Major League Cricket 2024 - Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas - Cricket Match Predictions: July 23rd

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for Major League Cricket Match 21 between the Texas Super Kings and Seattle Orcas.

The match will be held on July 23rd at Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas.

LIVE SCORES - Match 21 - Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas (Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas)

Current Form Seattle Orcas:

Seattle Orcas are currently placed at the bottom most position on points table with 1 win and 5 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 10 scalps under his belt.

Seattle Orcas have lost their previous match against San Francisco Unicorns by 6 wickets.

Seattle Orcas batted first and they posted a total of 152 for 7 in 20 overs. Ryan Rickelton and Aaron Jones got out for a duck. Post their dismissals, Quinton de Kock and Shehan Jayasuriya then stitched a partnership of 97 runs for the 3rd wicket. Quinton de Kock was simply outstanding, he scored 62 off 33 balls, hitting 8 fours and 3 sixes. On the back of his batting brilliance, Orcas managed to get to 152 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, San Francisco Unicorns lost Matthew Short and Sanjay Krishnamurthi cheaply. After their dismissals, Finn Allen went all guns blazing. He smashed 77 runs off just 30 balls, hitting 8 fours and 6 massive sixes. He single handedly took the game away from the Orcas and helped them win it in the 15th over with 6 wickets in hand.

Current Form Texas Super Kings:

Texas Super Kings are currently placed at the 3rd position on points table with 2 wins to their credit.

The top run scorer for Texas Super Kings in the Major League Cricket is Faf du Plessis with 264 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Texas Super Kings in the Major League Cricket is Marcus Stoinis with 6 scalps under his belt.

Texas Super Kings have lost their previous match against Washington Freedom by 42 runs.

Washington Freedom batted first and they posted a total of 206 for 5 in 20 overs. Travis Head and Steven Smith got Washington Freedom off to a flier. They smashed 53 and 57 runs respectively. Head scored his 53 runs in just 22 balls, hitting 8 fours and 2 sixes. Glenn Maxwell and Obus Pienaar in the lower middle order also flexed their muscles and smashed 34 and 33 runs respectively to help Washington Freedom get to a respectable total of 206 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, the top order batters including Devon Conway and Aaron Hardie got out cheaply. Faf du Plessis fought hard and smashed 55 runs off 32 balls but he didn't get good support at the other end. Wickets kept falling at regular intervals and Texas Super Kings never really looked in the game. Jasdeep Singh took 3 wickets while Rachin Ravindra accounted for 4 wickets as Texas Super Kings were bowled out for 164, losing the match by a huge margin of 42 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

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

Texas Super Kings

Rusty Theron, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Imran Tahir, Calvin Savage, Faf du Plessis, Marcus Stoinis, Gerald Coetzee, Devon Conway, Milind Kumar, Zia Shahzad, Mohammad Mohsin, Matthew Tromp, Naveen-ul-Haq, Dwayne Bravo, Daniel Sams, Cody Chetty, Noor Ahmad,Sami Aslam, Mitchell Santner, Zia ul-Haq, Lahiru Milantha, Cameron Stevenson

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Seattle Orcas

Who will win?- Texas Super Kings

Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Aaron Hardie (Texas Super Kings), Heinrich Klaasen (Seattle Orcas)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Noor Ahmad (Texas Super Kings), Imad Wasim (Seattle Orcas)

Most Sixes – Aaron Hardie (Texas Super Kings), Heinrich Klaasen (Seattle Orcas)

Player of the Match - Aaron Hardie (Texas Super Kings)

Team Scores Batting first – Seattle Orcas 145+, Texas Super Kings 150+

Match Handicap: Texas Super Kings

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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.

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