Los Angeles Knight Riders Vs San Francisco Unicorns Match 8 18 July 2023

8th T20 • Grand Prairie Stadium • Texas

San Francisco Unicorns

212/7 (20)

Los Angeles Knight Riders

191/5 (20)

SFU won by 21 runs

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Player of the Match Matthew Wade

78(41)

SFU

LAKR

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San Francisco Unicorns

212/7 (20)

Batters

Matthew Wade

190.24

c Dry b Ali Khan

Finn Allen

105.26

c Jaskaran Malhotra b Narine

Marcus Stoinis

205.56

c Johnson b Russell

Shadab Khan

81.82

c Johnson b Zampa

Corey Anderson

195.00

c Dry b Zampa

Aaron Finch

120.00

Not out

Tajinder Singh

0.00

c Roy b Zampa

Chaitanya Bishnoi

0.00

runout (Jaskaran Malhotra / Dry)

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 14)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.6)

212/7

Did not Bat

Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Carmi le Roux

Bowlers

EXT

Spencer Johnson

5.25

Ali Khan

3.4

16.64

Andre Russell

3.2

9.60

Corne Dry

21.00

Adam Zampa

10.25

Sunil Narine

8.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Finn Allen

c Jaskaran Malhotra b Narine

1-88

7.4

Marcus Stoinis

c Johnson b Russell

2-143

12.3

Matthew Wade

c Dry b Ali Khan

3-147

13.2

Shadab Khan

c Johnson b Zampa

4-175

16.4

Corey Anderson

c Dry b Zampa

5-201

18.5

Tajinder Singh

c Roy b Zampa

6-201

18.6

Chaitanya Bishnoi

runout (Jaskaran Malhotra / Dry)

7-212

19.6

Los Angeles Knight Riders

191/5 (20)

Batters

Jason Roy

214.29

b Rauf

Unmukt Chand

117.65

c Stoinis b Bishnoi

Nitish Kumar

134.78

c le Roux b Anderson

Rilee Rossouw

100.00

c & b Khan

Jaskaran Malhotra

87.50

c Tajinder Singh b Khan

Andre Russell

161.54

Not out

Sunil Narine

164.71

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 6, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.55)

191/5

Did not Bat

Corne Dry, Adam Zampa, Ali Khan, Spencer Johnson

Bowlers

EXT

Carmi le Roux

7.50

Haris Rauf

10.00

Shadab Khan

6.50

Marcus Stoinis

9.75

Chaitanya Bishnoi

4.00

Liam Plunkett

13.50

Corey Anderson

18.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jason Roy

b Rauf

1-55

4.5

Unmukt Chand

c Stoinis b Bishnoi

2-71

7.4

Nitish Kumar

c le Roux b Anderson

3-103

10.5

Rilee Rossouw

c & b Khan

4-113

11.6

Jaskaran Malhotra

c Tajinder Singh b Khan

5-116

13.1

Match Info

Date & Time

19 Jul, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Match

8th T20,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Rushane Samuels (West Indies), Billy Taylor (England, TV)

Referee

Reon King (West Indies)

Toss

San Francisco Unicorns elected to bat

1 1 6 1 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 10

6 0 0 0 6 1

Over 19

Runs: 13

0 1 6 wd 6 1 0

Over 20

Runs: 14

Over 21

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Matthew Wade

78(41)

Commentary

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Aaron Finch (San Francisco Unicorns' captain): This was a good win for us. Wade, Allen and Stoinis started well and we just continued from there. Everyone stuck to their plan and that is what allowed us to pull this off. When you have got guys who have played at the top, it helps the team immensely. Once again, Wade and Stoinis were fantastic. (On how to keep the momentum) We just keep swinging hard. We can only control what we can control.

Sunil Narine (Los Angeles Knight Riders' captain): I think there were a few moments when we were in control but once you concede so many runs, it is always tough to come back. 160-170 was par on this surface but we conceded far too many runs. You have to try and reset when things do not go your way. We have a good bunch of guys, we just have to get it right.

