_logo.png){kind=logo} Official logo of Minor League Cricket (MiLC) | |
| Countries | United States |
|---|---|
| Administrator | USA Cricket |
| Format | T20 |
| First edition | 2021 |
| Latest edition | 2024 |
| Next edition | 2025 |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin and Playoffs |
| Number of teams | 26 |
| Current champion | Chicago Kingsmen (1st title) |
| Most successful |
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| Most runs | Andries Gous (1579) |
| Most wickets | Phani Simhadri (85) |
| TV | |
| Website | minorleaguecricket |
| Seasons |
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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.
- ^ "Toyota to Sponsor Inaugural Minor League Cricket Championship Presented by Sling TV - USA Cricket". USA Cricket. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Minor League 2021 Draft to Take Place on Friday". Minor League Cricket. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "2021 Minor League Cricket". Minor League Cricket. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Minor League Cricket Draft Announcement and Latest Update on Plans for 2020". USA Cricket. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ Shea, Bill. "Baseball vanquished cricket in the U.S. once, but a new skirmish is afoot". The Athletic. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ Hays, Nate (4 June 2021). "Americans ready for Minor League Cricket Draft". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 4 June 2021.