MLC 2023 WAF vs SOR highlights: Henriques-led Washington Freedom is scheduled to play the 3rd match of MLC 2023 at Grand Prairie against Wayne Parnell-led Seattle Orcas.
| Match no | Major League Cricket 2023, 3rd match |
| Match | Washington Freedom vs Seattle Orcas |
| Date | July 14, 2023 |
| Toss | Seattle Orcas won the toss and opt to bowl |
| Venue | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| Result | Seattle won by 5 wickets |
MLC 2023 WAF vs SOR Playing 11
Seattle Orcas squad
Quinton de Kock (wk), Nauman Anwar, Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klaasen, Imad Wasim, Shehan Jayasuriya, Shubham Ranjane, Cameron Gannon, Wayne Parnell (c), Harmeet Singh, Andrew Tye
Washington Freedom squad
Matthew Short, Mukhtar Ahmed, Andries Gous (wk), Moises Henriques (c), Obus Pienaar, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Dane Piedt, Anrich Nortje, Saurabh Netravalkar, Akeal Hosein
MLC 2023 WAF vs SOR Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| Washington Freedom | 144/7 (20) |
| Seattle Orcas | 148/5 (19.4) |
MLC 2023 WAF vs SOR highlights
Washington Freedom Innings
On starting with the first batting in the 3rd match of the MLC, Washington batsman was not having a good time in the field as they were struggling to score runs against Seattle bowlers.
Andries Gous and Matthew Short being opening batters scored 28 and 2 runs respectively. On Mukhtar Ahmed sent out by Parnell with 5 runs on lbw, Glenn Philips entered the field and scored 20 runs out of 13 deliveries. Henrique scored 24 runs out of 19 balls before being sent out of the field by Andrew Tye.
Akeal Hosein was better on the field scoring 33 runs from 22 deliveries. By the end of 20 overs, Washington scored a team score of 144 losing seven wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Matthew Short | b Imad Wasim | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Andries Gous † | c Klaasen b Harmeet Singh | 28 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 84.84 |
| Mukhtar Ahmed | lbw b Parnell | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Glenn Phillips | c Klaasen b Gannon | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 153.84 |
| Moises Henriques (c) | c Hetmyer b Tye | 24 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 126.31 |
| Obus Pienaar | c Gannon b Parnell | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 |
| Marco Jansen | b Harmeet Singh | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.28 |
| Akeal Hosein | not out | 33 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 150 |
| Dane Piedt | not out | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Imad Wasim | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cameron Gannon | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Wayne Parnell | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Tye | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Harmeet Singh | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle Orcas innings
Quinton de Kock and Nauman Anwar opened for Seattle Orcas scoring runs of 10 and 48 runs respectively. Imad Wasim scored 43 runs out of 38 deliveries and made his stance until the end.
Shimron Hetmyer had scored 23 runs out of 19 deliveries before being sent by Marco Jansen. Seattle Orcas had scored 148 runs, winning the match by 5 wickets in hand.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Quinton de Kock † | b Nortje | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 90.9 |
| Nauman Anwar | b Piedt | 48 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 129.72 |
| Shehan Jayasuriya | c Henriques b Hosein | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | b Henriques | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Imad Wasim | not out | 43 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 113.15 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | b Jansen | 23 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 121.05 |
| Shubham Ranjane | not out | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 400 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Marco Jansen | 3.4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 8.18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Akeal Hosein | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Moises Henriques | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Piedt | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the match
Imad Wasim | Seattle Orcas
I thought the wicket was good, we bowled really well. We had to grind it out in the second half and go from over to over. It was about being calm. We were looking for one boundary in an over. Hetmyer and Nauman played really well, credit goes to them. In powerplay it’s hard, every team is losing wickets. When I saw the wicket, the conditions were demanding. I tried to grind it out in the middle.
