MLC 2023: Seattle Orcas squad, best playing XI, team composition

Seattle Orcas: The team will be captained by South Africa all-rounder Wayne Parnell. The squad has a host of domestic all-rounders and some international stars such as Sikandar Raza and Mitchell Marsh.

FILE PHOTO: South Africa international Wayne Parnell will skipper Seattle Orcas in MLC 2023. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU

Seattle Orcas will open its Major League Cricket (MLC) 2023 campaign against Washington Freedom on Saturday.

The team will be captained by South Africa pacer Wayne Parnell. The squad has a host of domestic all-rounders and some international stars such as Sikandar Raza and Mitchell Marsh.

The batting unit will revolve around opener Quinton de Kock and Shimron Hetmyer, who can give the innings the perfect finishing flourish. However, there aren’t too many options in the pace bowling department, which will be a cause for concern for Orcas.

This could leave all-rounders Marsh and Raza with stretched workloads as the team will rely heavily on their skills with both bat and ball.

SEATTLE ORCAS BEST PLAYING XI

Quinton de Kock (wk), Aaron Jones, Nauman Anwar, Mitchell Marsh, Shimron Hetmyer, Wayne Parnell (c), Matthew Tromp, Sikandar Raza, Harmeet Singh, Andrew Tye, Cameron Gannon.

SEATTLE ORCAS SQUAD

WICKETKEEPERS

Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa).

BATTERS

Nauman Anwar (domestic player), Aaron Jones (domestic player), Shimron Hetmyer (West Indies).

ALL-ROUNDERS

Shehan Jayasuriya (domestic player), Nisarg Patel (domestic player), Angelo Perera (domestic player), Shubham Ranjane (domestic player), Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka), Phani Simhadri (domestic player), Harmeet Singh (domestic player), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Mitchell Marsh (Australia), Imad Wasim (Pakistan).

BOWLERS

Cameron Gannon (domestic player), Wayne Parnell (South Africa), Matthew Tromp (domestic player), Andrew Tye (Australia).

Total players: 19

International players: 9