Major League Cricket’s 2024 season was the competition’s second season, played in Twenty20 format from July 5 through July 28, 2024. Washington Freedom won the title after beating the San Francisco Unicorns by 96 runs in the final. The season used a round-robin and playoffs structure across Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas and Church Street Park in North Carolina.
Major League Cricket statistics at a glance
- Season dates: July 5 to July 28, 2024
- Season number: Second Major League Cricket season
- Format: Twenty20
- Champion: Washington Freedom
- Final margin: Washington Freedom won by 96 runs against the San Francisco Unicorns
- Venues: Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, and Church Street Park, North Carolina
- Competition structure: Round-robin phase followed by playoffs
- League establishment: 2023, by USA Cricket
- 2024 sponsorship name: Cognizant Major League Cricket
Contents
- Leading run-scorers
- Boundaries, sixes and scoring milestones
- Batting averages and highest scores
- Top wicket-takers
- Bowling figures and economy rates
- Team run totals
The season facts in this opening overview come from 2024 Major League Cricket season - Wikipedia and List of Major League Cricket records and statistics - Wikipedia. The performance figures below are attributed to the relevant 2024 statistical tables from CricTracker.
Leading run-scorers
Faf du Plessis led the 2024 Major League Cricket run-scoring table with 420 runs. His total placed him clearly ahead of the next listed batters and made him the leading individual run-scorer among the supplied season figures.
The leading run totals reported by CricTracker were:
| Batter | Runs | Source table |
|---|---|---|
| Faf du Plessis | 420 | Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs - CricTracker |
| Travis Head | 336 | Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs - CricTracker |
| Steve Smith | 336 | Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs - CricTracker |
| Finn Allen | 306 | Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs - CricTracker |
| Devon Conway | 293 | Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs - CricTracker |
| Ryan Rickelton | 225 | Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs - CricTracker |
Travis Head and Steve Smith were level on 336 runs in the supplied figures. Finn Allen was next on 306, followed by Devon Conway on 293. Ryan Rickelton completed this listed group with 225 runs.
These totals describe the 2024 season only. They should not be read as career totals or as a combined record across multiple Major League Cricket seasons. The source label for all six run totals is Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs - CricTracker.
Boundaries, sixes and scoring milestones
Faf du Plessis also led the supplied fours table, striking 43 fours. Travis Head followed with 40. Finn Allen hit 27 fours, Devon Conway hit 25, Steve Smith hit 23, and Ryan Rickelton hit 19. These figures are from Major League Cricket 2024 Batting Most Fours - CricTracker.
| Batter | Fours | Sixes |
|---|---|---|
| Faf du Plessis | 43 | 23 |
| Travis Head | 40 | 18 |
| Steve Smith | 23 | 21 |
| Finn Allen | 27 | 20 |
| Devon Conway | 25 | Not supplied |
| Ryan Rickelton | 19 | Not supplied |
| Matthew Short | Not supplied | 14 |
The six-hitting table gives du Plessis 23 sixes, Smith 21, Allen 20, Head 18 and Matthew Short 14. Those numbers come from Major League Cricket 2024 Batting Most Sixes - CricTracker. The absence of a six total for Conway or Rickelton in the supplied figures does not mean either batter hit no sixes; it means no figure is included here.
Head led the listed fifty-plus scores with five fifties. Smith, du Plessis and Conway each made three fifties, while Rashid Khan made two. The source for these milestone counts is Major League Cricket 2024 Batting Most Fifties - CricTracker.
Three batters in the supplied century table made one century each: du Plessis, Finn Allen and Ryan Rickelton. The source label is Major League Cricket 2024 Batting Most Centuries - CricTracker. Together, the milestone figures show several different scoring profiles: Head accumulated the most listed fifties, while du Plessis, Allen and Rickelton each reached the century mark once.
Batting averages and highest scores
The highest individual score in the supplied 2024 figures was Ryan Rickelton’s 103. Finn Allen recorded 101, and Faf du Plessis made 100. The other listed top scores were Ryan Rickelton on 89, Steve Smith on 88 and Travis Head on 77.
| Batter | Highest score | Batting average |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Rickelton | 103 | 45 |
| Finn Allen | 101 | Not supplied |
| Faf du Plessis | 100 | 52.5 |
| Steve Smith | 88 | 56 |
| Travis Head | 77 | 48 |
| Devon Conway | Not supplied | 48.83 |
The top-score figures are reported in Major League Cricket 2024 Highest Individual Score - CricTracker. The batting-average figures come from Major League Cricket 2024 Highest Average - CricTracker.
