MLC 2023, Match 3 | SEO vs WAF, Cricket Fantasy Tips and Predictions - Cricket Exchange Fantasy Teams
SEO vs WAF, MLC 2023: Fantasy Tips and Teams for the 3rd Match (Source: Twitter)
Seattle Orcas (SEO) and Washington Freedom (WAF) entertain fans in Match No. 3 of the ongoing inaugural edition of Major League Cricket (MLC). The encounter is scheduled to take place on a doubleheader Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas at 6.00 AM IST. Both sides will be playing their first match in cricket's newest and most exciting T20 league.
However, before the game goes live, here is a look at some of the important player stats, the prime player picks, and the best-suggested XIs for the fantasy contests of this fixture.
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Texas Super Kings (TSK) and Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) kicked off the tournament on Thursday with TSK handing a thrashing to LAKR. Faf du Plessis's side defeated Sunil Narine's men by a margin of 69 runs to open their account in style.
Speaking of tomorrow's clash, Orcas will be led by South African seamer Wayne Parnell while the Washington team will take the field under the stewardship of Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques. Both sides will look to begin their respective campaign with a victory and get off the mark with 2 points to their name.
SEO vs WAF, Must Picks
Seattle Orcas
Quinton de Kock
- T20 Stats: 9,032 runs in 299 innings
- Recent Form: 143 runs in the last four innings
- Venue Record: First T20 Match
Heinrich Klaasen
- T20 Stats: 3,323 runs in 142 innings
- Recent Form: 233 runs in the last four innings
- Venue Record: First T20 Match
Washington Freedom
Moises Henriques
- T20 Stats: 4,903 runs in 235 innings and 116 wickets in 159 innings
- Recent Form: 130 runs in the last four innings
- Venue Record: First T20 Match
Glenn Phillips
- T20 Stats: 5,440 runs in 194 innings and 17 wickets in 33 innings
- Recent Form: 31 runs in the last four innings
- Venue Record: First T20 Match
SEO vs WAF, Risky Picks
Seattle Orcas
Shehan Jayasuriya
- T20 Stats: 1729 runs in 79 innings and 53 wickets in 68 innings
- Recent Form: 76 runs and 3 wickets in the last three innings
- Venue Record: First T20 Match
Washington Freedom
Josh Philippe
- T20 Stats: 2,359 runs in 98 innings
- Recent Form: 35 runs in the last four innings
- Venue Record: First T20 Match
SEO vs WAF, Top Captain or Vice-captain choices
Quinton de Kock (SEO)
Reasons
- Experienced campaigner Quinton de Kock averages almost 33 in the T20 format.
- The left-handed batter has struck six centuries and 57 half-centuries in T20s.
Heinrich Klaasen (SEO)
Reasons
- De Kock's' countryman Heinrich Klaasen averages almost 32 in this format.
- The right-handed wicketkeeper batter has two hundred and 19 fifties to his name.
- Klaasen was in terrific form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year as he struck the most runs (448) at an average of 49.77 for his team Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Moises Henriques (WAF)
Reasons
- Aussie all-rounder and captain of Washington Freedom Moises Henriques averages close to 27 with the bat in T20s.
- The right-hander has 24 half-centuries to his name.
- Henriques has also picked up over 110 wickets in this format.
SEO vs WAF, Team for Head-to-Head/Small League Contests
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Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer, Glenn Phillips, Moises Henriques
All-rounders: Imad Wasim, Marco Jansen
Bowlers: Wayne Parnell, Andrew Tye, Anrich Nortje, Ben Dwarshuis
Captain: Quinton de Kock
Vice-captain: Heinrich Klaasen
SEO: 6 Players, WAF: 5 Players
SEO vs WAF, Team for Winner takes all/Grand League Contests
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Wicketkeepers: Quniton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Josh Philippe
Batters: Shehan Jayasuriya, Dasun Shanaka, Glenn Phillips
All-rounders: Imad Wasim, Dwaine Pretotius
Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Akeal Hosein, Adam Milne
Captain: Heinrich Klaasen
Vice-captain: Imad Wasim
SEO: 6 Players, WAF: 5 Players
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