The American Over

We recap the third week of the USA's Major League Cricket (MLC) season, where the teams played in a new cricket-focused stadium in Pomona, near Los Angeles, California. We discuss matches between the LA Knight Riders, Washington Freedom, SF Unicorns, Texas Super Kings, MI NY, and Seattle Orcas, and rank the teams' batting and bowling lineups. Plus, Saurabh Netravalkar has a great week, Sunil Narine is a monster, Steve Smith puts his test batting skills to good use, Lhuan'dre Pretorius is a one-man show, and Ravichandran Ashwin continues to be a no-show... but apparently he's joined the San Francisco AI boom. We finish by covering a rumored MLC expansion to Chicago and Toronto. Watch the episode on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cmx0NYbyGmvmLuC9FJgFZ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-major-league-crickets-week-in-socal/id1896945551?i=1000775568225 YouTube: https://youtu.be/rXOGOuJK5OE

This week, Neel and Dhruv are covering Week 2 of the 2026 Major League Cricket (MLC) season. They specifically cover the Texas Super Kings (TSK) vs. the Washington Freedom (WSF), walking through the ups and downs of a tense final over finish. In addition, they discuss MI New York vs. TSK and the topsy-turvy Seattle Orcas (SEO) v SF Unicorns (SFU). Finally, they review the peculiarities of the schedule and playoff picture so far, with an interesting cricket–baseball crossover story at the end. Listen to this episode on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-2-final-over-madness/id1896945551?i=1000774599669 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Xu9QbFN4coSlksGsP4jHL Full details for the matches we covered: TSK @ WSF: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/major-league-cricket-2026-1528556/texas-super-kings-vs-washington-freedom-13th-match-1528569/full-scorecard MINY @ TSK: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/major-league-cricket-2026-1528556/mi-new-york-vs-texas-super-kings-10th-match-1528566/full-scorecard SEO @ SFU: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/major-league-cricket-2026-1528556/san-francisco-unicorns-vs-seattle-orcas-11th-match-1528567/full-scorecard

Introducing The American Over, a brand new cricket podcast with Dhruv Gupta and Neel Mehta. This week we're looking back at the first week of the MLC 2026. We then take a look at the team compositions to predict how the second week and rest of the season will play out.