Bartlett blitz gives Unicorns against-the-odds win over MI New York
For the longest time, MI New York seemed to have done enough to win two points, but then Xavier Bartlett smashed them for a 25-ball 59 not out
15/06Result
6th Match (N), Major League Cricket at Oakland, Jun 15 2025
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![MI New York]( "MI New York")
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![San Francisco Unicorns]( "San Francisco Unicorns")
188/7 (19.1/20 ov)
Player of the Match
15/06Result
6th Match (N), Major League Cricket at Oakland, Jun 15 2025
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![MI New York]( "MI New York")
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![San Francisco Unicorns]( "San Francisco Unicorns")
188/7 (19.1/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Q de Kock
63(38) 5x4 - 4x6
Control %66%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 31 runs
- 3x4 - 3x6
Best performances - Bowlers
Haris Rauf
- O4
- M0
- R24
- W2
- Eco6
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Naveen-ul-Haq
- O4
- M0
- R28
- W2
- Eco7
| 1W | ||||
| 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
San Francisco Unicorns , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
15 June 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
San Francisco Unicorns 2, MI New York 0
Scorecard Summary
MI NEW YORK 182/7 (20 OVERS)
- Kieron Pollard30 (16)
- Quinton de Kock63 (38)
- Carmi le Roux2/34 (4)
- Haris Rauf2/24 (4)
SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS 188/7 (19.1 OVERS)
- Hassan Khan43 (17)
- Xavier Bartlett*59 (25)
- Ehsan Adil2/43 (4)
- Naveen-ul-Haq2/28 (4)
Scorer: Chetan Kumar
All those awake and following the game must have had a great time! What a thrilling game of cricke - ebbing and flowing throughout - but it was Bartlett who played an outstanding knock and proved to be a thorn in the way of MI New York, singlehandedly staying till the end and making sure they didn't stutter. Anderson is a relieved captain and fans in the aisles are celebrating the win. Notable contributions came from Seifert and Hassan and then Bartlett hogged the limelight. Naveen and Sunny were outstanding but it turned out to be a game of fine margins that went right down to the wire. SFU win three on the trot and have eked out a fantastic win. Earlier, Rauf, le Roux, and Hassan picked two wickets each and Bartlett held his end of the bargain as well. It was a concerted effort and a win that will give them a shot in the arm taking into consideration how they recovered from a precarious situation and crawled their way back into the game and how a team effort produced the victory
19.1
6
Pollard to Bartlett, SIX, The night belongs to XC Bartlett! Finishes the game in fantastic style, pumps Pollard over long-on for a mighty long six and the ball goes into the stands, happy fist-bump and handshake with Haris Rauf. What a staggering innings and come from behind win!
19.1
1w
Pollard to Bartlett, 1 wide, after a false start, an intentional stop, comes back again, talks to Pooran, ready to go again, slows down the game. Bartlett seems adamant to get his side to the finishing line, drops it short and outside off, given as a wide on height, scores are level
END OF OVER:19 | 11 Runs | SF: 181/7 (2 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.52, RRR: 2.00)
- Xavier Bartlett53 (24b)
- Haris Rauf10 (10b)
- Ehsan Adil4-0-43-2
- Naveen-ul-Haq4-0-28-2
18.6
1
Ehsan Adil to Bartlett, 1 run, Arrows it in from over the wicket again, lands it on a shorter length at off, backs away and strikes it to long-off, what a spellbinding knock from Bartlett, quintessential match-winning knock!
Ravi: "Two matches in a row MINY have made a complete hash out of."
18.5
1
Ehsan Adil to Haris Rauf, 1 run, on a length at off, belts it away, slightly off the bottom half of the blade, to deep backward square, only a single which does the job nicely
18.4
4
Ehsan Adil to Haris Rauf, FOUR, good length at off, tight line, clears front leg and goes for an almighty heave, thick outside edge flies away over point for a four, fortuitous but they all count, Naveen runs back and can't cut it off
Adam: "Corey Anderson has looked horribly out of form for a long time now. He needs some big innings, and soon. "
18.4
2nb
Ehsan Adil to Bartlett, (no ball) 1 run, Delivery zoomed outside off, was a full-toss outside off, strongarms a pull to long-on, not off the middle, but Adil has overstepped, bad time for an unforced error, how costly will it prove to be?
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All Match NewsBartlett blitz gives Unicorns against-the-odds win over MI New York
For the longest time, MI New York seemed to have done enough to win two points, but then Xavier Bartlett smashed them for a 25-ball 59 not out
