• Sistar Mortgage will be Presenting Partner of the 2020 Minor League Cricket Franchise Exhibition Matches
  • Opening weekend schedule announced for 14 of the 24 Minor League teams who are all set to take the field of play for the first time

Minor League Cricket (MiLC) and Sistar Mortgage have today announced a partnership that will see the nationwide lender become the Presenting Partner of the upcoming series of Minor League Cricket Franchise Exhibition Matches. 

As part of the sponsorship, Sistar Mortgage will also have prominent branding on the playing shirts of all 24 Minor League Cricket teams throughout the 2020 series of Franchise Exhibition Matches.

Sistar Mortgage and MiLC enter the partnership as cricket in the United States moves into a highly anticipated new era ahead of the first action on the field for Minor League teams on this Saturday, September 12th

Fourteen teams will take the field for the first time this weekend, with 12 matches scheduled to take place in four regions across the country. These matches are aimed to provide MiLC teams with some cricket in 2020, with the inaugural full season of Minor League Cricket then set to commence next year in Spring 2021.

The first balls will be bowled in New York and Atlanta on Saturday morning (10:00am EST), with the Empire State Titans hosting the New Jersey Stallions at Idlewild Park in Queens, NY. Simultaneously, Steven Taylor will lead the Atlanta Param Veers in the inaugural Georgia Derby against the Atlanta Fire at the Atlanta Cricket Fields, GA.

Later in the day, the East Bay Blazers and Silicon Valley Strikers will both be looking to establish an early ascendancy over their local rivals in what is shaping up to be an exciting clash at Morgan Hill Sports Complex, CA.

The final match to round out Day 1 of the Exhibition Series will take place under the floodlights of McKinney Cricket Ground in Dallas, TX, with the Austin Athletics heading north up the I-35 to take on the Irving Mustangs.

The scene is set for the first on field action for Minor Cricket League teams

With the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to be felt to various degrees across the country, Southern California and Florida will have their schedules finalized in due course, with matches to only proceed in conjunction with all local county and state authorities’ guidelines, and only if it is safe and possible to do so.

MiLC has drafted appropriate COVID-19 Guidelines and Protocols for all Franchise Exhibition Matches in 2020, with guidance from a licensed medical expert.  These are in line with USA Cricket’s Return to Play Guidelines, and all involved will be expected to abide by them, as well as with all local government regulations. 

Further details on where to follow these matches will be announced later this week in the lead-up to the opening weekend. Additional dates for further Franchise Exhibition Matches in 2020 will be announced in due course. The schedule for the first two weeks of matches can be found below and further details are provided on the MiLC website here: https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/western-conference-schedule 

SCHEDULE

Saturday September 12

Start 

(EST)

Home Team Away Team Venue
1000 Atlanta Fire Atlanta Param Veers Dalton 1, GA
1000 Empire State Titans New Jersey Stallions Idlewild Park, NY
1300 East Bay Blazers Silicon Valley Strikers Morgan Hill Sports Complex, CA
1430 Atlanta Fire Atlanta Param Veers Dalton , GA
1430 Empire State Titans New England Eagles Idlewild Park, NY
1900 Irving Mustangs Austin Athletics McKinney Cricket Ground, Dallas, TX


Sunday September 13

Start 

(EST)

Home Team Away Team Venue
1000 The Philadelphians DC Hawks Evansburg Cricket Ground, PA
1300 Irving Mustangs Houston Hurricanes bMcKinney Cricket Ground, Dallas, TX
1300 Golden State Grizzlies East Bay Blazers Morgan Hill Sports Complex, CA
1400 New England Eagles New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers CC Keney Park, CT
1430 DC Hawks Empire State Titans Evansburg Cricket Ground, PA


Saturday September 19

Start 

(EST)

Home Team Away Team Venue
1000 New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers CC The Philadelphians Howe Athletic Complex, NJ
1000 Atlanta Fire Atlanta Param Veers Atlanta Cricket Fields #1, GA
1030 Houston Hurricanes Austin Athletics Prairie View Cricket Complex #1, TX
1300 Golden State Grizzlies Silicon Valley Strikers Arroyo Park, Davis, CA
1400 DC Hawks New Jersey Stallions Strawberry Knoll Park, MD
1430 The Philadelphians New England Eagles Howe Athletic Complex, NJ
1430 Atlanta Fire Morrisville Cardinals Atlanta Cricket Fields #1, GA
1500 Michigan Cricket Stars Chicago Blasters Lyon Oaks Cricket Ground, MI
1530 Austin Athletics Irving Mustangs Prairie View Cricket Complex #1, TX
1730 Golden State Grizzlies East Bay Blazers Arroyo Park, Davis, CA

Sunday September 20

Start 

(EST)

Home Team Away Team Venue
1000 New Jersey Stallions The Philadelphians Pine Grove Elementary School, NJ
1000 Atlanta Param Veers Morrisville Cardinals Atlanta Cricket Fields #1, GA
1030 Houston Hurricanes Irving Mustangs Prairie View Cricket Complex #1, TX
1400 New England Eagles DC Hawks Pine Grove Elementary School, NJ
1430 Atlanta Fire Morrisville Cardinals Atlanta Cricket Fields #1, GA
1500 Michigan Cricket Stars Chicago Catchers Lyon Oaks Cricket Ground, MI
1530 Austin Athletics Houston Hurricanes Prairie View Cricket Complex #1, TX

 

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