MLC 2023 WAF vs LAKR highlights: Moises Henriques-led Washington is scheduled to play on the 9th match of the Major League Cricket against Sunil Narine-led Los Angeles Knight Riders.
| Match No | Major League Cricket 2023, 9th match |
| Match | Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders |
| Date | July 21, 2023 |
| Toss | Washington Freedom won the toss and opt to bowl |
| Venue | Church Street Park, Morrisville |
| Result | Washington Freedom won by 6 wickets |
MLC 2023 WAF vs LAKR Playing 11
Washington Freedom Squad
Matthew Short, Andries Gous (wk), Mukhtar Ahmed, Glenn Phillips, Moises Henriques (c), Obus Pienaar, Marco Jansen, Akeal Hosein, Dane Piedt, Anrich Nortje, Saurabh Netravalkar
Los Angeles Knight Riders Squad
Jason Roy, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Rilee Rossouw, Jaskaran Malhotra (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (c), Corne Dry, Adam Zampa, Ali Khan, Spencer Johnson
MLC 2023 WAF vs LAKR Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| LAKR | 175/7 (20) |
| WAF | 177/4 (18.1) |
MLC 2023 WAF vs LAKR highlights
LAKR innings
By starting their innings, LAKR openers Jason Roy and Chand didn’t last longer as they were sent out on lbw with 7 and 18 runs respectively by Netravalkar and Henriques.
After NR Kumar was sent out by Henriques on the 7 over with scoring only 9 runs, Rossouw entered the field as the team score was 37/2. Rossouw made 41 runs out of 30 deliveries making a stable situation for the team. He was sent out by Marco Jansen on the 19th over.
As Jaskaran Malhotra was sent out by Akeal on 12 runs, Russell made a partnership with Rossouw before he was sent out. Jaskaran made a stance in the field making 70 runs out of 37 deliveries. By the end of 20 overs, LAKR scored 175 runs on losing 7 wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Jason Roy | lbw b Netravalkar | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70 |
| Unmukt Chand | lbw b Henriques | 18 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 85.71 |
| Nitish Kumar | c Pienaar b Henriques | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 112.5 |
| Rilee Rossouw | c Nortje b Jansen | 41 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 136.66 |
| Jaskaran Malhotra † | b Hosein | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
| Andre Russell | not out | 70 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 189.18 |
| Sunil Narine (c) | c Pienaar b Jansen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corné Dry | c Short b Henriques | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 233.33 |
| Adam Zampa | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Moises Henriques | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 8.66 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Piedt | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeal Hosein | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 12.33 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
WAF innings
Washington openers Matthew Short and Andries Gous made a good partnership scoring 68 runs. On the 6th over Andries was sent out by Sunil Narine as he scored 40 runs out of 15 deliveries.
Mukhtar Ahmed scored 15 runs and was sent out Ali Khan on the 9th over. Glenn Philips scored 29 runs out of 19 deliveries, contributing to his team.
Moises Henriques and Obus Pienaar hold the stance and scored 16 and 26 runs leading to victory. By the end, WAF scored 177 runs at first ball of the 19th over and had won with 6 wickets in hands.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Matthew Short | b Narine | 43 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 122.85 |
| Andries Gous † | c Rossouw b Johnson | 40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 266.66 |
| Mukhtar Ahmed | c †Malhotra b Ali Khan | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 136.36 |
| Glenn Phillips | c Chand b Zampa | 29 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 152.63 |
| Moises Henriques (c) | not out | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Obus Pienaar | not out | 26 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 152.94 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Spencer Johnson | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ali Khan | 3.1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corné Dry | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9.5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match
Andre Russell | Washington Freedom
The body is good, most games in T20 you have to play with a niggle. I have perhaps played only a 100 games fully fit. We still have one game to go, we will see how things are. I’m enjoying batting, but our team results are an issue.
Hope we can finish strong, finish with a win and have a glass of Orange juice for that. We still have a good unit, need to keep backing ourselves.
