{"id":383864,"date":"2024-04-11T21:22:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T21:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=383864"},"modified":"2024-04-11T23:03:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T23:03:49","slug":"aussie-superstar-smith-confirms-big-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=383864","title":{"rendered":"Aussie superstar Smith confirms big signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia batter <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/steve-smith\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Steve Smith\">Steve Smith<\/a> has signed for the Washington Freedom ahead of the second season of Major League Cricket in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is set to link up with fellow Australian and Freedom head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/ricky-ponting\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Ricky Ponting\">Ricky Ponting<\/a> for the tournament which starts July 4, four days after the end of the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean and US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super excited to be joining the Washington Freedom for season two of the MLC,\u201d Smith said in a video on the franchise\u2019s social media channels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-knights-roosters-result-highlights-video-adam-obrien-press-conference\/143b5bbd-85ae-4100-a9f1-1f1ce430fdfb\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Knights coach fumes at &#x27;two different standards&#x27;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Knights coach fumes at &#x27;two different standards&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-kalyn-ponga-injury-andrew-johns-comments-knights-roosters-result-video-highlights\/7c5f2e60-85c8-4a32-9a79-0113ec00eadb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Ponga injured as Knights fail to run down Roosters\ufeff\"><strong>Ponga injured as Knights fail to run down Roosters\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/supercars-news-2024-erebus-brodie-kostecki-co-driver-david-russell-to-premiair-racing\/f11499e1-a2e7-4f88-a9ba-dd88dbdfdaaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Embattled Supercars team loses another driver\ufeff\"><strong>Embattled Supercars team loses another driver\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The six-team T20 league staged most of last year\u2019s games in Texas and North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"17c0ad7d-bb68-4136-9c00-cd9d93c3bb51\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/17c0ad7d-bb68-4136-9c00-cd9d93c3bb51\" alt=\"BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Steve Smith of Australia celebrates his second century of the match during day four of the First Specsavers Ashes Test Match between England and Australia at Edgbaston on August 04, 2019 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Visionhaus)\" data-width=\"1778\" data-height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The league announced that this season\u2019s matches will return to Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium outside Dallas and at other venues to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to meet all of my new teammates and play in front of some incredible crowds in America,&quot; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I\u2019m also really looking forward to working with Ricky Ponting again and his amazing staff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Australia batter Steve Smith has signed for the Washington Freedom ahead of the second season of Major League Cricket in the United States. 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