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2021 Minor League Cricket season

The 2021 Minor League Cricket season (branded as the 2021 Toyota Minor League Cricket championship presented by Sling TV for sponsorship reasons and sometimes shortened to 2021 MiLC) was the inaugural season of Minor League Cricket, established by USA Cricket (USAC) and Major League Cricket (MLC) in 2019. The season was hosted over 27 venues across the United States, with matches broadcast through Willow and Sling TV. It was played from July 31 to October 3, 2021.

The tournament was won by the Silicon Valley Strikers, who defeated the New Jersey Stallions in the final played in Morrisville, North Carolina by 6 wickets, with Hammad Azam of the Golden State Grizzlies winning the award for Most Valuable Player of the series.

Venues

Teams

Pacific Conference

Western Division

Central Division

Atlantic Conference

Eastern Division

Southern Division

Squads

Each team released their squad on June 10, 2021.

<div class="mw-collapsible" style="overflow-y:auto; max-height:70vh;"> <div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Atlanta Fire

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Atlanta Param Veers

  • Ahsan Plummer
  • Amit Sood
  • Azeem Charania
  • C Kumar Chava
  • Chinmay Kushare
  • Danush Kaveripakam
  • Darpan Patel
  • Dhruv Patel
  • Evroy Dyer
  • Heer Patel
  • Jeavor Royal
  • Jibran Gul
  • Mark Parchment
  • Neive McNally
  • Param Patel
  • Sahil Charania
  • Santosh Reddy
  • Zain Sayed

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Florida Beamers'

  • Akshar Patel
  • Asim Khurshid
  • Damian Rowe
  • Faizan Maqsood
  • Fuad Azadi
  • Kevin Stoute
  • L Daniel Raj
  • Manav Patel
  • Maq Qureshi
  • Prahlad Madabhushi
  • Pranavh Pradeep
  • Prince Patel
  • Prit Patel
  • Rajesh Sharma
  • Sai Ramesh
  • Sarnam Patel
  • Swaril Parikh
  • Zishawn Qureshi

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Ft. Lauderdale Lions

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Morrisville Cardinals

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Orlando Galaxy

  • Adam Khan
  • Amahl Nathaniel
  • A Abdullah Sheikh Jr.
  • Babar Arshad
  • B Gnanasakthi
  • Christian Herrera
  • Deep Patel
  • Dunae Nathaniel
  • Isuru Kiruwitage
  • Kemar Jarett
  • Marlon Bharath
  • Matthew Comerie
  • Meetul Patel
  • Ramone Medwinter
  • Rohit Dutchin
  • Shabaka Mathlin
  • Tagenarine Chanderpaul
  • Timroy Allen

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> DC Hawks

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Empire State Titans

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Manhattan Yorkers

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> New England Eagles

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> New Jersey Stallions

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Philadelphians

  • Abhayjit Khangura
  • Aditya Sharma
  • Chiranshu Bhatia
  • Chris Patandin
  • Derick Narine
  • Dhruvil Dagli
  • Hayat Khan
  • Jeremy Gordon
  • Jonathan Foo
  • Kunal Baride
  • Milind Kumar
  • Muhammad Shah
  • Pranav Rao
  • Randall Wilson
  • Rohan Arvindh
  • Supreet Madan
  • Yashwant Balaji

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Austin Athletics

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Chicago Blasters

  • Abul Hasan
  • Akhil Pathan
  • Anirudh Jonnavithula
  • Ashhar Medhi
  • Datta Prakash Y
  • Donieke Perrin
  • Fahad Babar
  • Hasan Bemat
  • Homayoon Ahmadzai
  • Jedd Joseph
  • Kamran Shaikh
  • Mittansh Nithiyanandam
  • Mohit Patel
  • Moin Babar
  • Najam Iqbal
  • S Charith Daggupati
  • S Reddy Baraji
  • Shaheer Hassan

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Chicago Catchers

  • Abhyu Garg
  • Akul Gupta
  • Ankush Agarwal
  • Asmar Najam
  • Karan Kumar
  • Kevin Phillip
  • Pankaj Kampli
  • Raid Ally
  • Ranadeep Aleti
  • Salman Ahmed
  • Sandeep Sivaram
  • Saquib Chowdary
  • Shiraz Najam
  • Shreyas Ramesh
  • Sikander Soleja
  • Sneh Patel
  • Tejas Visal

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Houston Hurricanes

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Irving Mustangs

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Michigan Cricket Stars

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> St. Louis Americans

  • C Sai Teja
  • Dhruv Duggal
  • Hemant Mandle
  • Iknoor Singh
  • Obus Pienaar
  • Jeremiah Cruickshank
  • Joshua Kind
  • Kausthubh Sriperumbudoor
  • Luke Schofield
  • Munn Patel
  • Murali Basupalli
  • Paras Marwaha
  • Sagar Thakkar
  • Siddharth Saladi
  • Siddhart Trivedi
  • Surjit J Singh
  • Unni GP
  • Yashodhan Mahajan

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Bay Blazers

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Golden State Grizzlies

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Hollywood Master Blasters

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> San Diego Surf Riders

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Seattle Thunderbolts

  • Abir Chippa
  • Andries Gous (vc)
  • Anirudh Srinivas
  • Damodhar Bhat
  • Deepak Rajendran
  • Harmeet Singh (c)
  • Jagroop Raina
  • Karan Rao
  • Manoj Panwar
  • Manu Jacob
  • Nital Vasavada
  • Phani Simhadri
  • P Kumar Mudi
  • Rishab Mohan
  • Sahil Kancherla
  • Shadley van Schalkwyk
  • Ujjawal Patel
  • Varun Potlapally

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> Silicon Valley Strikers

</div><div style="display:inline-table; margin-right:5%"> SoCal Lashings

</div></div>

Results

Atlantic Conference

Pacific Conference

League stage

The league stage ran from July 31, 2021, to September 19, 2021. The schedule and the venues of the playoffs was released on 20 September 2021 by Major League Cricket.

The season had a total prize pool of $250,000, in which the winner took home $125,000.

Atlantic Conference

Southern Division

  • Top two teams advance to the Quarterfinals
  • advances to Quarterfinals to play 2nd-place Eastern Division side
  • advances to Quarterfinals to play 1st-place Eastern Division side

Eastern Division

  • Top two teams advance to the Quarterfinals
  • advances to Quarterfinals to play 2nd-place Southern Division side
  • advances to Quarterfinals to play 1st-place Southern Division side

Pacific Conference

Central Division

  • Top two teams advance to the Quarterfinals
  • advances to Quarterfinals to play 2nd-place Western Division side
  • advances to Quarterfinals to play 1st-place Western Division side

Western Division

  • Top two teams advance to the Quarterfinals
  • advances to Quarterfinals to play 2nd-place Central Division side
  • advances to Quarterfinals to play 1st-place Central Division side

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

References