WASHINGTON FREEDOM
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FULL NAME | Washington Freedom |
NICKNAME | Freedom |
FOUNDED | 2001 |
CAPTAIN | Moises Henriques |
TEAM OWNED BY | Sanjay Govil |
MAIN PLAYERS | Saad Ali, Mukhtar Ahmed, Glenn Phillips (wk), Moises Henriques (c), Sujith Gowda, Matthew Short, Justin Dill, Obus Pienaar, Anrich Nortje, Adam Milne, Marco Jansen |
FREEDOM Team FACEBOOK | @WSHFreedom |
FREEDOM Team Twitter | @teamfreedom |
FREEDOM Team Instagram |
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WASHINGTON FREEDOM BIO
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.
WASHINGTON FREEDOM SQUAD 2023
PLAYER NAME | COUNTRY | ROLE | BATTING /BOWLING |
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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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