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
California Morgan Hills Outdoor Complex Santa Clara Cricket Field Leo Magnus Cricket Complex (Van Nuys, Los Angeles) Arroyo Park Canyonside Park Washington – Tollgate Farm Park Texas Moosa Stadium McKinney Cricket Ground Sandy Lake Cricket Ground Prairie View Cricket Complex ACAC Park Illinois Washington Park (South Side, Chicago) BPL Cricket Stadium
Michigan – Lyon Oaks Cricket Ground Connecticut – Keney Park Cricket Field New York Canarsie Park Idlewild Park New Jersey – Howe Athletic Complex Pennsylvania – Exton Park Virginia – Veterans Memorial Park North Carolina – Church Street Park (Morrisville) Georgia Atlanta Cricket Fields Dalton Cricket Field Florida Central Broward Stadium (Lauderhille) Maq Cricket Stadium Silverstar Recreation Center
Teams
Pacific Conference
Western Division Silicon Valley Strikers – Bay Peninsula Bay Blazers – East Bay Los Angeles Hollywood Master Blasters SoCal Lashings Golden State Grizzlies – Sacramento, California San Diego Surf Riders – San Diego Seattle Thunderbolts – Seattle
Central Division Austin Athletics – Austin, Texas Chicago Chicago Blasters Chicago Catchers Irving Mustangs – Dallas Houston Hurricanes – Houston Michigan Cricket Stars – Michigan St. Louis Americans – St. Louis
Atlantic Conference Eastern Division New England Eagles – Boston NJ Somerset Cavaliers – Somerset New Jersey Stallions – Jersey City Empire State Titans – New York City Manhattan Yorkers – New York The Philadelphians – Philadelphia DC Hawks – Washington DC
Southern Division Atlanta Atlanta Fire Atlanta Param Veers Ft. Lauderdale Lions – Fort Lauderdale Florida Beamers – Miami Morrisville Cardinals – Morrisville, North Carolina Orlando Galaxy – Orlando
Squads Each team released their squad on June 10, 2021.
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Dilpreet Billing Gary Graham Kulvinder Singh Narsingh Deonarine Pranay Suri (vc) Rahul Jariwala Rohith Ramkumar Roshon Primus Rushil Ugarkar Saurabh Netravalkar Srinivas Raghavan Umang Parikh Unmukt Chand (c)SoCal Lashings Akash Singh Abhijeet Singh Abhimanyu Rajp (c) Deepak Gosain Muditha Fernando Hammad Shahid Kakani Harish Harpreet Singh Iftikhar Ahmed Marcus Stewart Peter Vittachi R Singh Khosa Rayaan Bhagani Shamsher Singh Shiva Vashishat Sukhwant Sekhon Taha Jamal Vedant Jain
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 Player Team Runs Unmukt Chand Silicon Valley Strikers 16 16 51.00 125.15 1 5 59 23 Trevon Griffith Empire State Titans 18 18 37.73 148.56 0 5 35 37 Ravi Inder Singh DC Hawks 16 16 40.29 125.33 0 4 30 29 Christopher Barnwell Empire State Titans 16 16 50.82 151.49 1 2 28 45 Xavier Marshall NJ Somerset Cavaliers 15 15 41.69 147.28 1 4 28 47 Source: Minor League Cricket
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