Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom Major League Cricket Predictions - Freedom to dump struggling Orcas

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The Seattle Orcas have suffered two big defeats in their three matches.
Washington Freedom bounced back from their opening defeat to beat MI New York.
The Freedom’s top order has scored well in both matches while the Orcas suffered a top-order collapse in their last match.

Mitchell Owen leads the MLC runs list (Getty Images).

Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom Predictions

Both sides have one win this season but the Orcas have played an extra match and have suffered two defeats to the Freedom’s one loss.

Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom Predictions
Head-to-Head
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Team news

Seattle Orcas’ Tim Seifert has scored 104 & 78 in his 3 innings this season.
Seattle Orcas’ Matthew Breetzke hit 4 sixes in his 36-ball 66 against the Freedom.
Seattle Orcas’ Ottneil Baartman has figures of 4/33 & 3/36 in his last 2 matches.
Washington Freedom’s Mitchell Owen scored 155 off 68 balls against MI New York.
Washington Freedom’s Mitchell Owen hit 11 sixes in 155 against MI New York.
Washington Freedom’s Steven Smith has scored 106, 30, 24 & 27 in his last 5 knocks.
Washington Freedom’s Ian Holland has figures of 2/35, 2/18 & 2/20 in 4 matches.

Head-to-Head

Washington Freedom have won three and lost one of their four Major League Cricket matches against the Seattle Orcas. The Orcas won their first match against the Freedom on the weekend.

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After losing their opening match of the season the Orcas tasted their first ever win over the Freedom, only for a top-order collapse to see them take a big 81-run defeat to the Los Angeles Knight Riders in their last match.

The Orcas bowlers did well to restrict the Knight Riders to 196 off their 20 overs, with Jasdeep Singh (3/29) and Ottneil Baartman (3/36) starring with the ball. Dasun Shanaka picked up two top-five wickets but at a rate of 14.75 runs to the over. Baartman is top of the wickets list this season with eight victims at an average of 13.62 runs per wicket.

Tim Seifert is second on the MLC runs list with 187 runs scored off 104 balls (ave 62.33). Shayan Jahangir has scores of 37, 27 and 78 in his last five innings while Matthew Breetzke has scored 3,629 runs in T20 cricket at an average of 29.50.

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Last year’s losing finalists lost their opening match to the Orcas after posting a score of 216 off their 20 overs. Their bettered that by scoring 245/5 against MI New York in their second match, picking up a 30–run win.

The Freedom’s Mitchell Owen leads the MLC runs list with 216 runs at an average of 108.00. Owen has scored 61 and 155 in his two innings this season. Steven Smith has four scores of 24 to 106 in his last five innings. Mark Chapman has innings of 69*, 43, 57 and 23 in his last five matches

Ian Holland is third on the MLC bowling economy rates list, conceding just 6.88 runs an over. Glenn Maxwell picked up 2/37 in the win over MI New York. Saurabh Netravalkar has figures of 2/61 and 2/35 in his last three matches.

Team news

The Orcas will be disappointed at the way their batting folded in their defeat to the Knight Riders and will be looking for their batters to produce a strong performance to back up their strong bowling attack. The Freedom have scored well in both of their two matches and will be looking to build on their strong win in their second match of the season.

Seattle Orcas squad: Harmeet Singh, Ayan Desai, Rahul Jariwala, Shayan Jahangir, Jessy Singh, Ali Sheikh, Cameron Gannon, Raymon Reifer, Shehan Jayasuriya, Sharad Lumba, Marcus Stoinis, Tim Seifert, Shimron Hetmyer, Matthew Breetzke, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha, Tim Robinson, Lungi Ngidi, Ottniel Baartman.

Washington Freedom squad: Andries Gous, Saurabh Netravalkar, Obus Pienaar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Ian Holland, Lahiru Milantha, Amila Aponso, Abhishek Paradkar, Yasir Mohammad, Asif Mehmood, Ben Dwarshuis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Steve Smith, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Nikhil Chaudhary, Jack Edwards, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman.

Verdict

Seattle Orcas v Washington Freedom

Washington Freedom are tipped to win at odds of 1.76, with Mitchell Owen, Ian Holland, Tim Seifert and Ottneil Baartman backed to star with bat and ball.