Match 26, Lauderhill, July 05, 2025, 04:30 AM
Seattle Orcas
82/10(17.4ov)
Washington Freedom
86/2(9.2ov)
Washington Freedom beat Seattle Orcas by 8 wickets
Best Batsmen
R
B
4S
6S
SR
Best Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
Man of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Commentry
That is all from this game. Two more games are coming up tomorrow, on the 6th of July. MI New York will take on Los Angeles Knight Riders first and later Seattle Orcas will face Texas Super Kings. The action begins at 7 pm GMT (the previous day) however, you can join us earlier for the build up. Till then, cheers!
Glenn Maxwell, the captain of Washington Freedom wins the PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARD. He says his finger is okay. Tells he gave himself some time to recover. Shares he kept the seam position simple to make things happen off the surface and just tried to help his teammates with the ball. Mentions they do their homework, they prepare a lot behind the scenes and when the match-up doesn't work, they adapt quickly to the different conditions. Ends by saying that different players have stepped up at different times.
...Presentation...
Sikandar Raza, the captain of Seattle Orcas says one of them had to play alongside Heinrich Klaasen to take the score around 140, which wouldn't have been enough but could have been competitive. Tells the surface has been tacky under the lights and most teams have lost batting first, they wanted to play aggressive but it didn't came out tonight.
Seattle Orcas came into this game with three games in a row, but relied particularly on a single player (Shimron Hetmyer, who helped them win the last three games). Today, it was a total batting failure. With MINY looming behind them, pushing for a later surge for the fourth finish, Seattle Orcas will feel a lot of pressure after this game. Not just looking at the points table but in the manner they lost today.
Washington Freedom got everything right today. They ripped apart Seattle Orcas inside the Powerplay after choosing to bowl first. Washington Freedom scalped five wickets inside the Powerplay and rocked Seattle Orcas into a lot of thinking. Seattle Orcas still had the man in form, Shimron Hetmyer out there along with Heinrich Klaasen. However, once Shimron Hetmyer fell, it was a procession. Heinrich Klaasen did his best to score runs but he too ran out of gas eventually. Credit to Washington Freedom's bowlers. Saurabh Netravalkar and Glenn Maxwell set the tone up front and the rest followed the process.
Well, the win was always on the cards. It was a matter of when rather than if. Not just the way Washington Freedom won but with this big margin, they have done a world of good to their net run rate, which could come in handy for the top position in the points table.
In over# 10
4
0
Gerald Coetzee 38/0(3.2)
9.2
4
FOUR! JOB DONE! Shorter and outside off. Andries Gous bends his back and ramps it to third man for a boundary. Washington Freedom win by 8 wickets.
9.1
.
Bowls a bumper on leg. Gous sits under it.
In over# 9
6
1
2
1
1
0W
Jasdeep Singh 11/1(1)
8.6
6
SIX! Scores are level! Short in length and on middle and leg. Mukhtar Ahmed picks the length and deposits it over square leg for a six.
8.5
1
A low full toss sliding on the pads, flicked to fine leg for a single.
8.4
2
This is full and outside off. Andries Gous pushes it past point, to his right and collects a brace.
8.3
1
Bowls it into the surface, length and on leg. Ahmed plays it to point for a single.
8.2
1
This is full and on middle, Gous chips it over mid-wicket for a single.
OUT! TAKEN! Something to cheer for Seattle Orcas! Short of a length and on middle, climbs a bit on Rachin Ravindra who looks to pull but top edges it to mid-wicket where Sikandar Raza takes a dolly.
8.1
W
OUT! TAKEN! Something to cheer for Seattle Orcas! Short of a length and on middle, climbs a bit on Rachin Ravindra who looks to pull but top edges it to mid-wicket where Sikandar Raza takes a dolly.
In over# 8
0
1
4
1
6
4
Gerald Coetzee 34/0(3)