- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.6 Soft dismissal! Widish fuller length ball pitching well outside off, kept a bit low on the track, de Kock attempts to play through the covers, the ball held on the pitch slightly, throws his bat at it early and connects with the inner part of the bat, the bat face rotates as he hits the ball, chips it straight to mid-on for a straightforward catch 4/15.4 Coetzee finds the breakthrough! Banged in short pitched ball on the leg stump channel, 92 mph, moves away from the wicket early to create room, charges down the track and loses his shape while playing the swivel pull shot, turns his eyes and face away from the ball, miscued in the air towards square leg, Nayak settles underneath and completes the catch at the edge of the circle 60/216.6 Oh dear! Tajinder Singh, what have you done? Short pitched ball on the stumps, rocks back and plays the swivel pull shot, did not time it well to clear the ropes, struck it flat towards deep mid wicket, Hetmyer collects the catch near the ropes. Tajinder looks astonished and squats down in disappointment. Pooran approaches and offers him a hug. Huge applause and cheers as he returns to the dugout. A spectacular innings has finally come to an end. 218/317.3 Hard line and length ball on the stumps, Pollard strides forward and attempts to go downtown, did not find the elevation or the power, struck it straight into the safe hands of Raza at long on 220/4Extras7 (nb 1, w 6)TOTAL237/4 (20 Overs, RR: 11.85)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Quinton de Kock, 0.6 ov), 2-60 (Monank Patel, 5.4 ov), 3-218 (Tajinder Singh, 16.6 ov), 4-220 (Kieron Pollard, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KR Mayers 4 0 34 2 8.5 12 2 2 4 1 CJ Gannon 4 0 61 0 15.25 5 4 6 0 0 G Coetzee 4 0 46 2 11.5 8 5 2 1 0 Jasdeep Singh 4 0 39 0 9.75 7 3 2 1 0 Sikandar Raza 4 0 57 0 14.25 5 3 5 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.5 Short ball does the trick! Well directed bouncer on the stumps, plays the swivel pull shot to the on-side, 88 mph, pace on delivery with extra bounce off the pitch, miscued the stroke and chips it in the air to mid-on 53/21.1 Nicked through to the keeper! Short of a length ball around the probing channel, kept a bit low on the track, Josh Brown stays inside the crease and tries to whip it across the line over mid wicket, tickles off the inside edge of the bat and QDK makes no mistake behind the stumps 10/17.6 you just can't keep Tajinder Singh out of the game! Back of a length ball angling in on the pads, plays the flick stroke with the front leg up, timed it well but did not get enough elevation to clear the ropes, a regulation catch for Tajinder near the ropes 107/45.6 Raza has holed out! Full and straight on middle-leg, Raza seeks his 8th consecutive boundary, does not get quite hold of it, failed to find the elevation to clear long on, finds Pollard near the ropes and has to depart after scoring a quickfire innings 86/310.2 Hoicks it to the on-side and has Bracewell managed to complete the catch? Short of a length ball on the stumps, goes for the big heave stroke with the inner part of the bat, hits it flat and hard to deep mid wicket, Bracewell comes forward sprinting in diving forward, takes a brilliant low catch to dismiss the dangerman 138/514.3 Adil strikes! Slight fuller length ball outside off, Nayak attempts to whack it high over the fences, only managed to play the half-hearted slog stroke and skies it high to long off, Pollard calls for it early, sprints in and takes a spectacular diving catch! 178/617.3 Boult gets this third scalp! Cross seamed low full-toss ball wide outside off, Coetzee throws his bat at it, did not time it well enough, finds the deep extra cover fielder, Bracewell makes no mistake, gobbles it up 204/7Extras12 (lb 4, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL238/7 (20 Overs, RR: 11.9)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Josh Brown, 1.1 ov), 2-53 (Shayan Jahangir, 3.5 ov), 3-86 (Sikandar Raza, 5.5 ov), 4-107 (Kyle Mayers, 7.6 ov), 5-138 (Heinrich Klaasen, 10.2 ov), 6-178 (Sujit Nayak, 14.3 ov), 7-204 (Gerald Coetzee, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Ehsan Adil 4 0 53 1 13.25 9 5 4 1 1 TA Boult 4 0 31 3 7.75 10 5 0 1 0 MG Bracewell 2 0 36 0 18 1 3 3 1 0 D Potgieter 3 0 46 2 15.33 4 5 3 1 0 R Ugarkar 4 0 29 1 7.25 9 2 1 2 0 KA Pollard 2 0 24 0 12 4 1 2 1 0 Sunny Patel 1 0 15 0 15 1 0 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Seattle Orcas , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
27 June 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Seattle Orcas 2, MI New York 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 62 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 3.6: Review by Seattle Orcas (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - MD Patel (Struck down)
- MI New York: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (MD Patel 19, N Pooran 35, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: MI New York - 60/2 in 5.4 overs (N Pooran 37)
- N Pooran: 50 off 26 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- MI New York: 100 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (N Pooran 38, Tajinder Singh 14, Ex 3)
- MI New York: 150 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 5
- Tajinder Singh: 50 off 22 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 46 balls (N Pooran 46, Tajinder Singh 52, Ex 3)
- Strategic Timeout: MI New York - 183/2 in 15.0 overs (N Pooran 91, Tajinder Singh 66)
- Over 15.3: Review by Seattle Orcas (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - N Pooran (Struck down)
- MI New York: 200 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 5
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 65 balls (N Pooran 60, Tajinder Singh 87, Ex 3)
- N Pooran: 100 off 55 balls (6 x 4, 8 x 6)
- Innings Break: MI New York - 237/4 in 20.0 overs (N Pooran 108, MG Bracewell 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 86 runs, 3 wickets)
- Seattle Orcas: 50 runs in 3.4 overs (22 balls), Extras 6
- Seattle Orcas: 100 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 7
- Seattle Orcas: 150 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 8
- SO Hetmyer: 50 off 22 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Seattle Orcas - 178/6 in 15.0 overs (SO Hetmyer 50, G Coetzee 0)
- Seattle Orcas: 200 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls), Extras 11
Match Coverage
All Match NewsHetmyer tops Pooran with dramatic last-ball six as Orcas get first win
Seattle Orcas pulled off the highest successful chase in MLC after Nicholas Pooran (108* in 60 balls) and Tajinder Singh (95 in 35 balls) had taken MI New York to 237
Klaasen quits as Seattle Orcas captain, franchise parts ways with coach Mott
Klaasen quit "to focus fully on his responsibilities as a batter," to be replaced by Sikandar Raza