The Main League Cricket (MLC) 2024 season commenced on Friday as MI New York started their title defence with a commanding six-wicket win over Seattle Orcas on the Church Road Park Stadium. All eyes have been on Nicholas Pooran at Church Road Park in Morrisville because the West Indian wicketkeeper-batter continued his type from the 2023 version. His unbeaten 62 off simply 37 balls helped MI New York chase down a complete of 109 runs in simply 14.2 overs.
With the early wickets of Ruben Clinton (6) and USA’s nationwide group skipper Monank Patel (8), the preliminary momentum gave the impression to be within the Seattle Orcas’ favour. Cameron Gannon was the primary bowling aggressor, getting each batters within the third over and giving his group a ray of hope.
However then, Pooran proceeded to hit Gannon for 2 sixes and as many fours in his subsequent over. This turned the tide in MI New York’s favour.
Ultimately, Pooran’s power-hitting talents proved to be an excessive amount of for the Seattle Orcas. They bought the wickets of Shayan Jahangir (3) and Tim David (12) as effectively, however the left-handed Pooran and his countryman Kieron Pollard (8*) took their group over the road for his or her first win of MLC 2024.
Earlier within the day, the talents of the MI New York bowlers have been on show as they bowled out the Seattle Orcas for simply 108 runs. Rashid Khan and Trent Boult bagged three wickets every, by no means actually permitting their opponents to settle into the match.
New Zealand’s star pacer Boult bought the early breakthrough within the opening over itself, sending Nauman Anwar again to the pavilion for a duck. The Pakistan batter’s late try to chop the ball away caught a faint edge which travelled to the wicketkeeper and eventual match-winner Pooran.
With Quinton de Kock (5) nonetheless on the crease, the Seattle Orcas might nonetheless hit a aggressive rating, however he was additionally eliminated by Boult within the subsequent over. His try to hit the ball by means of the leg aspect was met with a high edge, and Pooran did effectively to get beneath it and ship de Kock again to the pavilion.
From then on, MI New York have been within the driving seat, getting the common wickets. For the Seattle Orcas, Shubham Ranjane ended as the very best run-getter with a tidy innings of 35 runs in 31 balls. Discovering the boundary commonly, Ranjane proved to be a risk earlier than he tried to hit Rashid Khan for consecutive sixes however fell brief in his second try, hitting the ball to Tim David as a substitute.
Harmeet Singh, who just lately featured for the USA within the T20 World Cup, performed a 20-run cameo because the aspect set a goal that was ultimately chased down by the defending champions with 34 balls to spare.
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