San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas, 4th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

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Wayne Parnell - We were a bit unsure, we did break the curse of chasing last night, but this being the 4th game, we thought it was better to bat first. The wicket was up and down at times and credit for the win goes to the entire?group. It's just about keeping things simple, sometimes you want to impress the franchise and the world class players. For the youngsters, it's about keeping things simple and not complicate anything, we have managed to keep the distractions away from the team.?

Aaron Finch - I think we got into a good position, but every time we got a partnership going, we lost a wicket. I thought the bowling was good, they came back well after a rough start, the death overs were excellent and we had a good batting PP. We've played a lot of cricket to know what needs to be done though. It was just a matter of getting partnerships going which we lcaked tonight

Henrich Klaasen | Player of the Match - Good to get a good game under the belt so early in the competition. Every batter has a few things, I thought we were always one or two boundaries away from getting going, especially with one boundary being short. We will have to put away the bad balls. I've fallen to the trap of going too hard, and have learnt some lessons on my way. It's just about waiting for the opportunity now.

Cameron Gannon: Feels great, nice to get off to great start in the tournament. We had a great crowd, the enthusiasm it has been outrageous, another great performance from the guys. Always a challenge against a batting line up like that. They have scored massive amount of runs, they are such good batters. We tried to be smart today and that worked for us. So far we have had a good balance in the team. I haven't been a part of any team that has gotten along like this one. We are getting along really well, it has been fun. Whacking the wicket as hard as we can. It's hard cricket, having six overseas in each team, it has been a real ball.

23:01 Local Time, 04:01 GMT, 09:31 IST: Two out of two for the Seattle Orcas and they're off to a strong start in #MLC1. They posted 177 which was a bit sub-par considering the conditions, the openers then smashed them for 41 from the first 3 overs, but it was a bit of dozy cricket from Finn Allen which opened the door for the Orcas and they ensured that they didn't slip up. Lots of starts for the Unicorns, but none could go past Shadab's 37 and that's never winning you a game of cricket. Four wickets for the impressive Gannon, Tye and Wasim chipped in with two apiece and Orcas are on top of the table with 4 points.

Gannon to Carmi le Roux, out Caught by de Kock!! Edged and a flying de Kock ends the match - banged in short and just outside off, Roux backed away and then tried to fend it off, gets a thick edge to the keeper's right, was travelling and de Kock threw himself with his right hand, the ball stuck and that's the victory for the Orcas. Carmi le Roux c de Kock b Gannon 0(1)

Gannon to Carmi le Roux, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Carmi le Roux, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Gannon to Shadab Khan, out Caught by de Kock!! That's surely is the game for the Orcas - the slower short ball from Gannon, bowled into the pitch and he gets some extra lift, that bit of lift undid Shadab's pull, was through with the shot and gloves it on its way to de Kock. Shadab Khan c de Kock b Gannon 37(23) [4s-2 6s-2]

Gannon to Shadab Khan, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Gannon to Haris Rauf, 1 run, a massive heave-ho, and it drops in no man's land, back of a length and at the stumps, Haris backed away, cleared his front leg and was then rushed onto the pull, resulting in a massive top-edge

Haris Rauf, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Gannon to Plunkett, out Caught by de Kock!! Orcas keep chipping away - banged into the pitch and Plunkett is hurried onto the pull, gets a bit of glove and the ball pops straight up, a simple catch for de Kock and the Unicorns have lost their 8th wicket. Plunkett c de Kock b Gannon 2(3)

Gannon to Plunkett, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Gannon to Shadab Khan, 1 run, Gannon shortens the length as Shadab came down the pitch, nudged square past point for a single

Cameron Gannon [3.0-0-21-1] is back into the attack

38 needed off 3 overs

Tye to Shadab Khan, 1 run, short of a good length and well wide of off, Shadab went hard on the cut and mistimed it past cover for a single

Tye to Plunkett, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped away behind square on the on-side for a single