Seattle Orcas Vs San Francisco Unicorns Match 13 16 July 2024

13th T20 • Church Street Park • Morrisville

San Francisco Unicorns

165/7 (20)

Seattle Orcas

142/6 (20)

SFU won by 23 runs

Info

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Date & Time

16 Jul, 01:00 AM IST

Venue

Church Street Park, Morrisville

Match

13th T20,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Aditya Gajjar (United States America), Gregory Brathwaite (West Iindies), Wayne Knights (New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Seattle Orcas elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionLow Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

146Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

125.19Avg SR

2nd Innings

135Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

128.22Avg SR

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Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SEO

1- 0

SFU

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Seattle Orcas

San Francisco Unicorns

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Ryan Rickelton

SEO . WK

107 Runs

2 Matches

Matthew Short

SFU . ALL

91 Runs

2 Matches

Quinton de Kock

SEO . WK

80 Runs

3 Matches

Top Bowlers

Cameron Gannon

SEO . BOWL

4 Wkts

3 Matches

Harmeet Singh

SEO . ALL

3 Wkts

3 Matches

Zaman Khan

SEO . BOWL

3 Wkts

3 Matches

Player of the Match Liam Plunkett

3/26

SFU

SEO

Info

San Francisco Unicorns

165/7 (20)

Batters

Finn Allen

188.89

c & b Wasim

Jake Fraser-McGurk

110.00

b Wasim

Matthew Short

175.00

c Singh b Cameron Gannon

Josh Inglis

100.00

c Cameron Gannon b Singh

Corey Anderson

45.45

b Cameron Gannon

Sanjay Krishnamurthy

142.86

c Cameron Gannon b Khan

Hassan Khan

76.92

c Singh b Cameron Gannon

Pat Cummins

75.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.25)

165/7

Did not Bat

Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Carmi le Roux

Bowlers

EXT

Imad Wasim

7.00

Nandre Burger

9.50

Cameron Gannon

6.50

Zaman Khan

9.75

Harmeet Singh

8.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jake Fraser-McGurk

b Wasim

1-20

2.3

Finn Allen

c & b Wasim

2-95

8.6

Matthew Short

c Singh b Cameron Gannon

3-106

10.1

Corey Anderson

b Cameron Gannon

4-115

12.3

Josh Inglis

c Cameron Gannon b Singh

5-119

13.1

Hassan Khan

c Singh b Cameron Gannon

6-150

17.4

Sanjay Krishnamurthy

c Cameron Gannon b Khan

7-165

19.6

Seattle Orcas

142/6 (20)

Batters

Ryan Rickelton

138.10

b Plunkett

Shehan Jayasuriya

145.95

c (sub Gore) b Cummins

Quinton De Kock

40.00

c Hassan Khan b Short

Heinrich Klaasen

66.67

c Allen b Anderson

Aaron Jones

120.00

c & b Plunkett

Harmeet Singh

83.33

c Short b Plunkett

Hammad Azam

114.29

Not out

Cameron Gannon

54.55

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.1)

142/6

Did not Bat

Imad Wasim, Nandre Burger, Zaman Khan

Bowlers

EXT

Carmi le Roux

1.4

6.60

Matthew Short

5.00

Corey Anderson

3.2

6.30

Pat Cummins

8.75

Haris Rauf

7.50

Liam Plunkett

6.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ryan Rickelton

b Plunkett

1-76

8.3

Quinton De Kock

c Hassan Khan b Short

2-79

9.3

Shehan Jayasuriya

c (sub Gore) b Cummins

3-87

10.6

Aaron Jones

c & b Plunkett

4-96

12.2

Heinrich Klaasen

c Allen b Anderson

5-98

13.3

Harmeet Singh

c Short b Plunkett

6-128

16.6

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Jul, 01:00 AM IST

Venue

Church Street Park, Morrisville

Match

13th T20,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Aditya Gajjar (United States America), Gregory Brathwaite (West Iindies), Wayne Knights (New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Seattle Orcas elected to bowl

0 1b 1 0 4 W

Over 17

Runs: 6

0 1lb 0 1 1 1

Over 18

Runs: 4

1lb 1wd 1 1 1 0 1

Over 19

Runs: 6

0 1 1 0 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Liam Plunkett

3/26

Commentary

That was it from our side! Owing to technical issues from the live stream, we are not able to provide quotes of Heinrich Klaasen. But we will do it all again soon. This is Dwaipayan Mukherjee , signing off with Darpan Tikiya as we touch 5AM in the morning here in India. See you!

Corey Anderson (San Francisco Unicorns) : Pat is a world class player. He has played against the best players in the world for a long-time. Great to have him in our group, brings in a lot to our side. I think we will look to win every game here. We will go to Dallas and see what works for us, make our strategies accordingly and proceed. We are excited to see what the future holds for us.

Liam Plunkett (Man of the Match) : Yeah, the way we batted in the powerplay told us that after the first 6 overs, if you have your variations in place and execute them well, there was an area where we could exploit and pose problems.

