MATCH NO – 06th Match
SERIES – T20 World Cup – 2024
DATE – 10th July, 2024
TIME – 6:00 AM IST
VENUE – Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
INTRODUCTION
The Major Cricket League (MCL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United States. It aims to popularise cricket in the country, leveraging the large expat communities from cricket-loving nations and introducing the sport to new audiences. The league features a mix of local talent and international stars, contributing to its competitive and entertainment value.
Key aspects of the MCL include:
Teams: The league comprises several teams based in different cities, similar to the franchise model seen in other successful T20 leagues like the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Big Bash League (BBL).
Format: Matches are played in the T20 format, known for its fast-paced and high-scoring nature, making it more appealing to a broader audience.
Season: The MCL season usually spans a few months, with a series of matches leading to playoffs and a final to determine the champion.
Players: Teams feature a mix of domestic players from the USA and international cricketers, adding a global flair and raising the league’s profile.
Growth and Development: The MCL is part of a broader initiative to develop cricket infrastructure, talent, and interest in the United States, aiming to make cricket a mainstream sport in the country.
MATCH PREVIEW
Sixth match of the Major Cricket League will be played between Seattle Orcas vs Los Angeles Knight Riders. Last time when both teams played against each other Seattle Orcas team scored 170 runs and Los Angeles Knight Rider successfully chased the total and won the match by 2 wickets. Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks but India’s team looks more balanced and strong, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Los Angeles Knight Riders and Seattle Orcas.
PITCH REPORT
Grand Prairie Stadium, located in Grand Prairie, Texas, is a multi-purpose stadium primarily used for cricket. Here’s a detailed pitch report:
Surface Type: The pitch at Grand Prairie Stadium is typically made of natural turf, catering to both pace bowlers and spinners. The outfield is usually well-maintained, allowing for smooth ball movement.
Bounce and Pace: The pitch generally offers a good bounce and pace, benefiting fast bowlers, especially in the initial overs. Batsmen can also capitalise on the even bounce for stroke play once they are settled.
Spin and Turn: As the match progresses, the pitch tends to break down, offering more assistance to spinners. This is especially true in the latter part of the game, where the wear and tear can create variable bounce and turn.
Weather Influence: Texas weather can be hot and humid, which might affect the pitch conditions. Dry weather can make the pitch quicker and harder, while any moisture due to rain or dew can make it slower and offer more to the bowlers.
Batting Conditions: Initially, batsmen might find the conditions favourable for batting with consistent bounce and carry. However, as the game progresses, it might become more challenging due to the wear on the pitch.
In summary, the Grand Prairie Stadium pitch offers a balanced contest between bat and ball, with fast bowlers enjoying early assistance and spinners coming into play later in the game. The weather and pitch maintenance can significantly influence match conditions.
GROUND STATS (MCL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 13 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 165+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 09 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 04 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 03 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 05 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 03 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 02 |
BOWLERS STATS ON GRAND PRAIRIE STADIUM (MCL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 13
PACER WICKETS – 98
SPINNER WICKETS – 51.
LAKR TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Los Angeles Knight Riders team started the campaign of Major Cricket League in this season with a win and they won their first match by 12 runs against Texas Super Kings.
- Last time when Los Angeles Knight Riders and Seattle Orcas played against each other Los Angeles Knight Riders successfully chase a total of 170 runs and won the match by 2 wickets.
- In the last match Los Angeles Knight Riders successfully defended a total of 162 runs and won the match by 12 runs against Texas Super Kings.
- Unmukt Chand scored 68 runs, Nitish Kumar scored 26 runs in the previous match against Texas Super Kings.
- Ali Khan took 4 wickets, Spencer Johnson took 2 wickets and Shakib Al Hasan & Sunil Narine took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Texas Super Kings.
- Both teams have played 01 matches and Los Angeles Knight Riders team won that match against Seattle Orcas.
SQUADS
Batting – David Miller, Jason Roy, Nitish Kumar, Saif Badar, Unmukt Chand, Alex Carey (wk), Adithya Ganesh (wk).
Bowling – Matthew Tromp, Ali Khan, Derone Davis, Joshua Little, Spencer Johnson, Waqae Salamkheli, Adam Zampa.
All Rounder – Sunil Narine ©, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Corne Dry, Shadley van Schalkwyk.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Jason Roy, Sunil Narine ©, Unmukt Chand (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, David Miller, Nitish Kumar, Andre Russell, Derone Davis, Corne Dry, Ali Khan, Spencer Johnson.
NOTE -: LOS ANGELES KNIGHT RIDERS PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS WILL BE UPDATE AFTER THE MATCH AGAINST MI NEW YORKS.
