The 2022 Minor League Cricket season (branded as the 2022 Toyota Minor League Cricket championship presented by Sunoco for sponsorship reasons and sometimes shortened to 2022 MiLC) was the second season of Minor League Cricket, established by USA Cricket (USAC) and Major League Cricket (MLC) in 2019. Toyota returned from the previous season as title sponsor, with Sunoco tapped as the Official Fuel and Convenience Store of MiLC. The season was hosted over 20 venues across the United States, with matches being broadcast through Willow and Sling TV. It was played from June 25 to August 28, 2022.
The tournament was won by the Seattle Thunderbolts, who defeated the Atlanta Fire in the final played in Morrisville, North Carolina by 10 runs, with Phani Simhadri of the Seattle Thunderbolts winning the award for Most Valuable Player of the series. The Silicon Valley Strikers were the defending champions.
Teams and venues
The complete list of ground venues was announced by Major League Cricket a day prior to the season opening.
For this season, the Chicago Catchers and the Atlanta Param Veers franchises were replaced by the Chicago Tigers and the Atlanta Lightning, while the Austin Athletics and the Irving Mustangs were renamed the Lone Star Athletics and the Dallas Mustangs respectively. It was also announced that the Florida Beamers were on hiatus for the 2022 season, and as such, would not return for this season.
In June 2022, it was also announced that the Morrisville Raptors would be replacing the recently discontinued Morrisville Cardinals.
Pacific Conference Western Division Silicon Valley Strikers (Bay Peninsula) – Morgan Hills Sports Complex Bay Blazers (East Bay) – Morgan Hills Sports Complex Leo Magnus Cricket Complex Hollywood Master Blasters – Los Angeles SoCal Lashings – Los Angeles Golden State Grizzlies (Sacramento, California) – Arroyo Park San Diego Surf Riders (San Diego) – Canyonside Park Seattle Thunderbolts (Seattle) – Tollgate Farm Park
Central Division Lone Star Athletics (Austin, Texas) – Moosa Stadium Chicago Chicago Blasters (Hanover Park) Chicago Tigers (Hanover Park) Dallas Mustangs (Dallas) – Las Colinas Polo Ground Houston Hurricanes (Houston) – Prairie View Cricket Complex Michigan Cricket Stars (Michigan) – Lyon Oaks Cricket Ground St. Louis Americans (St. Louis) – ACAC Park
Atlantic Conference Eastern Division New England Eagles (Boston) –Keney Park NJ Somerset Cavaliers (Somerset, New Jersey) – Howe Athletic Complex New Jersey Stallions (Jersey City, New Jersey) – Howe Athletic Complex Empire State Titans (New York City) – Idlewild Park Manhattan Yorkers (New York) – Mercer County Park The Philadelphians (Philadelphia) –Exton Park DC Hawks (Washington, D. C.) – Veterans Cricket Field
Southern Division Atlanta Cricket Field (Atlanta) Atlanta Fire Atlanta Lightning Ft. Lauderdale Lions (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) – Broward County Stadium Morrisville Raptors (Morrisville, North Carolina) – Church Street Park Orlando Galaxy (Orlando) – Silverstar Recreation Park
Squads Each team released their squad on May 16, 2022.
Atlanta Fire Amila Aponso Gavaska Channer Corné Dry Evroy Dyer Aaron Jones Danush Kaveripakam Rishi Pandey Ridwan Palash Jay Pathak Nithil Reddy Salman Safi Zain Sayed Ateendra Subramanian Steven Taylor Viraj Vaghela Rahkeem CornwallAtlanta Lightning Sahil Charania Aran Chenchu Aman Hamidi Hanchard Hamilton Neive McNally Mark Parchment Sagar Patel Heer Patel Kyle Phillip Khary Pierre Amrut Pore Rajiv Redhi Heath Richards Aditya Sharma Shamar SpringerFt. Lauderdale Lions Shamarie Brown Honey Gori Atul Iyer Herlando Johnson Sameer Khan Christopher Lamont Masood Mohammed Dean Morgan Adam Sanford Roy Silva Shuaib Syed Elton Tucker Jr. Kesrick Williams Kiran Vade Ujjwal