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DALLAS: A combined effort from MI New York bowlers booked LA Knight Riders for a paltry and led their side to a dominating 105-run victory in the sixth match of the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC).

Set to chase a regulation 156-run target, the LA Knight Riders’ batting lineup failed completely against a disciplined MI New York bowling attack.

The Knight Riders, after a poor start, kept losing wickets at an alarming rate and were eventually bundled out for a mere 50 and thus handed a resounding 105-run victory to MI New York.

Opening batter Unmukt Chand waged a lone battle for the Knight Riders with a run-a-ball 26 while the rest failed completely and could not even make it into the double figures.

For MI New York, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil, Kieron Pollard, Kagiso Rabada and Nosthush Kenjige picked two wickets each.

Opting to bat first, MI New York accumulated a commendable total of 155/8 in their quota of 20 overs with Tim David leading the charge with a quickfire 48.

MI New York, too, after having a poor start, lost wickets at regular intervals but a belligerent knock at the backend by Tim David led them to a respectable total.

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The right-handed batter scored 48 off just 21 deliveries, laced with four boundaries and as many sixes.

Nicholas Pooran played an anchoring role in the middle with a 37-ball 38 which featured a boundary and two sixes, while the rest made modest contributions.

Adam Zampa and Ali Khan bagged two wickets each for LA Knight Riders while Lockie Ferguson struck out a batter.

In the fifth fixture of the ongoing MLC, Washington Freedom edged Texas Super Kings by six runs to register their maiden victory.

Opening batter Matthew Short muscled Freedom to a defendable total of 163/5 with a quickfire knock up the order and batted for almost 16 overs.

The right-handed batter smashed 80 runs from 50 balls, laced up with 10 boundaries and three sixes.

Chasing 164, the Super Kings fell just six runs short as they could amass 157/8 despite Dwayne Bravo’s fighting 76.

The veteran all-rounder, who came out to bat when his side was 50/5, glimmered a ray of hope for an astonishing victory with a counter-attacking knock but fell inches short of pulling it off.

He scored an unbeaten 76 in just 39 balls, hitting five boundaries and six sixes.

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GRAND PRAIRIE: Henrich Klaasen’s magnificent half-century and a effort from the bowlers led Seattle Orcas to a comfortable 35-run victory over San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket (MLC).

Opting to bat first, Orcas’ batters backed the decision of their captain and showcased brilliance to piwer their side to a commendable total of 177/4 in 20 overs.

The Orcas had a contrasting start to their innings as they lost Quintin de Kock (7) in the second over with just nine runs on the scoreboard.

Nauman Anwar and Shehan Jayasuriya launched a recovery for the Orcas with a gritty 44-run partnership before the former perished in the sixth over.

Anwar scored 30 off 21 deliveries and smashed five boundaries.

With the Orcas 53/2 inside the power play, Klaasen joined Jayasuriya in the middle and the pair stitched an important partnership, adding 47 runs to the total.

Corey Anderson got the much-needed breakthrough for the Unicorns in the 12th over when he got rid of Jayasuriya, who could score 33 from 27 balls.

Meanwhile, Klaasen stood his ground firm and received subtle support from Shimron Hetmyer amid their 54-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Klaasen remained the core aggressor of the fourth-wicket stand and scored at a brisk rate at the backend before finally perishing in the 17th over.

He top-scored for the Orcas with a 31-ball 53 which featured four boundaries and three sixes.

Hetmyer, however, carried his bat all the way through with an unbeaten 36 off 30.

For the Unicorns, Liam Plunkett bagged two wickets while Haris Rauf and Corey Anderson made one scalp each.

Set to chase a daunting 178, the Unicorns batting lineup failed despite a decent start and bundled out for 142 in the 18th over.

Unicorns openers Finn Allen and Matthew Wade provided a decent start to the pursuit with a 42-run stand but both perished in successive overs as Orcas hit back.

Allen and Wade both scored 28 each.

The Unicorns then began to lose wickets at an alarming rate and we’re soon bowled out for a modest 142.

Shadab Khan played a fighting knock amid the collapse as he scored a quickfire 37 from 23 balls, laced up with two boundaries and two sixes.

His blitz, however, went in vain as Orcas booked Unicorns on 142 to seal their second consecutive victory in the ongoing MLC and topped the standings.

