Recent Match
Major League Cricket 2024, 20th Match, Dallas, Jul 23rd, 2024

Washington Freedom

(15.3 ov) 174/3

San Francisco Unicorns

(13.4 ov) 177/4

Complete San Francisco Unicorns won by 6 wkts (DLS Method)

0.5
Hassan Khan to Head, 2 runs, cut hard off the back foot,
0.4
Hassan Khan to Head, no run, 97.3kph, fuller ball, Head hangs back to drive and outside-halves it to cover
0.3
Hassan Khan to Smith, 1 run, 92.7kph, drifting in on leg, worked through square leg
0.2
Hassan Khan to Head, 1 run, slightly short and Head pulls it over midwicket to get off the mark
0.1
Hassan Khan to Head, no run, full ball from round the wicket, Head stays back to drive it to cover
Head and Smith are at the crease. Head is on strike. Hassan Khan will open the attack
Time for USA's national anthem.
Smith: We've got five (changes). It's just about continuing to play good cricket. We've played well throughout the tournament. A couple of guys coming into the team are hungry. Looking forward to tonight. It's been a good tournament so far. COming down to the business end, it's about playing the way we want to play.
Anderson: We are gonna bowl, a bit to do with the weather. Pretty fresh wicket. Plenty of changes. NEw boys are gonna have a crack at it. The two teams are going to play each other in a few days' time. Momentum is a massive thing in a competition, we want to make sure that we come here and stick to our plans.
Pitch Report | Sunil Gavaskar and Daren Ganga: Little bit overcast and windy. Pitch number 5 - shorter square boundary (201 feet vs 219 feet), 242 feet straight down the ground. 155 is the average first innings score. There's a fair bit of grass, the fast bowlers will enjoy bowling here. The ball will come onto the bat nicely. Evenly balanced, not much help for the spinners.
Teams:
Washington Freedom (Playing XI): Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Andries Gous(w), Rachin Ravindra, Jack Edwards, Obus Pienaar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Justin Dill, Akeal Hosein, Andrew Tye, Saurabh Netravalkar
San Francisco Unicorns (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Josh Inglis(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Corey Anderson(c), Hassan Khan, Tajinder Dhillon, Juanoy Drysdale, Haris Rauf, Matt Henry
San Francisco Unicorns have won the toss and have opted to field
18:30 Local Time, 23:30 GMT, 05:00 IST: Two round robin matches remain in the second edition of Major League Cricket. However, the playoff fixtures have already been finalised. Today, it's the clash between the table-toppers who'll be locking horns against each other once again after a couple of days in Qualifier 1. Steve Smith's Washington Freedom, the only unbeaten side in the competition, haven't put a foot wrong so far. They have the best NRR as well (+2.194) and that shows that they have been dominant in all matches. Their opponents, San Francisco, are on a three-match winning streak. Two in-form teams going against each other with nothing to lose. Will we see some of the main players getting rested? Although this is a dead rubber, let's hope we are treated to a cracking game of cricket. Stick around, toss and team updates coming up shortly...
Squads:
Washington Freedom Squad: Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Andries Gous(w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Maxwell, Obus Pienaar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Amila Aponso, Lockie Ferguson, Jasdeep Singh, Ian Holland, Akeal Hosein, Justin Dill, Andrew Tye, Saurabh Netravalkar, Lahiru Milantha, Jack Edwards, Yasir Mohammad, Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy
San Francisco Unicorns Squad: Finn Allen, Matthew Short, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Josh Inglis(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Corey Anderson(c), Hassan Khan, Pat Cummins, Haris Rauf, Carmi le Roux, Brody Couch, Liam Plunkett, Matt Henry, Jahmar Hamilton, Tajinder Dhillon, Abrar Ahmed, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karima Gore