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Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Major League Cricket 2023 - Match 9 - 20 July 2023

by CricDirect Wednesday 19 July 2023

Major League Cricket 2023 - Match 9 - 20 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 20th at the Church Street Park, Morrisville.

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July 20- Match 9- LA Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom (Church Street Park, Morrisville)

LA Knight Riders Form Guide:

LA Knight Riders are placed at the bottom most position on the points table with 3 losses under their belt.

The top run scorer for LA Knight Riders is Andre Russell with 99 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for LA Knight Riders is Adam Zampa with 6 scalps under his belt.

LA Knight Riders have lost their previous match against San Francisco Unicorns by 21 runs.

San Francisco Unicorns batted first and they posted a total of 212 for 7 in 20 overs. Matthew Wade at the top of the order scored 78 off 41 balls and took his team off to a flier. Corey Anderson did the damage towards the latter part of the innings as he scored 39 off 20 balls to take San Francisco Unicorns to a strong total of 212 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Jason Roy started off really well. He scored 45 off 21 balls, hitting 4 huge sixes. The middle order simply fell like a pack of cards and LA Knight Riders seemed to be in big trouble. Andre Russell smashed 42 off 26 balls but failed to take his team home as LA Knight Riders were restricted to 191 for 5, losing the match by 21 runs.

Washington Freedom Form Guide:

Washington Freedom are placed at the 5th position on the points table with 1 win to their credit.

The top run scorer for Washington Freedom is Matthew Short with 82 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Washington Freedom is Akeal Hosein with 3 scalps under his belt.

Washington Freedom have won their previous match against Texas Super Kings by a small margin of 6 runs.

Washington Freedom batted first and they posted a total of 163 for 5 in 20 overs. Matthew Short at the top of the order was simply brilliant. He smashed 80 runs off just 50 balls. Short couldn't really find an apt partner to take his team to a tall total. However, he did enough to get them past the 160 run mark and finish at 163 for 5 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Texas Super Kings got off to a terrible start and lost their 5 top order batters for just 50 runs. Dwayne Bravo tried his best to take Texas Super Kings over the line. He scored 76 not out in just 39 balls but his team eventually fell short by 6 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

Washington Freedom: Anrich Nortje, Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Adam Milne, Moises Henriques, Josh Philippe, Andries Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Saad Ali, Dane Piedt, Sujith Gowda, Justin Dill, Akhilesh Bodugum, Ben Dwarshuis, Usman Rafiq

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – LA Knight Riders

Who will win?- LA Knight Riders

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Jason Roy (LA Knight Riders), Glenn Phillips (Washington Freedom)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Adam Zampa (LA Knight Riders), Anrich Nortje (Washington Freedom)

Most Sixes – Jason Roy (LA Knight Riders), Glenn Phillips (Washington Freedom)

Player of the Match- Jason Roy (LA Knight Riders)

Team Scores Batting first – Washington Freedom 150+, LA Knight Riders 160+

Match Handicap: LA Knight Riders

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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.