GRAND PRAIRIE: David Miller scored a swashbuckling half-century before Mohammad Mohsin’s four-fer muscled Texas Super Kings to thrash Los Angeles Knight Riders in the opening match of the inaugural Major League Cricket (MLC).

Put into bat first in the first-ever fixture of the league’s history, the Super Kings put on a dominant show with the bat and piled up a commendable total of 181/6 at the back of magnificent half-centuries by Devon Conway and David Miller.

The Super Kings had a contrasting start to their innings as the side lost their first wicket in the second over with just 12 runs on the scoreboard as Faf du Plessis bagged a golden duck.

Lahiru Milantha joined Devon Conway in the middle after the early setback and put on a brief partnership which saw the pair adding 31 runs to the total.

With the home side reeling at 43/2 inside the batting powerplay, Conway then received subtle support in the form of experienced David Miller.

The pair stitched a 77-run partnership for the third wicket and scored at a brisk rate before Adam Zampa found a much-needed breakthrough for the Knight Riders as he got rid of Conway.

The left-handed batter scored 55 off 37 deliveries, hitting seven boundaries and a six.

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Miller then put on a brief partnership with Milind Kumar (2) before Lockie Ferguson put an end to his sensational knock in the 18th over.

He top-scored for the Super Kings with a 42-ball 61 which featured two boundaries and four sixes.

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo then gave final touches to Super Kings’ batting expedition as he bolstered his side’s total to 181/6 with a 16-run cameo.

Ali Khan and Lockie Ferguson bagged two wickets each for Knight Riders while Sunil Narine and Adam Zampa could pick one apiece.

Set to chase 182, Mohammad Mohsin-led Super Kings’ bowling attack ran through the Knight Riders’ batting lineup which could accumulate a meagre 112 before bundling out in 14 overs.

Andre Russell waged a lone battle for the Knight Riders with a gutsy half-century but lack of support from the other end barred him from pulling a miraculous victory for his side.

He top-scored with a 34-ball 55, laced up with seven boundaries and three sixes.

Wicketkeeper batter Jaskaran Malhotra (22) and skipper Sunil Narine (15) were the other notable run-getters for the Knight Riders which became the first side to suffer a defeat in the MLC history.

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ARY Digital Network has secured media rights in Pakistan for the first-ever season of Major League Cricket (MLC), the transformative T20 competition bringing the world’s best players to the United States this July.

The six-team competition starting on 14 July in the USA will be broadcast on A Sports, one of Pakistan’s leading sports TV channels, and live-streamed on the ARY Zap mobile app and website.

The first season of MLC is set to feature world-class international players across the six participating teams – Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom. The inaugural season will be played in a round-robin format with the four best-performing teams competing in a multi-game playoff and final round to decide a champion, to be crowned on July 30.

The star-studded MLC player roster includes Pakistan’s Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, and Imad Wasim. Former Pakistani players Sami Aslam, Nauman Anwar, Hammad Azam, Ehsan Adil, and Mukhtar Ahmed are also featuring in MLC this season.

International cricket stars Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Jason Roy, Kagiso Rabada, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Marcus Stoinis are some of the other leading players taking part in the first edition of MLC, to be played in Texas and North Carolina.

“The launch of a ground-breaking professional cricket tournament in the USA is an exciting development and I am glad that ARY is part of this new venture as the MLC’s official broadcast partner in Pakistan,” said Salman Iqbal, ARY Digital Founder and CEO.

“Cricket is making a grand entry into a market that holds huge potential and we hope that the audiences in Pakistan will enjoy our coverage of these matches.”

“We are thrilled to partner with ARY and deliver the adrenaline-packed T20 action Major League Cricket will feature to viewers across Pakistan,” said Tom Dunmore, Vice-president of Marketing, Major League Cricket.

“We know how passionate fans in Pakistan are about cricket, and we’re excited that they will have the chance to see their favourite stars like Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, and Imad Wasim compete on an exciting new stage in the United States.”

The partnership between ARY and MLC will ensure the continuation of an exciting cricket season on A Sports and ARY Zap with this year’s historic ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers having ended this past Sunday.

ARY’s impressive list of sports content includes the Pakistan Super League, bilateral matches organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board, ICC Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cups, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, SA20, FairBreak Invitational T20, Formula 1, and La Liga.