Minor League Cricket
Developmental American Twenty20 cricket league affiliated with Major League Cricket / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Minor League Cricket (branded as the Sunoco Minor League Cricket championship for sponsorship reasons,[1] and sometimes shortened to MiLC) is an American Twenty20 cricket developmental league for Major League Cricket which completed its first season in 2021,[2][3] after it was delayed from a mid-to-late 2020 start due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] It consists of 26 teams from four regions.[5] The league began its regional draft process in late-August 2020, and a series of exhibition games in September 2020.[4] The draft for the league began on June 4, 2021.[6] The Strikers won the inaugural finals against the New Jersey Stallions by six wickets, with the Thunderbolts winning the 2022 finals against the Atlanta Fire by ten runs.
Countries | United States |
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Administrator | USA Cricket |
Format | T20 |
First edition | 2021 |
Latest edition | 2023 |
Next edition | 2024 |
Tournament format | Double round-robin and Playoffs |
Number of teams | 26 |
Current champion | Dallas Mustangs (1st title) |
Most successful |
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Most runs | Andries Gous (1579) |
Most wickets | Phani Simhadri (74) |
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Website | minorleaguecricket |