Matthew Short (San Fransisco Unicorns): (On his batting) It was nice. The idea was to attack at the top. We have the backing of our coaches to be aggressive at the top of the order when the ball is hard and the field is up. (On his bowling) The wicket was probably in my favour. Some balls were spinning, some were skidding. Happy to get through those overs without much damage. Its a short tournament. We have been a little bit unlucky with the rain. Looking forward to playing in Dallas.

San Francisco Unicorns (165 for 7) defeat Seattle Orcas (142 for 6) by 23 runs

Shehan Jayasuriya - 54 (37) | Ryan Rickelton - 29 (21)
Liam Plunkett - 3/26 | Matthew Short - 1/15

Unicorns will be very happy with their efforts specially considering how this chase began in the comfort zone for Ryan Rickelton when he came out with his new opening partner - Shehan Jayasuriya at the start of this chase. Matt Short sent down the 2nd over of the innings, a decision which might have been driven by the fact that both openers were left handers and his right arm off spin turns it away from the batters.

The tall Aussie did not take long in ensuring he troubles the batters as a LBW shout got a nod from the umpire, only for the decision to get overturned successfully by the batters.

It was a watchful start by the Orcas. There was a break of rhythm with the blow to Le Roux in the 3rd over. But this was the best opening stand for Orcas in this season - after stands of 1, 17 and 6 in the first 3 games. Only 22 runs came in the first 4 overs and then Cummins was introduced to MLC cricket with a six first ball by Ryan Rickelton, a single next ball and a reverse scoop over the head of keeper Josh Inglis in the 3rd ball.

Haris Rauf was introduced in the last over of the power play and he was met with another reverse scoop by Jayasuriya, who followed it up with a smashing stroke through the cover region, a maximum and another boundary as that over leaked 18 runs and Orcas ended the first six overs with 54 for none with 8 fours and 2 sixes. The Sri Lankan did the majority of hitting. 32 runs came from the 5th and 6th overs combined.

The 76 run opening stand was dislodged when Plunkett knocked over Rickelton with a roll of his fingers on this slowish surface that rewarded change in pace bowling. De Kock came and went as Matt Short won the battle of match ups.

This got captain Heinrich Klaasen in the middle at the brink of the halfway point where Orcas stood at 81 for 2. Shehan got his 11th half-century in what was a fantastic innings on his return to the side. His strike rate was top drawer for an opener in this kind of a chase. There was a phase of 23 balls where even the Orcas did not score a boundary and it was Cummins who scalped his wicket eventually.

There was a gradual decrease in the scoring rate and when Corey Anderson picked up his opposite number Heinrich Klaasen in what was the 5th wicket to fall in the chase - it began to look like Unicorns were in a better place to go on and win the match.

The impetus never came at the back end of the innings where Unicorns kept denting the Orcas with cheap overs and regular strikes as they defended the target on a surface which slowed down considerably, making shots a difficult task to execute. Corey Anderson stepped in as the left arm seamer and did a profound job. The pacers combined well in the end to ensure that they take 2 points from this game.

overs

142 /6 score

runs

Hammad Azam *

16 (14)

Cameron Gannon

6 (11)

Haris Rauf

0 /30

19.6 Haris Rauf to Hammad Azam, slower ball on the off stump. Azam works it to deep midwicket and jogs a single. But there is no spring in his step as he knows that his team has lost the battle. On the other side, the Unicorns have wide grins on their faces and they celebrate with high fives.

19.5 Haris Rauf to Cameron Gannon, ON PACE YORKER! Gannon somehow jams the bat down and gets it away to mid-off. One run.

19.4 Haris Rauf to Cameron Gannon, off cutter on a length. Gannon looks to drag it towards the on side but the ball spins back in to cut him in half.

19.3 Haris Rauf to Hammad Azam, length ball outside off. The batter throws his hands at it without moving the front leg. Runs one as sweeper cover cleans up.

19.2 Haris Rauf to Cameron Gannon, pulls his length back. Gannon swipes across the line and sends the ball to the man in the deep on the leg side, in front of square. One run.

19.1 Haris Rauf to Cameron Gannon, quick, full and within the stumps. Gannon stands tall and looks to deploy the golf swing. Ends up inside edging it on to the body.

Only the formalities are left now. Unicorns deserve a lot of appreciation for the way they read the surface here and bowled in the most effective manner.

overs

138 /6 score

1lb

1wd

runs

Cameron Gannon *

4 (7)

Hammad Azam

14 (12)

Pat Cummins

1 /35

18.6 Pat Cummins to Cameron Gannon, delays the bat swing this time around. He ends up pulling it to deep midwicket and runs one.

18.5 Pat Cummins to Cameron Gannon, slower length ball. The batter swipes across the line, only to make connection with air molecules.

18.4 Pat Cummins to Hammad Azam, more of the same. Another single. But that does not hurt the Unicorns.

18.3 Pat Cummins to Cameron Gannon, swishes across the line and runs one as the ball trickles down to backward square leg.

18.2 Pat Cummins to Hammad Azam, ALMOST PICKED THE MAN IN THE DEEP! Slower ball, back of a length. The batter swivelled as he pulled it to deep square leg who was charging in. Didn't carry.

18.2 Pat Cummins to Hammad Azam, wide outside off.

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