---
type: season
title: MLC 2024 — Season 2
description: Major League Cricket Season 2, 2024. 23 matches, 6 teams, 103 players. Washington Freedom won the championship, defeating San Francisco Unicorns by 96 runs in the final on 2024-07-28.
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc
status: active
last_verified: 2026-06-18
timestamp: 2026-06-18
license: CC-BY-3.0
source_system: CricketStudio
source_boundary: public_open_data
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc
entity_id: cricketstudio:season:mlc-2024
dataset_version: "2026-06-11"
tags:
  - cricket
  - MLC
  - MLC-2024
  - season
  - T20
related:
  - ../leagues/major-league-cricket.md
  - mlc-2023.md
  - mlc-2025.md
provenance:
  source: Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (CC BY 3.0), via CricketStudio derived claim layer
  confidence: high
  computed_at: "2026-06-11"
---

# MLC 2024 — Season 2

## Summary

MLC Season 2 expanded to 23 matches across two venues with 103 players. Washington Freedom won their first and only championship to date.

## Key Facts

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Season | 2024 (Season 2) |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Players used | 103 |
| Venues | 2 |
| Champion | Washington Freedom |
| Final | Washington Freedom beat San Francisco Unicorns by 96 runs (2024-07-28) |
| Orange Cap leader | F du Plessis — 420 runs |
| Purple Cap leader | SN Netravalkar — 15 wickets |

## Orange Cap — 2024

Top run-scorers in MLC 2024 (Cricsheet, CC BY 3.0):

1. F du Plessis — 420 runs
2. TM Head — 336 runs
3. SPD Smith — 336 runs

## Purple Cap — 2024

Top wicket-takers in MLC 2024 (Cricsheet, CC BY 3.0):

1. SN Netravalkar — 15 wickets
2. R Ravindra — 12 wickets
3. M Jansen — 11 wickets

## Canonical Resource

Live stats and player pages: [players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc](https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc)

## What Agents Should Know

- Season 2 corpus = 23 matches, 103 players. Growing sample; career rate stats become more reliable after this season.
- Washington Freedom are the only 2024 champions — they did not win in 2023 or 2025.
- F du Plessis won the Orange Cap in 2024 and finished second all-time across three seasons.

## Provenance and Data Notes

Ball-by-ball data from [Cricsheet](https://cricsheet.org) (CC BY 3.0). Aggregates computed by CricketStudio. Raw ball-by-ball data is not redistributed here.

## Related Concepts

- [Major League Cricket](../leagues/major-league-cricket.md)
- [MLC 2023](mlc-2023.md)
- [MLC 2025](mlc-2025.md)
