Fans cheer during the inaugural Major League Cricket opener between the San Francisco Unicorns and the Washington Freedom at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

Fans cheer during the inaugural Major League Cricket opener between the San Francisco Unicorns and the Washington Freedom at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland's oldest sports stadium will host a new sport for the first time on Thursday evening: Major League Cricket.

“With the San Francisco Unicorns already established and the Oakland Coliseum becoming available, the opportunity made sense,” said Anurag Jain, co-owner of Major League Cricket and the Texas ...

Major League Cricket's week-long stop in the Bay Area last month had top officials in the sport thrilled with how the old Oakland Coliseum provides an ideal spot for the sport to thrive — even ...