This incident was seen in the 11th match of Major League Cricket
A strange incident has been seen in match number 11 of the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC) 2024. Let us tell you that in this match, Australian opener Travis Head’s bat broke on the bowling of Caribbean all-rounder Andre Russell, the video of which went viral on social media in no time.
This 11th match of the tournament was played between Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) and Washington Freedom (WSF) at Church Street Park Stadium in Mooresville. During Washington’s innings in this match, Russell bowled a short length ball, on which Head’s bat broke while playing a pull shot and fell in the mid-on region. Also, as soon as Head’s bat broke, his reaction was also worth watching.
Watch this viral video of Travis Head’s bat breaking
Washington Freedom (WSF) won the match by 8 wickets
On the other hand, if we tell you the status of the match, Washington Freedom has won by 8 wickets against Los Angeles Knight Riders. Losing the toss and batting first, Los Angeles was all out on a total score of 129 runs in 18.4 overs. Saif Badar was the only one who could play the best innings of 35 runs for the team, while Andre Russell contributed 20 runs.
Apart from this, no other player could score more runs. Talking about Washington’s bowling, Saurabh Netravalkar got the maximum 4 wickets, Glenn Maxwell got 3, Lockie Ferguson got 2 and Rachin Ravindra got 1 wicket.
After this, Washington Freedom came out to chase the target of 130 runs given by Los Angeles, and achieved it in just 16 overs on the basis of Travis Head’s brilliant innings of 54 runs. Apart from Head, captain Steve Smith remained unbeaten on 42 and Andries Goos remained unbeaten on 15*. From Los Angeles’ side, only Spencer Johnson and Shadley van Schalkwyk got 1-1 wickets.