Major League Cricket 2024 (5th July - 28th July)

[NYRB]

Netravalkar with his 2nd for tonight and he is part of the bowling chemistry of Washington. 2/15 off 15 balls for the man who works at Oracle.

 

[NYRB]

Going to say this, I reckon a 2nd string Aussie XI in this format of the game would be a South Africa first XI, despite SA making the World Cup final this year.

 

[NYRB]

Dont know if its just me but Netravalkar has a very similar action to former Aussie bowler, Dirk Nannes. Run up, action, delivery.

 

[NYRB]

And they are playing sweet Caroline at the start of the last over for Seattle.

 

[NYRB]

Seattle tail looked fairly limp there.

Bowled out for 124 . And Seattle will have to bowl really well to win it from here.

 

[NYRB]

.Cam Gannon gets Steve Smith and the Orcas have 3 wickets in the powerplay. And Big wickets they are too.

 

[NYRB]

if the Orcas can somehow get Maxwell cheaply, we have a game on here I reckon.

 

[NYRB]

De Kock drops Mukhtar.


That was a chance to get them 4 down.

 

[NYRB]

Gotta get those defending smallish score.

 

[NYRB]

Imad Wasim ! What a beauty . It stuck in his 1 mitt!

And Orcas are right back in this now

 

[NYRB]

Feels like its Maxwell or bust for Washington .

 

[NYRB]

Milantha is the local so he should look to rotate strike for me.

 

[NYRB]

You get Maxwell in the next over or two, and genuinely feels like a 50:50 game .

 

[NYRB]

And what do you know? Maxwell is dropped. he gets a lifeline. And it was an elementary catch too!

 

[NYRB]

Maxwell departs.

61 off 65 needed for Washington with just 5 in hand.

Milantha and Pienaar at the strike.

 

[NYRB]

Spinners seemed to have cause all sorts of trouble for the batsman today.

 

[NYRB]

Standings After Game 8:




Steve Smith and Ricky Ponting men unbeaten, Whilst Seattle are last .

 

[JeffreyCC]

Sunday- Texas Super Kings beat MINY by 15 runs. A great night + I was interviewed during the pregame show!

 

[akkaps]

Why Cummins 'jumped at' MLC and 'hadn't thought' of the Hundred

It's not just about the cricket or the money, Cummins explains, but the opportunity to think about his career after cricket

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[JeffreyCC]

Picked this up at a used bookstore here in Fort Worth.

 

[akkaps]

This probably justifies JFM omission from the WC squad but he needs to learn how to play on pitches that just aren’t roads. Pitches that are gonna spin like crazy. It’s gonna be tough seeing him as a staple in the Australian squad

 

[NYRB]

Cummins win the battle of New South Wales