# 2024 Major League Cricket season

The 2024 Major League Cricket (also known as MLC 2024, or for sponsorship reasons as 2024 Cognizant Major League Cricket) was the second season of Major League Cricket, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established in 2019 by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) in the United States. The season was hosted, as was the case the previous season, at two venues: Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina. The season was played from July 5 to 28, 2024, with the Washington Freedom defeating the San Francisco Unicorns by 96 runs to win the tournament.
MI New York were the defending champions.

## Background

In December 2023, it was announced that the second season of the tournament would begin on July 5, 2024, four days after the conclusion of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. This was later moved back a day to July 5. It was also reported that matches would be played at Grand Prairie Stadium, alongside other venues. By March 2024, MLC had announced that they had signed Cognizant to serve as the season's title sponsor.
On February 15, 2024, the overseas players' retention lists were announced, with the number of overseas slots having been upped to nine. In the following months, teams would go on to select further overseas players, including Australian cricketers Steven Smith and Travis Head. The domestic players' draft was virtually held on March 21, 2024, with a total of 20 players being picked by teams over 10 rounds. An additional draft was scheduled for June 16 for teams to complete their squads.
The season schedule was released by MLC on May 7, with defending champions MI New York facing the Seattle Orcas in the season opener, and the final set for July 28 at Grand Prairie Stadium. Later that month, MLC announced that they had obtained official List A status for all tournament fixtures, becoming the second Associate-run league to have it alongside the ILT20.

## Teams

All the six teams from the previous season took part this season.
Teams in the 2024 Major League Cricket :
| Franchise | Captain | Head coach |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Sunil Narine | Phil Simmons |
| MI New York | Kieron Pollard | Robin Peterson |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Corey Anderson | Shane Watson |
| Seattle Orcas | Wayne Parnell | Pravin Amre |
| Texas Super Kings | Faf du Plessis | Stephen Fleming |
| Washington Freedom | Steve Smith | Ricky Ponting |

## Squads

A minimum of 16 and a maximum of 19 players can be selected by teams with a cap of nine overseas players. The teams also can retain any domestic players during the retention window, which was open until February 29, 2024. Teams were allowed to select any remaining domestic players during MLC's domestic draft, which was held on March 21, 2024, and a supplementary draft, which was held on June 16.
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | MI New York | San Francisco Unicorns | Seattle Orcas | Texas Super Kings | Washington Freedom |
| Sunil Narine (c) Saif Badar Unmukt Chand Derone Davis Corné Dry Adithya Ganesh Spencer Johnson Ali Khan Nitish Kumar Jason Roy Andre Russell Matthew Tromp Shadley van Schalkwyk Adam Zampa Shakib Al Hasan David Miller Joshua Little Waqar Salamkheil Alex Carey Chaitanya Bishnoi | Kieron Pollard (c) Ehsan Adil Trent Boult Dewald Brevis Ruben Clinton Tim David Shayan Jahangir Nosthush Kenjige Rashid Khan Anrich Nortje Monank Patel Nicholas Pooran Kagiso Rabada Heath Richards Romario Shepherd Steven Taylor Rushil Ugarkar Sunny Patel | Corey Anderson (c) Pat Cummins Finn Allen Brody Couch Karima Gore Jahmar Hamilton Hassan Khan Sanjay Krishnamurthi Carmi le Roux Liam Plunkett Haris Rauf Matthew Short Tajinder Singh Josh Inglis Matt Henry Jake Fraser-McGurk Sherfane Rutherford Abrar Ahmed | Wayne Parnell (c) Nauman Anwar Hammad Azam Michael Bracewell Nandre Burger Quinton de Kock Ayan Desai Cameron Gannon Shehan Jayasuriya Heinrich Klaasen Shubham Ranjane Ali Sheikh Harmeet Singh Nathan Ellis Imad Wasim Ryan Rickelton Lance Morris Obed McCoy Aaron Jones Zaman Khan | Faf du Plessis (c) Dwayne Bravo Devon Conway Aaron Hardie Milind Kumar Aiden Markram Daryl Mitchell Noor Ahmad Saiteja Mukkamalla Mohammad Mohsin Raj Nannan Mitchell Santner Calvin Savage Zia Shahzad Cameron Stevenson Joshua Tromp Zia-ul-Haq Naveen ul-Haq Marcus Stoinis Gerald Coetzee Ottniel Baartman | Steve Smith (c) Travis Head Glenn Maxwell Andries Gous Lockie Ferguson Andrew Tye Jack Edwards Saurabh Netravalkar Obus Pienaar Rachin Ravindra Mukhtar Ahmed Amila Aponso Akhilesh Bodugum Justin Dill Ian Holland Akeal Hosein Marco Jansen Lahiru Milantha Yasir Mohammad |

