Table-toppers Washington Freedom face the Los Angeles Knight Riders in their fourth match of Major League Cricket 2024 at Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina, on Sunday.

Our match against LAKR on July 14 is scheduled to start at 3:30 PM ET (July 15, 1:00 AM IST). The MLC 2024 game will be available to watch via LIVE streaming and broadcast.

We are unbeaten in MLC 2024 and currently sit at the top of the points table with five points from three games.

We beat the Seattle Orcas by five wickets in our last match in Dallas on Thursday. Lockie Ferguson was the star of the match with a four-wicket haul. Saurabh Netravalkar also supported well with three wickets as we restricted SO to a modest total before chasing it down.

 

WF vs LAKR form in MLC

Washington Freedom have won two of their last five matches in the MLC coming into this game. We emerged victorious by six wickets in our last match against LAKR, the only match against them, in the MLC 2023.

 

Washington Freedom's last five matches

Opponent

Venue

Result

Match Date 

Margin

SO

Dallas

Won

July 11, 2024

5 wickets

TSK

Morrisville

No Result

July 8, 2024

-

MINY

Morrisville

Won

July 6, 2024

4 runs (DLS)

MINY

Dallas

Lost

July 27, 2023

16 runs

MINY

Morrisville

Lost

July 23, 2023

8 wickets

 

WF vs LAKR, MLC 2024: Players to watch out

Ferguson was clinical with the ball against the Seattle Orcas in our last match, picking up crucial wickets at the start of the innings to put the brakes on their runs. He picked up 4/26 in four overs to restrict the SO, bowling a total of 12 dot balls and conceding just 10 runs in boundaries.

Netravalkar continued his ominous form this season, getting his second three-wicket haul in three matches. With 3/18 in the last match, he moved to the top of the bowling charts of MLC 2024. 

The left-arm seamer has eight wickets from three matches so far this season at an average of 9.37 and a strike rate of 8.75. 

The middle-order duo of Lahiru Milantha and Obus Pienaar took us out from a slippery position with an unbeaten sixth-wicket partnership to see us home in a tricky chase against the SO. The wicketkeeper-batter Milantha top-scored for us with 33 from 30 balls whereas Pienaar gave him company with a 30-ball 31.

Coming to our game against LAKR last year, Marco Jansen had played a key role with the ball picking up 2/29 in his spell before Andries Gous hit a quickfire 40 off just 15 balls to power us during the chase. 

Washington Freedom squad: Steven Smith (c), Akhilesh Reddy, Jack Edwards, Andries Gous, Travis Head, Lahiru Milantha, Mukhtar Ahmed, Justin Dill, Ian Holland, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Obus Pienaar, Rachin Ravindra, Amila Aponso, Lockie Ferguson, Akeal Hosein, Saurabh Netravalkar, Andrew Tye, Yasir Mohammad

 

Where to watch WF vs LAKR MLC 2024 LIVE

LIVE telecast and streaming of the Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders match will be available on Monumental Sports Network and Willow by Cricbuzz in the USA. The match will start at 3:30 PM ET on July 14.

The WF vs LAKR match will be streamed LIVE on the Jio Cinema App and website in India starting at 01:00 AM IST on July 15.