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Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Major League Cricket 2023 - Match 8 - 19 July 2023

by CricDirect Monday 17 July 2023

Major League Cricket 2023 - Match 8 - 19 July 2023

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Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for Major League Cricket match, which will be played on July 19th at the Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas.

Top Tournament Stats - Major League Cricket 2023

July 19- Match 8- LA Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns (Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas)

San Francisco Unicorns Form Guide:

San Francisco Unicorns are placed at the 5th position on the points table with 1 win under their belt.

The top run scorer for San Francisco Unicorns is Corey Anderson with 103 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for San Francisco Unicorns is Liam Plunkett with 4 scalps under his belt.

San Francisco Unicorns have lost their previous match against Seattle Orcas by 35 runs.

Seattle Orcas batted first and they posted a total of 177 for 4 in 20 overs.

Nauman Anwar and Shehan Jayasuriya played superbly at the top of the order and scored 30 and 33 runs respectively to lay a great foundation for a big total. Heinrich Klaasen played like a champion and smashed 53 off 31 balls to take Seattle Orcas to a strong total of 177 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Matthew Wade and Fin Allen gave a thunderous start to San Francisco Unicorns. They scored quickfire 28 runs a piece in quick time. After their dismissals, the middle order couldn't really capitalise on the start they got and batted in a sedate fashion. This caused the run rate to slow down and San Francisco Unicorns were left with a lot to do to catch up. Shadab Khan tried his best with a knock of 37 but San Francisco Unicorns were left short by 35 runs in the end.

LA Knight Riders Form Guide:

LA Knight Riders are placed at the bottom most position on the points table with 0 win to their credit.

The top run scorer for LA Knight Riders is Andre Russell with 57 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for LA Knight Riders is Ali Khan with 4 scalps under his belt.

LA Knight Riders have lost their previous match against MI New York by a huge margin of 105 runs.

MI New York batted first and they posted a total of 155 for 8 in 20 overs. They lost 5 wickets for just 77 runs and looked to be in all sorts of trouble. This is when Nicholas Pooran and Tim David took the responsibility of taking MI New York to a competitive total. They struck 38 and 48 runs respectively and got MI New York past the 150 run mark to finish at 155 for 8 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, LA Knight Riders lost 6 wickets for just 39 runs and looked in great danger, having lost their key player in Andre Russell. There was no fight shown by any of the lower order batters and they were bowled out for a paltry 50 on board, losing the match by 105 runs.

Let's have a look at the squads:

Los Angeles Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Adam Zampa, Rilee Rossouw, Spencer Johnson, Ali Khan, Unmukt Chand, Jaskaran Malhotra, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Ali Sheikh, Saif Badar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Bhaskar Yadram, Gajanand Singh

Seattle Orcas: Quinton de Kock, Wayne Parnell, Dasun Shanaka, Sikandar Raza, Harmeet Singh, Shehan Jayasuriya, Shubham Ranjane, Cameron Gannon, Aaron Jones, Nauman Anwar, Phani Simhadri, Angelo Perera, Matthew Tromp, Nisarg Patel

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – LA Knight Riders

Who will win?- Seattle Orcas

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Heinrich Klaasen (Seattle Orcas), Martin Guptill (LA Knight Riders)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Imad Wasim (Seattle Orcas), Lockie Ferguson (LA Knight Riders)

Most Sixes – Heinrich Klaasen (Seattle Orcas), Martin Guptill (LA Knight Riders)

Player of the Match- Heinrich Klaasen (Seattle Orcas)

Team Scores Batting first – Seattle Orcas 170+, LA Knight Riders 150+

Match Handicap: Seattle Orcas

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.