Match Details
Date: July 24, 2023
Time : 2:30 AM IST
Venue : Church Street Park, Morrisville
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Preview
The match 13 of the Major League Cricket (MLC) will have MI New York take on Washington Freedom at the Church Street Park. MINY haven’t had the best of starts in the league, losing two out of their first three matches, meanwhile WAF have been flying high in competition, winning three out of their first four matches. The form graph of both teams in the MLC has been vastly indifferent, that’s why Washington will have a slightly better chance of pulling one over New York in their upcoming contest.
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Pitch Report
The Church Street Park have seen two consecutive sub par totals in the first innings of the last two games, because the pitches have been helpful for the fast bowlers. This could mean that the MINY vs WAF contest registers yet another low first innings total in the range of 150-160, if not lower, in Morrisville.
Team Analysis
MI New York
MI New York are yet to find their perfect batting order in the MLC 2023, especially at the top of the order. The overseas pros, including the likes of captain Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, and Tim David, in the middle order of MINY haven’t delivered consistent performances in the tournament either, which has put them in the bottom half of the table currently. The experience of Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, and Rashid Khan has been handy for New York in the bowling department, but they need runs on the board to help the side attain wins regularly.
SportsTiger Playing XI of MINY:
Shayan Jahangir, Monank Patel, Steven Taylor, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Tim David, Kieron Pollard (c), Hammad Azam, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil
Washington Freedom
Washington Freedom batting lineup didn’t have the best of days in their previous encounter against San Francisco Unicorns, getting only 133 runs in their allotted overs. Only Andries Gous found some resemblance of fluency on a tricky pitch at Church Street Park against a very good bowling attack. But, the bowlers of WAF were exceptional with the ball themselves, defending the target successfully on the back of a six-fer from Saurabh Netravalkar, the young American fast bowler.
SportsTiger Playing XI of WAF:
Matthew Short, Andries Gous (wk), Mukhtar Ahmed, Glenn Phillips, Moises Henriques (c), Obus Pienaar, Marco Jansen, Akeal Hosein, Dane Piedt, Anrich Nortje, Saurabh Netravalkar
Match Prediction
Conclusion
The upcoming encounter between MINY and WAF has great potential to be a banger, owing to the high quality of overseas players in New York, coupled with the consistent form of Washington in the MLC thus far.
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