Matthew Wade (Player of the Match): I mishit a few to be honest. It was good fun, good to be batting with a few new faces, Have enjoyed batting with Finn Allen. The wicket looks really really good but it was the cutters towards the end which was difficult to play shots again. We have discussed as a group as how to adapt to conditions. Corey Anderson has been huge towards the bottom half of the innings. We have started to gel together finally and hopefully it continues.

Time for the post-match presentation ceremony with Pommie Mbangwa.

Corey Anderson: I don't thnk its a too much of a secret. Short boundary at one end makes it easy a bit but Wade has gotten us off to a flyer. We have numerous guys who can bowl in this team. You have to try and get some overs out of the way with Russell and Narine in that mood. It was a big total to chase and it was about teeing off. Haris Rauf is a massive factor, he is a huge advantage and we can manipulate the over according to the condition. He is definitely a massive buy for us. We faced different conditions today, we have to be switched on. We werent really happy to concede points in the previous game.

San Francisco Unicorns beat Los Angeles Knight Riders by 21 runs!

Matthew Wade 78 (41) | Adam Zampa 3-41
Andre Russell 42* (26) | Shadab Khan 2-26

The San Francisco Unicorns ended up on the winning side by a comfortable margin here. The Los Angeles Knight Riders did not seem like losing this game from the get-go thanks to the brilliant start that they got from Jason Roy and Unmukt Chand.

Roy, who came in as a replacement for Martin Guptill, departed just five runs short of his half-century. Chand and number three Nitish Kumar tried their best to prop up the total but they departed in quick succession. A lot was expected from South African import Rilee Rossouw, but unfortunately, he has flattered to deceive in all the matches that he has played this season.

Wicketkeeper-batter Jaskaran Malhotra failed to perform too, and this added a lot of pressure on the lower middle order. Andre Russell and skipper Sunil Narine had too much to do when they came together towards the latter half of the innings, but they still managed to take their team close to the total.

The late assault set up by Russell allowed the supporters of the Knight Riders to hope, but the win could not be pulled off. San Francisco Unicorns won this game fair and square- they were the better side. The Knight Riders will continue at the bottom of the table, having lost all three matches that they have played.

A brilliant yorker to seal the deal for the Unicorns!

overs

191 /5 score

1wd

runs

Andre Russell *

42 (26)

Sunil Narine

28 (17)

Marcus Stoinis

0 /39

19.6 Marcus Stoinis to Andre Russell, a superb yorker from Stoinis to end the game. Russell only manages to jam that out onto his pads.

19.5 Marcus Stoinis to Sunil Narine, fuller-length delivery around the middle stump channel, drilled down the ground towards the long-on fielder and has to be content with the single.

Too little too late for the Knight Riders!

19.4 Marcus Stoinis to Sunil Narine, SIX! Narine shuffles across the off-stump, Stoinis changes his pace, a short of a length delivery around off and that has been swatted away from his presence and comfortably clears the deep midwicket fence.

19.4 Marcus Stoinis to Sunil Narine, on a length angling across Narine, well wide outside off and Stoinis has to reload that.

Right in the slot from Stoinis, and Narine crunched that away for a huge hit!

19.3 Marcus Stoinis to Sunil Narine, SIX! Right in the slot from Stoinis and a lovely free swing of the blade from Narine. Shuffles across the off-stump and nails this slot delivery on the stumps back over the bowler's head.

19.2 Marcus Stoinis to Andre Russell, short of a length delivery from Stoinis, Russell swipes across the line quite awkwardly and takes the single on this occasion.

Oops! Finch seems to have switched off completely. It's lucky that they have a lot of runs to defend.

19.1 Marcus Stoinis to Andre Russell, Aaron Finch has dropped another dolly. Was on a fullish length on the pads, Russell makes room and tries to whip it away from his presence. Ends up getting a top edge which has been dropped by Finch running sideways from mid-on.

37 needed off the last over! If the bowler tasked to send it down does not concede six sixes, the Unicorns should be home and dry! Russell's hamstring seems to be cramping but he will not walk off the field now.

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