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Head coach – Greg Shipperd
Asst. coach – Shawn Bradstreet
Asst. coach – Cameron White
Bowling coach – Dale Steyn
S&C coach – Burt Cockley

The Washington Freedom is an American professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes
in Major League Cricket (MLC). The team is based in Washington, D.C. and was announced in
2023 as one of six franchises to play in Major League Cricket. The team is owned by Indian
American entrepreneur Sanjay Govil.
The team plans to have their home ground at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
With a seating capacity of 12000 the stadium would host both cricket and baseball games
asfter its completion in summer 2025. The team is coached by the current coach of BBL
team Sydney Sixers Greg Shipperd and Moises Henriques is appointed as the captain.
The Freedom had the second overall pick of the MLC’s inaugural domestic draft and selected
Thunderbolts vice-captain Andries Gous as their first draft pick. Dane Piedt, Mukhtar
Ahmed, and Saad Ali were also all picked up by the team, with Sri Lanka international
Wanindu Hasaranga (who later pulled out of the competition) and South African quick
Anrich Nortje both being stated as direct signings during the draft. Marco Jansen, Glenn
Phillips, and Adam Milne were all also revealed as direct signings in May. The team then
later revealed Sixers captain Moises Henriques will be the skipper. Shortly after, they
announced that they had appointed Greg Shipperd as their head coach and Dale Steyn as
their bowling coach. Later the following month, Josh Philippe, Ben Dwarshuis and Akeal
Hosein were additional direct signings. Tanveer Sangha was signed in the days leading up to
the tournament as a replacement for Hasaranga.

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PLAYER NAME	COUNTRY	ROLE	BATTING /BOWLING
Akhilesh Reddy	United States	Batter	Right-hand bat
Andries Gous†	South African	Batter	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Offbreak
Sujith Gowda	United States	Batter	Right-hand Bat, Legbreak Googly
Mukhtar Ahmed	Pakistan	Batter	Right-hand bat
Josh Philippe†	Australia	Batter	Right-hand Bat
Glenn Phillips†	New Zealand	Batter	Right-hand bat
Saad Ali	Pakistan	Batter	Right-hand Bat, Left arm Medium fast
Justin Dill	South African	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Legbreak
Moises Henriques	Australia	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Fast medium
Marco Jansen	South African	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Slow Left arm Orthodox
Obus Pienaar	South African	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Legbreak
Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Legbreak
Ben Dwarshuis	Australia	Bowler	Left-hand Bat, Slow Left arm Orthodox
Akeal Hosein	West Indian	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Fast
Adam Milne	New Zealand	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Left arm Fast medium
Saurabh Netravalkar	United States	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Fast
Anrich Nortje	South Africa	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Offbreak
Dane Piedt	South Africa	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Offbreak
Tanveer Sangha	Australia	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Offbreak
Usman Rafiq	United States	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Offbreak

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