Major League Cricket 2024 Match 21 - Texas Super Kings beat Seattle Orcas by 37 runs

Texas Super Kings beat Seattle Orcas by 37 runs, in Match 21 Major League Cricket 2024, at the Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Match Summary

Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas, Match 21

Texas Super Kings 177/8 (20 ov)

Seattle Orcas 140/9 (20 ov)

Texas Super Kings won by 37 runs.

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Match Analysis

Led by Calvin Savage's all-round performance the Texas Super Kings handed the Seattle Orcas a comprehensive 37-run defeat in the final league match of the Cognizant Major League Cricket 2024 at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, on Tuesday. 

Despite Quinton de Kock and Shehan Jayasuriya giving the Orcas a solid start in their run chase, the Texas Super Kings' bowlers led by Ottneil Bartmann (3/20), Noor Ahmad (2/19), and Calvin Savage (2/23), dismantled the Seattle batting lineup. 

With the conclusion of the match, Seattle Orcas finish their campaign with six losses and  a sole victory, whereas the Texas Super Kings who secured three wins and two losses (two no results) will play MI New York in the eliminator.  

Mirroring the first innings, the Seattle Orcas’ run chase lost Ryan Rickleton (0) off the first ball of the innings to Ottneil Bartman. Shehan Jayasuriya (24) joined Quinton de Kock (26), and the pair took control of the run chase. At the end of the powerplay, the Seattle Orcas were placed at 47/1. 

Shehan Jayasuriya eventually fell to Calvin Savage in the seventh over after a 27-ball stint at the crease. Not long after, the dangerous Quinton de Kock was also dismissed, leaving the Orcas at 59/3 in the ninth over. 

Faced with a steep equation, the onus was on Heinrich Klaasen (4) and Matthew Bracewell (4) to steer the innings. However, both batters were outfoxed by spinners and dismissed for single digits. Mitchell Santner saw the back of Klaasen, while Bracewell was trapped lbw by Noor Ahmad. 

Coming together with the score at 67/5 in 10.4 overs, Shubham Ranjane (16) and Keemo Paul (25) labored to keep the Orcas in contention. However, Ranjane was run out and Keemo Paul was castled by Noor Ahmad before the 17th over, comprehensively extinguishing any chances of a successful run chase. Ali Sheikh chipped in with a consolatory knock, but the Orcas fell well short, finishing at 140/9.Otneill Bartman took two wickets in the tail to finish with figures of 3/20. 

Earlier in the day. The Texas Super Kings lost opener Devon Conway (0) and Joshua Tromp (6) early in the innings, however Faf Du Plessis (37) was in fine form, smashing six boundaries and a six before he was scalped by Keemo Paul. At the end of the power play the Texas Super Kings were placed at 56/3.  

Milind Kumar (27) played a watchful knock, scoring nearly a run-a-ball before he became Keemo Paul’s second wicket of the day. The experienced all-rounders, Marcus Stoinis (11) and Mitchell Santner  (15) both got starts, but failed to convert them into bigger scores, falling to Aryan Desai and Matthew Bracewell respectively.  

Calvin Savage (45*) orchestrated the biggest partnership of the innings, joined by Cameron Stevenson, the pair put on 43 runs in just 23 deliveries in the final phase of the innings. Stevenson (17) struck a four and six to support Savage’s late innings fireworks, but was cleaned by Nandre Burger in the 18th.  

Savage hammered Bracewell for two consecutive maximums in the 16th over and went on to script a17 run over of Nande Burger’s 18th over to remain unbeaten and help the Texas Super Kings finish at 177/8. 

Match Stats

Texas Super Kings Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Devon Conway - 0.1 ov), 2-12 (Joshua Tromp - 1.5 ov), 3-49 (Faf du Plessis - 5.1 ov), 4-76 (Marcus Stoinis - 8.1 ov), 5-99 (Mitchell Santner - 11.5 ov), 6-113 (Milind Kumar - 14.1 ov), 7-156 (Cameron Stevenson - 17.5 ov), 8-159 (Zia Shahzad - 18.3 ov)

Seattle Orcas Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ryan Rickelton - 0.1 ov), 2-52 (Shehan Jayasuriya - 6.5 ov), 3-59 (Quinton de Kock - 8.2 ov), 4-64 (Michael Bracewell - 9.6 ov), 5-67 (Heinrich Klaasen - 10.4 ov), 6-106 (Keemo Paul - 15.5 ov), 7-110 (Shubham Ranjane - 16.4 ov), 8-131 (Cameron Gannon - 18.3 ov), 9-132 (Ali Sheikh - 18.5 ov)

 

Playing XI

Texas Super Kings

• Devon Conway(WK)
• Faf du Plessis(C)
• Joshua Tromp
• Marcus Stoinis
• Milind Kumar
• Calvin Savage
• Cameron Stevenson
• Zia Shahzad
• Mitchell Santner
• Noor Ahmad
• Ottniel Baartman

Seattle Orcas 

• Ryan Rickelton
• Quinton de Kock(WK)
• Shehan Jayasuriya
• Heinrich Klaasen(C)
• Shubham Ranjane
• Ayan Desai
• Ali Sheikh
• Michael Bracewell
• Keemo Paul
• Nandre Burger
• Cameron Gannon

 

Match Details:

Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 01:30

Venue: Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Toss: Seattle Orcas elected to bowl

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