- BATSMENRB4s6sSR6.3 gone, bowled him! Roy is beaten in looking to swipe across the line. Plunkett goes on a length while angling the ball in, getting it to land on middle and off. The ball moved back in and also kept low, with Roy swinging early. But he was beaten, and the ball hit the top of middle. Another millimeter of bounce, and the ball might have gone over it 44/31.4 skied to mid-on! Rauf rolls his fingers over the ball again, and goes on the slightly shorter side of a length on off. But Narine is in full mood to keep hoicking, and ends up ballooning the ball down the pitch. Short, at mid-on, takes a few steps to his right, and goes low to grab the ball 10/12.6 taken at square leg! Chand departs without scoring today, after smashing 68 two days back. The pace and the extra bounce seemed to have pushed him back there. Couch banged it in short, and almost seemed to have it to skid through on middle and off. Chand went back in the crease, and also opened his stance up while looking to hook. But the bounce meant it took the higher side of the bat, and went to Anderson, who took it with a reverse cup 15/211.4 Shakib strangled down leg! It's an innocuous arm ball that was angling down leg. Shakib followed the ball, trying to nudge it fine on the leg side but just manages a thin edge that's gobbled up behind the stumps! Shakib is angry with himself, and understandably so! 89/412.5 Picks out deep midwicket and LAKR are five down! This is short outside off and Nitish immediately launches into a pull. Can't get it off the middle and that goes high, but not far enough. Hassan Khan pouches it reverse-cupped 96/516.5 Haris Rauf outsmarts Miller! Off cutter on a length on middle and leg. Miller looks to defend but the ball bounces a bit extra and balloons up off the shoulder of the blade. Inglis moves in front to his left to grab that 130/6Extras12 (lb 3, nb 1, w 8)TOTAL165/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.25)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Sunil Narine, 1.4 ov), 2-15 (Unmukt Chand, 2.6 ov), 3-44 (Jason Roy, 6.3 ov), 4-89 (Shakib Al Hasan, 11.4 ov), 5-96 (Nitish Kumar, 12.5 ov), 6-130 (David Miller, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BL Couch 4 0 24 2 6.00 11 1 1 0 1 Haris Rauf 4 0 38 2 9.50 12 4 1 2 0 MW Short 4 0 38 0 9.50 6 3 2 0 0 Abrar Ahmed 4 0 33 1 8.25 7 3 1 0 0 LE Plunkett 4 0 29 1 7.25 6 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR12.1 And he gets the big wicket of Finn Allen! Goes full outside off from around the wicket. Allen looks to go downtown, but can only loft it to long-off. David Miller takes an easy one and Allen has to walk away 137/32.3 ohh, there is some excitement from Chand, the wicketkeeper, for a potential caught behind. It is not given on the field, so Narine reviews. Johnson banged it in short on middle stump, with a slight movement away towards off. Fraser-McGurk went for the pull with his front leg out of the way, with the ball passing below his bat. And replays show a faint bottom edge, before the ball went to Chand. Johnson cuts short Fraser-McGurk's fun 15/111.1 Knocked him over! This looked like the carrom ball on a length on leg. It pitches and turns into the stumps, and Short didn't read that at all. But Short may just have already done his job and more, with the help of one Finn Allen 131/214.2 Banged in short and Inglis goes for the pull, and he ends up skying it high in the air. Chand moves to his left and watches as the ball settles into his gloves. And with that, Spencer Johnson moves to the top of the wicket charts this season! 161/4Extras8 (b 1, lb 1, nb 2, w 4)TOTAL166/4 (15.2 Overs, RR: 10.82)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 2.3 ov), 2-131 (Matthew Short, 11.1 ov), 3-137 (Finn Allen, 12.1 ov), 4-161 (Josh Inglis, 14.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SH Johnson 4 0 36 3 9.00 10 5 1 2 0 CA Dry 2 0 19 0 9.50 4 0 2 0 0 Shakib Al Hasan 2 0 27 0 13.50 4 1 3 0 0 AD Russell 1 0 17 0 17.00 2 1 2 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 39 1 9.75 7 1 2 1 2 Ali Khan 2.2 0 26 0 11.14 2 3 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
San Francisco Unicorns , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
07 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
San Francisco Unicorns 2, Los Angeles Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 2 wickets)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 54/3 in 8.0 overs (Shakib Al Hasan 18, NR Kumar 3)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (82 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 121/5 in 16.0 overs (DA Miller 22, AD Russell 7)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (114 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 165/6 in 20.0 overs (AD Russell 40, DYA Davis 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 67 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 2.3: Review by Los Angeles Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BV Taylor, Batter - J Fraser-McGurk (Upheld)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (FH Allen 42, MW Short 10, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 67/1 in 6.0 overs (FH Allen 48, MW Short 10)
- FH Allen: 50 off 25 balls (4 x 4, 5 x 6)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 100 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 45 balls (FH Allen 53, MW Short 46, Ex 3)
- MW Short: 50 off 23 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 150 runs in 13.3 overs (83 balls), Extras 6
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