- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.2 Miscues the skier and has to go! Tad short and holding its line on sixth stump line, he targets the straighter boundary and mistimes it completely, immediately looked crestfallen, looking down as he knew he was in trouble, safely pouched by Narine at mid-on 5/110.2 Lands it touch short on middle and off, goes big downtown but hasn't cleared the ropes, Tromp hangs onto it brilliantly at long-on, was inches near the rope and did well to keep his balance and not touch the rope, was checked from various angles by the third umpire, vital breakthrough, might help slow down the run flow 126/213.3 Fuller delivery outside off, lowers his center of gravity and forehands it straight to the man at mid-off, gone after a spellbinding 88-run-knock, has given the launching pad to the middle order to make the most of last 7 overs 167/411.4 Regulation catch for Tromp, was an around the wicket length slow ball angled across off, was taken at cover-point 141/315.5 Snaffled that while moving to his right, tossed on a length and it was spinning away from outside off, he went down low to perhaps target long on region, doesn't get the middle and the top-edge balloons up near the pitch and bowler 187/516.3 Fuller and jagging away in the channel, smashed straight to Hales at long-off who makes no mistake whatsoever, another early dismissal for Anderson 189/616.5 Sprinting in, that's a pinpoint accurate and a stunning yorker that disturbs the off-stump, actually an inside edge, he wanted to slug it away to midwicket, couldn't get underneath, gone without bothering the scorers 189/717.4 Wrecks the stumps with a smoking hot yorker on middle, cannot deflect it away and it was right into the blockhole, a delivery that has stood the test of times 192/8Extras13 (lb 3, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL219/8 (20 Overs, RR: 10.95)Did not bat: LE PlunkettFall of wickets: 1-5 (Tim Seifert, 1.2 ov), 2-126 (Finn Allen, 10.2 ov), 3-141 (Sanjay Krishnamurthi, 11.4 ov), 4-167 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 13.3 ov), 5-187 (Hassan Khan, 15.5 ov), 6-189 (Corey Anderson, 16.3 ov), 7-189 (Xavier Bartlett, 16.5 ov), 8-192 (Brody Couch, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Ali Khan 4 0 34 2 8.5 12 4 1 3 0 SC van Schalkwyk 4 0 50 3 12.5 11 2 6 1 0 AD Russell 4 0 42 1 10.5 7 4 2 2 1 SP Narine 4 0 42 1 10.5 9 2 4 1 0 T Sangha 3 0 29 1 9.66 6 2 2 0 0 MW Tromp 1 0 19 0 19 3 0 3 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.3 Skedaddles down the track and premeditates, cutter does the trick, he mistimes a loft to long-off, Connolly takes an icy-cool running catch with the shades on, tumbled but didn't lose the ball, it's a big wicket, once he gets going it's usually very hard to stop him 33/21.3 Back of a length around the line off, stays firmly rooted deep in his crease and whips it nonchalantly perhaps not cognizant of the fielder at deep square and the man stationed perfectly, Core (sub), gobbles it up with minimal fuss 12/112.3 Beautifully disguised slower one on a length wide of off, he tries to slug it across the line and gets caught at deep square's left, Fraser-McGurk lines under the ball and takes a sprawling catch, safe outfielder 112/47.3 Wow, what a riposte! Lots of revs on the ball, flatter and shorter on middle and leg, caught and bowled, charged forward and dived in front to his right and did well to pouch it, it stuck in his hands, batter lunged at it and couldn't keep it down 79/318.2 Haris has the last laugh! Turning out to be a great start to the tournament, hard length and rises just enough to hit the top of middle, bails flying everywhere, he had to swing, no other option, wanted to smoke it into the top tier, failed to connect 182/712.5 Disturbs the furniture, 91 mph thunderbolt, crackerjack that seamed in through the gate and rattled the stumps, kept a touch low, he tried to jam his bat down and was discombobulated by the pace, he is absolutely fired up, momentum shifting over 112/515.6 That's a searing yorker, a proper toe-crusher on middle and he was unable to do anything about it, too hot to handle, easy decision for the umpire to adjudge lbw 141/619.5 Fullish on middle, gives himself space to free arms, he hoists it downtown and finds the man at long-off, it's all over, LAKR could muster 187. Bartlett snaps up four wickets. Narine gets the toe-end of the bat and it brings end to his ebullience. San Francisco Unicorns continue their stellar run and even though it's too early to say, they seem to be a side to beat in this competition 187/1018.6 Sounds the death rattle, around the wicket, shorter in length, curling it in and he tries to clatter it over cover, missed the line and stumps are askew, tremendous spell 184/819.2 Knocked him over, seen some terrific yorkers in the first game, this was one of them, perfect execution, Ali wanted to bludgeon it downtown, it was too good and in the stop zone 185/9Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL187 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 9.42)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Alex Hales, 1.3 ov), 2-33 (Andre Fletcher, 3.3 ov), 3-79 (Nitish Kumar, 7.3 ov), 4-112 (Unmukt Chand, 12.3 ov), 5-112 (Andre Russell, 12.5 ov), 6-141 (Saif Badar, 15.6 ov), 7-182 (Matthew Tromp, 18.2 ov), 8-184 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 18.6 ov), 9-185 (Ali Khan, 19.2 ov), 10-187 (Sunil Narine, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB XC Bartlett 3.5 0 28 4 7.3 10 3 1 1 0 BL Couch 4 0 32 1 8 8 2 2 0 0 LE Plunkett 4 0 45 0 11.25 7 4 3 1 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 41 4 10.25 11 4 3 1 0 Hassan Khan 4 0 40 1 10 7 2 3 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Los Angeles Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
14 June 2025 (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
San Francisco Unicorns 2, Los Angeles Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 76 runs, 1 wicket)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (FH Allen 20, J Fraser-McGurk 28, Ex 3)
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 76/1 in 6.0 overs (FH Allen 27, J Fraser-McGurk 40)
- J Fraser-McGurk: 50 off 21 balls (1 x 4, 6 x 6)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 100 runs in 8.5 overs (54 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 47 balls (FH Allen 44, J Fraser-McGurk 51, Ex 6)
- FH Allen: 50 off 25 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 150 runs in 12.3 overs (76 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 187/5 in 15.5 overs (C Connolly 10)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 200 runs in 18.4 overs (113 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: San Francisco Unicorns - 219/8 in 20.0 overs (C Connolly 20, Haris Rauf 16)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 2 wickets)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 79/3 in 7.3 overs (UBT Chand 36)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
- UBT Chand: 50 off 30 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 141/6 in 16.0 overs (MW Tromp 26)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 2
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