Wild Warthogs

The Wild Warthogs (often referred to as the Warthogs) are a virtual franchise cricket team, that plays in the Milton Cricket League (MCL). It was founded in 2017. The seventh edition of the MCL will be the 7th season for the MCL cricket franchise, Wild Warthogs. Formerly known as the Waitoki Warthogs, they are one of the twelve teams to compete in the tournament. The team is currently being captained by Faf du Plessis with Usaber Naib as team coach.

Team History
MCL 01

Dean Robinson was to be the first captain for the Warthogs, with Blake Preston stepping up to be the first head coach for the team. The first edition of the MCL got off to a dream start for the Warthogs as they won the first two games of their tournament against the Wrathful Wolves and The Bakerds. However, their tournament was hampered by Australia who hit an impressive score to set back the Warthogs and start them on their way to a three game losing streak to end their season with losses to The Cridators and The Epic Blasters. Wild Warthogs ended up in fifth position in the league table and missed out on qualification by having a low net run rate. Damien Losty finished the season as top scorer with 137 runs and Damion Jacobs finished the season as top wicket taker with 6 wickets.

MCL 02

The captaincy for MCL 02 was to be shared between Mohinder Amarnath and James Barton, with Blake Preston continuing to coach the side. Wild Warthogs managed to secure the services of Daniel Christian to the club, while Sam Wood was also signed up to help bolster the squad. The second edition of the MCL couldn't have got off to a worse start as the Warthogs lost to East Coast Bays by 100 runs. They then lose another close encounter to Australia by 2 wickets, before losing to Bevon's Baboons by 30 runs. However, the Warthogs kept themselves in the hunt with a 2 wicket win over the Cridators, before a heartbreaking 1 wicket loss to their rivals the Wrathful Wolves, left the Warthogs in fifth position and unable to make the quarter finals. Mohinder Amarnath finished the season as top scorer with 291 runs and Daniel Christian finished the season as top wicket taker with 9 wickets.

MCL 03

MCL 04

MCL 05

MCL 06

MCL 07

Statistics
Overall Results in the MCL

By Opposition

Trivia

 * The only team to play six seasons and not make a semi final
 * Have managed to hit a record of losing the first game over their last five campaigns in a row
 * One of only two teams to ever lose to the Epic Blasters
 * Remain the only team not to sell a single player from their squad