2023 Minor League Cricket season

2023 Minor League Cricket season
DatesAugust 4, 2023 (2023-08-04) – October 7, 2023 (2023-10-07)
Administrator(s)USA Cricket
Major League Cricket
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)United States
ChampionsDallas Mustangs (1st title)
Participants26
Matches150
Player of the seriesAndries Gous
Most runsAndries Gous (DM) (516)
Most wicketsMuditha Fernando (SDSF) (25)
Official websiteminorleaguecricket.com
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The 2023 Minor League Cricket season (branded as the 2023 Sunoco Minor League Cricket championship[1] for sponsorship reasons and sometimes shortened to 2023 MiLC) was the third season of Minor League Cricket,[2] established by USA Cricket (USAC) and Major League Cricket (MLC) in 2019.[3] Sunoco returned from the previous season as title sponsor, with Laxmi Foods and Bru Coffee also tapped as official sponsors.[4][5] The season was hosted over 19 venues across the United States from August 4 to October 7.[6][7]

The tournament was won by the Dallas Mustangs, who defeated the New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers in the finals by 44 runs,[8][9] with Andries Gous of the Dallas Mustangs winning the award for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament.[10][11] The Seattle Thunderbolts were the defending champions.[12]

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  2. ^ Patel, Smit (August 4, 2023). "Minor League Cricket Season 3 gets underway after MLC's success". Cricbuzz. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Khan, Yusuf (July 26, 2023). "Major League Cricket Is Here—in a Minor-League Baseball Stadium". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Laxmi joins as official partner for 2023 Minor League Cricket Championship". Yahoo! Finance. May 11, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "Bru Joins As Official Partner For 2023 Minor League Cricket Championship". India Post Newspaper. June 28, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  6. ^ "Minor League Cricket Championship important for future of American cricket: Corey Anderson". The Hindustan Times. May 9, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "Sunoco Minor League Cricket (MiLC) 2023 begins in August". Czarsportz. July 30, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  8. ^ Hays, Nate (October 4, 2023). "2023 Minor League Cricket Final: Kenjige, Sheikh lead Mustangs past Cavaliers". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  9. ^ Patel, Smit (October 4, 2023). "Nosthush Kenjige and Ali Sheikh inspire Dallas Mustangs to maiden MiLC title". Cricbuzz. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  10. ^ "Andries Gous and Sujith Gowda win Minor League Cricket". Washington Freedom. October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  11. ^ Nate Hays, Adil Bhatti (October 11, 2023). "Championship Review with Andries Gous and Adil Bhatti". YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  12. ^ Shapiro, Nina (April 2, 2023). "Major League Cricket is coming to Seattle. Will it become the new soccer?". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 5, 2023.