San Francisco Unicorns Vs Washington Freedom Match 20 23 July 2024

20th T20 • Grand Prairie Stadium • Texas

Washington Freedom

174/3 (15.3)

San Francisco Unicorns

177/4 (13.4)

SFU won by 6 wickets (DLS method)

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Date & Time

23 Jul, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Match

20th T20,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Billy Taylor (USA), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

San Francisco Unicorns elected to bowl

Pitch Report

We have moved from pitch number 3 to pitch number 5. There is a fair bit of grass on the pitch. The fast bowlers will enjoy bowling and the ball will carry on nicely. It will be evenly balanced by the spinners might be out of play here

1st Innings

164Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

136.91Avg SR

2nd Innings

140Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

131.26Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SFU

0- 1

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

San Francisco Unicorns

Washington Freedom

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Travis Head

WF . BAT

194 Runs

6 Matches

Steven Smith

WF . BAT

191 Runs

6 Matches

Finn Allen

SFU . BAT

186 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Saurabh Netravalkar

WF . BOWL

12 Wkts

4 Matches

Glenn Maxwell

WF . ALL

9 Wkts

6 Matches

Lockie Ferguson

WF . BOWL

9 Wkts

6 Matches

Player of the Match Sanjay Krishnamurthy

79(42)

Player of the Series Travis Head

SFU

Info

Washington Freedom

174/3 (15.3)

Batters

Travis Head

155.56

c Tajinder Singh b Anderson

Steven Smith

180.65

c Allen b Anderson

Andries Gous

145.00

Not out

Rachin Ravindra

266.67

runout (Tajinder Singh)

Mukhtar Ahmed

225.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 4, W: 3)

TOTAL

(15.3 Ov, RR: 11.23)

174/3

Did not Bat

Jack Edwards, Obus Pienaar, Justin Dill, Akeal Hosein, Andrew Tye, Saurabh Netravalkar

Bowlers

EXT

Hassan Khan

6.75

Matt Henry

2.3

16.40

Haris Rauf

10.00

Juanoy Drysdale

13.00

Tajinder Singh

13.00

Corey Anderson

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Steven Smith

c Allen b Anderson

1-101

9.4

Travis Head

c Tajinder Singh b Anderson

2-122

11.4

Rachin Ravindra

runout (Tajinder Singh)

3-155

13.5

San Francisco Unicorns

177/4 (13.4)

Batters

Finn Allen

0.00

b Hosein

Jake Fraser-McGurk

200.00

c Gous b Tye

Sanjay Krishnamurthy

188.10

Not out

Josh Inglis

264.71

c Mukhtar Ahmed b Tye

Sherfane Rutherford

0.00

c & b Tye

Hassan Khan

290.91

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(13.4 Ov, RR: 12.95)

177/4

Did not Bat

Corey Anderson, Tajinder Singh, Haris Rauf, Matt Henry, Juanoy Drysdale

Bowlers

EXT

Akeal Hosein

13.00

Saurabh Netravalkar

12.00

Jack Edwards

17.50

Andrew Tye

13.67

Rachin Ravindra

1.4

6.60

Justin Dill

13.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Finn Allen

b Hosein

1-0

0.1

Jake Fraser-McGurk

c Gous b Tye

2-45

4.4

Josh Inglis

c Mukhtar Ahmed b Tye

3-122

9.4

Sherfane Rutherford

c & b Tye

4-122

9.6

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Jul, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Match

20th T20,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Billy Taylor (USA), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

San Francisco Unicorns elected to bowl

1 1 1 1wd 6 1 0

Over 11

Runs: 11

6 4 1 4 6 1lb

Over 12

Runs: 22

6 1 0 4 4 4

Over 13

Runs: 19

1 1 0 1

Over 14

Runs: 3

All Overs

Player of the Match Sanjay Krishnamurthy

79(42)

Player of the Series Travis Head

Commentary

That's all from this electrifying encounter which lived up to the billing of a top table clash! This is Dwaipayan Mukherjee signing off with my friend Lavil Saldanha, we will see you soon!

Corey Anderson, San Francisco Unicorns Captain : That was incredible from Krishnamurthi, I am not surprised though. I have seen glimpses of what he can do in the nets, the entire group knew he is able to do something like this. He is only 20 and has a very calm head on his shoulders. We have got great depth to our squad, things happen pretty soon in this competition so we need to prepare for whatever happens. Hassan Khan is a huge player for us, he is a floater for us in the middle order of the batting and with the ball as well, he is someone whom we can rely on during any stage of the innings. You try and take what you can from these games. We have prepared well and we have a couple of day's break now. It will be a cracker when we meet again with the stakes higher.

Steve Smith, Washington Freedom : Yes, I thought we played quite nicely. It looked like a big score and 177 was a reasonable target from our side and I think they batted very well, overall pretty good game of cricket. We look to take on the game from the start and I have enjoyed batting alongside Head. Today, I was the one who got a better start and he decided to play second fiddle till the time I was around. Good question on how we can do things better, a bit early for that. There's plenty to learn, it was a tough time to come and bowl, some good batters out there going hammer and tongs. It did not help that the outfield was a bit damp too for the whole part of our fielding effort. But we look forward to do better in a couple of days' time against the same opposition.

Sanjay Krishnamurthi : Yeah, I want to thank god for the opportunity. I decided to go hard from the beginning because that is what we needed from the outset today. I have looked to develop the mental side of things ever since I have been with this side last year. I think it was dependent on a lot of factors, it was not turning much for the left-arm spinners so it was all about understanding what options would work best for us. The computer science degree is going on well (laughs).

