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) will be the second season of

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, established by

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(USAC) and

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(MLC) in 2019.

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returned from the previous season as title sponsor, with

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tapped as the Official Fuel and Convenience Store of MiLC. The season is set to be hosted over 26 venues across the

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, from June 25 to August 28. The

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are the defending champions.

Teams

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.

Squads

Each team released their squad on May 16, 2022.

Results

Atlantic Conference

Pacific Conference

League stage

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

References

{{Cricket in the United States Cricket in the United States Youth cricket in the United States American domestic cricket competitions Twenty20 cricket matches Minor League Cricket Cricket leagues in the United States