In the ninth match of the ongoing Major League Cricket, scheduled for Friday at 6:00 AM IST, a clash will unfold between the Washington Freedom and the Los Angeles Knight Riders at Church Street Park. The Los Angeles Knight Riders are heading into this contest following a recent defeat to the San Francisco Unicorns on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the Knight Riders have yet to secure a victory in the league, having played three matches and languishing at the bottom of the points table.
On the contrary, the Washington Freedom will enter the match with a sense of momentum after their triumph against the Texas Super Kings, which they clinched by a margin of six runs. Key players for Washington Freedom include Matthew Short, Glenn Phillips, and Moises Henriques. In their previous outing, Matthew Short displayed a stellar performance by amassing 80 runs. Washington Freedom have managed to win one out of the two matches they’ve contested so far, positioning themselves second from the bottom in the points table.
Probable Playing XI for Washington Freedom: Matthew Short, Andries Gous (wk), Mukhtar Ahmed, Glenn Phillips, Moises Henriques, Obus Pienaar, Marco Jansen, Akeal Hosein, D Piedt, Anrich Nortje, Saurabh Netravalkar
Probable Playing XI for Los Angeles Knight Riders: Jason Roy, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Rilee Rossouw, Jaskaran Malhotra (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Corne Dry, Adam Zampa, Ali Khan, Spencer Johnson