Teams:

Seattle Orcas (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock(w), Shehan Jayasuriya, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen(c), Imad Wasim, Hammad Azam, Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Nandre Burger, Zaman Khan

San Francisco Unicorns (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Josh Inglis(w), Corey Anderson(c), Pat Cummins, Liam Plunkett, Hassan Khan, Haris Rauf, Carmi le Roux

Pitch report:

Corey Anderson | Unicorns Captain: I think the wicket’s not going to change much. It’s about assessing it early, giving ourselves a platform and going from there. Couple of changes for us. Pat Cummins comes in

Heinrich Klaasen | Orcas Captain: We’ve got a great side. Not had the start we wanted but we’ll look to turn it around. We’ve got a few changes. Aaron Jones and someone else is in. Hopefully we can win and get up to that third spot.

Seattle Orcas have won the toss and have opted to field

14:20 Local Time, 18:20 GMT, 23:50 IST: Hello and welcome to our coverage of the 13th match of this year's Major League Cricket. The two teams in focus are the Seattle Orcas and San Francisco Unicorns. Both teams have got just one win on the board thus far with the Orcas suffering two losses in 3 games and the Unicorns enduring a loss and a washout in their 3 games. Chances of rain seem to be slim according to the forecasts so we should be looking forward to an exciting contest. Stick around, toss and playing XI updates coming shortly.

Preview

At the halfway point in this edition of Major League Cricket, both Seattle Orcas and San Francisco Unicorns find themselves languishing in the bottom half of the table and needing a string of wins to make a case for the playoffs.

The Orcas, placed last on the table, are particularly in dire need of a win. They were short of runs once again in their defeat to Washington Freedom and stand-in captain Heinrich Klaasen underlined how they fell short "in the backend with the bat" and how they lack a guy that keeps going on till the end. Their bowling, which has been their more impressive suit, will though be further amped up with the addition of Lungi Ngidi.

The Unicorns, on the other hand, would be itching for a victory themselves, given their last and only win this season came in their opening game. Since then, they have endured a loss and a washout and would really like to get going in this competition. They would be bolstered by the addition of Pat Cummins who's set to be available for this game.

When: Jul 15, 03:30 PM LOCAL, 1:00 AM IST (July 16)

Where: Church Street Park, Morrisville

What to expect: Chasing has been the winning formula at the venue which hasn't been easy to bat, and expect it to play similarly. There's some rain predicted during the match.

Team news

Seattle Orcas

With Ngidi in the mix, Nandre Burger could be the one to sit out

Probable XI: Ryan Rickelton, Nauman Anwar, Quinton de Kock(w), Hammad Azam, Heinrich Klaasen(c), Shubham Ranjane, Imad Wasim, Cameron Gannon, Harmeet Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Zaman Khan

San Francisco Unicorns

Cummins will make his MLC debut, but that could mean time on the bench for Haris Rauf.

Probable XI: Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis(w), Corey Anderson(c), Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Hassan Khan, Brody Couch, Liam Plunkett, Pat Cummins, Abrar Ahmed

Squads:

San Francisco Unicorns Squad: Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Josh Inglis(w), Corey Anderson(c), Hassan Khan, Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Brody Couch, Abrar Ahmed, Sherfane Rutherford, Tajinder Dhillon, Carmi le Roux, Pat Cummins, Karima Gore, Jahmar Hamilton, Matt Henry

Seattle Orcas Squad: Ryan Rickelton, Nauman Anwar, Quinton de Kock(w), Heinrich Klaasen(c), Shubham Ranjane, Imad Wasim, Hammad Azam, Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Nandre Burger, Zaman Khan, Wayne Parnell, Shehan Jayasuriya, Michael Bracewell, Obed McCoy, Lance Morris, Aaron Jones, Ali Sheikh, Ayan Desai