Los Angeles Knight Riders Vs Seattle Orcas Match 12 23 July 2023

12th T20 • Church Street Park • Morrisville

Seattle Orcas

170/6 (20)

Los Angeles Knight Riders

175/8 (19.1)

LAKR won by 2 wickets

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Rilee Rossouw

78(38)

Player of the Series Cameron Gannon

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LAKR

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Seattle Orcas

170/6 (20)

Batters

Quinton de Kock

111.11

c Narine b Zampa

Nauman Anwar

160.00

c Johnson b Russell

Shehan Jayasuriya

133.33

Not out

Heinrich Klaasen

192.31

b Narine

Shubham Ranjane

66.67

c Badar b Zampa

Dasun Shanaka

140.00

c Narine b van Schalkwyk

Imad Wasim

126.67

lbw b Johnson

Andrew Tye

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.5)

170/6

Did not Bat

Harmeet Singh, Wayne Parnell, Cameron Gannon

Bowlers

EXT

11.67

6.75

6.50

14.00

Shadley van Schalkwyk

7.33

Sunil Narine

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Quinton de Kock

c Narine b Zampa

1-32

3.6

Nauman Anwar

c Johnson b Russell

2-45

4.6

Heinrich Klaasen

b Narine

3-81

8.4

Shubham Ranjane

c Badar b Zampa

4-104

13.1

Dasun Shanaka

c Narine b van Schalkwyk

5-113

14.2

Imad Wasim

lbw b Johnson

6-168

19.3

Los Angeles Knight Riders

175/8 (19.1)

Batters

Jason Roy

40.00

b Wasim

Jaskaran Malhotra

40.00

c Jayasuriya b Cameron Gannon

Gajanand Singh

100.00

c Kock b Cameron Gannon

Rilee Rossouw *

205.26

Not out

Saif Badar

111.11

c Nauman Anwar b Tye

Andre Russell

127.59

c Klaasen b Singh

Sunil Narine

(C)

160.00

c Cameron Gannon b Tye

Shadley van Schalkwyk

200.00

c Wasim b Parnell

Adam Zampa

109.09

c (sub Jones) b Cameron Gannon

Spencer Johnson

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(19.1 Ov, RR: 9.13)

175/8

Did not Bat

Ali Khan

Bowlers

EXT

Imad Wasim

3.1

7.89

3.25

12.00

8.75

12.00

15.50

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jaskaran Malhotra

c Jayasuriya b Cameron Gannon

1-4

1.2

Gajanand Singh

c Kock b Cameron Gannon

2-8

1.6

Jason Roy

b Wasim

3-8

2.1

Saif Badar

c Nauman Anwar b Tye

4-22

4.4

Andre Russell

c Klaasen b Singh

5-89

11.5

Sunil Narine

c Cameron Gannon b Tye

6-105

13.1

Shadley van Schalkwyk

c Wasim b Parnell

7-122

14.3

Adam Zampa

c (sub Jones) b Cameron Gannon

8-135

16.2

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Jul, 10:00 PM IST

Venue

Church Street Park, Morrisville

Match

12th T20,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Billy Taylor (England), Reon King (West Indies), Wayne Knights (New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Colin Edwards (United States of America)

Toss

Los Angeles Knight Riders elected to bowl

0 W 1 0 1 0

Over 17

Runs: 2

6 1 1 6 1 2

Over 18

Runs: 17

4 6 1 1 2 1

Over 19

Runs: 15

Over 20

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Rilee Rossouw

78(38)

Player of the Series Cameron Gannon

Commentary

So that'll be all from our coverage of this contest but there's plenty more cricketing action lined up from around the world. Do stay tuned to Sportskeeda to follow our coverage of the same. And if you're hungry for more cricket, you can swiftly hop over here to keep track of the Trinidad Test as India look to complete a clean sweep over the West Indies. For the moment though, this is your host Sooryanarayanan Sesha taking your leave. Have a great week ahead. Good night and see you around!

Finally, something for the LA Knight Riders to cheer about but alas, it has come too late for them to be able to break into the top four. They will return home tonight with happier faces but will know that they have to turn up a lot better next time around. As for the Orcas, they've endured a loss and while it could have gone their way, they will take heart from the fact that it has possibly come at the right time. One more game to go for them in the round-robin phase and they'll want to return to winning ways ahead of the playoffs.

Sunil Narine (Los Angeles Knight Riders captain): You would like winning in anything so it's good to win. No one likes to lose. The games we lost, we had opportunities to capitalize and we didn't. At the end of the day we still played good cricket. There were games we could have won but we couldn't pull it by the neck. Next time hopefully we are the ones getting across the line. (On the tournament) It's been good - first time here playing in these conditions. It's been good, especially the fans. As players you didn't know what to expect but the amount of people supporting cricket was great.

Wayne Parnell (Seattle Orcas captain): Obviously class there from Rilee Rossouw, he showed his experience. It's a game of inches and obviously we're on the wrong side today. We will debrief - our mantra has been to be consistent whether we're winning or losing. There's always room for improvement and we'll have the same chat today.

