New York vs Washington, 11th Match at Dallas, MLC, Jun 21 2025 - Match Result

a misfield at mid off, and the Washington Freedom, led by Mark Chapman, scrape past the finish line! Not the way MINY would have wanted this to end. Back of a length delivery outside off and Chapman punches it towards mid off, who dives and makes a mess of his collection. The ball squirms away and allows the batters to get across for the run that hands the Washington Freedom their third consecutive win - both against this opposition and this season!

scores are level! Chapman and Washington Freedom breathe a huge sigh of relief! Slow and short outside off. Chapman reaches out for it and blitzes it towards sweeper cover. Places it well enough to ease back for two!

my goodness - that is a catch and a half, and this game goes into the final over! Misses the wide yorker on the shorter side, and Adair's eyes light up. He throws the plumbing at it and carves it flat towards deep point. Bracewell seems to pick it a little late but does not panic. Keeps his eyes on the ball the entire way and then sprawls forward to grasp it inches off the turf. Very similar to what Adair did earlier in the evening, and MINY are still not out of it completely!

back of a length, slanting into leg stump. Chapman has a wild swipe across the line and the ball kisses his back leg before dribbling away behind square

dipping yorker outside off. Adair, like Chapman earlier in the over, opens his bat face and glides it towards deep backward point

oh dear - the wheels are coming off now! Speared in a mile down leg. Chapman does not get bat on it and Pooran cannot gather cleanly either. Two bonus runs for Washington!

the Chapman counter-punch continues, and this could be a body blow for MINY! Juicy full toss laced with width and Chapman says thank you very much. Frees his arms and bludgeons it past extra cover!

Chapman finds the fence, and a mountain of pressure comes off his shoulders! Low full toss on middle and leg. Chapman snaps his wrists into action and bashes it towards deep mid wicket. Bracewell with a valiant dive but in vain!

gets the wide yorker right at the first time of asking. Chapman jams down on it and opens his bat face to squeeze it past backward point for a brace

the yorker is on a string for Trent Boult, and he has accounted for another batter! But hang on...Adair wants this checked too! This is just exceptional bowling. Seems to curve in towards leg stump and Adair is awfully late in getting his bat down. On first glance, it felt that that may have pitched outside the line and subsequently missed the stumps, and UltraEdge confirms those suspicions. Ball pitching outside leg and Adair, to the relief of WF fans, survives!

another sizzling yorker just outside off. Adair, in trying to jam it out, hits the ground and that induces an appeal from Nicky P. No real conviction to take it upstairs, though

low full toss on the pads. Adair cannot get under this, nor can he get it past the fielder at mid wicket. Straight to the man, and the pressure amps up

oh dear - confusion and chaos in Texas! Into the blockhole just outside off. Adair squeezes it out towards backward point and Chapman makes the unilateral decision of running. Gets sent back and a direct hit would have been curtains for the Kiwi. Richards livid with himself

huge lbw shout, and given by the umpire! Reviewed by Mukhtar! Another pin-point yorker on leg stump. Mukhtar is late in getting his bat down and plays all around it. Gets smashed on the back leg and that looked pretty adjacent. To add to the drama, Mukhtar then wandered out of his crease and could have been run out too. But back to the real issue of the lbw first. No bat involved. And Ball Tracking has the ball cannoning into the stumps. Mukhtar falls, and MINY have more than a sniff now!

zipped in very full on the stumps. Chapman uses the angle and tucks it off his pads towards deep mid wicket

slower short ball on leg stump. Chapman is turned inside out by how slow that is and the ball pings off his body towards the keeper. He does a bit of ball-watching and is called through for the single. Pooran takes aim and would have sent Chapman back with a direct hit...

back of a length outside off. Mukhtar hangs back and jabs it past extra cover to get off the mark

slower delivery dug into the track wide outside off. Mukhtar has a wild swish across the line and only swats away a few flies

slower ball on a back of a length outside off. Mukhtar goes feeling for it and is beaten by the lack of pace

taken superbly on the fence by Kieron Pollard, and MI New York are not going away! Back of a length outside off. Pienaar stands up tall and for the longest while, it seems as if he has enough wood on it to clear the fence. But he has to contend with Pollard, and as countless before him have found out, that task is fraught with danger. Pollard canters to his left, nonchalantly flings out both of his mitts to his left and makes the ball nestle between those bucket-sized hands. MINY have a bit of a sniff, and Washington Freedom are not out of the woods just yet!