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SF vs Washington, 1st Match at Oakland, MLC, Jun 12 2025 - Match Result

RESULT
1st Match (N), Oakland, June 12, 2025, Major League Cricket
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(13.1/20 ov, T:270) 146

SF won by 123 runs

Player Of The Match
151 (51)
finn-allen
Cricinfo's MVP
221.01 ptsImpact List
finn-allen
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Scores: K Vairavan | Comms: Rvel
Scorecard summary
San Francisco Unicorns 269/5(20 overs)
151 (51)
2/39 (4)
38* (18)
1/33 (3)
Washington Freedom 146/10(13.1 overs)
3/30 (3.1)
3/38 (4)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PlayerTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
SF221.01151(51)184.79221.01---
WSF120.3621(7)31.3540.842/392.8679.52
WSF83.1839(20)42.1443.81/331.2939.38
SF60.2738(18)34.6228.453/381.9931.82
SF56.55---3/303.1556.55

Thank you for following our coverage. See you tomorrow with more MLC action. For now, it's goodbye from our team!

Finn Allen, MVP: I reckon good bats (smiles), nice to star the tournament strong. Think they did a really good job preparing the wicket. We have got firepower and guys chipped in as well. Was special and good stint. Crowd was electric and (tournament) is shaping up well

After posting a mammoth 269, thanks to Finn Allen's pyrotechnics, scoring 151 at a blistering strike rate of 296.07 - Unicorns left Washington Freedom reeling. WSF began their chase brightly, racing to 50 in just 3.2 overs and maintaining momentum through the powerplay. But the introduction of Haris Rauf turned the tide. His spell slowed things down and wickets began to tumble at regular intervals as batters tried to keep up with the asking rate and manufacture big shots but the efforts consistently misfired. Haris Rauf and Hassan Khan claimed three wickets each. Liam Plunkett delivered a superb one over while Carmi le Roux applied smart tactics to bag two crucial wickets of Mukhtar Ahmed and AJ Pienaar. A sensational performance from the Unicorns and a chance for Washington Freedom to reflect particularly on refining their bowling strategies moving forward

13.1
W
Haris Rauf to Netravalkar, OUT

Can he finish the job in this over? Yes, he can. Curling it back after hitting a shorter length at 90mph and gets the seam movement, inside-edge to the keeper, his feet got stuck. Haris has been the star of the show, regaled us with his pace and aggressive bowling

Saurabh Netravalkar c †Seifert b Haris Rauf 9 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 128.57
end of over 1312 runs
WSF: 146/9CRR: 11.23 RRR: 17.71 • Need 124 from 42b
Saurabh Netravalkar9 (6b 1x4)
Ben Sears15 (10b 1x6)
Hassan Khan 4-0-38-3
Haris Rauf 3-0-30-2
12.6
1
Hassan to Netravalkar, 1 run

Lobbed up on off, pace-on, attacks and shanks it away to long-on for a single

12.5
2
Hassan to Netravalkar, 2 runs

Dropped short and outside off, ball sticks into the surface, never really arrives at him, jabbed away to deep extra cover

12.4
1
Hassan to Sears, 1 run

Moves leg-side to access the area at cover, crunched away to cover

12.3
1
Hassan to Netravalkar, 1 run

Fuller and wicket to wicket, goes down on one knee to slog sweep, misses it and mistimes to third man region

12.2
1
Hassan to Sears, 1 run

Lands it on a fuller length on middle, clears front leg and forces it to long-on

12.1
6
Hassan to Sears, SIX runs

Around the wicket, drops short and gets it to spin wide of off, deposited outside the park over long-off, was very wide

end of over 129 runs
WSF: 134/9CRR: 11.16 RRR: 17.00 • Need 136 from 48b
Ben Sears7 (7b)
Saurabh Netravalkar5 (3b 1x4)
Haris Rauf 3-0-30-2
Hassan Khan 3-0-26-3
11.6
1
Haris Rauf to Sears, 1 run

Slower length ball on off, mistimed a pull to deep square, bowled a tremendous spell tonight, used slow balls, bouncers and cranked up the pace when needed, using all his experience and bag of tricks

11.5
Haris Rauf to Sears, no run

Bit short and outside off, pacy stuff, defended down the pitch

11.4
2
Haris Rauf to Sears, 2 runs

Banged in short on middle, takes it on and rolls his wrists, sending it away to deep backward square for a couple, Krishna does well in the deep, slips but doesn't leak a boundary

11.3
1
Haris Rauf to Netravalkar, 1 run

Length ball floating outside off, sends it bobbling over to deep third for a run

11.2
4
Haris Rauf to Netravalkar, FOUR runs

Length ball just outside off, went hard and a late drive ends up taking an outside edge that goes between keeper and first slip, elicits a smile from both batter and bowler

11.1
1
Haris Rauf to Sears, 1 run

Over the wicket, one slip in place, hard length and attacks off-stump, hacks it to the right of deep midwicket

end of over 117 runs • 1 wicket
WSF: 125/9CRR: 11.36 RRR: 16.11 • Need 145 from 54b
Saurabh Netravalkar0 (1b)
Ben Sears3 (3b)
Hassan Khan 3-0-26-3
Carmi le Roux 3-0-35-2
10.6
Hassan to Netravalkar, no run

Stays rooted deep in crease, tries to pull it and misses it completely, was fired in on off, and was close to hitting the stumps

10.5
W
Hassan to Holland, OUT

Runs out of his luck. Drags short and spins it across him, goes down for a slog sweep, in the air for a while and then gobbled by the fielder at wide long-on, it's been a procession

Ian Holland c Fraser-McGurk b Hassan Khan 6 (4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 150
10.4
4
Hassan to Holland, FOUR runs

Misfield and goes to the rope at cover, deep extra cover to be precise

10.3
1
Hassan to Sears, 1 run

Another drop, Anderson drops a soda at mid-off region, was in the air for a long while, lights could be an issue here. It was a very slow delivery and he went downtown with no timing, gets one life

10.2
1
Hassan to Holland, 1 run

guided to short fine leg for a run

10.1
1
Hassan to Sears, 1 run

Around, length and drifting in at leg, helped towards fine leg and non-striker was struggling a bit, makes it home comfortably in the end as confirmed by the replay

end of over 105 runs • 2 wickets
WSF: 118/8CRR: 11.80 RRR: 15.20 • Need 152 from 60b
Ben Sears1 (1b)
Ian Holland1 (1b)
Carmi le Roux 3-0-35-2
Hassan Khan 2-0-19-2
9.6
1
le Roux to Sears, 1 run

Shorter in length and just outside off, crunched on the up to cover

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
FH Allen
151 runs (51)
5 fours19 sixes
Productive shot
pull
31 runs
1 four4 sixes
Control
69%
R Ravindra
42 runs (17)
2 fours5 sixes
Productive shot
slog shot
18 runs
0 four3 sixes
Control
65%
Best performances - bowlers
Haris Rauf
O
3.1
M
0
R
30
W
3
ECO
9.47
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
Hassan Khan
O
4
M
0
R
38
W
3
ECO
9.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
Match details
Oakland Coliseum,Oakland
TossWashington Freedom, elected to field first
Series
Season2025
Player Of The Match
Match days12 June 2025 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsSan Francisco Unicorns 2, Washington Freedom 0
Language
English
Win Probability
SF 100%
SFWSF
100%50%100%SF InningsWSF Innings

Over 14 • WSF 146/10

Saurabh Netravalkar c †Seifert b Haris Rauf 9 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 128.57
W
SF won by 123 runs
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