Match 18- San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas (Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas)


Current Form San Francisco Unicorns:

San Francisco Unicorns are currently placed at the 2nd position on points table with 3 wins and 1 loss to their credit.

The top run scorer for San Francisco Unicorns in the Major League Cricket is Matthew Short with 151 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for San Francisco Unicorns in the Major League Cricket is Liam Plunkett with 5 scalps under his belt.

San Francisco Unicorns have won their previous match against MI New York by 3 runs.

San Francisco Unicorns batted first and they posted a total of 148 for 7 in 20 overs. The top order struggled a lot. Their prime form batters including Matthew Short and Josh Inglis got out cheaply. They were under a lot of pressure from that moment on. The middle order of San Francisco Unicorns came good as Corey Anderson and Hassan Khan smashed 59 and 44 runs respectively to help San Francisco Unicorns get to a strong total of 148 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Seattle Orcas lost Ruben Clinton quite early into the innings. Dewald Brevis played like a champion and he smashed 56 runs off 36 balls. He instilled the hope for a successful chase. Nicholas Pooran also supported him well, he scored 26 runs but consumed too many balls to get going. It cost the team dearly. The rest of the middle order batters including Romario Shepherd and Monank Patel failed terribly and despite the efforts of Heath Richards, who smashed 24 off 13 balls, Seattle Orcas failed to achieve the target and fell short by 3 runs in the end.


Current Form Seattle Orcas:

Seattle Orcas are currently placed at the bottom most position on points table with 1 win and 4 losses to their credit.

The top run scorer for Seattle Orcas in the Major League Cricket is Ryan Rickelton with 225 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Seattle Orcas in the Major League Cricket is Cameron Gannon with 9 scalps under his belt.

Seattle Orcas have lost their previous match against LA Knight Riders by 4 wickets.

Seattle Orcas batted first and they posted a total of 142 for 6 in 20 overs. Except for Ryan Rickelton, no other batter showed any promise whatsoever. The big names like Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen and Aaron Jones, all failed to get going. Rickelton smashed 89 off 52 balls but he barely got any support at the other end. Once he got out in the 19th over, it was all clear that Orcas will not reach a decent total. They were littled and only scored 142 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Sunil Narine as usual got out cheaply. Jason Roy tried his best to take control but he consumed too many balls for his knock of 27 runs. A real game changing innings was played by Unmukt Chand, who smashed 62 runs off 47 balls. He was aided by the lower order batters who contributed healthily and helped LA Knight Riders get over the line in the 20th over with 4 wickets in hand.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

San Francisco Unicorns

Pat Cummins, Qais Ahmad, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Henry, Mackenzie Harvey, Lungi Ngidi, Brody Couch, Tajinder Singh, Josh Inglis, Matthew Wade, Jahmar Hamilton, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Smit Patel, David White, Corey Anderson, Finn Allen, Carmi le RouxLiam Plunkett, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan

Seattle Orcas

Nandre Burger, Harmeet Singh, Obed McCoy, Nathan Ellis, Shubham Ranjane, Andrew Tye, Angelo Perera, Hayden Walsh, Nauman Anwar, Michael Bracewell, Dwaine Pretorius, Nisarg Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Cameron Gannon, Dasun Shanaka, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Shehan Jayasuriya, Wayne Parnell, Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Imad Wasim, Phani Simhardi

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – San Francisco Unicorns

Who will win?-  San Francisco Unicorns

Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Shehan Jayasuriya (Seattle Orcas), Matthew Short (San Francisco Unicorns)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Keemo Paul (Seattle Orcas), Haris Rauf (San Francisco Unicorns)

Most Sixes – Shehan Jayasuriya (Seattle Orcas), Matthew Short (San Francisco Unicorns)

Player of the Match- Matthew Short (San Francisco Unicorns)

Team Scores Batting first – San Francisco Unicorns 150+, Seattle Orcas 140+

Match Handicap: San Francisco Unicorns



*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.


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