- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 He has the last laugh! Darts in an absolute snorter of a thunderbolt on an irksome off-stump line, he is lured into a poke and ends up getting an edge, keeper got a hand to it and it bounces off into Allen's hands, really took off steeply 18/20.3 Bowls an absolute ripper! Short of length ball nibbles away on a tight off-stump line, lovely seam position, aiming for the top of off, he gets a faint edge that has gobbled by Pretorius, gone without troubling the scorers 3/16.3 Gottim with a beauty! Hard length and just outside off, tries to leave it and is caught up in two minds, gets the faintest of the inside-edge and the off-stump goes cartwheeling! Too late in the decision to leave and by then the death rattle was already sounded 45/54.2 Stands shell shocked as he mistimes the slog to Hassan Khan at deep midwicket; Hassan lunges forward and takes a gem, diving forward and pocketing it low. Tajinder is absolutely crestfallen while taking the long walk back to the pavillion. Didn't get enough distance, and once again the extra bounce and the angle across troubling him, MINY in a sport of bother! 33/35.1 Around the wicket, that's a well-directed short one and makes him smell the leather, he cannot resist the temptation and gets hypnotized into edging this one, once again searing bounce and tight channel making life difficult for the batters 39/48.2 Pollard holes out to deep midwicket! Looped up outside off, drags it across the line and hasn't got underneath it, plenty of elevation but not much distance and he will be gutted to get out in this fashion 46/614.2 Sold him a dummy, saw him advancing down the pitch and pulled his length back and the ball remained touch low as well, outside off, he tries to smoke it down and has missed it, Pretorius does the rest; quickly whips off the bails and lights up the zingers in a flash; the danger man departs 65/717.3 Polite inquiry for an lbw and given! Looked a bit high in real time and Bosch thinks it's worth seeking a second opinion. Lands it shortish and the ball wobbles, a cross-seamer, nothing on the ultra-edge. Pitching outside off, impact in line, hitting leg-stump and the on-field decision stands. He finds a way to outfox Bosch who was looking very threatening and could have done substantial damage but it couldn't be more ill-timed, into the tail now, not much batting left 95/818.2 Ugly dismissal. Comes down the track and attempts to whack it leg-side but instead gets a thick leading edge that balloons up and settles into the big. bucket hands of Short and backward point I reckon, the intent was right but didn't account for the spin 97/919.6 Flings it on back of a length and the ball curls into the pads, doesn't connect on the pull as he comes forward and the ball keeps low, tenderizes his pads, straightforward lbw decision for the umpire and so MINY are all-out, been a collapse of epic proportions, nobody hanging around for long enough to make a big impact, all the big guns misfiring 104/10Extras8 (lb 6, w 2)TOTAL104 all out (20 Overs, RR: 5.2)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Quinton de Kock, 0.3 ov), 2-18 (Monank Patel, 1.6 ov), 3-33 (Tajinder Singh, 4.2 ov), 4-39 (Shakib Al Hasan, 5.1 ov), 5-45 (Nicholas Pooran, 6.3 ov), 6-46 (Kieron Pollard, 8.2 ov), 7-65 (Corey Anderson, 14.2 ov), 8-95 (Corbin Bosch, 17.3 ov), 9-97 (Tristan Luus, 18.2 ov), 10-104 (Faisal Khan Ahmadzai, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB XC Bartlett 4 0 16 1 4 16 1 0 0 0 BL Couch 4 0 32 3 8 12 4 1 1 0 Haris Rauf 4 1 13 1 3.25 17 2 0 0 0 MW Short 4 0 17 4 4.25 17 3 0 1 0 AM Hardie 4 0 20 1 5 13 3 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 Exactly what they needed to lift their spirits! Starts off with his MLC career with a first-over wicket, shortish and whooshes in a touch from sixth stump line, massive inside-edge and chops it back onto the stumps, has some fiery words to say as well. That's typical fast bowler aggression and he gives a fiery send-off. Massive wicket but they need a flurry of wickets to have any chance of staying alive in this game. Match referee could be involved later because he crossed the line and told the batter to **** off and that too very loud 1/13.1 Over the wicket, thumped very hard into the surface and pushes it across off, tries to biff it insolently over mid-on and Pollard nonchalantly plucks it out of thin air; Allen loves to pull but this very quick and got to him in no time, Ahmadzai having a great MLC debut, picks his second. Pollard timed the jump to perfection 30/26.1 Luus strikes! Thuds it at shortish length and the ball was nipping away, a cross-seamer, he flings the bat out and the outside edge is drawn, gathered comfortably by Quinton de-Kock 49/38.4 Scorching delivery on a slightly shortish delivery with a hint of wobble in the channel, gets a thick outside edge and the ball deviates, finding a nestle in de Kock's gloves. Glimmer of hope for MINY 66/416.4 Zips it quicker and veering in at leg-stump, loses his balance and beaten by the pace as well as he tries to flick it leg-side, backfoot is firmly planted as de Kock removes the bails in a jiffy, the foot did go up in the air momentarily as seen from the zoom in angle, third ump needs more time to see from side on and front on angle, foot was in the air when the bails came off so Hassan has to go, was in the air for a few moments and the timing of the stumping was spot on 104/5Extras15 (b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL105/5 (16.5 Overs, RR: 6.23)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 0.1 ov), 2-30 (Finn Allen, 3.1 ov), 3-49 (Matthew Short, 6.1 ov), 4-66 (Aaron Hardie, 8.4 ov), 5-104 (Hassan Khan, 16.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Faisal Khan Ahmadzai 4 0 23 2 5.75 16 2 1 1 1 C Bosch 2 0 10 0 5 8 2 0 0 0 T Luus 4 0 21 2 5.25 15 2 0 2 0 Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 25 0 6.25 8 0 1 1 0 R Ugarkar 2 0 10 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 Tajinder Singh 0.5 0 7 1 8.4 2 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
San Francisco Unicorns , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50
Match days
5 July 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
San Francisco Unicorns 2, MI New York 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 4 wickets)
- MI New York: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: MI New York - 53/6 in 10.0 overs (CJ Anderson 6, C Bosch 1)
- Over 17.3: Review by MI New York (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - GO Brathwaite, Batter - C Bosch (Struck down)
- MI New York: 100 runs in 19.1 overs (115 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: MI New York - 104/10 in 20.0 overs (R Ugarkar 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 3.5: Review by MI New York (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Samuels, Batter - SP Krishnamurthi (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (41 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: San Francisco Unicorns - 71/4 in 10.0 overs (SP Krishnamurthi 31, Hassan Khan 1)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 100 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 14
Match Coverage
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