14/06Result
4th Match (N), Major League Cricket at Oakland, Jun 14 2025
Washington won by 5 wkts (39b rem)
Player of the Match
Ian HollandWashington Freedom
14/06Result
4th Match (N), Major League Cricket at Oakland, Jun 14 2025
Washington won by 5 wkts (39b rem)
Player of the Match
Ian HollandWashington Freedom

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | SEO: 145/9 | RR: 7.25

  • Obed McCoy1 (2b)
  • Abhishek Paradkar3-0-32-1
  • Saurabh Netravalkar4-0-25-0

7:55 pm David Warner got the innings off to a flying start, striking some beautiful shots. Mayers soon joined the party, and the opening pair put on 60 runs before Warner was dismissed by a wide, full delivery. However, both openers were out in quick succession. The Washington Freedom bowlers then grasped control, limiting the flow of runs in the middle overs. They took wickets on a regular basis, making good use of their slower deliveries. As dot balls gathered and pressure increased, wickets fell in clusters. The middle order struggled to capitalise on the opener' good start. Holland was the most effective bowler, using his superb variations to take a career-best 4 wickets for just 19 runs. Edwards claimed two wickets, while Owen and Paradkar each took one. Following a quick break, we will return for the run chase.

Washington Freedom need 146 runs

19.6
W
Paradkar to Sikandar Raza, OUT, widish fuller length ball, hangs back and opens the face of the bat, drills it away aerially but failed to find the gap, backward point fielder completes the catch and Raza's misery with the bat comes to an end

Sikandar Raza c Ravindra b Paradkar 15 (26b 0x4 1x6) SR: 57.69

19.5
6
Paradkar to Sikandar Raza, SIX, Full-toss ball on around the fifth stump line, moves across early and sends it flying high over the cow corner fences
19.4
0
Paradkar to Sikandar Raza, no run, Overpitched ball in the block-hole pitching outside off, shuffles across early and tries to hoick it away across the line, under-edged onto the pads
19.4
1w
Paradkar to Sikandar Raza, 1 wide, full and wide pitching just outside the tramline, wide delivery signaled by the umpire
19.3
1b
Paradkar to McCoy, 1 bye, excellent slower bouncer on the leg stump line, wild swing and a miss, quick single taken

Zain: "Oh boy Raza... gotta feel for him, he understands he got to take the strike but just not coming off."

19.2
1
Paradkar to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, fuller length ball driven through the covers, decides to rotate the strike
19.1
0
Paradkar to Sikandar Raza, no run, hard line and length ball angling away from the batter outside off, swings his bat at it and under-edged to the keeper

Raja: "What's Raza doing here?" He seemed exhausted today, swinging his bat wildly at everything.

19.1
1w
Paradkar to Sikandar Raza, 1 wide, starts the over with a wide ball pitching outside the tramline

Paradkar to bowl the last over

END OF OVER:
19 | 1 Run | SEO: 135/8 | RR: 7.10

  • Sikandar Raza8 (21b)
  • Obed McCoy1 (1b)
  • Saurabh Netravalkar4-0-25-0
  • Jack Edwards4-0-24-2

An excellent over by Netravalkar against one of the best finishers in the world, conceding only one run.

18.6
1
Netravalkar to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, Fuller length ball on the off stump channel, driven square of the wicket to deep backward point
18.5
0
Netravalkar to Sikandar Raza, no run, Five dots in a row! Fuller length ball pitching outside off, shoulders arms
18.4
0
Netravalkar to Sikandar Raza, no run, Low full-toss ball darted on the stumps, drills it down the ground to long off, decides to retain the strike
18.3
0
Netravalkar to Sikandar Raza, no run, Dot balls piling up! Full and overpitched ball on the stumps, goes down on one knee and plays the slog sweep, mistimed the stroke back to the bowler with the toe end of the bat
18.2
0
Netravalkar to Sikandar Raza, no run, A tad fuller length ball on middle-leg, attempts to hoick it down to square leg, under-edged onto the pads
18.1
0
Netravalkar to Sikandar Raza, no run, Full and overpitched ball on the pads, moves away from the wicket and swings his bat at it early, finds the outside edge of the bat and Gous failed to hold on to it while diving to his right side!

Netravalkar to bowl the penultimate over

END OF OVER:
18 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SEO: 134/8 | RR: 7.44

  • Sikandar Raza7 (15b)
  • Obed McCoy1 (1b)
  • Jack Edwards4-0-24-2
  • Saurabh Netravalkar3-0-24-0
17.6
1
Edwards to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, widish back of a length ball punches off the back foot through the covers
17.5
0
Edwards to Sikandar Raza, no run, this one pitched up front outside off with a hint of shape away from the batter, plays the check-drive but does not connect
17.4
0
Edwards to Sikandar Raza, no run, slower bouncer bal around the off stump, waits for the slower delivery, turns it down to backward point, failed to pierce through the gap
17.3
1
Edwards to McCoy, 1 run, back of a length ball jabs it straight of mid-on
17.2
W
Edwards to Jasdeep Singh, OUT, short of a good length ball on the stumps, moves forward and negates it straight to short mid wicket, Owen has a go at the stumps and hits the timber. Square leg umpire sends it upstairs for another check. That seems like Jasdeep is short of his ground, he could have done better though, was a tad slow while returning back to the crease. Excellent bullet throw by Owen and the Orcas lose their 8th wicket.

Jasdeep Singh run out 7 (8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 87.5

17.1
0
Edwards to Jasdeep Singh, no run, slower delivery pitching wide outside off, goes down on one knee and attempts to slog it away, swing and a miss

Edwards to bowl out

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs | SEO: 132/7 | RR: 7.76

  • Jasdeep Singh7 (6b)
  • Sikandar Raza6 (12b)
  • Saurabh Netravalkar3-0-24-0
  • Ian Holland4-0-19-4
16.6
1
Netravalkar to Jasdeep Singh, 1 run, short pitched ball on the leg stump line, drags it down to deep backward square leg
16.5
4
Netravalkar to Jasdeep Singh, FOUR, hard line and length ball on the stumps, creates room outside leg, swings his bat at it and mistimed the heave stroke, Phillips comes around from long on area and failed to cover his ground, full-stretched dive but just falls short of the fielder, couple of bounces and onto the ropes
16.4
1
Netravalkar to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, yorker ball darted in the block-hole, shovels it away to widish cover area
16.3
1
Netravalkar to Jasdeep Singh, 1 run, a tad fuller length ball clipped away to fine leg region
16.2
0
Netravalkar to Jasdeep Singh, no run, pace on length ball angling away around the fourth stump line, swing and a miss

Washington 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49R RavindraMJ Owen
2nd41AGS GousR Ravindra
3rd2GJ MaxwellR Ravindra
4th29GJ MaxwellGD Phillips
5th8GJ MaxwellJ Edwards
6th20GJ MaxwellMukhtar Ahmed