(February 2021)">source?] (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19). It will consist of 24 franchise-based teams in four regional conferences. Additionally, the league had began its regional draft process in late-August 2020.
Teams
Unlike Major League Cricket, Minor League Cricket will use privately-owned franchises. ACE announced the 24 teams and their owners on August 15, 2020.
Division Club City Owners Eastern New England Eagles Boston Ravi Rao New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers Cricket Club Somerset Aslam Khan New Jersey Stallions Jersey City Venu Palaparthi Empire State Titans New York City Empire State Cricket The Philadelphians Philadelphia William Precious DC Hawks Washington DC Rajit Passey Western Silicon Valley Strikers Bay Peninsula bInfinite Bay Blazers East Bay Premkumar Suri and Partners Hollywood Master Blasters Los Angeles Janak Patel SoCal Lashings Cricket Los Angeles Abhimanyu Rajp Golden State Grizzlies Sacramento ACE San Diego Surf Riders San Diego Rajinder Ghai Central Austin Athletics Austin Manish Patel and Partners Chicago Blasters Chicago Iftekhar Shareef Chicago Catchers Chicago Cricket Management Group, LLC Irving Mustangs Dallas Lovkesh Kalia Houston Hurricanes Houston Tanweer Ahmed Michigan Cricket Stars Michigan Nabeel Ahmed Southern Atlanta Fire Atlanta Mohammed Hasan Tarek Atlanta Param Veers Atlanta Jayesh Patel Fort Lauderdale Lions Fort Lauderdale Krishna Persaud Florida Beamers Miami Cricket Management Group, LLC Morrisville Cardinals Morrisville Praveen Chakraraj and Partners Orlando Galaxy Orlando Rahul Joshi
Exhibition Series
The league held a series franchise exhibition games from the dates of September 12th to October 12th, 2020 in which 14 of the 24 MLC teams would play.
Eastern Conference Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR 1 Cavaliers CC 6 5 1 0 0 10 2.034 2 DC Hawks 2 2 0 0 0 4 1.139 3 NJ Stallions 4 2 2 0 0 4 −0.718 4 Empire State Titans 6 2 4 0 0 4 −0.842 5 Philadelphians 3 1 2 0 0 2 −0.839 6 New England Eagles 5 1 4 0 0 2 −1.037
Conference matches
Empire State Titans
v
NJ Stallions
Gajanand Singh 44 (30)
Dominique Rikhi 76 (54)
Empire State Titans won by 42 runs Queens , New York
Empire State Titans won the toss and elected to bat. Empire State Titans
v
New England Eagles
Waseem Shahzedh 66 (30)
Assad Fudadin 55 (46)
Empire State Titans won by 25 runs Queens , New York
Empire State Titans won the toss and elected to bat. DC Hawks
v
The Philadelphians
Adil Bhatti 63 (37)
Muhammad Shah 37 (15)
DC Hawks won by 30 runs. Pennsylvania
DC Hawks won the toss and elected to bat. Cavaliers CC
v
New England Eagles
Kennar Lewis 49 (25)
Oniell Powell 34 (29)
Cavaliers CC won by 57 runs. Hartford, Connecticut
Cavaliers CC won the toss and elected to bat. Empire State Titans
v
DC Hawks
Trevon Griffith 60 (40)
Navin Stewart 61 (20)
DC Hawks won by 5 wickets. Pennsylvania
Empire State Titans won the toss and elected to bat. NJ Stallions
v
Cavaliers CC
Dominique Rikhi 71* (62)
Aaron Jones 27 (26)
NJ Stallions won by 45 runs. Somerset, New Jersey
Cavaliers CC won the toss and elected to field. NJ Stallions
v
New England Eagles
Dominique Rikhi 56 (38)
Bruce Blackwood 42 (31)
NJ Stallions won by 26 runs. Somerset, New Jersey
NJ Stallions won the toss and elected to bat first. Cavaliers CC
v
NJ Stallions
Syed Abdullah 55 (31)
Hiren Patel 33 (28)
Cavaliers CC won by 94 runs. Somerset, New Jersey
Cavaliers CC won the toss and elected to bat first. NJ Stallions
v
New England Eagles
Jaladh Dua 71 (52)
Assad Fudadin 80 (51)
New England Eagles won by 3 wickets. Hartford, Connecticut
New England Eagles won toss and elected to field first. Cavaliers CC
v
Empire State Titans
Aaron Jones 99 (55)
Jaladh Dua 50 (40)
Cavaliers CC won by 28 runs (DLS method). Queens , New York
Cavaliers CC won the toss and elected to bat first. Cavaliers CC
v
Empire State Titans
Aaron Jones 105 (48)
Jaladh Dua 66 (59)
Cavaliers CC won by 119 runs. Queens , New York
Empire State Titans won the toss and elected to field first. Cavaliers CC
v
Philadelphians
Chanderpaul Hemraj 67 (28)
Kunal Baride 43 (24)
Cavaliers CC won by 18 runs (DLS method). Somerset, New Jersey
The Philadelphians won the toss and elected to field first. Philadelphians
v
New England Eagles
Kashif Ali 41 (35)
Oniell Powell 50 (58)
The Philadelphians won by 1 run. Somerset, New Jersey
The Philadelphians won the toss and elected to bat first. Western Conference Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR 1 Silicon Valley Strikers 8 6 2 0 0 12 0.253 2 East Bay Blazers 8 5 3 0 0 10 0.261 3 Golden State Grizzlies 8 1 7 0 0 2 −0.599
Central Conference Mid-West Region Texas Region South Conference References
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