The 2021 Minor League Cricket final was a

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match played on 3 October 2021, at

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, Morrisville between the

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and the

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to determine the winner of the 2021 Minor League Cricket season of

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Road to the final

During the group stage of the 2021 Minor League Cricket season (MiLC) each team played 14-16 matches, two against each of the other side of its group and its neighboring group (i.e. Southern and Eastern, Central and Western). All matches took place in one of 27 venues chosen to be played in that season. The format for the group stage was a round-robin. That meant all teams would face each other at least twice. The teams needed to qualify in the top 2 of their respective groups to qualify for the

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. The Stallions finished 1st in their group, and the Strikers finished 2nd. Both teams won at least 10 games during the group stage, but the Stallions lost 4 with one being washed out, and the Strikers lost 3, with one washed out.

Match

The final match was played between the New Jersey Stallions and the Silicon Valley Strikers at

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Summary

The New Jersey Stallions won the toss and elected to bat. In the first innings, the Stallions mustered up an opening 29-run partnership before Ramrattan was edged behind to Jariwala off a good ball from

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. But, a 42 and 31 from Dominique Rikhi and Saiteja Mukkamalla helped it muster up a 60-run partnership to help the Stallions to 89/2, before a collapse would settle. Kulvinder Singh and

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ripped apart the middle order, with late cameos from Stephen Wiig and Karan Patel as the Stallions folded for 141. The Strikers' openers got off to a good start, with the first wicket falling at 28. Jariwala was caught by Wiig off

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after bowling a wide outside-off bouncer. Strikers

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was the next to fall after smashing

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for two sixes and one four.

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fell soon after being run out by some good fielding from

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. Pranay Suri, the Strikers'

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fell after attempting a lofted shot, ending a struggling innings of 5 from 11 deliveries.

joined

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at the crease and helped a 72 *-run partnership to lead the Strikers to victory. Deonarine smashed 52 *, with Primus chipping in with a 31 *.

Scorecard

Notes: * indicates team captain * * indicates

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Toss: New Jersey Stallions won the toss and elected to bat. , colspan="4", Extras (lb 3, w 7, nb 2)
Total 141 (20 overs) , 12 , 4 , 7.05 RR Fall of wickets: 28/1 (Raymond Ramrattan, 3.4 ov), 89/2 ( Saiteja Mukkamalla, 11.2 ov), 93/3 ( Dominique Rikhi, 12.1 ov), 93/4 (Hiren Patel, 12.5 ov), 104/5 (

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, 14.5 ov), 107/6 (

, 16.1 ov), 110/7 (

Jasdeep Singh Jasdeep "Jessy" Singh (born February 10, 1993) is an American cricketer who made his debut for the U.S. national side in May 2015. He is a right-arm medium-pace bowler who bats right-handed.Justin Dill Justin Dill (born 10 November 1994) is a South African cricketer. He was part of South Africa's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was the leading wicket-taker for Western Province in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, ...

, 17.3 ov), 134/9 (Stephen Wiig, 19.3), 141/10 (

, 19.6 ov) ''Target: 142 runs from 20 overs at 7.10 RR , colspan="4", Extras (lb 6, w 5)
Total 142/4 (18.1 overs) , 10 , 6 , 7.85 RR Fall of wickets: 28/1 (

Rahul Jariwala Rahul Jariwala is an American cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper for the United States cricket team. Jariwala was born in Fremont, California and was 15 years old when he first played for the United States under-19 cricket team. In 2019, Jar ...

, 3.6 ov), 45/2 (

, 4.5 ov), 53/3 (

, 5.2 ov), 70/4 (Pranay Suri, 10.1 ov) Result:

won by 6 wickets.

References

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