Jermaine Lindo (USA), Leslie Reifer (West Indies), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)
Referee
Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Toss
MI New York elected to bowl
Pitch Report
From the river end, it is 72m down the ground. The leg-side is longer. The average score has jumped up, so, it is a good batting pitch. 220 is the score to target, batting first.
VENUE STATS
1st Innings
161Avg Runs
7Avg Wkts
135.39Avg
SR
2nd Innings
141Avg Runs
6Avg Wkts
134.34Avg
SR
Weather Update
Weather Update
Texas,USA
Updated: 24 Jun 09:00
21.1°CClear
58%
Clouds
3%
Rain %
19.4 kmph
Wind
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Matthew Short (Player of the Match and captain, SFU): The award is nice to win, but more happier finishing 5-0. To be honest, it is not too difficult; the staff also do the work behind the scenes, and a big shoutout to Corey Anderson, who played earlier as well. We lost the toss, and if we had won, we would have batted second. It was dry and played quite a bit in comparison to the last game. Huge shoutout to the ground staff as well. Their batters played into the wind and were smart as well. Credit to our bowling unit, in the last game, they got off to a flyer. Her,e Quinny and Patel got off to a flying start, and credit to the guys for their end overs bowling. We asked this question before the start, saying why can't we win every game? We play Seattle in a couple of days, we rest up for a bit in this short turnaround, and go again.
Nicholas Pooran (MI New York captain): "A tough day for us, we did not execute out plans with the ball. Kieron Pollard came on later and showed how to do it. We got off to a good start, but then, a few dot balls here and there and we slipped. It's challenging from here, other teams are playing well too, so, we have to get our acts together and take it one at a time."
10:45 PM local time, 9:15 AM IST: San Francisco Unicorns win by 47 runs
A fine effort this from San Francisco Unicorns. They have been doing a fine job and now have managed 5 wins in 5 games. They are truly a red hot unit and now will step a foot into the knockouts with only a couple of more wins from here on. For MI NY, this happens to be their fourth loss in their campaign, and they will want to correct this losing record and get on the right track soon.
The inaugural champions had a fine start when they managed to get 75-odd in the powerplay. The pair of Monank Patel and Quinton de Kock scored runs at a good rate, with Monank getting to his second 50 this season as well. However, following the wicket of the USA skipper, things went downhill. QDK’s scoring slowed down, and things got tougher in the middle overs.
In the end, there was too much pressure on the middle order, and they crumbled under the pressure of getting a big total. Kieron Pollard, playing his 700th T20I, did a fine job coming in late number four, but it was his misfortune or the moment in the game that he couldn't get enough strike in the middle and finish the game off like he did in his heyday.
The bowling performance from SFU will be the talking point. Throughout, they built pressure on the MI NY batters and did a fine job. Romario Shepherd, in his last over, struck twice and ensured that MI New York had no way to come back, as did Xavier Bartlett, with his twin strikes in the end. Liam Plunkett and Haris Rauf were expensive but both managed to pick up a wicket each.
20
overs
199/6score
0
W
1
0
2
0
runs
Kieron Pollard*
34(16)
Sunny Patel
1(1)
Xavier Bartlett
2/35
19.6 Xavier Bartlett to Kieron Pollard, HMMM! Full and almost cannoning in on leg-stump. Pollard misses the drill down to long-on and the ball shaves past the leg pole! San Francisco Unicorns get the job done!
19.5 Xavier Bartlett to Kieron Pollard, slower ball dug into the pitch around off. Pulled away to wide mid-wicket in the deep for a single off the back foot. Oh, Pollard refuses the take the run.
19.4 Xavier Bartlett to Kieron Pollard, length ball on middle-stump now. Pollard gave himself a bit of room but could only tap it to short cover for no run.
19.3 Xavier Bartlett to Sunny Patel, short and slow on middle-stump. A short-arm pull around to short fine-leg for a single.
Sunny Patel batting at 8th position
Heath Richards has been dismissed for 1 runs off 3 balls
19.2 Xavier Bartlett to Heath Richards, CAUGHT! Short and slow on off-stump. That was crunched off the back foot over mid-wicket. But it was into the wind. Deep mid-wicket was under it in time and took it safely.
19.1 Xavier Bartlett to Heath Richards, full toss on leg-stump. Knocked back to the stumps at the other end! No run on the ricochet.
51 needed off the last over. How many can they shave off here?
19
overs
196/5score
6
4
0
4
6
0
runs
Kieron Pollard*
32(13)
Heath Richards
1(1)
Haris Rauf
1/50
18.6 Haris Rauf to Kieron Pollard, AH! Low full toss around off-stump here. Pollard looked for the big shot over long-on again, but, failed to connect!
18.5 Haris Rauf to Kieron Pollard, SIX MORE! Slower length ball around off-stump. Pollard manages to get enough bat on it to drag it across over wide long-on!
18.4 Haris Rauf to Kieron Pollard, FOUR MORE! In the slot around off-stump. Pollard moves across a bit, goes deeper and smacks it over mid-off for a boundary.
18.3 Haris Rauf to Kieron Pollard, full and wide outside off-stump again. Pollard went for the same steer to third man but missed it this time!
18.2 Haris Rauf to Kieron Pollard, FOUR RUNS! Full and wide outside off. Nicely steered to the right of short third man for a boundary now.