Texas Super Kings Vs San Francisco Unicorns Challenger 27 July 2024

Challenger • Grand Prairie Stadium • Texas

San Francisco Unicorns

200/6 (20)

Texas Super Kings

190/4 (20)

SFU won by 10 runs

Info

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Scorecard

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Date & Time

27 Jul, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Match

Challenger,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Billy Taylor (USA), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Wayne Knights (New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Texas Super Kings elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchGreen Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

164Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

137.67Avg SR

2nd Innings

142Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.29Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

TSK

2- 0

SFU

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Texas Super Kings

San Francisco Unicorns

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Faf du Plessis

TSK . BAT

375 Runs

7 Matches

Devon Conway

TSK . WK

231 Runs

7 Matches

Finn Allen

SFU . BAT

192 Runs

7 Matches

Top Bowlers

Marcus Stoinis

TSK . ALL

8 Wkts

6 Matches

Hassan Khan

SFU . ALL

8 Wkts

7 Matches

Zia-ul-Haq

TSK . BOWL

7 Wkts

6 Matches

Player of the Match Finn Allen

101(53)

SFU

TSK

Info

San Francisco Unicorns

200/6 (20)

Batters

Finn Allen

101

190.57

b Mohammad Mohsin

Jake Fraser-McGurk

128.57

c Hardie b Ahmad

Sanjay Krishnamurthy

0.00

b Ahmad

Josh Inglis

148.00

c Plessis b Stoinis

Sherfane Rutherford

20.00

c & b Ahmad

Hassan Khan

180.00

Not out

Corey Anderson

50.00

c Hardie b Baartman

Pat Cummins

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 9)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10)

200/6

Did not Bat

Haris Rauf, Carmi le Roux, Juanoy Drysdale

Bowlers

EXT

Zia-ul-Haq

12.33

Marcus Stoinis

11.33

Ottniel Baartman

10.25

Noor Ahmad

6.75

Aaron Hardie

13.00

Calvin Savage

8.00

Mohammad Mohsin

9.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jake Fraser-McGurk

c Hardie b Ahmad

1-79

7.1

Sanjay Krishnamurthy

b Ahmad

2-79

7.3

Finn Allen

b Mohammad Mohsin

3-149

13.4

Sherfane Rutherford

c & b Ahmad

4-152

14.5

Josh Inglis

c Plessis b Stoinis

5-186

18.1

Corey Anderson

c Hardie b Baartman

6-199

19.5

Texas Super Kings

190/4 (20)

Batters

Devon Conway

163.16

Not out

Faf du Plessis

204.55

c Anderson b le Roux

Aaron Hardie

126.67

c Rutherford b Juanoy Drysdale

Milind Kumar

50.00

c Cummins b Hassan Khan

Marcus Stoinis

20.00

c Hassan Khan b Juanoy Drysdale

Joshua Tromp

155.56

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.5)

190/4

Did not Bat

Calvin Savage, Mohammad Mohsin, Zia-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Ottniel Baartman

Bowlers

EXT

Carmi le Roux

9.75

Pat Cummins

12.50

Haris Rauf

10.75

Hassan Khan

6.25

Juanoy Drysdale

8.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Faf du Plessis

c Anderson b le Roux

1-55

4.2

Aaron Hardie

c Rutherford b Juanoy Drysdale

2-84

7.5

Milind Kumar

c Cummins b Hassan Khan

3-87

8.4

Marcus Stoinis

c Hassan Khan b Juanoy Drysdale

4-90

9.5

Match Info

Date & Time

27 Jul, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Match

Challenger,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Billy Taylor (USA), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Wayne Knights (New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Texas Super Kings elected to bowl

1 1 4 4 1 0

Over 17

Runs: 11

1 4 1 1 2 2

Over 18

Runs: 11

1 1 1 4 0 4

Over 19

Runs: 11

1wd 1 1 2 1 0 1

Over 20

Runs: 7

All Overs

Player of the Match Finn Allen

101(53)

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for this MLC encounter. Just one more match lef before we find out the second winner of the competition. Do join us then on Monday and many more sporting actions on Sportskeeda. Like always it was a pleasure bringing all the updates and commentary but for now this is me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Rudransh Khurrana.

Corey Anderson (San Francisco Unicorns captain): Well I think if we look at the comp as a whole, different guys have stepped up on different occasions. Guys have come out and done their roles and won't the main moments in the game. Both of them know what they doing as they are class players. It's handy to hand those guys. Yeah Drysdale has been brilliant. Look that was one of those catches. Moments like you get in. Great job.

Faf du Plessis {Texas Super Kings captain): I think starting off we weren't at our best in the first forty-five minutes in the game. Both teams fielding was very average. If you give a chance or two to a guy like Allen this is what he can do. Not good enough skills I think on the catching. Yeah I mean you can the culture shining through Joshua Tromp. Hopefully an innings like this will keep him a lot of confidence. I thought the score was 15 above average. I felt 185 would have been a par score. We were wel in it as there was a period in the middle where we lost a few wickets. Tight game and some close calls towards the end. I have really enjoyed the MLC. Season two produced better cricket and quality. Great to have people in the stand.

