Cricket Highlights, 29 July: MLC 2023 (Challenger) – MI New York vs Texas Super Kings

MI New York vs Texas Super Kings (Challenger) – Highlights

Today, MI New York secured a big six-wicket victory against Texas Super Kings in the Major Cricket League (MLC) 2023 Challenger match with 6 balls in hand. Along with that, they’ve confirmed their spot in the final as the second team of the tournament. Tomorrow (July 30th) MI New York and Seattle Archers will take each other in the final match of the tournament.

MI New York captain Nicholas Pooran decided to field first winning the Toss. Coming down to bat, Texas Super Kings ended up scoring 158 runs in the allotted 20 overs due to the excellent bowling of the MI New York bowlers. In reply, MI New York reached the port of victory with the loss of 4 wickets and 1 over in hand.  

Kiwi pacer Trent Boult played a big role in this victory for the team. The batsmen of Texas Super Kings could not accelerate the run rate due to his impeccable spell. Boult took the maximum number of 4 wickets with 24 runs in 4 overs. Due to this, he was also selected as the player of the match.

Team captain and opener Faf du Plessis did not get off to a good start as they came down to bat first. Like the last match, he failed with the bat in this match as well. The Proteas batsman scored just 6 runs off 9 balls and returned to the dressing room in the 3rd over of the innings after falling victim to Boult. On the fourth ball of that over, Boult also took the wicket of new batsman Mitchell Santner (6).  

After that, when Cody Chetty (14) departed for the team’s 34 runs, Texas Super Kings fell into some danger. At the end of 6 overs of the power play, their score stood at 40 runs for 3 wickets. From there, openers Devon Conway and Milind Kumar tried to get the team back on track. For the 4th wicket, these two put on a partnership of 77 runs off 60 balls.

With the help of this pair, the team did not lose wickets but could not increase the rate of runs due to the controlled bowling of the bowlers. But Texas Super Kings were slammed out of the match after losing two consecutive wickets in the 16th and 17th overs of the innings (within 6 balls). First, Milind departed after scoring 37 runs off 34 balls with 3 fours and 1 six. In the next over, Conway scored 38 off 35 balls and fell victim to Boult. His innings also were decorated with 3 fours and 1 six.  

After their departure, none of the team’s batsmen could make double-digit scores except for David Miller. Miller scored 17 runs off 10 balls with the help of two sixes. Apart from Boult, Tim David got 2 wickets and Rashid Khan and Eshan Adil picked up 1 wicket each for MI New York.

MI New York’s batsmen got off to a good start chasing the challenging target of 159 runs. They picked up 45 runs after losing 2 wickets in 6 overs of power play. Where opener Shayan Jahangir alone played a stormy innings of 36 runs off 18 balls smashing 5 fours and 2 sixes. Skipper Pooran could not do much good. He returned to the dugout scoring 23 runs off 20 balls.

Dewald Brevis widely famed as “Baby AB” and all-rounder Tim David continued to lead the team to victory on the 4th wicket. MI New York came very close to victory with their 29-ball 50-run partnership. David scored 33 runs off 20 balls with 4 sixes. However, Brevis left the field after taking the team home.

Brevis played an unbeaten innings of 41 runs off 33 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes. And at the end, he was accompanied by David Wiese. He remained unbeaten with 19 runs off 11 balls. Calvin Savage, Rusty Theron, Daniel Sams, and Mohammad Mohsin took 1 wicket each for the Texas Super Kings.

MI New York vs Texas Super Kings Scoreboard

Texas Super Kings – 158/10 (20.0)

MI New York – 162/4 (19.0)

Result – MI New York won by 6 wickets

Player of the match – Trent Boult

Trent Boult

MI New York vs Texas Super Kings Playing XIs