Washington, DC [US], Washington Freedom confirmed that Australia's star batsman Steve Smith has been signed for Major League Cricket (MLC) ahead of the second season of the tournament, which begins on July 4. Smith joined the Freedom as a brand ambassador last year, and Australia's international calendar allows him to participate until July, making the move widely expected https://twitter.com/WSHFreedom/status Smith's local team in Australia, New South Wales (NSW), has signed a high-performance deal with the Freedom. However, after coach Greg Shipperd was replaced by Rick Ponting in February, Moises Henriques, Tanvir Sangha and NSW's Ben Dwarshuis, as well as the Sixers' Josh Phillippe, were in the Freedom squad for 2023. However, given his inability to play much T20 cricket in recent years, he will have to compete for a place in Australia's final 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup, which will be played in June. Since his impressive return to the BBL for Sydney Sixers in the 2022-23 season, when he scored 346 runs at a strike rate of 174.74, Smith has played two T20Is in India, two BBL matches last season and as many matches against New Are. In New Zealand in February, he scored 11 and 4 when opening the batting. However, after the New Zealand series, he said he was not worried about the outcome of the T20 World Cup selection process, with Australia scheduled to return to their original home country on 1 May. There was a need to declare the team. ,