Within the thirteenth match of the Main League Cricket (MLC) 2023 match, MI New York (MINY) recorded an emphatic victory towards Washington Freedom (WAF). After successful the toss at Church Avenue Park, MINY elected to bowl, placing WAF into bat.
Freedom began their innings on an honest be aware, with contributions from Matthew Brief, Andries Gous and Mukhtar Ahmed. New Zealand worldwide Glenn Phillips performed an excellent knock, smashing 47 runs off 35 deliveries, together with 2 fours and three sixes. Captain Moises Henriques additionally contributed with 32 runs off 30 balls. Nevertheless, some tight bowling from the New York aspect, particularly by Kieron Pollard (2/33) restricted Freedom to 160-6 of their allotted 20 overs.
In reply, MINY got here out firing as they chased down the goal with authority. Shayan Jahangir and Monank Patel offered a strong begin, but it surely was Nicholas Pooran who stole the present with a scintillating knock.
Pooran bludgeoned 62 runs off simply 33 balls, together with 4 fours and a powerful 6 sixes. The left-handed batter kicked off the ninth over with a large six towards Obus Pienaar. He adopted it up along with his first six, hitting the ball over long-off, narrowly avoiding the fielder. Pienaar, the left-arm spinner, continued along with his assault from across the wicket, however his half-tracker was effortlessly despatched to the midwicket boundary.
Altering his angle to over the wicket, Pienaar provided a ball proper within the slot exterior the off-stump, which Pooran confidently dispatched over long-off for an additional six. The over turned out to be a large one for MI New York, as Pooran’s aggressive show led to 22 runs being scored, just about sealing the victory for his staff.
Right here’s the video:
THE BOUNDARIES ARE FLOWING!🌊🌊🌊
Nicholas Pooran JOINS THE PARTY🎉 with 3 SIXES in FOUR BALLS!
9⃣1⃣/1⃣ (8.5) pic.twitter.com/zDvMCbTcUr
— Main League Cricket (@MLCricket) July 23, 2023
Skipper Pollard additionally scored a quickfire 21 runs off 10 balls. MINY reached the goal comfortably, scoring 161-2 in simply 15.3 overs.
Pooran was rightfully awarded the ‘Participant of the Match’ for his explosive batting show.