VinnakotaMorrisville Raptors Murali Ankaraju Colin Archibald Abhiram Bolisetty Siva Kumar Karthikeya Jagadish Vinothkumar Kandaswamy Chinmay Kushare Lahiru Milantha Aditya Padala Rohan Phadke Dane Piedt Obus Pienaar Kiran Saravanakumar Muhammad Shah Aryan Shah Sanjay StanleyOrlando Galaxy Dimitri Adams Naseer Ahmed Tagenarine Chanderpaul Matthew Comerie Hardik Desai B Gnanasakthi Jermaine Harrison Adam Khan Isuru Kiruwitage Dunae Nathaniel Manav Patel Meetul Patel Visvas Patel Sumit Sehrawat Vasu VegiDC Hawks Pranto Ahmed Arsh Arora Aaryan Batra Ritwik Behera Rasesh Behera Franklin Clement Sahil Kapoor Jaskaran Malhotra Junaid Nadir Ishan Sharma Warisjot Sidhu Sunny Sohal Tallal Zia Bipul Sharma Sarabjit Ladda Warisjot SidhuEmpire State Titans Usman Ashraf Tapash Baisya Adil Bhatti Jaladh Dua Tohidul Islam Sumeet Kumar Chaitanya Parwal Monank Patel Savan Patel Chintan Patel Kwame Patton Jr. Vidyut Rajagopal Vivek Ravichandran Gauranshu Sharma Adithya Venkatesh Adithya BharadwajManhattan Yorkers Raj Bhavsar Rajdeep Darbar Shawn Findlay Noman Iftikhar Advaith Jagannath Yasir Mohammad Smit Patel Danesh Patel Raj Patel Deveshwari Prashad Kevin Shah Gajanand Singh Surya Thurumella Raghavender Tirunahan Raghu Tirunahari Deep JoshiNew England Eagles Tahmid Ahmed Bruce Blackwood Apurva Maheshram Rizwan Mazhar Shrey Parmar Adil Sardar Azher Syed Manas Vyas Devendra Bishoo Marvin Darlington Andre McCarthy Azher Ali Archit Patel Bilal Imran Hemendra Ramdihal Saad Awan Kavin Nakkeeran Kumar JosephNew Jersey Somerset Cavaliers Yashwant Balaji Imrul Hashib Chandrapaul Hemraj Ali Imran Salik Iqbal Damion Jacobs Ahmed Labib Xavier Marshall Gudakesh Motie Najaf Shah Abhishek Prabhu Pranav Rao Burhan Saeed Meet Shah Kulwinder Singh Taahaa WarraichNew Jersey Stallions Manoj Acharya Rohan Arvindh Derone Davis Sadique Henry Akshay Homraj Saiteja Mukkamalla Sachin Mylavarapu Paul Palmer Hiren Patel Karan Patel Raymond Ramrattan Preet Shah Dominique Rikhi Jasdeep Singh Stephen Wiig Rovman PowellPhiladelphians Abdullah Syed Chiranshu Bhatia Trinson Carmichael Juanoy Drysdale Karima Gore Anirudh Immanuel Soripul Islam Hayat Khan Yash Khangura Milind Kumar Varun Mantha Derick Narine Liam Plunkett Mario Rampersaud Syed Veqar Abdul JabbarLone Star Athletics Ali Bangash Hamza Bangash Jay Desai Derval Green Hrrit Hinge Shayan Jahangir Arya Kannantha Hamza Khalid Jannisar Khan Nitish Kumar Shuja Naqvi Sidhesh Pathare Josh Saripella Kamran Shaikh Abhinav Sikharam Majjid ZubairChicago Blasters Ankush Agrawal Fahad Babar Abir Chippa S Charith Daggupati Shaheer Hassan Najam Iqbal Pankaj Kampli Ashhar Mehdi Mohit Patel Jay Patel Kevin Phillip Datta Prakash Y Shreyas Ramesh Arjun Reddy Awais Zia Mohammad WaqasChicago Tigers Ranadeep Aleti Saad Ali Sunny Bhatti Kushal Ganji Karan Kumar Prateer Mehta Rishi Mehta Pruthvish Patel Manan Patel Deepchand Pinnaka Ocarie Simms Sami Sohail Rohit Thete Tejas Visal Marques Ackerman Calvin SavageHouston Hurricanes Huzefa Ahmed Gourav Bajaj Rayaan Bhagani Muneed Choudhary Karthik Gattepalli Saqlain Haider Ali Khan Ninad Nimbalkar Usman Rafiq Rameez Raja Hassan Rashid Ali Shafiq Matthew Trompe Tanaf Wasie Ashley Nurse Mohammad Ilyas Sohail TanvirDallas Mustangs Corey Anderson Sachin Asoka Burt Cockley Rehman Dar Sujith Gowda Adnan Haroon Naseer Jamali Nosthush Kenjige Petson Matthews Sushant Modani Soorya Selvakumar Ali Shiekh Joshua Tromp Abhimanyu Poswal Saqib Malhotra Hussain Talat Sahibzada FarhanMichigan Cricket Stars Arjun Ajbani Farhan Ali Nauman Anwar Theo Barnett Haladhara Das Umar Eman Matthew Forde Niaz Khan Zia Khan Zeeshan Maqsood Mohammad Mohsin Tirth Patel Ryan Scott Ezat Ullah Arjun Vajjalla Christopher van TullSt. Louis Americans Murali Basupalli Ahmed Butt Sam Das Justin Dill Dhruv Duggal Arnav Jhamb Nikhil Kanchan Yashodhan