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Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom Predictions & Tips - Washington to dominate in MLC clash

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 13 Jun 2025

Ralph Staniforth 13 Jun 2025

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Washington Freedom lost their opening match but are the defending champions.
Seattle Orcas finished last season at the bottom of the table.
Key players: Rachin Ravindra for Freedom and Heinrich Klaasen for Orcas.

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Rachin Ravindra pulls to leg in the IPL. (credit: Money Sharma / Getty Images)

Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom Preview

The Orcas finished last season bottom of the Major League Cricket table and they don't seem to have improved their squad too much. Despite defeat in their opener, the Freedom are still defending champions and should bounce back here.

Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom Preview
Head-to-Head
Seattle Orcas Form
Seattle Orcas Team News
Washington Freedom Form
Washington Freedom Team News

Washington Freedom’s Rachin Ravindra has scored 36, 37 & 42 in his last 5 innings.
Washington Freedom’s Mitchell Owen scored 39 off 20 balls against the San Francisco Unicorns.
Seattle Orcas’ Heinrich Klaasen has scored 23, 47, 24 & 105* in his last 4 innings.
Seattle Orcas’ David Warner has scored 86, 43 & 75 in his last 3 innings.

Head-to-Head

Washington Freedom won the only previous fixture agaisnt the Orcas.

Seattle Orcas Form

The Seattle Orcas finished in last place in the 2024 MLC season after losing their last five games in a row.

Ryan Rickelton (225 runs, ave 45.00) was sixth in the MLC runs list. Quinton de Kock (170 runs, ave 28.33) was the Orcas’ next most successful batter.

Cameron Gannon (11 wickets, ave 19.27) was joint third in the MLC wickets list last season. Harmeet Singh (8 wickets, ave 18.62) was the Orcas’ second most successful bowler, followed by Imad Wasim, Zaman Khan and Nandre Burger (all on four wickets).

Seattle Orcas Team News

The Seattle Orcas have some big hitters in their squad and are likely to give the Freedom bowlers a real challenge.

Washington Freedom Form

The defending champions suffered a huge 123-run loss in their opening match against the San Francisco Unicorns.

The Unicorns amassed 269/5 off their 20 overs, with Jack Edwards (2/39, econ 9.75) the only bowler to go for less than 10 runs to the over.

Washington Freedom got off to a flying start with an 80-run stand for the first wicket between Mitchell Owen (39 off 20 balls) and Rachin Ravindra (42 off 17 balls). They lost seven wickets for 20 runs as they slipped to 117/8 before being bowled out for 146 off 13.1 overs.

Washington Freedom Team News

There are no injury reports from the Washington Freedom squad.

Verdict

Seattle Orcas v Washington Freedom

I am backing Washington Freedom to win. I am also backing Rachin Ravindra to top score for Washington Freedom.

Heinrich Klaasen is a good bet to top score for the Seattle Orcas.

Freedom Win

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