Minor League Cricket
developmental league for Major League Cricket
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Minor League Cricket is a developmental league for Major League Cricket that plans to begin play in May 2021 [source?] (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19).[1] It will consist of 24 franchise-based teams in four regional conferences.[2] Additionally, the league had began its regional draft process in late-August 2020. [3]
| Sport | Cricket |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 2021 |
| No. of teams | 24 in four divisions |
| Country |  United States |
| Official website | majorleaguecricket |
Teams
changeUnlike Major League Cricket, Minor League Cricket will use privately-owned franchises.[4] ACE announced the 24 teams and their owners on August 15, 2020. [5]
| Division | Club | City | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern | New England Eagles | Boston | Ravi Rao Jack Patel Nitin Mewada Pawan Daruri Ravi Uppalapati |
| New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers Cricket Club | Somerset | Aslam Khan Muhammad Nisar Ahmed | |
| New Jersey Stallions | Jersey City | Venu Palaparthi Ravikumar Suri | |
| Empire State Titans | New York City | Empire State Cricket | |
| The Philadelphians | Philadelphia | William Precious Murali Kailashnath Santhosh Kandasamy Mayurnath Sankar Rao Sathya Narayana C.V Jaisri Murahari | |
| DC Hawks | Washington DC | Rajit Passey | |
| Western | Silicon Valley Strikers | Bay Peninsula | bInfinite |
| Bay Blazers | East Bay | Premkumar Suri and Partners | |
| Hollywood Master Blasters | Los Angeles | Janak Patel | |
| SoCal Lashings Cricket | Los Angeles | Abhimanyu Rajp Deepak Gosain | |
| Golden State Grizzlies | Sacramento | ACE | |
| San Diego Surf Riders | San Diego | Rajinder Ghai Gangaram Singh Sanjit Menezes Jimmy Anklesaria Ram Madabushi | |
| Central | Austin Athletics | Austin | Manish Patel and Partners |
| Chicago Blasters | Chicago | Iftekhar Shareef Khurram Syed American Cricket Academy and Club | |
| Chicago Catchers | Chicago | Cricket Management Group, LLC | |
| Irving Mustangs | Dallas | Lovkesh Kalia | |
| Houston Hurricanes | Houston | Tanweer Ahmed | |
| Michigan Cricket Stars | Michigan | Nabeel Ahmed Michigan Cricket Stars, LLC | |
| Southern | Atlanta Fire | Atlanta | Mohammed Hasan Tarek |
| Atlanta Param Veers | Atlanta | Jayesh Patel | |
| Fort Lauderdale Lions | Fort Lauderdale | Krishna Persaud | |
| Florida Beamers | Miami | Cricket Management Group, LLC | |
| Morrisville Cardinals | Morrisville | Praveen Chakraraj and Partners | |
| Orlando Galaxy | Orlando | Rahul Joshi Kunal Patel Ravi Panchal Mangesh Chaudhari |
Exhibition Series
changeThe league held a series franchise exhibition games from the dates of September 12th to October 12th, 2020 in which 14 of the 24 MLC teams would play.[6]
Eastern Conference
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cavaliers CC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.034 |
| 2 | DC Hawks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.139 |
| 3 | NJ Stallions | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.718 |
| 4 | Empire State Titans | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.842 |
| 5 | Philadelphians | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.839 |
| 6 | New England Eagles | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.037 |
Source: Minor League Cricket - Exhibition 2020
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-tournament seeding
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-tournament seeding
Conference matches
Empire State Titans
184/5 (20.0 overs) |
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NJ Stallions
142/8 (20.0 overs) |
Gajanand Singh 44 (30)
Oraine Williams 2/26 (4.0) |
Dominique Rikhi 76 (54)
Damion Jacobs 4/25 (4.0 overs) |
- Empire State Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Empire State Titans
179/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
New England Eagles
154/4 (20 overs) |
Waseem Shahzedh 66 (30)
Assad Fudadin 3/17 (4 overs) |
Assad Fudadin 55 (46)
Damion Jacobs 2/28 (4 overs) |
- Empire State Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
DC Hawks
182/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
The Philadelphians
152/8 (20 overs) |
Adil Bhatti 63 (37)
Manoj Archarya 3/21 (3 overs) |
Muhammad Shah 37 (15)
Gourav Bajaj 2/7 (2 overs) |
- DC Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
Cavaliers CC
208/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
New England Eagles
151/5 (20 overs) |
Kennar Lewis 49 (25)
Bruce Blackwood 3/21 (4 overs) |
Oniell Powell 34 (29)
Muhammad Ghous 2/16 (3 overs) |
- Cavaliers CC won the toss and elected to bat.
