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SF vs Seattle, 13th Match at Morrisville, MLC, Jul 15 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
13th Match, Morrisville, July 15, 2024, Major League Cricket
(20 ov, T:166) 142/6

SF won by 23 runs

Player Of The Match
3/26
liam-plunkett
Cricinfo's MVP
137.1 ptsImpact List
matthew-short
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SEO
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end of over 204 runs
SEO: 142/6CRR: 7.10 
Hammad Azam16 (14b)
Cameron Gannon6 (11b)
Haris Rauf 4-0-30-0
Pat Cummins 4-0-35-1

Both innings were quite similar, as things started to get awry at the halfway mark. Seattle Orcas lost their grip after losing set batters Rickleton and Jayasuriya, and from there, everyone struggled to get going. Short, Plunkett, and Anderson were all fantastic and didn't give any pace to work with. They knew the conditions and stuck to their guns on a tricky surface where it wasn't easy to score with conventional methods.

That said, it was one-way traffic when Jayasuriya was hammering bowlers all over the park, but once he got out, it was like a boulder rolling down a mountain. The bowlers did a spectacular job to stymie the run flow. Hammad Azam couldn't tee off, and the captain departed early too. The Orcas are languishing at the bottom while the Unicorns jump to the third spot after this crucial victory

19.6
1
Haris Rauf to Hammad, 1 run

Another pitch-perfect surface suited slower length ball at off, worked off the pads towards midwicket and he jogs through a run. In the end, SF's bowling was much better on the day and managed to defend a low total

19.5
1
Haris Rauf to Gannon, 1 run

Nails a perfect off-stump yorker, squirted away to cover

19.4
Haris Rauf to Gannon, no run

Flung on short of a length and gets it to tail back through the gate, goes through the shot early and misses it completely

19.3
1
Haris Rauf to Hammad, 1 run

Low full-toss at off, slapped away to sweeper cover

19.2
1
Haris Rauf to Gannon, 1 run

Pace-off back of a length ball wide of off, forcing him to reach out, he pummels it across the line towards midwicket with no real timing

19.1
Haris Rauf to Gannon, no run

Fractionally shorter and angled into middle, inside edge onto the pads

end of over 196 runs
SEO: 138/6CRR: 7.26 RRR: 28.00 • Need 28 runs from 6b
Cameron Gannon4 (7b)
Hammad Azam14 (12b)
Pat Cummins 4-0-35-1
Haris Rauf 3-0-26-0
18.6
1
Cummins to Gannon, 1 run

Dug in short outside off, stands tall and clouts it to wide of long-on

18.5
Cummins to Gannon, no run

An unintimidating bouncer around the line off, wanted to swat a pull but only connected with fresh air

18.4
1
Cummins to Hammad, 1 run

Short ball with pace wide of off, struggling for timing and miscued the pull, ball dies down quickly towards the leg side

18.3
1
Cummins to Gannon, 1 run

Rolls his fingers, bowls short in the corridor, mistimed to fine leg for a single

18.2
1
Cummins to Hammad, 1 run

Does him with the slow ball, kicked sharply off the turf and he went for the aerial pull, just landed short of the fielder standing at deep square's left

18.2
1w
Cummins to Hammad, 1 wide

Pace-off fuller delivery outside the tramline on off

18.1
1lb
Cummins to Gannon, 1 leg bye

Over the wicket, pace-off bumper that rises steeply, he swivels for a pull and is early through the shot, ball rolls over to the keeper

end of over 184 runs
SEO: 132/6CRR: 7.33 RRR: 17.00 • Need 34 runs from 12b
Cameron Gannon2 (3b)
Hammad Azam12 (10b)
Haris Rauf 3-0-26-0
Liam Plunkett 4-0-26-3
17.6
1
Haris Rauf to Gannon, 1 run

Big delivery and he will only get a single, length at middle, tucked around the corner

17.5
1
Haris Rauf to Hammad, 1 run

Attempted yorker ends up as a low full-toss at sixth stump line, thwacked down to long-off for a single

17.4
1
Haris Rauf to Gannon, 1 run

Short ball wide of off, belts it down the ground to Rauf's left and mid-off intercepts the ball quickly

17.3
Haris Rauf to Gannon, no run

Bowls a perfect in-dipping yorker and he manages to shield his stumps

17.2
1lb
Haris Rauf to Hammad, 1 leg bye

Over the wicket, pace-off back of a length delivery at middle, rotated early and copped a blow

17.1
Haris Rauf to Hammad, no run

Searing yorker just outside off, slammed to extra cover

end of over 176 runs • 1 wicket
SEO: 128/6CRR: 7.52 RRR: 12.66 • Need 38 runs from 18b
Hammad Azam11 (7b)
Liam Plunkett 4-0-26-3
Corey Anderson 3.2-0-21-1
16.6
W
Plunkett to Harmeet Singh, OUT

That's a screamer, short at the body and he launches the ball straight into the hands of Short at deep midwicket, fielder made sure he didn't overrun and was cognizant of the rope, Plunkett with a fist-pump, stunning team effort

Harmeet Singh c Short b Plunkett 15 (18b 2x4 0x6) SR: 83.33
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Over 20 • SEO 142/6

SF won by 23 runs
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