at 15.08 and scoring 377 runs at an average of 31.41. He shares the record for most U-19 World Cup wickets with 27.
Team Full Players Squad 2023
The official page WF in Facebook/Twitter announced the complete squad of players drafted for the year 2023. This squad is full of international and domestic players.
The names of the players with their nationality and specialty are mentioned below:
Mukhtar Ahmad
| Batsman |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Spin |
| Domestic Player |
Saad Ali
| Batsman |
| Left – Hand Bat |
| Fast |
| Domestic Player |
Akhilesh Bodugum
| Bowler |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Spin |
| Domestic Player |
Justin Dill
| All – Rounder |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Fast |
| Domestic Player |
Ben Dwarshuis
| Bowler |
| Left – Hand Bat |
| Fast |
| Australia |
Andries Gous
| Wicket Keeper |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Domestic Player |
Sujith Gowda
| Batsman |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Domestic Player |
Wanindu Hasaranga
| All – Rounder |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Spin |
| Sirilanka |
Moises Henriques
| All – Rounder |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Fast |
| Australia |
Marco Jansen
| Bowler |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Fast |
| South Africa |
Adam Milne
| Bowler |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Fast |
| New Zealand |
Saurabh Netravalkar
| Bowler |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Fast |
| Domestic Player |
Anrich Nortje
| Bowler |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Fast |
| South Africa |
Josh Philipee
| Wicket Keeper |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Australia |
Glenn Phillips
| Wicket Keeper |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Spin |
| New Zealand |
Dane Piedt
| Bowler |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Spin |
| Domestic Player |
Obus Pienaar
| All – Rounder |
| Right – Hand Bat |
| Spin |
| Domestic Player |
Washington Freedom MLC T20 Matches Schedule:
Washington freedom’s will play its first match for the inaugural season of Major League Cricket is on 14th July against Seattle Orcas. It will play five matches in the first round against other teams of major League Cricket.
| Match | Day/Date | Details | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Match | Fri,14th July 7:30 pm | Seattle Orcas vs WF | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas |
| 5th Match | Sun, 16th July 3:30 pm | Texas Super Kings vs WF | Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas |
| 9th Match | Thu, 20Th July 5:30 pm | WF vs Los Angele Knight Riders | Church Street Park, Morrisville |
| 11th Match | Sat, 22nd July 5:30 pm | San Francisco Unicorns vs WF | Church Street Park, Morrisville |
| 13th Match | Sun, 23rd July 5:30 pm | New York MI vs WF | Church Street Park, Morrisville |
Team Logo:
The team’s revealed logo has patriotic red, white, and blue colors, stars from the Washington D.C. city flag, and a cricket bat and ball to represent the sport, which is the second most popular sport in the world.
Team owner Sunjay Govil Said in an announcement, “The team’s mark and colors are a perfect fit for a team from the nation’s capital to compete on the global stage MLC provides for the world’s second most popular sport, which has more than 2.5 billion fans.”
