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    0.3 oh, what a catch! Outstanding stuff from Kenjige! Back of a length on the stumps. Allen looks to punch it down the ground again but the only problem is that he hits this uppishly and close to Kenjige, who dives snappily to his right and then pouches it. The third umpire has a quick look at the catch and concludes it is clean. Looked good in real-time too. Just what MINY would have wanted to get their evening underway! 2/1
    2.2 knocks him over! Back of a length, slanting into off stump. Seems a little slower than the previous ball too. Short opens up his stance and has a wild whoosh across the line. Gets nowhere close to the ball and hears the death rattle soon after. Kenjige is pumped, and the Unicorns are reeling! 7/3
    1.5 gone! Boult with his customary new-ball wicket! Scramble seam, back of a length just outside off. Does not shape back in and goes on with the angle. Krishnamurthi goes feeling for it away from his body and gets a healthy nick. Pooran stoops down low and gobbles up the chance, handing MINY their second early scalp! 7/2
    5.2 taken superbly by Brevis, and the Unicorns lose their fourth! Full on the pads and that is there to be put away. Inglis gets a decent chunk of it but picks it up uppishly towards deep backward square leg. Brevis, despite looking into the setting sun, tracks it all the way and then completes the catch with a sharp dive low to his left. Stunning catch and that embodies how sharp MINY have been in the field so far! 19/4
    6.6 oh dear, that is the last thing the Unicorns needed at this stage! Short outside off. Rutherford rocks back and cuts it towards point. His partner seems to call him through but Rutherford is late to react. The throw is at the stumps but Kenjige initially makes a mess of the collection. His blushes, however, are spared because the ball, after popping out of his hands, pinged into the stumps. Rutherford well short of his ground, and everything is going MINY's way here at the Grand Prairie Stadium! 33/5
    16.4 cleans him up! Slowed up on a length on off. Hassan comes down the track, trying to smash it into next week. Gets nowhere close to the ball and he only connects with fresh air. The ball crashes into the stumps and this massive sixth-wicket partnership is finally broken! 120/6
    not out
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    37
    4
    2
    159.45
    19.4 Cummins perishes! Right in the slot on leg stump. Cummins opens up his stance and swings through the line. Gets a good chunk of it but not the elevation he desires. Hits it flat to long on, who does the rest. Decent cameo by the Australian! 145/7
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    100.00
    Extras
    9 (lb 1, w 8)
    TOTAL
    148/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.4)
    Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Finn Allen, 0.3 ov), 2-7 (Sanjay Krishnamurthi, 1.5 ov), 3-7 (Matthew Short, 2.2 ov), 4-19 (Josh Inglis, 5.2 ov), 5-33 (Sherfane Rutherford, 6.6 ov), 6-120 (Hassan Khan, 16.4 ov), 7-145 (Pat Cummins, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    NP Kenjige401323.25170100
    TA Boult403528.7594030
    R Shepherd403117.7583030
    KA Pollard201407.0021010
    Rashid Khan402616.5080200
    Sunny Patel2028014.0032210
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    9.6 appeal for a caught-behind, turned down! Unicorns review! Full ball that is sliding down leg. Brevis looks to tickle it fine and seems to miss it. The ball might have clipped the pad on the way, rather than the bat. Scratch that. There is a clear spike when the ball is next to the bat, and Brevis has to go! 79/2
    1.5 big appeal, not given! Inglis convinces Anderson to review! Shortish on middle and leg. Clinton backs away, looking for the cut. The ball, though, grips and bounces a tad extra, while also straightening. Inglis' contention is that the ball has grazed the under-edge and he has gotten this spot-on. Clear spike and Marais Erasmus has to reverse his decision! Early breakthrough for the Unicorns! 2/1
    13.4 castled! Much slower on a length, angling into off stump. Pooran looks to repeat last ball's stroke but the length is different this time. The lack of pace does the trick for Short too. Pooran swings too early and the ball deflects off his body into his stumps. The Unicorns are jubilant; Pooran and MINY, not quite! 94/4
    12.4 massive appeal, not given! Back of a length on middle and leg. Nips back and keeps a touch low. Seems like Pollard has jammed it off the inside edge into his pads but the Unicorns think otherwise. Review taken. If this is pad first, this could be very close. Looks like it is pad-first but the impact is on the front pad. Could it be heading down leg? All eyes on Ball Tracking and...it reckons the ball would have smashed into leg stump, two-thirds of the way up. Pollard has to go, and this is a huge moment in the game! 88/3
    16.1 goes high up, and taken at long off! Tossed up invitingly on a length on middle and leg. Monank looks at the flight and thinks he can go downtown. He is completely beaten in the air, though, and does not get to the pitch of it. Clinks it off the bottom of the part and Allen snares an easy chance. MINY sink further into trouble! 108/6
    15.4 six and out! Short continues denting MI New York! Back of a length, angling into off stump. Shepherd looks to club this over cow corner too but this one just gets a little big on. Gets it higher on the bat and deep mid wicket, stood right on the fence, does the rest. Short dangled the carrot and Shepherd bit it! 104/5
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    116.66
    19.6 Rauf holds his nerve, and the San Francisco Unicorns are into the playoffs! Zipped in full, honing into off stump. Richards, who had been accessing the areas in front of the wicket so well throughout his innings, decides (rather ambitiously) to play the reverse lap. Seems very late on the stroke and gets nowhere close to a connection. Flicks the pad and then floats through to Inglis. Amidst all that drama, it seems like Marais Erasmus raised his finger too for the lbw appeal. But all that the Unicorns will be concerned with at the moment is two points! 145/7
    Extras
    9 (lb 1, nb 1, w 7)
    TOTAL
    145/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.25)
    Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Ruben Clinton, 1.5 ov), 2-79 (Dewald Brevis, 9.6 ov), 3-88 (Kieron Pollard, 12.4 ov), 4-94 (Nicholas Pooran, 13.4 ov), 5-104 (Romario Shepherd, 15.4 ov), 6-108 (Monank Patel, 16.1 ov), 7-145 (Heath Richards, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    BL Couch402726.75134021
    MW Short402736.75141220
    PJ Cummins402706.75101120
    Haris Rauf403518.7561210
    LE Plunkett1.501508.1820100
    Hassan Khan20914.5080100
    CJ Anderson0.104024.0001000

Match Notes

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New York 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2D BrevisR Clinton
2nd77N PooranD Brevis
3rd9KA PollardN Pooran
4th6N PooranMD Patel
5th10R ShepherdMD Patel
6th4Rashid KhanMD Patel
7th37Rashid KhanH Richards