After the Seattle Orcas put them them in at Church Street Park in Morrisville, MI New York were 65-3 in the seventh over when captain Kieron Pollard joined fellow Trinidadian Nicholas Pooran at the crease.

Pollard took his time, reaching five off the first seven balls he faced, before lofting Dwaine Pretorius over square-leg for his first six of the match.

New York reached 108-3 from 11.1 overs when Cameron Gannon ran in to bowl at Pollard. At 115.6 kph, it had no pace for Pollard to work with, but it was too short.

Pollard rocked back and used brute force to dispatch it into the stands over deep mid-wicket. At 110 metres, this remains the biggest six of MLC 2023.

Pooran (68 in 34 balls, three fours, seven sixes) and Pollard (34 in 18, one four, three sixes) added 67 in 36 balls before falling in the space of three balls. Trent Boult (20 in six balls, one four, two sixes) then propelled New York to 194-8 as Imad Wasim finished with 2-23 and Harmeet Singh with 2-21.

However, even that turned out to be inadequate. Nauman Anwar made 51 in 30 balls (six fours, three sixes) before Heinrich Klaasen (110 not out in 44 balls, nine fours, seven sixes) saw Seattle home with four balls to spare even as Boult returned figures of 4-31.

Watch Kieron Pollard blast the 110-metre six:

ONE HUNDRED… AND TEN METERS!😱

Kieron Pollard with the BIGGEST SIX of #MajorLeagueCricket!

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— Major League Cricket (@MLCricket) July 25, 2023