Cricket Highlights, 18 July: MLC 2023 (Match 7) – Texas Super Kings vs MI New York

Texas Super Kings vs MI New York (Match 7) – Highlights

Texas Super Kings and MI New York faced each other in the 7th match of Major League Cricket starting this year. Batting first in that match, Texas Super Kings set a moderate target in the scheduled 20 overs. But MI New York could not reach the target as the scheduled 20 overs ended. As a result, they have to leave the field with a loss of 17 runs. On the other hand, Devon Conway won the man-of-the-match title for the Texas Super Kings by batting astonishingly.

The Texas Super Kings captain won the toss and elected to bat first and invited MI New York to bowl. Batting first, opener Devon Conway got off to a good start. But none of his companions can survive in the field. The team lost their 1st wicket for 20 runs. Captain Faf du Plessis left the field after scoring 8 runs from 9 balls. He also hit 1 four.

Cody Chetty entered the field after Faf du Plessis left the field. But after playing 18 balls, he was caught out after scoring only 12 runs and left the field. David Miller then came on to accompany Devon Conway. But he could not stay for long. He returned to the dressing room after being caught out by Rabada’s bowl for the team’s 112 runs. Then their opener Devon Conway left the field in the 17th over. He played an excellent innings of 74 runs off 55 balls before getting out. His innings of 74 runs had 8 fours and 1 six.

Then, three more wickets fell at regular intervals after Devon Conway departed. Dwayne Bravo left the field with 5 runs off 4 balls. Daniel Sams left the field with 1 run from 4 balls after being trapped by lbw. Mitchell Santner returned to the dressing room with 1 ball to spare. He scored 27 runs off 13 balls with the help of 1 four and 2 sixes. Besides, Milind Kumar was unbeaten at 1 run. In the end, their innings stopped at 154 after losing 7 wickets with 9 extra runs.

Trent Boult and Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets each for MI New York. Besides, Kieron Pollard and Rashid Khan took 1 wicket each.

Batting with a target of 155 runs, MI New York’s innings stopped at 137 runs after losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. No one except Shayan Jahangir can cross the 25-run barrier for them. Shayan Jahangir scored 41 runs from 38 balls with the help of 5 fours. Tim David scored 24 runs from 19 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six. Nicholas Pooran scored 19 runs off 15 balls. Steven Taylor scored only 15 runs off 21 balls with the help of 1 four.

Besides, three Golden Ducks were scored by Monank Patel, Captain Kieron Pollard, and Kagiso Rabada. Hammad Azam scored 13 runs off 12 balls. Rashid Khan scored 13 runs off 9 balls. In the end, Trent Boult was unbeaten at 2 runs. Even with 10 runs extra, they could not reach the target.

Daniel Sams and Mohammad Mohsin took 2 wickets each for Texas Super Kings. Besides, Rusty Theron, Zia-ul-Haq, and Dwayne Bravo took 1 wicket each.

Texas Super Kings vs MI New York Scoreboard

Texas Super Kings – 154/7 (20.0)

MI New York – 137/8 (20.0)

Result – Texas Super Kings won by 17 runs

Player of the match – Devon Conway 

Devon Conway

Texas Super Kings vs MI New York Playing XIs