Empire State Titans
191/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
DC Hawks
192/5 (18.3 overs) |
Trevon Griffith 60 (40)
Navin Stewart 4/41 (4 overs) |
Navin Stewart 61 (20)
Trevon Griffith 2/21 (3 overs) |
- Empire State Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
NJ Stallions
149/3 (20 overs) |
v
|
Cavaliers CC
104/10 (19.2 overs) |
Dominique Rikhi 71* (62)
Jasdeep Singh 1/23 (4 overs) |
Aaron Jones 27 (26)
Gavon Brown 4/9 (3.2 overs) |
- Cavaliers CC won the toss and elected to field.
NJ Stallions
169/5 (20 overs) |
v
|
New England Eagles
143/6 (20 overs) |
Dominique Rikhi 56 (38)
Alexandrino Kirton 3/30 (4 overs) |
Bruce Blackwood 42 (31)
Oraine Williams 2/25 (4 overs) |
- NJ Stallions won the toss and elected to bat first.
Cavaliers CC
166/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
NJ Stallions
72/10 (14.2 overs) |
Syed Abdullah 55 (31)
Gavon Brown 2/26 (4 overs) |
Hiren Patel 33 (28)
Jasdeep Singh 5/11 (4 overs) |
- Cavaliers CC won the toss and elected to bat first.
NJ Stallions
162/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
New England Eagles
166/7 (20 overs) |
Jaladh Dua 71 (52)
Bruce Blackwood 4/30 (4 overs) |
Assad Fudadin 80 (51)
Amanpreet Singh 2/28 (4 overs) |
- New England Eagles won toss and elected to field first.
Cavaliers CC
200/6 (19.5 overs) |
v
|
Empire State Titans
172/8 (19.5 overs) |
Aaron Jones 99 (55)
Reynard Leveridge 3/21 (4 overs) |
Jaladh Dua 50 (40)
Noman Iftikhar 3/34 (3.5 overs) |
- Cavaliers CC won the toss and elected to bat first.
Cavaliers CC
272/4 (20 overs) |
v
|
Empire State Titans
153/7 (20 overs) |
Aaron Jones 105 (48)
Reynard Leveridge 2/42 (4 overs) |
Jaladh Dua 66 (59)
Yasir Mohammad 2/31 (4 overs) |
- Empire State Titans won the toss and elected to field first.
Cavaliers CC
132/9 (16 overs) |
v
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Philadelphians
114/7 (16 overs) |
Chanderpaul Hemraj 67 (28)
Gaurav Rana 2/10 (2 overs) |
Kunal Baride 43 (24)
Chanderpaul Hemraj 1/17 (3 overs) |
- The Philadelphians won the toss and elected to field first.
Western Conference
change| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silicon Valley Strikers | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.253 |
| 2 | East Bay Blazers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.261 |
| 3 | Golden State Grizzlies | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.599 |
Source: Minor League Cricket - Exhibition 2020
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-tournament seeding
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-tournament seeding
Central Conference
changeMid-West Region
changeTexas Region
changeSouth Conference
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Minor League Cricket postponed to 2021, exhibition matches may still run in 2020". Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ↑ "Player registration portal opened for inaugural Minor League Cricket". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ "Minor League Cricket Draft Announcement and Latest Update on Plans for 2020". USA Cricket. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ "49ers helping USA Cricket to push niche sport into the mainstream". SportBusiness. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ↑ "Minor League Cricket Announces Franchise Owners and Draft Update". USA Cricket. 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ↑ "Minor League Cricket 2020 Exhibition Series starts tomorrow". Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.