New Delhi: San Francisco Unicorn’s won the 16th match of Major League Cricket-2025 (MLC). The team has qualified for the playoffs by defeating Seattle Okas by 32 runs.
This is San Francisco Unicorn’s sixth consecutive win in the season, with the team strengthened the first position in the points table. At the same time, Seattle Orcas is at the bottom position with the fifth consecutive defeat. This team has not yet opened the victory account. In this match played in Dallas, after losing the toss, San Francisco Unicorn, who came out to bat first, scored 176 runs after losing eight wickets in 20 overs. The team suffered a major setback as Finn Elon (4) at the score of 18, after which captain Matthew Short added 68 runs for the second wicket with Jake Fraser-Macagark.
Jake Fraser-Mackgark was dismissed by 34 runs in 21 balls, while Matthew Short scored 52 runs in 29 balls with the help of two sixes and seven fours. Apart from these, Romario Shepherd scored 56 runs facing 31 balls. His innings included four sixes and the same number of fours. Apart from these three players, no batsman could touch the figure of double.
From the opposition team, Harmeet Singh and Gerald Koetzi took three wickets each. Apart from these, Obed McCoy and Cameron Gainon got one success each. In response, the team of Seattle Okas was reduced to just 144 runs in 18.2 overs. The team was given a great start by openers David Warner and Shayan Jahangir. The two shared a 66 -run partnership in 6.5 overs, but on the same score, both these openers were also dismissed.
Warner returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs in 20 balls, while Jahangir scored 40 runs in 22 balls. After this, Shimron Hetmyer tried to handle the team, but could not score more than 30 runs in 16 balls. Apart from these, Sujit Nayak (15) was the fourth batsman to touch the tens figure.
Haris Rauf took the most four wickets from San Francisco Unicorn, while Matthew Short hunted three. Apart from these, Romario Shepherd took two wickets and Xavier Bartlet took one wicket.