Finn Allen is the MVP: It was a close one there. We knew we were going to be up against it with the TSK batting lineup. Excited for the final. Quality knock from Dev. He has had a great tournament, he keeps racking up runs. It was just the nature of the surface where it was hard to hit across the lines. I still tried it a few times! But got lucky. Against the spinners, I was just looking to hit straight. It's going to be a great game. It's 1-1, would be a great final.

Time for the presentation party!

San Francisco Unicorns won by 10 runs

Finn Allen 101(53) | Juanoy Drysdale 2/33(4)
Devon Conway 62*(38) | Noor Ahmad 3/27(4)

It turned out to be a hard fought victory for the San Francisco Unicorns as they registered a 10 run victory against the Texas Super Kings. It was a sensational all-round effort from the Unicorns to get it done. Finn Allen scored a match-winning century despite not being at his prolific.

The San Francisco Unicorns were the happier among the two sides at the halfway stage but the Texas Super Kings turned things out dramatically in the powerplay on the back of a blistering knock from skipper Faf du Plessis. Conway struck a six off the second over before Faf took the onus on himself to do bulk of the scoring.

He smashed three boundaries of Carmi le Roux in the 4th over and followed it up with a four a six. Du Plessis threw his bat at everything and the ploy came off up until then. His knock of 45 came in a mere 22 deliveries which included seven fours and a six.

Carmi le Roux provided the breakthrough against the run of play and that opened the floodgates for the Unicorns. The carnage continued for the whole powerplay with Conway also joining in the fun. Du Plessis was eventually dismissed courtesy of a sensational one handed stunner from Corey Anderson at mid off.

Aaron Hardie was the next man in and along with Conway wrestled home the initiative with a string of delectable strokes. However post the powerplay, this started going pear shaped for the Super Kings. The string of dot deliveries forced Aaron Hardie to continue the onslought and he fell in the process. Hassan Khan then provided the early wicket of Milind Kumar.

Drysdale’s deam day turned into something special when he bagged the prized wicket of Marcus Stoinis. Conway batted better than the previous day and found the boundaries during the middle overs besides rotating the strike along. Out came Joshua Tromp and he made a big impact straightaway.

He upped the ante with a series of big shots which included a supreme lofted extra cover drive which comfortably cleared the fence. As the match reached its conclusion, the likes of Pat Cummins bowled brilliantly towards the end to restrict them to 190. Hassan Khan used the depth of the crease to get his breakthroughs

Juanoy Drysdale: Feels great. All of New York is watching. My family is here. It's a proud moment. The message was to stick to the basis and use my slower one. I liked the Stoinis wicket. To be honest, it's hard to see in the dark and the ball's wobbling which makes it difficult. We are going to pop champagne!

overs

190 /4 score

1wd

runs

Joshua Tromp *

56 (36)

Devon Conway

62 (38)

Pat Cummins

0 /50

19.6 Pat Cummins to Joshua Tromp, gets the slash right but it doesn't matter! CUMMINS WINS IT FOR UNICORNS AND THEY'LL MEET FREEDOM FOR THE THIRD TIME -- THIS TIME IN THE FINAL! What a death overs display from these players. But Tromp and Conway deserve a pat on the back for taking it this deep too!

19.5 Pat Cummins to Joshua Tromp, DOT BALLLLL!! AND UNICORNS BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF! Nails the yorker outside off, Tromp tries to play his favorite slash over covers but misses it all together!

19.4 Pat Cummins to Devon Conway, short and wide again, Cummins knows Conway can't hit these and he once again forces it to long off

19.3 Pat Cummins to Devon Conway, full and wide, reaches out and drives it to deep covers on the long boundary. They come back for two! The whistles have died a bit. It's tense. 13 off three.

19.2 Pat Cummins to Joshua Tromp, short outside off, comes across and lobs the pull to deep fine leg but they have learned and there's a fielder in place

19.1 Pat Cummins to Devon Conway, short outside off, doesn't get anything on it, forces it to long off

19.1 Pat Cummins to Devon Conway, starts with a bad wide outside off, Conway comes chasing but lets it go

That's a very important boundary in the context of the game but still an uphill task for the Texas Super Kings. 18 more needed off the final over to qualify for the final. Devon Conway is set and will look to make this count.

overs

183 /4 score

runs

Joshua Tromp *

54 (33)

Devon Conway

58 (35)

Haris Rauf

0 /43

18.6 Haris Rauf to Joshua Tromp, FOUR! HE GETS A FINAL BALL BOUNDARY! Charges down the track and slashes hard, gives his everything and it clears covers to go into the gap!

18.5 Haris Rauf to Joshua Tromp, oh that's a poor shot. Looks for the reverse scoop but Rauf is just too quick and he misses

18.4 Haris Rauf to Joshua Tromp, CLEARS FINE LEG FOR FOUR! That's a fine, fine 50 from the youngster. Unbelievable. Full outside off, he goes across and tires to scoop it, gets enough bat on it and it clears a leaping fine leg!

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