MLC 2024: Most Runs and Most Wickets after San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas (Updated) ft. Finn Allen and Harmeet Singh

San Francisco Unicorns ravaged Seattle Orcas in Dallas in match 18 of the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2024. After Unicorns captain Corey Anderson won the toss and opted to field first, his fast bowler Carmi le Roux struck twice in the first three deliveries of the match to get rid of both Orcas openers (Ryan Rickelton and Aaron Jones) for golden ducks.

Quinton de Kock counterattacked with a 33-ball 62 during his 97-run partnership with Shehan Jayasuriya (31 off 33 balls) for the third wicket before the Proteas wicketkeeper was deceived by a slower delivery from Brody Couch.

Hassan Khan picked up three wickets in the backend, including the prized scalp of Seattle Orcas captain Heinrich Klaasen, to finish with figures of 3/5 from two overs. The Orcas eventually gathered 152/7 in 20 overs, owing to some late flourish from Shubham Ranjane (26* from 25 balls) and Imad Wasim (17* from 11 balls).

Chasing 153, Unicorns opener Finn Allen went hammer and tongs at the top to race to a whirlwind 30-ball 77 in less than eight overs. Despite his dismissal to Harmeet Singh (2/39) at 98/2, his sixes-laden knock inflicted enough damage to Orcas' ambitions as the Unicorns catered themselves to a six-wicket win in the 15th over.

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MLC 2024 Most Runs List

Seattle Orcas opener Ryan Rickelton made no changes to his 225-run tally to remain behind Faf du Plessis (264 runs) as the second-highest run-maker of the MLC 2024 season. Washington Freedom’s Australian-based openers Travis Head and Steve Smith are ranked third and fourth on the top 10 list for gathering 194 and 191 runs, respectively.

Finn Allen catapulted himself from number nine to number five on the standings after smacking 30-ball 77 to get to 186 runs. Devon Conway (180 runs), Matthew Short (170 runs), and Unmukt Chand (149 runs) all lost a rung each to slip to six, seven, and eight respectively. Quinton de Kock and Nicholas Pooran take the final two slots on the standings with 144 and 137 runs to their credit, respectively.

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MLC 2024 Most Wickets List

Saurabh Netravalkar remains at the top of the MLC 2024 wicket-taking charts with 12 scalps from just four innings. Cameron Gannon picked up a wicket against San Francisco Unicorns to replace Glenn Maxwell as the second-most successful bowler of the season with 10 wickets.

Maxwell, meanwhile, slipped to number three with nine wickets. He is followed by his Trans-Tasman rival Lockie Ferguson (also with nine wickets) at number four.

Harmeet Singh and Spencer Johnson, with eight wickets each to their names, take the next two slots on the standings. Similarly, MI New York colleagues Rashid Khan and Trent Boult are ranked seventh and eighth, respectively, for striking seven times each in the ongoing tournament. Hasan Khan and Jasdeep Singh round up the top 10 charts with six wickets each to their season profile.