## Venues

Matches are set to held at two venues, Grand Prairie Stadium with a capacity of 7,200 located in Grand Prairie, Texas, and Church Street Park with a capacity of 3,500, located in Morrisville, North Carolina.

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Washington Freedom (C) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1.891 | Advanced to Qualifier |
| 2 | San Francisco Unicorns | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0.588 | Advanced to Qualifier |
| 3 | Texas Super Kings | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.604 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | MI New York | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −0.451 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | Los Angeles Knight Riders | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −0.710 | |
| 6 | Seattle Orcas | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | −1.312 | |

## League stage

* Match 1 July 5, 2024 3:30 PM (D/N) Scorecard
| Seattle Orcas 108 (19.1 overs) | v | MI New York 111/4 (14.2 overs) |
| Shubham Ranjane 35 (31) Rashid Khan 3/22 (4 overs) | | Nicholas Pooran 62* (37) Cameron Gannon 2/40 (3 overs) |
* MI New York won by 6 wickets Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York)
* MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
* Ruben Clinton (MI New York) made his T20 debut.
* Match 2 July 5, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Los Angeles Knight Riders 162/7 (20 overs) | v | Texas Super Kings (H) 150/8 (20 overs) |
| Unmukt Chand 68 (45) Zia-ul-Haq 2/16 (3 overs) | | Devon Conway 53 (39) Ali Khan 4/33 (4 overs) |
* Los Angeles Knight Riders won by 12 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Ali Khan (Los Angeles Knight Riders)
* Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Joshua Tromp (Texas Super Kings) made his T20 debut.
* Match 3 July 6, 2024 3:00 PM Scorecard
| MI New York 154/9 (20 overs) | v | Washington Freedom 55/1 (7.4 overs) |
| Nicholas Pooran 44 (30) Saurabh Netravalkar 3/24 (4 overs) | | Steve Smith 46* (28) Ehsan Adil 1/14 (2 overs) |
* Washington Freedom won by 4 runs (DLS method) Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Saurabh Netravalkar (Washington Freedom)
* Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain prevented any further play.
* Washington Freedom were 4 runs ahead of the DLS par score of 51 runs from 7.4 overs.
* Match 4 July 7, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Los Angeles Knight Riders 165/6 (20 overs) | v | San Francisco Unicorns 166/4 (15.2 overs) |
| Andre Russell 40* (25) Brody Couch 2/24 (4 overs) | | Finn Allen 63 (37) Spencer Johnson 3/36 (4 overs) |
* San Francisco Unicorns won by 6 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns)
* San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.
* Sanjay Krishnamurthi (San Francisco Unicorns) made his T20 debut.
* Match 5 July 8, 2024 3:30 PM (D/N) Scorecard
| Texas Super Kings 203/5 (20 overs) | v | Washington Freedom 62/0 (4 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 100 (58) Saurabh Netravalkar 2/33 (4 overs) | | Travis Head 32* (12) |
* No result Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA)
* Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain prevented any further play.
* Match 6 July 9, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Los Angeles Knight Riders 168/5 (20 overs) | v | Seattle Orcas 169/1 (19.5 overs) |
| Jason Roy 69 (52) Zaman Khan 2/24 (4 overs) | | Ryan Rickelton 103* (66) Spencer Johnson 1/28 (4 overs) |