Mahajan Paras Marwaha Bhavya Mehta Parth Patel Siddharth Saladi Luke Schofield Siddharth Saladi Siddhant Shah Ayaan KhanBay Blazers Arshdeep Brar David Bunn Saideep Ganesh Aarnav Iyer Gurbakash Khaira Nawaz Khan Sanjay Krishnamurthi Carmi le Roux Vikash Mohan Prumjot Panesar Abhishek Paradkar Angelo Perera Navanpreet Brar Rusty Theron David White Mark DeyalGolden State Grizzlies Sami Aslam Hammad Azam Karan Chandel Nihal Desai Anish Deshpande Ruchir Joshi Junaid Malik Sheryar Khan Shivam Mishra Zia Shahzad Mohit Nataraj Abheyender Singh Anshul Singh Aditya Srinivas Vatsal VaghelaHollywood Master Blasters Ajay Immadi Kanishka Chaugai Cody Chetty Ayan Desai Andrew Dulwatte Evan Hewageegana Venukalyan Madireddy Mrunal Patel Timil Patel Nisarg Patel Dylan Ranatunga Basanta Regmi Brynley Richards Hammad Shahid Ravi Timbawala Prithu BaskotaSan Diego Surf Riders Samson Bhatti Nikhil Dutta Adit Gorawara Greg Hay Vedant Jain Marty Kain Kakani Harish Sri Krishna Zubair Murad Abhinay Reddy Jaideep Reddy Sukhwant Sekhon Ajay Sharma Devam Shrivastava Adnesh Tondale Khalid KhanSeattle Thunderbolts Daminda Ranaweera Rishi Bhardwaj Akhilesh Bodugum Aditya Chauhan Andries Gous Shair Kancherla Mudi Prajith Manoj Panwar Rohan Posanipally Jagroop Raina Shubham Ranjane Phani Simhadri Harmeet Singh Rahul Singh Shadley van SchalkwykSilicon Valley Strikers Arsh Buch Unmukt Chand Narsingh Deonarine Gary Graham Rahul Jariwala Shehan Jayasuriya Saurabh Netravalkar Roshon Primus Raymon Reifer Srinivas Raghavan Adil Shivakumar Kulvinder Singh Pranay Suri Dev Thadani Rushil Ugarkar Zahid ZakhailSoCal Lashings Iftikhar Ahmed Muditha Fernando Deepak Gosain Elmore Hutchinson Taha Jamal Ripal Patel Abhimanyu Rajp (c) Akash Singh Harman Sandhir Sanchit Sandhu S Rohit Sharma Harpreet Singh Muhammad Zaid Jatinder Singh Zaid Tariq Katene Clarke Zohaib Ahmed
Results Atlantic Conference
Pacific Conference
League stage The league stage ran from June 25 to August 14. The schedule and venues of the playoffs was announced on August 4 by Major League Cricket.
The season had a total prize pool of $350,000, with the winner taking home $150,000. Atlantic Conference Southern Division
Top two teams advance to the Quarterfinals advances to Quarterfinals to play 2nd-place Eastern Division team advances to Quarterfinals to play 1st-place Eastern Division team
Eastern Division
Top two teams advance to the Quarterfinals advances to Quarterfinals to play 2nd-place Southern Division team advances to Quarterfinals to play 1st-place Southern Division team
Pacific Conference Central Division
Top two teams advance to the Quarterfinals advances to Quarterfinals to play 2nd-place Western Division team advances to Quarterfinals to play 1st-place Western Division team
Western Division
Top two teams advance to the Quarterfinals advances to Quarterfinals to play 2nd-place Central Division team advances to Quarterfinals to play 1st-place Central Division team
Playoffs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Most runs Player Team Runs Unmukt Chand Silicon Valley Strikers 18 18 53.31 130.26 1 6 67 28Shehan Jayasuriya Silicon Valley Strikers 18 17 49.43 137.23 2 3 70 26Andries Gous Seattle Thunderbolts 17 17 44.00 140.32 0 5 65 25David White Bay Blazers 14 14 55.18 145.91 0 5 51 37Lahiru Milantha Morrisville Raptors 14 14 38.14 148.33 0 5 57 19 Source: Minor League Cricket
Most wickets Player Team Phani Simhadri Seattle Thunderbolts 17 17 43 5/9 8.74 5.92 8.8 1 1Sarabjit Ladda DC Hawks 14 14 27 4/5 11.81 6.10 11.6 3 0Nosthush Kenjige Dallas Mustangs 14 13 26 6/10 8.65 4.95 10.5 0 1Pranay Suri Silicon Valley Strikers 18 17 26 6/24 13.23 6.37 12.5 0 2Zia Shahzad Golden State Grizzlies 14 14 25 4/16 14.00 6.73 12.5 1 0 Source: Minor League Cricket
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