MI New York escape as Seattle Orcas collapse from a winning position
MI New York recovered from 73 for 5 to post 179 for 8, then watched Seattle Orcas throw away a winning position, sliding from 144 for 1 to 162 for 6 to lose by 17 runs.
Jul 11, 2026
Two sides found two different ways to lose their grip at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, and only one of them clawed its way back in time. MI New York slumped to 73 for 5 and looked set for a total nobody could defend. Seattle Orcas raced to 144 for 1 and looked to be strolling home. By the finish it was MI New York holding on for a 17-run win, the kind of result that can shape a whole season.
Tajinder and Pollard drag MI New York back
MI New York’s innings was in ruins when Tajinder Singh walked out with half the side gone inside 12 overs, Marcus Stoinis carving through the top order on his way to figures of 5 for 46. What followed was the innings of the night. Tajinder tore into the bowling for an unbeaten 66 off just 27 balls, capped by a 20-run final over of two fours and two sixes, and alongside Kieron Pollard he put on 80 for the sixth wicket in only 41 deliveries. Pollard read the situation and matched him, a 33-ball 54 from the senior man that turned a lost cause into something worth bowling at. From 73 for 5, MI New York finished on 179 for 8, a total that felt at least 20 runs beyond anything they could have hoped for at the halfway mark.
Seattle throw away a winning position
For 16 overs the chase went almost exactly to script. Tim Seifert was in total command, picking off the bad balls and keeping the required rate under control while Matthew Breetzke gave him solid support with 44. When Seattle reached 144 for 1 they needed only 36 from the last 26 balls with nine wickets in hand. Then it fell apart. Seifert was dismissed for a brilliant 88 from 61 balls off the final delivery of the 19th over, and everything around him unravelled at the same time. The Orcas scraped just 18 runs from those closing 26 balls and lost five wickets doing it, finishing on 162 for 6 and 17 short. Pollard rounded off his all-round evening with figures of 2 for 9.
A result that swings the playoff race
The two points matter more than most at this stage. They lift MI New York back into the top half of the table with the MLC 2026 playoff race entering its final week, and they leave Seattle to stew over a night that got away. A game that was all but won was handed back in the space of four overs, and in a season this tight, those are the results that separate the sides who make the last four from the ones who miss out. MI New York will not care how they got there. They were dead and buried twice over, and they still walked off with the win.