MI New York vs Washington Freedom Match Prediction & Betting Tips – MLC 2024
MI New York will take on San Francisco Unicorns at the Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas in Match 16 of the 2024 Major League Cricket. This game gets underway at 20:30 local time on Thursday 18th July 2024.
MINY vs WAF, Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Pitch Report
The last two games in Dallas have seen first innings totals of 176/6 and 182/5 and we expect 180 to be a par total batting first in this match. The pitch has consistent carry and bounce.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for MI New York vs Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2024
MI New York Team News & Playing 11
MINY Team News
There were two changes for MI New York ahead of their last game with Ruben Clinton replaced at the top of the order by Shayan Jahangir and West Indian all-rounder Romario Shepherd coming into the side in place of Kagiso Rabada. They come into this match after losing heavily by 94 runs in their last game.
MINY Team Batting
There needs to be a huge improvement with the bat from MI New York in this game after only Romario Shepherd at seven and Trent Boult at nine managed to get into double figures. However, with Dewald Brevis, Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard in the side, we expect far more than the total of 88 all out from Match 14.
MINY Team Bowling
On this Dallas pitch, there were two-wicket hauls for both Rashid Khan and Kieron Pollard in the last match. Trent Boult was unusually expensive and also went wicketless but he has such a strong T20 record that it would be no surprise to see him back to his dangerous self in this clash.
MINY Team Form
MI New York have not won any of their last four games with one abandonment and three defeats.
MI New York Predicted Playing 11
Shayan Jahangir, Steven Taylor, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Monank Patel, Kieron Pollard (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Nosthush Kenjige, Ehsan Adil
San Francisco Unicorns Team News & Playing 11
SFU Team News
Monday’s win over Seattle Orcas saw San Francisco Unicorns climb the table up to third and only one point behind Texas Super Kings in second place. After this game their final two matches of the group stage are against Washington Freedom at the top of the table and Seattle Orcas once more.
SFU Team Batting
There is plenty of talent in San Francisco Unicorns’ batting line-up and, even with keeper-batter Josh Inglis and captain Corey Anderson making single figure scores, they were still able to make 165/7 in the last fixture. Jake Fraser-McGurk has had a disappointing tournament so far but this could be the match he produces a big score.
SFU Team Bowling
Carmi le Roux bowled only 1.4 overs in the last game before being hit by the ball in his follow through and having to leave the field. He is expected to return for this game and his left-arm pace will offer a useful alternative to Pat Cummins, Liam Plunkett and Haris Rauf who all bowl a similar brand of right arm fast.
SFU Team Form
San Francisco Unicorns won their last match by 23 runs and have lost just one of their four games so far in the 2024 MLC.
San Francisco Unicorns Predicted Playing 11
Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis (wk), Corey Anderson (c), Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Hassan Khan, Pat Cummins, Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Carmi le Roux
🏆 MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns Prediction
With no win since their opening day match over Seattle Orcas, MI New York will need to be at their best against San Francisco Unicorns if they are to record their second victory of the campaign. They have a very strong side but getting results has proved very tough for them and we are predicting a win for San Francisco Unicorns on Thursday evening in Dallas.
