Stormy innings of Marcus Stoinis. (Photo- MLC/INSTAGRAM)
Marcus Stoinis, Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom: In the 9th match of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026, Seattle Orcas captain Marcus Stoinis surprised everyone with his explosive batting. In the match played against Washington Freedom team, Stoinis played a stormy inning of 42 runs facing only 16 balls, which included 6 sixes. Due to which the Seattle Orcas team, batting first in the match, managed to score 227 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Stormy innings of Marcus Stoinis
Interestingly, when Marcus Stoinis came to bat in this match, he was seen struggling in the beginning. He played very slowly and scored only 4 runs on the first 6 balls of his innings. At that time no one had thought that a big tornado was going to hit the field in the next few minutes. In no time, Stoinis changed gears and scored 30 runs in the next 6 balls, taking his score to 34 runs in 12 balls.
Rain of sixes in Ian Holland’s over
Bowler Ian Holland became the victim of this aggressive form of Stoinis, who came to bowl the 17th over of the innings. Stoinis forced the fans present in the stadium to dance by hitting four consecutive sixes on the first four balls of this over. There was immense pressure on Ian Holland after hitting four sixes in four balls. But Holland showed wisdom and bowled a dot ball, slowing down the pace. However, he could not survive on the sixth ball and Stoinis ended the over with a six.
Shimron Hetmyer also batted
Apart from Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer also played an amazing innings in this match. Shimron Hetmyer faced only 33 balls and scored unbeaten 79 runs at a strike rate of 239.39. During this, he hit 2 fours and 9 sixes. Shimron Hetmyer also hit a hat-trick of sixes by hitting 3 consecutive sixes in the last over of the innings, due to which his team was successful in reaching this big score.