Who else but Rilee Rossouw as today's Player of the Match. Here's what he has to say: It's a different feeling - we've lost a couple in a row. When we've been bad, we've been really bad. I thought we put in a complete performance today and luckily for me it came off. The previous game, the wicket was playing up and down and a bit slow. It's not something we're used to playing around the world but we had to adapt.

Adam Zampa (Los Angeles Knight Riders): We certainly haven't played our best cricket throughout the tournament. Going into the last game, if we had last this one and gone winless it would have been a sad feeling. Pretty nice to finish with a win and it's a bonus. Mixed bag to be honest - I bowled okay throughout the tournament. I think it's been the story of our tournament as a team - just couldn't get it right at the key moments. Nice to get wickets but would have been better to be on the winning side. Rilee's an experienced campaigner and has played a lot of T20 cricket. He keeps a calm head out there. His innings on a tough wicket was really impressive. It's been great (this tournament). To think that this competition has started and to get involved with it is great.

Match Summary: Los Angeles Knight Riders beat Seattle Orcas by 2 wickets.

Rilee Rossouw 75* (38) | Adam Zampa 2/26 (4)
Shehan Jayasuriya 60* (45) | Cameron Gannon 3/13 (4)

Familiar woes with the bat for the Los Angeles Knight Riders but this time, they manage to scrape past the finish line. And they owe a lot to Rilee Rossouw who managed to keep a calm head on his shoulders to steer them home from the abyss. Chasing 171 wasn't going to be easy with the pitch not quite a belter as such but another horrific start left the Knights in a real limbo.

Cameron Gannon snuffed out Jaskaran Malhotra and Gajanand Singh early on but the body blow to the Knights was dealt in the form of Jason Roy's wicket as Imad Wasim castled him. They were tottering yet again and while Saif Badar promised much, he couldn't deliver either. It seemed as though it was going to fall on the shoulders of Andre Russell yet again and while he was happy to treat the good deliveries with respect, he didn't quite get his timing right early on.

It wasn't the case with Rossouw, however as he middled the ball well throughout his stay. Both batters were happy to play their shots and ensure that the asking rate didn't get out of bounds. A partnership developed and it had the Seattle Orcas clutching at straws although one shot too many from Russell saw him depart against the run of play.

Sunil Narine and Shadley van Schalkwyk didn't shy away from playing their shots although their dismissals were rather untimely, leaving Rossouw with the job of finishing it all by himself. Adam Zampa didn't look to hand the southpaw the strike either as he played some shots of his own before perishing but beyond a point, it was all about Rossouw as far as the Knights were concerned. Spencer Johnson wisely realized that and ensured that he did his bit to get his partner on strike on a regular basis.

Even as wickets fell, the runs kept coming at a good clip and in a way, that helped ease the burden on Rossouw too. He then pounced on some really ordinary bowling at the death and walloped the ball over the fence, racking up a half-century and then getting the job done in style as he saw the Knight Riders past the finish line. A win at long last thanks to a brilliant effort from the South African and the Orcas, on the other hand, have been consigned to their first defeat of the tournament.

If there ever was a shot of authority to stamp your dominance on this chase, it was that. Take a bow, Rilee Rossouw! A knock to savor for a long, long time as the Knight Riders finally have something to smile about.

19.1 Imad Wasim to Rilee Rossouw, SIX! SEALED IN STYLE! Rilee Rossouw you beauty! Wide of off stump on a full length and he lines it up by sitting on one knee and launching it high and long over extra cover. Sends it soaring into the crowd and a celebration follows from the South African - what a magnificent performance this has been. And finally, after trying and trying hard, Los Angeles Knight Riders break their duck with a 2-wicket win!

Imad Wasim [3.0-0-19-1] to bowl the final over of the game. Over the wicket.

An innings of the highest caliber this from Rilee Rossouw. And he has almost got his team home. Los Angeles Knight Riders require 2 runs to win off the last over! Surely, there is no new twist to this...or is there?

overs

169 /8 score

runs

Rilee Rossouw *

72 (37)

Spencer Johnson

5 (5)

Wayne Parnell

1 /35

18.6 Wayne Parnell to Rilee Rossouw, shaping away full on the off stump. Rossouw taps it to the left of backward point and makes a dash for the other end

A wicket. That's the only thing that will help the Orcas here...

18.5 Wayne Parnell to Rilee Rossouw, OVERTHROWS! Good length delivery with pace off in the channel. Rossouw punches it to extra cover and bolts for the other end before haring back courtesy an errant throw

One strike away. Can Rossouw finish it off?

18.4 Wayne Parnell to Spencer Johnson, QUICK SINGLE! Slower short of a length delivery on off stump. Johnson hangs back and fends it out to backward point before charging across to the other end on time

Should Rossouw have farmed the strike there? He's happy to show faith in Johnson to survive and get off strike himself. 6 needed off 9...

18.3 Wayne Parnell to Rilee Rossouw, slower full length delivery outside the off stump. Rossouw taps it to backward point and decides to take the single

Oh Parnell has completely lost his radar here! Heading the Knights' way now - 7 needed off 10...