Texas vs Seattle, Qualifier 1 at Dallas, MLC, Jul 27 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

11:21pm Right. That will be that from us for tonight. Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you. Tomorrow, we will be back as the Texas Super Kings take on MI New York with a place in the MLC final at stake. Until next time, this is me (Shashwat) signing off on behalf of Binoy George and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo. Goodbye and take care!

Wayne Parnell, Seattle Orcas captain: Whenever you win a playoff game, it is pretty special. The guys have been unbelievable so far and we have one more to go. (On his injury) I cannot disclose that on TV but good to be back with the boys. (On the pitch) It was a little bit tricky. At the toss, I was 50-50 (on whether to bat or bowl). Generally, wickets tend to play better under lights. As a bowling unit, to restrict them to that total and then see Quinton's class was pleasing.

Faf du Plessis, Texas Super Kings captain: (What happened tonight) Bad day at the office. We thought the pitch was going to be really slow. In hindsight, I felt it was a mistake at the toss. It got better as the game progressed, looked a little easier in the second innings. Credit to them, they were a complete unit. They did not miss a beat, we missed a lot of beats. (On playing the Challenger against MINY) We have a big challenge for tomorrow. If we have to go further, we have to be a lot better. Beautiful thing about tomorrow is that it is a new day and a new opportunity.

Quinton de Kock, Player of the Match: (On his thinking chasing 127) I honestly did not really want to come back tomorrow and play so just wanted to get the job done today (smiles). (On what he has been working on) Not much, to be honest. One or two practices and, that is it. There will be one or two celebrations and that will be pretty much it. Would love to finish off this tournament on a high.

Harmeet Singh: (On how it feels to make the final) Any tournament you play, you want to win it. To play for Seattle has been special for me. It is going to be stunning on Sunday in front of a packed stadium (hopefully). We decided that we will not experiment much. It was more of bowling into the wicket and bowling at the stumps. I backed my length, did not try too much. We needed a couple of days' break. We travelled yesterday, played today. We really dominated today and that feeling will be carried over to the final, and that is also important. (On Pravin Amre) He has been my childhood coach. Him coming here is nostalgic. He is always positive and even when we had a bad game, he took positives from it.

11:04pm Well, that turned into a bit of a canter towards the end. That was only down to de Kock, though, who made a tricky track look very easy. He finished with 88 and his innings was laced with ten fours and four sixes. He was severe against pace and was unforgiving against spin too. Jayasuriya, while not as fluent, did his bit at the other end to ensure that there were no further hiccups.

As for TSK, they will have to pick themselves up and come back tomorrow. This was one of their more toothless displays, considering the way they batted and how they lacked penetration with the ball. Apart from Theron and Mohsin (to an extent), none of the others exerted control and that is something TSK will have to rectify before their contest against MINY tomorrow.

Santner to bowl what could be the final over of the game

de Kock on strike. It would be fitting if he can finish off this run-chase...

Just two runs needed now. Can the Orcas finish it off this over?

Anish: "Why is Santner not bowling? He is fielding for sure" -- The only explanation I can come up with is that there are two left-handers out in the middle...

That brings up the 100-run stand for this pair - just the second time any pair has managed this feat in the MLC

Just 19 runs needed now for victory. If TSK are to win this from here, we will have witnessed something truly extraordinary

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