MLC 2023 TSK vs WAF highlights: Henriques-led Washington Freedom is scheduled to play on MLC 2023, at Grand Prairie, against FAF du Plessis-led Texas Super Kings.
| Match No | Major League Cricket, 5th match |
| Match | WAF vs TSK |
| Date | July 16, 2023 |
| Toss | Washington won the toss and opt to bat |
| Venue | Grand Prairie |
| Result | Washington won by 6 runs |
MLC 2023 TSK vs WAF Playing 11
Texas Super Kings Squad
Devon Conway (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Lahiru Milantha, David Miller, Milind Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Calvin Savage, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammad Mohsin, Rusty Theron
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
MLC 2023 TSK vs WAF Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| Washington Freedom | 163/5 (20) |
| Texas Super Kings | 157/8 (20) |
MLC 2023 TSK vs WAF Highlights
WAF innings
On starting their innings, Matthew Short and Andries Gous had a good start with Matthew scoring 80 runs out of 50 deliveries. Andries Gous scored only 7 runs, before leaving the ground. Mukhtar Ahmed and Henriques scored 20 and 21 runs respectively.
After Pienaar scored 18 runs, Washington Freedom scored 163 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Matthew Short | c Milind Kumar b Santner | 80 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 160 |
| Andries Gous †| b Coetzee | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 |
| Mukhtar Ahmed | c Mohammad Mohsin b Bravo | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Glenn Phillips | c Santner b Mohammad Mohsin | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Moises Henriques (c) | lbw b Coetzee | 21 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 87.5 |
| Obus Pienaar | not out | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 163.63 |
| Marco Jansen | not out | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.33 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Rusty Theron | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 13.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Calvin Savage | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell Santner | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 4 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 6.5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Mohsin | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
TSK innings
Starting their innings, FAF du Plessis left the field with 14 runs. Devon Conway has been ducked by Marco Jansen. After a few batsmen left with two-digit figures, Dwayne Bravo had scored 76 runs out of 39 deliveries.
By the end of 20 overs, TSK had scored 157 runs losing seven wickets and tasted defeat with just 6 runs.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Faf du Plessis (c) | c Nortje b Netravalkar | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 93.33 |
| Devon Conway †| b Jansen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lahiru Milantha | c Nortje b Hosein | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| David Miller | c Phillips b Piedt | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 127.27 |
| Milind Kumar | lbw b Hosein | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Mitchell Santner | c Jansen b Henriques | 22 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 115.78 |
| Dwayne Bravo | not out | 76 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 194.87 |
| Calvin Savage | lbw b Jansen | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 77.77 |
| Gerald Coetzee | retired out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Mohammad Mohsin | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.66 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 11.25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dane Piedt | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Phillips | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeal Hosein | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Moises Henriques | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match
Matthew Short |Washington Freedom
My game plan in the first game was to attack. The game plan today was to take the gears down a bit and it worked for me. The new ball came on nicely, bit on the slower side but it was good.
