Sports Update:MI New York won by 17 runs, boost playoff hopes by reaching 2nd spot on points table

In Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026, MI New York defeated Seattle Orcas by 17 runs to gain a strong lead in the playoff race. The team now has 10 points from 9 matches and has moved to second place after San Francisco Unicorns, based on a better net run rate. Losing the toss and batting first, New York lost 5 wickets for 73 runs in 12 overs. After this, Tajinder Singh and captain Kieron Pollard added 80 runs for the sixth wicket in 41 balls. Pollard scored 54 runs, while Tajinder played an unbeaten innings of 66 runs off 27 balls. In the last over, they collected 20 runs to take the team’s score to 179 runs for 8 wickets. Seattle captain Marcus Stoinis took 5 wickets. Chasing a target of 180 runs, Seattle had scored 144 runs for 1 wicket by the 16th over. Tim Seifert (88) and Matthew Breetzke (44) added 117 runs for the second wicket. But after Breetzke’s dismissal, the team could only add 18 runs in the last 26 balls, losing 5 wickets, and lost the match by 17 runs. For New York, Pollard and Romario Shepherd took 2 wickets each.