San Francisco Unicorns (177 for 4) defeat Washington Freedom (174 for 3 from 15.3 overs) by 6 wickets (DLS Method)

Sanjay Krishnamurthi - 79* (42) | Josh Inglis - 45 (17)
Andrew Tye - 3/41 | Akeal Hosein - 1/39

Washington Freedom are handed their first defeat of the season in their last group game! The fact that it has been the youngsters who have taken them across the line will particularly please Shane Watson and his men!

Jake Fraser-McGurk, on his return to the side, decided to deal in boundaries as his first 3 balls had all gone to the ropes. Among batters to have scored a minimum of 500 T20 runs in 2024, his strike rate of 191 is only bettered by Andre Russell (195) and Abhishek Sharma (197). Allen was dismissed first ball of the chase but Krishnamurthi and JFM ensured they see out the powerplay of 4 overs with no further loss of wickets.

Andrew Tye, playing his first game of the season, knicked JFM to minimise the damage that the young Aussie could have inflicted on the Freedom bowling attack. Smith used 6 bowlers in the first 7 overs which meant that he really rotated his bowling arsenal quite effectively at that stage of the innings because then it did not allow the batters to line up any bowler since everyone was only getting shorter bursts.

Sanjay Krishnamurthi approached a significant landmark - he had not achieved a T20 half-century before today and this will be a special knock for the young man. Josh Inglis also unleashed his wide repertoire of shots as the duo brought about their half century stand in fine style. The attacking Aussie gloveman was on a rampage against the young Jack Edwards who was also playing his first game of the season. 26 runs came from the 9th over and that changed the momentum of the game massively.

There were 6 maximums in a space of 9 balls at a time between the 9th and the 10th over when Unicorns really needed a surge in scoring but Andrew Tye came back again after a bit of a stick from Inglis to eventually have the last laugh against his countryman. Inglis' 45 from 17 balls put his side with a serious chance to actually chase this down. Tye made a double whammy when he also caught and bowled Rutherford in the same over.

Hassan Khan came out and pulled off exactly what the doctor had ordered for his side. He raced to 18 runs from 5 balls, striking boundaries at will and making the equation more and more achievable for his team. Krishnamurthi, after being deprived of the strike for a while, also joined the party by depositing Tye for a six and a four in Tye's 3rd and last over which went for 22 runs as it turned out to be a remarkable chase.

Netravalkar coming into the scene for his last over when the scoreboard read 22 runs needed from 12 balls was met with an unbelievable six over deep third as Krishnamurthi played a knock for the ages. Hassan Khan kept going from the other end as the partnership reached 52 from only 19 balls. The last over saw Unicorns only requiring 3 runs, which was done and dusted without breaking much of a sweat.

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13.4 Rachin Ravindra to Sanjay Krishnamurthi, ONE RUN! SAN FRANCISCO WIN! Full toss outside the off stump, Krishnamurthi plays it towards deep midwicket and picks up a single to cap off a tough chase. San Francisco Unicorns beat Washington Freedom by 6 wickets. This is also the first loss for the Freedom in the group stages!

13.3 Rachin Ravindra to Sanjay Krishnamurthi, length delivery on the line of the off stump. Sanjay pushes that one back to the bowler. No run

13.2 Rachin Ravindra to Hassan Khan, SCORES LEVEL! Full from Rachin, Khan hits that one down the ground to long on for a single

13.1 Rachin Ravindra to Sanjay Krishnamurthi, length delivery outside the off stump. Sanjay plays it towards deep point for a single

What a partnership this has been - Freedom can barely believe it. They got a massive score and it is now being knocked off. Never say never in this game and we are only 3 runs away!

overs

174 /4 score

runs

Hassan Khan *

31 (10)

Sanjay Krishnamurthi

77 (39)

Saurabh Netravalkar

0 /36

12.6 Saurabh Netravalkar to Hassan Khan, FOUR MORE! Full toss outside the off stump, Khan swings his bat at that one as it goes past the man at short third, down to boundary for a four to end the over. Unicorns need 3 runs to win!

12.5 Saurabh Netravalkar to Hassan Khan, FOUR MORE! Length delivery outside the off stump, Khan goes for the big hit but gets a leading edge that races down towards deep third man for a boundary. 7 runs needed off the 7 balls now!

12.4 Saurabh Netravalkar to Hassan Khan, FOUR! Full-length delivery outside the off stump, Khan hits that one straight and down the ground for a boundary. 11 needed off the last 8 for the Unicorns now!

12.3 Saurabh Netravalkar to Hassan Khan, full and pace off outside the off stump. Khan has a play and a miss looking to slog that one away

12.2 Saurabh Netravalkar to Sanjay Krishnamurthi, length delivery outside the off stump. Krishnamurthi plays it towards covers on the bounce for a single

12.1 Saurabh Netravalkar to Sanjay Krishnamurthi, SIX! BANG! Low full toss outside the off stump, Krishnamurthi throws his bat at that one and sends it sailing over a jumping Rachin at deep third for a maximum

Saurabh Netravalkar [2.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack

Krishnamurthi, after being deprived of the strike for a while, also joins the party now by depositing Tye for a six and a four in Tye's 3rd and last over which went for 22 runs.

overs

155 /4 score

1lb

runs

Sanjay Krishnamurthi *

70 (37)

Hassan Khan

19 (6)

Andrew Tye

3 /41

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