minor league cricket milc announced on wednesday global car makers toyota as the sponsor of its inaugural season in 2021 the toyota minor league cricket championship will be presented by sling tv the championship is set to begin on july 31 and will conclude on october 3the league will feature 10 weekends of t20 games culminating in a finals weekend on october 23 the total prize money offered in the competition is 250000 the largest purse in american cricket everin total 27 teams will compete for the championship across four geographic divisions in the us eastern central southern and western with over 200 games set to take place in 21 cities across the uswith an investment of 4000000 by minor league cricket and its 27 team owners into staging the tournament it is the most extensive competition to ever take place in american cricketwere honoured to be part of the firstever minor league cricket season and to help support the growth of the sport as it embarks on its most extensive competition to ever take place in the united states said matt ozawa manager asset management and activation toyota motor north americawe look forward to joining the league its athletes cricket lovers and toyota fans across the country for a historic inaugural championship season said justin geale tournament director for major league cricketwe are delighted to partner with toyota a global brand committing to support the growth of american cricket a sport loved by millions of supporters in the united states the online streaming provider sling tv believes that it is primed to introduce cricket to the american viewers sling tv is thrilled to partner with minor league cricket and help grow the games national audience said liz riemersma vicepresident international for sling tvthe scale and level of competition that minor league cricket will launch with this summer will help build the pathway to develop young talented cricketers across the nation into future national team stars said usa cricket ceo iain higgins the league provides a tremendous step forward towards achieving the vision of making cricket a mainstream sport in the united states added higgins