- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.3 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! 2/12.2 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! 7/31.5 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! 7/25.2 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! 19/46.6 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! 33/516.4 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! 120/619.4 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! 145/7Extras9 (lb 1, w 8)TOTAL148/7 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NP Kenjige 4 0 13 2 3.25 17 0 1 0 0 TA Boult 4 0 35 2 8.75 9 4 0 3 0 R Shepherd 4 0 31 1 7.75 8 3 0 3 0 KA Pollard 2 0 14 0 7.00 2 1 0 1 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 26 1 6.50 8 0 2 0 0 Sunny Patel 2 0 28 0 14.00 3 2 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.6 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! 79/21.5 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! 2/113.4 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! 94/412.4 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! 88/316.1 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! 108/615.4 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! 104/519.6 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! 145/7Extras9 (lb 1, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL145/7 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BL Couch 4 0 27 2 6.75 13 4 0 2 1 MW Short 4 0 27 3 6.75 14 1 2 2 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 27 0 6.75 10 1 1 2 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 35 1 8.75 6 1 2 1 0 LE Plunkett 1.5 0 15 0 8.18 2 0 1 0 0 Hassan Khan 2 0 9 1 4.50 8 0 1 0 0 CJ Anderson 0.1 0 4 0 24.00 0 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
San Francisco Unicorns , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
18 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
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 - 26 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 6.1: Review by MI New York (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Samuels, Batter - Hassan Khan (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 41/5 in 9.0 overs (Hassan Khan 12, CJ Anderson 5)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 3
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (Hassan Khan 23, CJ Anderson 23, Ex 4)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 118/5 in 16.0 overs (Hassan Khan 43, CJ Anderson 45)
- CJ Anderson: 50 off 33 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Innings Break: San Francisco Unicorns - 148/7 in 20.0 overs (CJ Anderson 59, Haris Rauf 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 1.5: Review by San Francisco Unicorns (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Erasmus, Batter - R Clinton (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: MI New York - 41/1 in 7.0 overs (D Brevis 33, N Pooran 8)
- MI New York: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (D Brevis 38, N Pooran 10, Ex 2)
- D Brevis: 50 off 32 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Over 9.6: Review by San Francisco Unicorns (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Erasmus, Batter - D Brevis (Upheld)
- Over 12.4: Review by San Francisco Unicorns (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Samuels, Batter - KA Pollard (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: MI New York - 94/4 in 13.4 overs (MD Patel 2)
- MI New York: 100 runs in 15.3 overs (94 balls), Extras 6
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