MLC 2025: Keep Seattle orkas in the race of Aaron Jones and Shimron Hetmier Playoffs; Push Los Angeles Knight Riders down. Cricket news
Seattle Orarkas continued his revival in Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025, defeating Los Angeles Knight Riders by five wickets to follow 200 targets. It marked its second consecutive win in the tournament.Batting first after being asked to set a goal, Knight Riders left for a dull start, with the grip of the ball in the surface and time were made difficult. Andre Fletcher managed to find timely boundaries to maintain some speed during powerplay. Harmeet Singh bowled three streamlined overs and eventually rewarded when Fletcher took out for a long time.In an amazing step, Andre Russell came to number 3 and played carefully, especially against spin, while Lakkar lost two quick wickets, which was reduced by 48/3. Russell then joined the army to re -build with Saif Badar, and later Rowman Powell arrived to accelerate the innings. Badar was eventually rejected for 41, which was caught by Classen from Salamkhil, but Russell-Badar and Russell-Pavel-operated LAKR The previous 200 partnerships tipped their first fifty of the last 200 season and remained unbeaten at 65 out of 39 balls, while Puvel’s Qualification ended 202/4.Waqar Salamkhil was a pick of orkas bowlers with 2/29 in his four overs. Harmeet Singh and Ayan Desai pasted one wicket with Apli.Chasing 203, Seattle lost opener Josh Brown on the second ball, but Aaron Jones and Shayan Jahangir put a brilliant 119 run stand together for the second wicket. He took the risks calculated to tick the scoreboard. Jones brought his first MLC to fifty before falling from the holder of holder for 73 (38 balls, 10 fours, 2 sixes).
The orkas then faced a mini-callps in which Jahngir, Klassen and Alexander Raza were lost in early succession. But the Shimron Hetmier moved to his blistering form from the previous match, included sixes in 26-gendes and four borders in 26 balls to guide the Seattle Home comfortably. Kyle Mayors played a stable supporting hand with 12 runs.Among Lakkar’s bowlers, Jason Holder impressed with 2 wickets, while Tanveer Sangh also claimed 2/39. Andre Russell took a wicket for 29 in his four -over spell.Brief scoreLos Angeles Knight Riders: 4 for 202 (Andre Russell 65 Not Out, Rowman Powell 43*, Saif Badar 41; Waqar Salamkhil 2-29) Seattle Orcas: 206 for 5 (Aaron Jones 73, Shimron Hetmier 64*, Jahangir 43; Jesson Holder 2-36, Jason Union 2-39)
