Dallas - Calvin Savage scored an unbeaten 45 and took two crucial top-order wickets to lead the Texas Super Kings to a 37-run victory over Seattle Orcas in the final group stage match of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2024 on Tuesday.
The Texas Super Kings scored 177-8 in the first innings after being invited to bat first and restricted the Seattle Archers to 140-9 for a dominant victory.
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Faf du Plessis got the Super Kings off to a flying start with a blistering 17-ball 39 that included six fours and a six, however, the team slipped to 49-3 in 5.1 overs.
Milind Kumar played a cautious innings with two sixes to score 29 off 28 balls before Savage shared a 43-run partnership with Cameron Stevenson (17).
Savage played a brilliant innings off 27 balls, hitting 45 with six fours and two sixes to take the team's total to 177-8 in the allotted 20 overs.
Ian Desai and Kimo Paul took two wickets each while Cameron Gannon, Nandre Berger, and Michael Bracewell took one wicket each for the Seattle Archers.
In reply, Quinton de Kock and Sheehan Jayasuriya helped Seattle Orcas get off to a good start after losing Ryan Rickelton on the first ball.
De Kock scored 26 runs off 19 balls with the help of two fours and a six, while Jayasuriya scored 24 runs with the help of three fours and a six. However, Savage removed both set batsmen in consecutive overs to reduce Orcas to 59-3 in 8.1 overs.
The chasing team lost two more wickets before Kemu Paul added 39 runs with Shubham Ranjane (16) for the sixth wicket. Noor Ahmed dashed the last hope of Orcas after Paul made 25 in 17 as the required run rate went above 18.
Seattle Orcas, the bottom team in the MLC 2024 points table, managed to score 140 runs in 20 overs for the loss of nine wickets. For Texas Super Kings, Otneil Bartman topped the bowling chart with three wickets while Savage and Noor Ahmed took two wickets each.
Texas Super Kings finished third in the group stage and will face MI New York in the MLC 2024 eliminator.
