Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings, Qualifier (1 v 2) - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

So, the Seattle Orcas become the first team to qualify through to the final. Thoroughly deserved too as they were dominant in the group-stage as well. As for the Texas Super Kings, they'll get a second go in the Challenger tomorrow to make it to the final. They'll go up against MI New York in that game and that promises to be another cracker. That's all we've got for you today. Make sure you don't miss the game tomorrow. This is Anurag signing off on behalf of Pradeep and Mukesh.

Wayne Parnell | SOR Captain - Winning a playoff game is really special. Guys have been really good so far. Can’t disclose my niggle on TV. Pitch was a bit tricky, I was 50-50 at the toss, generally wickets play better under lights. Was great to restrict them to that total as a bowling unit. Class of Quinton de Kock was amazing.

Faf du Plessis | TSK Captain - It’s a bad day at the office. We thought the pitch was going to be real slow. But it’s night time so I think we made a mistake at the toss. Hindsight is always 20/20. Came on to the bat better later and they played really well. Big wake-up call for tomorrow and we’ll have to be better in all areas. The beautiful thing about tomorrow is that it’s a new day. As bad as today was, tomorrow is a new opportunity.

Quinton de Kock | Player of the match - I didn’t really want to come back tomorrow and play another game. Wanted to get some golf in tomorrow. We haven’t had much practice time here, one or two practices. Just strung back everything I did before. Pretty sure there will be one or two celebrations. Would love to finish off this tournament on top.

Harmeet Singh - Any tournament and you want to win it. Seattle is always special to me, I have lived here since coming over to America, looking forward to Sunday night. We knew the pitch had help, so didn't experiment, was just bowling into the wicket and straighter, didn't want to do anything fancy. My plan was to make them swing across the line. We travelled yesterday (from Morrisville), we played today and we didn't want to play another game to reach the final, I think we need this rest. He has been my first coach when I started playing (on Praveen Amre, Orcas coach), him coming over here was good for us, he always gives us clarity and makes us stay positive, that's the best quality about him.

23:04 Local Time, 04:04 GMT, 09:34 IST: A non-contest as it turned out in the end. It was always going to be difficult to defend 127 and the Orcas got there with loads of time to spare. A glorious 88* from Quinton de Kock meant that the Super Kings were never in the game. He looked simply unstoppable and struck boundaries at will. The Super Kings' bowlers were constantly under pressure and de Kock capitalised on every little mistake they made. Coasting through to the target in just 15 overs, the Orcas will feel extremely confident as they book a ticket to the finals. They bowled brilliantly earlier to restrict the opposition to a sub-par total and then came out to brush it aside effortlessly. Stick around, presentations coming shortly.

Santner to Jayasuriya, wide, well, that's some way to win! Santner completely loses control of this one and hurls it out well wide of off. The Seattle Orcas are through to the final of MLC 2023!

Mitchell Santner [1.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack

Savage to de Kock, no run, yorker on middle, de Kock sits deep in his crease and drills it straight to cover

Savage makes de Kock wait, false start

Savage to Jayasuriya, 1 run, full on middle, Jayasuriya clips it towards mid-wicket, call is for two but it isn't on

Savage to Jayasuriya, no run, length delivery just outside off, spongy bounce again as it beats Jayasuriya on the cut

Savage to Jayasuriya, FOUR, freebies! Banged in short on middle, gets big on Jayasuriya who gets inside the line looking to pull and he just manages to get a bit of glove as it sails over Conway. Just two needed now

Savage to de Kock, 1 run, back of a length on middle, de Kock looks to pull but is through his shot too early, it just stopped on him and went towards mid-wicket

Savage to de Kock, FOUR, de Kock is unstoppable! Full and outside off, de Kock just stands his ground and lofts this over extra cover majestically! One bounce and into the ropes

Theron to de Kock, 1 run, full on off-stump, de Kock prods forward and just knocks it towards mid-off for a quick single

Theron to de Kock, FOUR, he picks the slower delivery and he nails it! Full and just outside off, right in the slot and de Kock just waited for it before smacking it over mid-off. Theron is upset with himself, hurls out a few expletives

Theron to Jayasuriya, 1 run, full and wide outside off, Jayasuriya reaches out and slices it up and towards third man, was off the outer half of the blade

Theron to Jayasuriya, no run, full and wide outside off, Jayasuriya lets it go but its just inside the line

Theron to de Kock, 1 run, 100-run stand up! Full on off-stump, de Kock looks to drive it through cover and gets a thick inside edge that goes towards square leg