Major League Cricket 2023: Full List of Award Winners, Records and Stats From MLC Season 1

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Dallas, July 31: Nicholas Pooran hundred inspired MI New York to the inaugural Major League Cricket (MLC) title following a 7-wicket victory over Seattle Orcas in the summit clash of MLC 2023 at the Grand Prairie in Dallas, Texas on Sunday (July 30) night.

After Quinton de Kock's 87 took Seattle Orcas to 183 in the MLC Season 1 final, Pooran smashed an unbeaten 55-ball 137 to power MI New York past the target with 24 balls to spare. Pooran's knock included 13 sixes and 9 fours.

Walking in at 0 for 1 in the first over, skipper Pooran was in punishing mood as he shared a 60-run stand with Shayan Jahangir (10) followed by another 75-run partnership with Dewald Brevis (20).

Earlier, put into bat, Orcas started off slowly and stepped up the ante thanks to De Kock's knock of 87 that included 4 sixes and 9 fours. But the star of the innings was MI New York's Rashid Khan, who ended with figures of 3 for 9 in 4 overs. Trent Boult also claimed 3 wickets for MINY.

MI New York, is owned by the same owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) five-time winners Mumbai Indians, and the franchise begins their journey in the United States with a title. Here's the MLC 2023 full list of award winners, records and stats:

MLC 2023 Awards

# Champions: MI New York

# Runner-up: Seattle Orcas

# Player of the Match (FINAL): Nicholas Pooran (MI New York)

# Power Hitter (Final): Nicholas Pooran - 103 meters Six

# Betway Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) - 137 not out off 55 balls

# Sling TV Most Valuable Player Award (Player of the Tournament): Nicholas Pooran (MI New York)

# Brat King Award (Domestic Player of the Tournament): Cameron Gannon (Seattle Orcas)

#NTT Leading Wicket-Taker Award: Trent Boult (MI New York)

# Royal Rice Leading Run-Scorer Award: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York)

MLC 2023 Stats and Records

# Most Runs in MLC 2023: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) - 388 runs in 8 innings

# Most Wickets in MLC 2023: Trent Boult (MI New York) - 22 wickets in 8 innings

# Most Centuries in MLC 2023: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) & Heinrich Klaasen (Seattle Orcas) - 1 Hundred each

# Most Half-Centuries in MLC 2023: Quinton de Kock (Seattle Orcas) - 3 fifties

# Fastest Fifty: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) - 16 balls

# Fastest Hundred: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) - 40 balls

# Highest Score in MLC 2023: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) - 137 off 55 balls vs Seattle Ocras

# Most Sixes in MLC 2023: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) - 34 sixes in 8 innings

# Most Fours in MLC 2023: Quinton de Kock (Seattle Orcas) - 26 fours in 7 innings

# Highest total: 215/5 in 20 overs by San Francisco Unicorns vs MI New York

# Lowest total: 50 All Out by Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York

# Most Sixes in an innings: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) - 13 sixes vs Seattle Orcas

# Highest Batting Average (minimum 5 innings): Andre Russell (Los Angeles Knight Riders) - 68.66

# Highest strike-rate (minimum 100 runs): Heinrich Klaasen (Seattle Orcas) - 197.47

# Best bowling figures in an innings: Saurabh Netravalkar (Washington Freedom) - 6 for 9 in 3.5 overs vs San Francisco Unicorns

# Best Economy Rate (minimum 20 overs): Imad Wasim (Seattle Orcas) - 6.33 (24.1 overs in 7 innings)

# Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper: Quinton de Kock (Seattle Orcas) - 9 dismissals in 8 innings

# Most Catches (fielder): Heinrich Klaasen (Seattle Orcas) - 9 catches

# Highest batting partnership: 129 by Shadab Khan & Corey Anderson (San Francisco Unicorns) vs MI New York

# Highest match aggregate: 408/10 in 40 overs - MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns