Wayne Parnell Opens on Losing MLC 2023 Final: Wayne Parnell – the captain of Seattle Orcas who faced a 7 wickets defeat in the MLC 2023 final praises Nicholas Pooran over his unbelievable knock in the final game.
Wayne Parnell Opens on Losing MLC 2023 Final
Mumbai Indians’ franchise “MI New York” won the inaugural edition of the MLC by beating Seattle Orcas by 7 wickets. Though MI New York struggled to maintain a consistent during the tournament’s beginning stage make an aggressive comeback towards the end of the tournament.
In the first 5 games which is the league stage, MI New York managed to win only 2 games and entered the playoff with the advantage of the positive NRR. On the other hand, their opponent in the final game – Seattle Orcas are the most successive team of the season where they won 4 out of 5 league games.
Seattle Orcas beats Texas Super Kings in Qualifier 1 and made a direct entry for the grand final while MI New York beats Washington Freedom in Eliminator and beats Texas Super Kings in the Challenger to enter the final game.
Nicholas Pooran who captained MI New York in the MLC 2023 final game scored an unbelievable 137 runs in just 55 deliveries and led the team towards a glorious victory.
Seattle Orcas’ skipper Wayne Parnell opens on losing MLC 2023 final game against the MI New York and said: “When someone plays a knock like that, you got to give credit. Obviously disappointed to have lost, but credit to Nicky and his team”.
“I think it was a lot slower initially, but it started to skid on under the lights. We thought it was a decent total, but looking at Pooran (his form) don’t think he was going to miss out. Credit to the organisers, credit to our owners for picking such good players”, he added.
3 SIXES TO END THE LAST OVER OF THE POWERPLAY!
THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL, NICKY P!💙🥶🫡
8⃣0⃣/2⃣ (6.0) pic.twitter.com/pGRwHNz0nT
— Major League Cricket (@MLCricket) July 31, 2023
Winning the toss, MI New York choose to bowl first where Seattle Orcas scored 183 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Though Seattle Orcas’ players struggled to score against the MI New York’s aggressive bowling attack, de Kock managed to score 87 runs from 52 deliveries and led the team towards a safer side.
Boult and Rashid Khan bagged 3 wickets each on behalf of MI New York and restricted the opponents from scoring further. On the other hand, MI New York’s opening batters Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir fall cheaply and stun everyone.
But the skipper took the things in hand and played a mad inning where the aggressive left-hander smashed 10 boundaries and whopping 13 sixes which is the most by a player in an inning in ML 2023.
With a strike rate of 249.09, Pooran scored 137 runs from just 55 deliveries and led the team to win the game with 4 overs left. With this unbelievable knock, Nicholas Pooran scripted various records in MLC 2023 tournament.
Quick view of players’ stats in the MLC 2023 Tournament:
- Most runs: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) – 388
- Most wickets: Trent Boult (MI New York) – 22
- Highest individual score: Nicholas Pooran (137*) vs Seattle Orcas (final)
- Best spell of the season: Saurabh Netravalkar (6/9) vs San Francisco Unicorns