* Seattle Orcas won by 9 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (Seattle Orcas)
* Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
* Ryan Rickelton (Seattle Orcas) scored his first century in T20s.
* Match 7 July 10, 2024 3:00 PM Scorecard
| San Francisco Unicorns 127 (17.5 overs) | v | Texas Super Kings 128/3 (12.5 overs) |
| Matthew Short 33 (15) Mohammad Mohsin 4/13 (3.5 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 34 (17) Hassan Khan 2/16 (2 overs) |
* Texas Super Kings won by 7 wickets Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Mohammad Mohsin (Texas Super Kings)
* Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 8 July 11, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Seattle Orcas 124 (19.4 overs) | v | Washington Freedom 127/5 (18.2 overs) |
| Heinrich Klaasen 51 (30) Lockie Ferguson 4/26 (4 overs) | | Lahiru Milantha 33* (30) Nandre Burger 2/27 (4 overs) |
* Washington Freedom won by 5 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Lockie Ferguson (Washington Freedom)
* Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 9 July 12, 2024 3:00 PM Scorecard
| MI New York | v | Texas Super Kings |
* Match abandoned Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI)
* Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Match 10 July 13, 2024 3:00 PM Scorecard
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | v | San Francisco Unicorns |
* Match abandoned Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Owen Brown (USA) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
* San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Match 11 July 14, 2024 3:30 PM (D/N) Scorecard
| Los Angeles Knight Riders 129 (18.4 overs) | v | Washington Freedom 130/2 (16 overs) |
| Saif Badar 35 (28) Saurabh Netravalkar 4/35 (3.4 overs) | | Travis Head 54 (32) Shadley van Schalkwyk 1/17 (2 overs) |
* Washington Freedom won by 8 wickets Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Washington Freedom)
* Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 12 July 14, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| (H) Texas Super Kings 176/6 (20 overs) | v | MI New York 161/7 (20 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 61 (38) Trent Boult 2/48 (4 overs) | | Monank Patel 61 (45) Marcus Stoinis 4/50 (4 overs) |
* Texas Super Kings won by 15 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (MI New York)
* MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 13 July 15, 2024 3:30 PM (D/N) Scorecard
| San Francisco Unicorns 165/7 (20 overs) | v | Seattle Orcas 142/6 (20 overs) |
| Matthew Short 56 (32) Cameron Gannon 3/26 (4 overs) | | Shehan Jayasuriya 54 (37) Liam Plunkett 3/26 (4 overs) |
* San Francisco Unicorns won by 23 runs Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Aditya Gajjar (USA) Player of the match: Liam Plunkett (San Francisco Unicorns)
* Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 14 July 16, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Washington Freedom 182/5 (20 overs) | v | MI New York 88 (13.3 overs) |
| Andries Gous 59 (48) Kieron Pollard 2/14 (2 overs) | | Romario Shepherd 25 (14) Jessy Singh 3/14 (3 overs) |
* Washington Freedom won by 94 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Jessy Singh (Washington Freedom)
* MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 15 July 17, 2024 3:00 PM Scorecard
| Seattle Orcas 142/6 (20 overs) | v | Los Angeles Knight Riders 143/6 (19.1 overs) |
