Match Details
Date: July 21, 2023
Time : 3:00 AM IST
Venue : Church Street Park, Morrisville
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Preview
In the city of Morrisville, North Carolina, the Church Street Park will be hosting its first-ever Major League Cricket (MLC) match in history on July 20. The ninth match of the inaugural tournament will be played between Washington Freedom and Los Angeles Knight Riders. WAF have tasted their first win of the league against TSK, meanwhile LAKR are languishing at the bottom of the MLC 2023 points table with three defeats in their last three matches. Hence, the Washington will be definitely fancying their chances to defeat Los Angeles to move up the ladder in the ongoing tournament.
Also Read: MLC 2023 Live Scores
Pitch Report
The Church Street Park is the newest venue for the MLC 2023, where the teams will be expecting similar pitches to the Grand Prairie Stadium, providing opportunities for the batters to score big runs. The first innings score for the upcoming match between WAF and LAKR at the Church Street Park, could be in the range of 170-180, if the average totals in the tournament are looked at.
Team Analysis
Washington Freedom
Washington Freedom batters are yet to set the stage alight as a unit in the MLC thus far. Matthew Short scored a much-needed fifty for WAF in their previous match against TSK, which proved to be enough for the team to achieve their first win in the tournament. In the bowling side of things, Marco Jansen and Akeal Hosein were quite impressive with the ball, but they will be needing support from other bowlers in the squad in the upcoming matches.
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
Los Angeles Knight Riders
After getting bundled out for 50 against Texas Super Kings, the batting lineup of Los Angeles Knight Riders put on a far better showing in their next MLC match. Jason Roy, Nitish Kumar, and Andre Russell put up a valiant effort with the bat against San Francisco Unicorns, but it wasn’t enough to achieve their first league win. The bowling performance for LAKR was woeful against SFU in their previous game, except for Adam Zampa, which was the biggest reason for their loss against them.
SportsTiger Playing XI of LAKR
Jason Roy, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Riley Rossouw, Jaskaran Malhotra (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (c), Corne Dry, Adam Zampa, Muhammad Ahsan Ali Khan, Spencer Johnson
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Los Angeles Knight Riders are in desperate need for a win in their upcoming match to stay in the race for MLC 2023 final. Their upcoming opponents Washington Freedom have steadily gotten better in the league, which won’t bode well for them on July 20 at the Church Street Park in Morrisville.
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