Over 20. 8 runs. Bowler: Kieron Pollard. Seattle Orcas: 9-127(rr 6.35) A short, outside off no movement delivery, Jessy Singh plays a controlled pull, squeezing out a single. Seattle Orcas face a towering chase needing 6 runs from the final ball with just one wicket left.
Pollard bowls an off cutter wide outside off, Jessy Singh attempts a bottom-edged pull but can't find the runs; safely fielded by the keeper for no score.
Pollard bowls a slower ball, half-tracker outside off, and Jessy Singh attempts a pull but misses it cleanly. Quinton de Kock collects it behind the stumps, yielding no run.
Pollard bowls a length ball just outside off. Stoinis tries a cut shot but mistimes it, offering a catch that is taken at backward point. Marcus Stoinis departs for 36 off 31.
Over 19. 16 runs. Bowler: Trent Boult. Seattle Orcas: 8-119(rr 6.26) A back of a length delivery outside off, with no movement, is met crisply by Jessy Singh's well-timed pull. She sends it racing to deep backward square leg for four. Jessy Singh now has three boundaries this over, taking Seattle Orcas' total to 16 runs in the over. The chase tightens with 14 needed from 6 balls, WinViz nudges their chances to 11%.
A full, wide delivery outside off, driven beautifully with great timing. Jessy Singh controls her stroke perfectly, sending it racing over cover for six. Jessy Singh has now hammered two boundaries this over.
No movement on this length ball outside off, and Jessy Singh elegantly flicks it with perfect timing. The controlled stroke races away to deep square leg for four.
Trent Boult delivers a back of a length ball wide outside off, and Stoinis pulls it low and controlled off the pitch, sneaking through for a quick single. Marcus Stoinis moves on to thirty from 29 balls with a strike rate just over a hundred.
On a back of a length delivery just outside off, Jessy Singh works the ball crisply along the ground for a well-judged single. Jessy Singh gets off the mark nicely.
Over 18. 13 runs. Bowler: Rushil Ugarkar. Seattle Orcas: 8-103(rr 5.72) A back of a length delivery straight on middle stump, played crisply by the batter. He pulls it with excellent timing through fine leg for a glorious boundary. Marcus Stoinis adds another four, bringing Seattle Orcas to 103 for 8 with a steep chase ahead needing 30 from 12 balls and just two wickets left.
A back of a length delivery on the outside off-stump, met with a well-timed, controlled drive by the batter. Marcus Stoinis sends it racing beautifully through cover for four runs.
A back of a length delivery just outside off stump. The batter attempts a dropped shot but hesitates, and it ends in a run out by direct hit. Cameron Gannon departs for a duck after just one ball.
Pitched back of a length on leg stump, the no-movement ball invited a wild slog from Harmeet Singh, who mis-timed it and was caught at deep square leg. He tried to muscle one away but couldn’t connect properly. Harmeet Singh departs for 10 off 12, shifting momentum sharply as MI New York's win probability jumps from 89% to 97%.
Over 17. 3 runs. Bowler: Corbin Bosch. Seattle Orcas: 6-90(rr 5.29) A good length ball around off stump is pushed gently into the leg side for one run. Marcus Stoinis keeps the scoreboard ticking with a neat single. Seattle Orcas require 43 runs from 18 balls with four wickets in hand, facing a steep run rate of over 14 per over.
Over 16. 9 runs. Bowler: Rushil Ugarkar. Seattle Orcas: 6-87(rr 5.44) On a back of a length delivery just on off stump, Harmeet Singh plays a controlled drive through the extra cover region, picking up two runs. Seattle Orcas chase 46 from 24 balls with four wickets left, requiring 11.5 per over and holding an 18% chance according to WinViz.
On a back of a length delivery angling on leg stump, Harmeet Singh reels back and pulls it crisply through the mid-wicket region, running two comfortably.
A back of a length delivery outside off, no movement, beautifully met by the batter. Marcus Stoinis drives with excellent timing through extra cover for four runs. Seattle Orcas have shifted momentum, improving their WinViz from 15% to 22%.
