MLC 2025: Washington Freedom defeated Seattle orcas in Ian Holland’s 4-vic Hall, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Maxwell’s Blitz. Cricket news
In the performance of an all-round team, Washington Freedom, headed by Glenn Maxwell, defeated Heinrich Klassen’s Seattle Orkas by five wickets at the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC).Defending champion Washington Freedom opened its campaign with a five -wicket win and became the first team in the season to successfully pursued a target in Oklaland Colizium.Orkas won the toss and chose to bat first on a used surface. Opener David Warner (31) and Kyle Mayors (27) left for a flyer, adding 60 for the first wicket.Once the partnership broke, there was no real flow in the innings. Steven Taylor (16), Klassen (17), and Aaron Jones (13) all started, but failed to convert, to beautifully adjust the status of the pitch with freedom and to perform their plans completely. The orkas continued to lose wickets at regular intervals.Alexander Raza was the last person to exit, but he struggled during his innings and scored only 15 off 26 balls. Seattle orcas creeps up to 145/9 in 20 overs.Ian Holland was at the top of his game, which set the match in favor of freedom with the best figures of his career with 4 figures for 20 for 20. He used his slow balls for a great impact and cheated the opposition.He said, “I was really clear when I tried to execute their delivery with a combination of a couple of really different slow balls, and it worked tonight,” he said after the match.
In response, Mitchell Owen (25) began chasing with a blast, hit by six from the first ball. Rachin Ravindra (44) joined the party and made full use of field sanctions. The pair added 49 runs for the first wicket in an eye blink before running for a long time in the third over. Ravindra continued in his Meera manner and saw his cruel best, scoring an 18-chandend 44. Washington ran up to 90 in Powerplay-MLC score the most powerplay in history.Ravindra and Andrees Gous (16) pairs 41 for the second wicket, and freedom was hovering as long as Afghanistan’s Waqar came into the attack after a well -known powerplay and knocked on Gaus with a ripper. Ravindra was then trapped in the next over by Obed McCoy. Freedom lost some quick wickets with Glenn Philips and Jack Edwards, but tried to clean the fence, but find the fielders.However, Captain Glenn Maxwell ensured that he did not give a bottle to a run chase for the second consecutive time and finished the match with an unbeaten captain’s knock, club 38* off 20 balls.For orkas, Waqar Salamkhil (2/27), Harmeet Singh (1/18), Obed McCoy (1/20), and Cameron Gainon (1/36) shared poorly.