Steve Smith had the highest listed batting average at 56. Faf du Plessis followed at 52.5, while Devon Conway registered 48.83. Travis Head’s average was 48 and Ryan Rickelton’s was 45. A batting average and a highest score measure different parts of a player’s season: the first is the supplied season average, while the second identifies the player’s largest individual innings in the listed table.
The figures also show why a single ranking can miss useful context. Rickelton had the highest listed individual score at 103, but Smith had the highest listed average at 56. Du Plessis combined a 100 top score with 420 runs and a 52.5 average, making him prominent across multiple statistical categories.
Top wicket-takers
Saurabh Netravalkar led the supplied wicket-taking figures with 15 wickets. Rachin Ravindra took 12, while Marco Jansen and Cameron Gannon each took 11. Rashid Khan completed the listed top five with 10 wickets.
| Bowler | Wickets | Source table |
|---|---|---|
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 15 | Major League Cricket 2024 Top Wicket Takers - CricTracker |
| Rachin Ravindra | 12 | Major League Cricket 2024 Top Wicket Takers - CricTracker |
| Marco Jansen | 11 | Major League Cricket 2024 Top Wicket Takers - CricTracker |
| Cameron Gannon | 11 | Major League Cricket 2024 Top Wicket Takers - CricTracker |
| Rashid Khan | 10 | Major League Cricket 2024 Top Wicket Takers - CricTracker |
Ravindra’s 12 wickets placed him second in this supplied group, and he also appeared at the top of the best-bowling-figures and four-wicket-haul tables. Rashid Khan’s 10 wickets came alongside two fifties with the bat, according to the supplied batting milestone figures, giving him a presence in both the listed bowling and batting records.
Bowling figures and economy rates
Rachin Ravindra recorded the best listed bowling figures at 4/11. Mohammad Mohsin followed with 4/13, Lockie Ferguson with 4/26, Ali Khan with 4/33, and Saurabh Netravalkar with 4/35. The notation describes wickets taken and runs conceded in the relevant spell. These figures are from Major League Cricket 2024 Best Bowling Figures - CricTracker.
The best listed economy rates were also led by Ravindra, at 4.81. Jasdeep Singh recorded 5.57, Rashid Khan 6.15, Sunil Narine 6.21, and Mohammad Mohsin 6.44. Those figures come from Major League Cricket 2024 Best Economy Rates - CricTracker.
| Bowler | Best bowling figures | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|
| Rachin Ravindra | 4/11 | 4.81 |
| Mohammad Mohsin | 4/13 | 6.44 |
| Lockie Ferguson | 4/26 | Not supplied |
| Ali Khan | 4/33 | Not supplied |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 4/35 | Not supplied |
| Jasdeep Singh | Not supplied | 5.57 |
| Rashid Khan | Not supplied | 6.15 |
| Sunil Narine | Not supplied | 6.21 |
Ravindra’s combination of 4/11 and a 4.81 economy rate makes him the strongest all-around presence in the supplied bowling categories. Mohsin also appears in both lists, with 4/13 as his best figures and a 6.44 economy rate. The categories should be kept separate: a best spell records one performance, while an economy rate summarizes runs conceded per over across the supplied season table.
The four-wicket-haul figures show Ravindra with two such hauls. Marcus Stoinis, Mohammad Mohsin, Lockie Ferguson and Saurabh Netravalkar each recorded one. The source label is Major League Cricket 2024 Four Wickets - CricTracker.
The supplied most-runs-conceded-in-an-innings table lists Marcus Stoinis at 54 runs, Nandre Burger at 51, and Trent Boult and Pat Cummins at 50 each. These are single-innings figures from Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs Conceded in an Innings - CricTracker, not season totals.
Team run totals
The San Francisco Unicorns posted the highest listed team total for the 2024 season, with 1,395 runs. Washington Freedom recorded 1,230, Texas Super Kings 1,152, Seattle Orcas 977, and MI New York 956. The source label for these numbers is Highest Total Runs in Major League Cricket 2024 - CricTracker.
| Team | Supplied 2024 team runs |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Unicorns | 1,395 |
| Washington Freedom | 1,230 |
| Texas Super Kings | 1,152 |
| Seattle Orcas | 977 |
| MI New York | 956 |
The team totals provide a useful contrast with the final result. San Francisco led this supplied team-runs table with 1,395, while Washington finished on 1,230, yet Washington Freedom won the 2024 championship and defeated San Francisco Unicorns by 96 runs in the final. A season total therefore does not determine the outcome of a particular playoff match.
The 2024 record set combines league context with player and team categories: Washington Freedom’s championship, du Plessis’s 420 runs, Netravalkar’s 15 wickets, Ravindra’s 4/11 and 4.81 economy rate, and San Francisco’s 1,395 team runs. Each figure belongs to the 2024 Major League Cricket season and should be read with its measurement category and source label in view.