Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom: Washington Freedom beat Seattle Orcas by 5 wickets to win their second match in the league.
WAF captain Steve Smith, after winning the toss, decided to bowl first. Ryan Rickelton and Nauman Anwar opened for Seattle Orcas, but this time, the former couldn’t score more than 4 runs and got dismissed after Nauman Anwar. Seattle Orcas was two down for 34 runs. Quinton de Kock was scoring runs from one end, but he got beaten by the pace of Lockie Ferguson, who dismissed the left-handed batter on the score of 24 runs. Skipper Heinrich Klaasen came to the pitch and started playing like he always does; he smashed bowlers all over the park to get to his half-century in 29 deliveries. But Marco Jansen picked up his wicket, and after the dismissal of the skipper, no other batter contributed significant runs to the total. Seattle Orcas were bowled out in 19.4 overs on a score of 124.
Chasing 125 runs Washington Freedom start wasn’t good as Travis Head got out on a duck in the first over of the chase. Rachin Ravindra was hitting runs from one end but he got caught at mid-off and after that Steve Smith was bowled by Gannon on the score of 12. WAF lost three wickets in the powerplay. It was Lahiru Milantha and Obus Pienaar who batted cautiously till the end to get to the target in 18.2 overs.
MLC 2024,Match 8: Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom| Batting Scorecard
| BATTING(Seattle Orcas) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Rickelton | c Smith b Ferguson | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nauman Anwar | c Ravindra b Netravalkar | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Quinton de Kock | b Ferguson | 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Heinrich Klaasen (c) | c Mukhtar Ahmed b Jansen | 51 | 30 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Shubham Ranjane | run out (Smith) | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Imad Wasim | c Milantha b Ferguson | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hammad Azam | lbw b Ferguson | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harmeet Singh | b Netravalkar | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cameron Gannon | c Ferguson b Holland | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Nandre Burger | c Mukhtar Ahmed b Netravalkar | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zaman Khan | not out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 6) | 7 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 19.4 Ov (RR: 6.30) | 124 | |||||||
| BATTING(Washington Freedom) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Head | c sub (Ali Sheikh) b Imad Wasim | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steven Smith (c) | b Gannon | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rachin Ravindra | c Klaasen b Burger | 26 | 16 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Mukhtar Ahmed | c Imad Wasim b Burger | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Glenn Maxwell | c Klaasen b Harmeet Singh | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Lahiru Milantha | not out | 33 | 30 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Obus Pienaar | not out | 31 | 30 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 6) | 7 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 18.2 Ov (RR: 6.92) | 127/5 | |||||||
MLC 2024,Match 8: Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom| Bowling Scorecard
| BOWLING(Washington Freedom) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 3.4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Lockie Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Holland | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| BOWLING(Seattle Orcas) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imad Wasim | 4 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Nandre Burger | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Cameron Gannon | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Harmeet Singh | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Zaman Khan | 3.2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
MLC 2024,Match 8: Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom| Award Winners| Stats
Player of the match(Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom): Lockie Ferguson(Washington Freedom), 4/26 in 4 overs
Most Runs scored(Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom): Heinrich Klaasen(Seattle Orcas), 51 runs off 30 balls
Best Spell(Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom): Harmeet Singh(Seattle Orcas), 1/15 in 4 overs
Stake Most Valuable Player(Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom): Lockie Ferguson(Washington Freedom)
MLC 2024,Match 8: Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom| Captains’ Corner
Our top-order didn’t get off to the flier and take it deep. The run-rate was never out of reach and it is all about taking it deep and I think Pienaar and Milantha played some really smart cricket there. Lockie has been terrific and Netravalkar has been great for us, obviously a few hiccups with the bat but got the job done at the end. If one of our top-order had gone to make 60-70, things would have been a lot easier but really pleased with the win. Good that a few guys got some time in the middle.
Steve Smith(WAF Captain) said post-match
I think we lost game in the backend with the bat. I think we bowled quite well upfront, but we didn’t have enough on the board. We are lacking that one guy that keeps on going at the backend, and that is something that will give the bowlers that extra cushion. Proud of the bowlers, they did what they needed to do and like I said not enough runs on the board and we need to get that right.
Heinrich Klaasen(SEO Captain) said post-match
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