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Ian Holland's Four-Wicket Haul Sets Washington Freedom Up for Victory
🏏 Match Summary: Washington Freedom vs Seattle Orcas
Result: Washington Freedom won by 6 wickets (with 39 balls to spare)
Venue: [Not specified]
Tournament: Major League Cricket 2025
🔥 Seattle Orcas Innings: 145/9 (20 overs)
Powerplay Surge: 66/1
David Warner: 31 (17) – aggressive start in his MLC debut
Kyle Mayers: 27 (15) – brutal hitting off Glenn Phillips in 5th over
Collapse Triggered by Ian Holland:
Ian Holland: 🎯 4/19 (4 overs) – career-best T20 figures
Dismissed Klaasen, Jones, Harmeet Singh & Gannon
All with deceptive slower balls and legcutters
Middle & Death Overs Struggles:
Heinrich Klaasen: 17 – failed to capitalize in return from international retirement
Aaron Jones: Showed intent but fell to variation
Sikandar Raza: 15 (26) – unable to accelerate
Tight death overs from Jack Edwards and Saurabh Netravalkar
🎯 Washington Freedom Innings: 149/4 (13.3 overs)
Rachin Ravindra: 🌟 44 (18)
Elegant strokeplay – drove down the ground and off side with ease
Led charge in powerplay with multiple sixes, including three off Gannon in the sixth over
Mitchell Owen: 25 (11) – powerful cameo, took early momentum away from Orcas
Glenn Maxwell: 🔥 38 (20 not out)
Ended his IPL form slump (only 48 runs in last 6 innings before injury)
Exploded in the 9th over: 6, 4, 4 off Salamkheil
Stayed till the end to anchor the win
Andries Gous: 16 – fell to Salamkheil just as field restrictions ended
Mukhtar Ahmed: hit the winning boundary in the 14th over
đź§ Talking Points:
Holland’s spell: Complete disruption of Orcas’ middle-order; textbook slower-ball execution
Ravindra’s versatility: Classy and clinical at the top, continues his fine white-ball form
Maxwell’s return to form: Big boost for Freedom after a tough IPL
Orcas’ wasted start: 66/1 in powerplay to just 145/9 – lost 8 wickets for 79
Freedom’s dominance: Chase wrapped up in just 13.3 overs with 6 wickets in hand
Washington Freedom 149 for 5 (Ravindra 44, Maxwell 38*, Salamkheil 2-27) beat Seattle Orcas 145 for 9 (Warner 31, Mayers 27, Holland 4-19, Edwards 2-24) by five wickets