LAKR – PLAYER STATS:
1. JASON ROY – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 2r, 55r, 26r, 9r, 11r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 45 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | 2r. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | 1 INNING – 2 RUNS. |
2. SUNIL NARINE © – LHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 2+1W, 1W, 21+1W, 1W, 81+1W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNING – 45 RUNS – 2W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | 8+1W. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | 1 INNING – 8 RUNS – 1W. |
3. UNMUKT CHAND (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 68r, 18r, 20r, 26r, 4r. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 50 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
4. SHAKIB AL HASAN – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 18+1W, 0W, 11+1W, 8r, 17+2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5. DAVID MILLER – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 21r, 4r, 43r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 125 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | 16r, 8r. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | 2 INNINGS – 24 RUNS. |
6. NITISH KUMAR – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 26r, 30r, 20r, 8r, 27r. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 31 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. ANDRE RUSSELL – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 10+0W, 15+2W, 3W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 99 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | 37+1W. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | 1 INNING – 37 RUNS – 1W. |
8. DERONE DAVIS – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
9. CORNE DRY – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
10. ALI KHAN – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 4W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | 0W. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
11. SPENCER JOHNSON – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 1W, 0W, 2W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SOR | 1W. |
| Total Stats vs SOR | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
SOR TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Seattle Orcas did not perform well in this season of Major Cricket league. And lost the first match by 6 wickets against MI New York.
- Last time when both teams played against each other the Seattle Orcas team failed to defend a total of 170 runs and lost the match by 2 wickets.
- In the last match Seattle Orcas failed to defend the total of 109 runs and lost the match by 6 wickets against MI New York.
- Shubham Ranjane scored 35 runs, Harmeet Singh 20 runs, Aaron Jones 12 runs in the previous match against MI new York.
- Cameron Gannon took 2 wickets, Nandre Burger & Zaman Khan took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against MI New York.
- Both teams have played 1 match and the Seattle Orcas lost the 1 match against the Los Angeles Knight Riders.
SQUADS
Batting – Quinton de Kock (wk), Hamamd Azam, Nauman Anwar, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen © (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk).
Bowling – Ali Sheikh, Cameron Gannon, Lance Morris, Nandre burger, Nathan Ellis, Obed McCoy, Wayne Parnell, Zaman Khan, Ayan Desai.
All Rounder – Micheal Bracewell, Shehan Jayasurya, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Imad Wasim.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Quinton de Kock (wk), Nauman Anwar, Aaron Jones, Shubham, Heinrich Klaasen ©, Imad Wasim, Micheal Bracewell, Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Nandre Burger, Zaman Khan
SOR – PLAYER STATS:
1. QUINTON DE KOCK (WK) – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 5r, 39r, 5r, 12r, 65r. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 192 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | 10r. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | 1 INNING – 10 RUNS. |
2. NAUMAN ANWAR – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 9r, 2r, 51r, 32r. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 89 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | 32r. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | 1 INNING – 32 RUNS. |
3. AARON JONES – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 12r, 10r, 11r, 0r, 11r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
4. SHUBHAM RANJANE – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 35r, 29+0W, 7r, 8r, 10r. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 47 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | 8r. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | 1 INNING – 8 RUNS. |
5. HEINRICH KLAASEN © – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 5r, 52r, 22r, 8r, 36r. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 58 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | 25r. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | 1 INNING – 25 RUNS. |
6. MICHEAL BRACEWELL – LHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 5r, 0r, 23+0W, 27+1W, 4r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. IMAD WASIM – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 3W, 0W, 15+0W, 22+2W. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 50 RUNS – 6W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | 19+1W. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | 1 INNING – 19 RUNS – 1W. |
8. HARMEET SINGH – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 20r, 0W, 1W, 2W, 0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | 1W. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
9. CAMERON GANNON – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 3W, 5W, 5W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | 3W. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | 1 INNING – 3 WICKETS. |
10. NANDRE BURGER – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
11. ZAMAN KHAN – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 4W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs LAKR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs LAKR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 01
- SOR WIN – 00
- LAKR WIN – 01
- NO RESULT – 00.
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – Q de Kock.
BATSMEN – R. Sharma, S. Yadav.
ALL-ROUNDERS – H. Pandya, A. Markram, H. Pandya, M. Jansen.
BOWLERS – J. Bumrah, A. Singh, K. Rabada, K. Yadav.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Pant.
BATSMEN – R. Sharma, V. Kohli, S. Yadav, D Miller.
ALL-ROUNDERS – H. Pandya, A. Patel/H. Klaasen.
BOWLERS – K. Yadav, J. Bumrah, T. Shamsi, A. Nortje.
BACK-UPS – S. Dube, H. Klaasen, K. Maharaj, R. Jadeja.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – H. Pandya, Q de Kock.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – R. Sharma, S. Yadav.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
LOS ANGELES KNIGHT RIDERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.