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The previous Australian cricket captain will play within the US-based league after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup on June 29.
Australian batsman Steve Smith will play for Washington Freedom within the second season of Main League Cricket (MLC) in america.
The Washington, D.C.-based crew — which is one among six inaugural franchises enjoying within the MLC — introduced Smith on Thursday.
Smith, who has performed simply 4 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia because the begin of 2023, went unsold within the Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale held in December final yr. He competed for the Sydney Sixers within the 2023–24 Huge Bash League (BBL).
The 34-year-old will reunite with former teammate Ricky Ponting, who was appointed coach of the Washington Freedom in February.
Final yr, Smith was named model ambassador for the Washington Freedom, who’ve a high-performance partnership with their dwelling crew New South Wales in Australia.
Washington Freedom completed third within the inaugural season of the six-team T20 event. The second version of the MLC is scheduled to start on July 4 after the conclusion of this yr's T20 World Cup in america and West Indies.