| Ryan Rickelton 89 (52) Corné Dry 1/8 (2 overs) | | Unmukt Chand 62 (47) Harmeet Singh 2/27 (4 overs) |
* Los Angeles Knight Riders won by 4 wickets Church Street Park, Morrisville Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (Seattle Orcas)
* Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ali Sheikh (Seattle Orcas) made his T20 debut.
* Match 16 July 18, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| San Francisco Unicorns 148/7 (20 overs) | v | MI New York 145/7 (20 overs) |
| Corey Anderson 59* (37) Nosthush Kenjige 2/13 (4 overs) | | Dewald Brevis 56 (36) Matthew Short 3/27 (4 overs) |
* San Francisco Unicorns won by 3 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Corey Anderson (San Francisco Unicorns)
* San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 17 July 19, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Washington Freedom 206/5 (20 overs) | v | Texas Super Kings (H) 164 (19.5 overs) |
| Steve Smith 57 (40) Noor Ahmad 3/38 (4 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 55 (32) Rachin Ravindra 4/16 (3.5 overs) |
* Washington Freedom won by 42 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Jessy Singh (Washington Freedom)
* Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Noor Ahmad (Texas Super Kings) took his 100th wicket in T20s.
* Match 18 July 20, 2024 7:30 PM PM (N) Scorecard
| Seattle Orcas 152/7 (20 overs) | v | San Francisco Unicorns 156/4 (14.2 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 62 (33) Hassan Khan 3/5 (2 overs) | | Finn Allen 77 (30) Harmeet Singh 2/39 (3.2 overs) |
* San Francisco Unicorns 6 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns)
* San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.
* Quinton de Kock (Seattle Orcas) scored his 10,000th run in T20s.
* Match 19 July 21, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Los Angeles Knight Riders 130 (19.1 overs) | v | MI New York 134/6 (17 overs) |
| Andre Russell 35 (21) Rashid Khan 3/22 (4 overs) | | Nicholas Pooran 35 (28) Sunil Narine 2/24 (4 overs) |
* MI New York won by 4 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (MI New York)
* MI New York won the toss and elected to field.
* Rushil Ugarkar (MI New York) made his T20 debut.
* Match 20 July 22, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Washington Freedom 174/3 (15.3 overs) | v | San Francisco Unicorns 177/4 (13.4 overs) |
| Steve Smith 56 (31) Corey Anderson 2/20 (2 overs) | | Sanjay Krishnamurthi 79* (42) Andrew Tye 3/41 (3 overs) |
* San Francisco Unicorns won by 6 wickets (DLS method) Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Sanjay Krishnamurthi (San Francisco Unicorns)
* San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.
* Washington Freedom innings was reduced to 15.3 overs due to rain.
* San Francisco Unicorns were set a revised target of 177 runs from 14 overs due to rain.
* Juanoy Drysdale (San Francisco Unicorns) made his T20 debut.
* Match 21 July 23, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| (H) Texas Super Kings 177/8 (20 overs) | v | Seattle Orcas 140/9 (20 overs) |
| Calvin Savage 45* (27) Keemo Paul 2/18 (3 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 26 (19) Ottniel Baartman 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Texas Super Kings won by 37 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Jermaine Lindo (USA) Player of the match: Calvin Savage (Texas Super Kings)
* Seattle Orcas won the toss and elected to field.
* Ayan Desai (Seattle Orcas) and Zia Shahzad (Texas Super Kings) both made their T20 debut.

