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.
Squads
Each team released their squad on May 16, 2022.
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
Most wickets
References