## Play-offs

| Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Challenger | Challenger | Challenger | Final | Final | Final |
| July 25, 2024 – Dallas | July 25, 2024 – Dallas | July 25, 2024 – Dallas | | | | July 28, 2024 – Dallas | July 28, 2024 – Dallas | July 28, 2024 – Dallas |
| 1 | Washington Freedom | 149/3 (15.3 overs) | | | | QW | Washington Freedom | 207/5 (20 overs) |
| 2 | San Francisco Unicorns | 145 (19 overs) | July 26, 2024 – Dallas | July 26, 2024 – Dallas | July 26, 2024 – Dallas | CW | San Francisco Unicorns | 111 (16 overs) |
| | | | QL | San Francisco Unicorns | 200/6 (20 overs) | | | |
| Eliminator | Eliminator | Eliminator | EW | Texas Super Kings | 190/4 (20 overs) | | | |
| July 24, 2024 – Dallas | July 24, 2024 – Dallas | July 24, 2024 – Dallas | | | | | | |
| 3 | Texas Super Kings | 167/1 (18.3 overs) | | | | | | |
| 4 | MI New York | 163/8 (20 overs) | | | | | | |

### Eliminator

* July 24, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| MI New York 163/8 (20 overs) | v | Texas Super Kings (H) 167/1 (18.3 overs) |
| Rashid Khan 55 (30) Marcus Stoinis 2/18 (4 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 72 (47) Nosthush Kenjige 1/24 (3 overs) |
* Texas Super Kings won by 9 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rushane Samuels (WI) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Texas Super Kings)
* Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

### Qualifier

* July 25, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| San Francisco Unicorns 145 (19 overs) | v | Washington Freedom 149/3 (15.3 overs) |
| Hassan Khan 57 (36) Rachin Ravindra 4/11 (2.4 overs) | | Travis Head 77* (44) Hassan Khan 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Washington Freedom won by 7 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Vijaya Mallela (USA) Player of the match: Travis Head (Washington Freedom)
* Washington Freedom won the toss and elected to field.

### Challenger

* July 26, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| San Francisco Unicorns 200/6 (20 overs) | v | Texas Super Kings (H) 190/4 (20 overs) |
| Finn Allen 101 (53) Noor Ahmad 3/27 (4 overs) | | Devon Conway 62* (38) Juanoy Drysdale 2/33 4 overs) |
* San Francisco Unicorns won by 10 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Billy Taylor (USA) Player of the match: Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns)
* Texas Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* July 28, 2024 7:30 PM (N) Scorecard
| Washington Freedom 207/5 (20 overs) | v | San Francisco Unicorns 111 (16 overs) |
| Steve Smith 88 (52) Pat Cummins 2/35 (4 overs) | | Carmi le Roux 20* (19) Rachin Ravindra 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Washington Freedom won by 96 runs Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Steve Smith (Washington Freedom)
* San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Runs | Player | Team | Inns | HS | SR | Ave |
| 420 | Faf du Plessis | Texas Super Kings | 8 | 100 | 171.42 | 52.50 |
| 336 | Steve Smith | Washington Freedom | 9 | 88 | 148.67 | 56.00 |
| 336 | Travis Head | Washington Freedom | 9 | 77* | 173.19 | 48.00 |
| 306 | Finn Allen | San Francisco Unicorns | 9 | 101 | 187.73 | 34.00 |
| 293 | Devon Conway | Texas Super Kings | 8 | 62* | 143.62 | 58.60 |
| Source: ESPNCricinfo |||||||

### Most wickets

| Wkts | Player | Team | Inns | Ovs | BBI | Eco |
| 15 | Saurabh Netravalkar | Washington Freedom | 7 | 26.2 | 4/35 | 7.67 |
| 12 | Rachin Ravindra | Washington Freedom | 6 | 15.1 | 4/11 | 4.81 |
| 11 | Cameron Gannon | Seattle Orcas | 7 | 23.0 | 3/26 | 9.21 |
| 11 | Marco Jansen | Washington Freedom | 8 | 31.0 | 3/28 | 8.61 |
| 10 | Hassan Khan | San Francisco Unicorns | 7 | 22.0 | 3/5 | 7.09 |
| 10 | Rashid Khan | MI New York | 7 | 26 | 3/22 | 6.15 |
| 10 | Glenn Maxwell | Washington Freedom | 8 | 25.3 | 3/15 | 6.66 |
| 10 | Lockie Ferguson | Washington Freedom | 7 | 25.2 | 4/26 | 7.26 |
| Source: ESPNCricinfo |||||||

## Awards

On July 29, 2024, a list of end of season awards was announced.
Awards in the 2024 Major League Cricket :
| Name | Team | Award |
| Travis Head | Washington Freedom | Most Valuable Player |
| Faf du Plessis | Texas Super Kings | Leading run scorer |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | Washington Freedom | Leading wicket taker |
| Hassan Khan | San Francisco Unicorns | Domestic Player of the Series |