- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.6 Massive wicket! Banged in short pitched ball with extra bounce off the pitch, moves away from the wicket to make room outside leg, plays the swivel pull shot, did not time it well this time, finds the leading edge towards short fine leg, Sunil Narine tracks back a few steps and gobbles it up under the sunlight 45/20.5 Beaten all ends up! And that's a beauty from the bowler! Slight fuller length ball attacking the stumps, nips back in just enough to go through the gates of Rachin Ravindra, went for the big hoick stroke over the mid wicket area, huge gap between bat-pad and misses the line, beaten by the inwards movement 10/13.6 Gous has holed out! Short pitched ball darted on the stumps, plays the swivel pull shot, this one kept a bit low, struck it hard and flat straight into the safe hands of Rovman Powell at deep mid wicket 53/311.4 Chapman departs! The pressure was piling up for the Kiwi batter, decides to break the shackles. Fuller length ball outside the off stump, goes underneath the ball and plays the slog sweep, only managed to find the top edge of the bat and Sunil Narine makes no mistake at short fine leg 92/57.2 Sangha strikes! Back of a length ball with a hint of turn away from the batter pitching outside off, Edwards clears the front leg and attempts to swat it firmly through the cover region, plays it a bit late and outside edged behind the stumps, brilliant grab by Chand 68/4Extras8 (nb 2, w 6)TOTAL208/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.4)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Rachin Ravindra, 0.5 ov), 2-45 (Mitchell Owen, 2.6 ov), 3-53 (Andries Gous, 3.6 ov), 4-68 (Jack Edwards, 7.2 ov), 5-92 (Mark Chapman, 11.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CA Dry 3 0 33 2 11 8 4 2 1 0 SC van Schalkwyk 3 0 39 0 13 5 3 3 0 1 JO Holder 4 0 53 1 13.25 7 4 4 3 0 SP Narine 4 0 28 0 7 12 0 3 1 0 T Sangha 4 0 38 2 9.5 9 0 4 1 0 AD Russell 2 0 17 0 8.5 2 2 0 0 1
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Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.4 Pienaar takes a stunning catch! Length ball angling away on the stump, Hales clears the front leg, charges down the track and swings his bat at it, miscued the slog stroke, outside edged and skies it high towards deep backward point area, Pienaar races in from the deep third man area and dives in to make the catch; a great grab! 0/11.1 Cleaned him up with a ripper! Good length ball darted on middle-off, jagged back in and goes through bat-pad, Narine gets stuck at the crease and attempts to heave it across the line, beaten by the inswinging delivery and breaks the stumps 0/23.4 Uprooted the off stump! Full and straight darted on middle-off, Chand tries to hit it across the line with the cross-bat, the ball forces through the gap between bat-pad, missed the line and length, the bails are flying. All three top order batters returned to the hut after scoring ducks! 10/310.1 Full, straight and given! Fuller length ball darted on middle-leg, Badar moves across the line and tries to heave it away over mid wicket, cramped for space and misses the line of the ball, hits the back pad. Decides to review the decision straightaway. Ball tracking confirmed pitching outside off, impact in line and clipping the leg stump 61/66.1 Oh,dear! Powell whips it straight to deep square leg! Back of a length ball pitching well outside off, the ball was shaping away from the batter, Powell tries to drag it to the on-side, plays a half-hearted short-hand jab and finds the sweeper fielder near the ropes 23/47.3 Catching practice for the Washington Freedom fielders! Slight short of a length ball on the leg stump line, gets away from the wicket to make room, whips it away in the air and straight to deep fine leg near the ropes 26/512.2 chops on! Back of a length ball pitching outside the off stump, Holder attempts to send it downtown, thick inside edge off the bat and crashed onto the stumps! Holder looks disappointed, heads back towards the dugout slowly. 71/810.5 Russell's struggles with the bat continue! Widish back of a length ball pace on delivery outside off, Russell makes room outside leg and slices it with the outside part of the bat, using the pace of the ball, finds the deep third man fielder near the ropes 65/715.6 Soft Dismissal! pace off length ball outside off, moves onto the back foot and bludgeons firmly, mistimed the stroke and struck the toe end of the bat, chips it straight into the safe hands of Jack Edwards at short cover 91/916.3 Hoicks it to Chapman at widish long on! Length ball angling in back at the stumps, Dry goes for the big slog stroke across the line, did not time it well enough to clear the ropes, another soft dismissal 95/10Extras5 (lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL95 all out (16.3 Overs, RR: 5.75)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Alex Hales, 0.4 ov), 2-0 (Sunil Narine, 1.1 ov), 3-10 (Unmukt Chand, 3.4 ov), 4-23 (Rovman Powell, 6.1 ov), 5-26 (Matthew Tromp, 7.3 ov), 6-61 (Saif Badar, 10.1 ov), 7-65 (Andre Russell, 10.5 ov), 8-71 (Jason Holder, 12.2 ov), 9-91 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 15.6 ov), 10-95 (Corné Dry, 16.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SN Netravalkar 3.3 1 6 2 1.71 18 1 0 0 0 MR Adair 3 0 25 1 8.33 10 5 0 0 1 J Edwards 3 0 15 3 5 10 2 0 1 0 MJ Owen 3 0 18 3 6 12 4 0 0 0 Yasir Mohammad 1 0 20 0 20 1 0 3 0 0 IG Holland 3 0 10 1 3.33 10 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Washington Freedom , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
17 June 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Washington Freedom 2, Los Angeles Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 3 wickets)
- Washington Freedom: 50 runs in 3.5 overs (23 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Washington Freedom - 75/4 in 9.0 overs (MS Chapman 5, GJ Maxwell 4)
- Over 11.6: Review by Los Angeles Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - GJ Maxwell (Struck down)
- Washington Freedom: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Washington Freedom - 137/5 in 16.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 46, AJ Pienaar 7)
- GJ Maxwell: 50 off 29 balls (6 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (GJ Maxwell 43, AJ Pienaar 7, Ex 1)
- Washington Freedom: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 4
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 48 balls (GJ Maxwell 90, AJ Pienaar 9, Ex 5)
- GJ Maxwell: 100 off 48 balls (2 x 4, 12 x 6)
- Washington Freedom: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (120 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Washington Freedom - 208/5 in 20.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 106, AJ Pienaar 14)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 23 runs, 3 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 41/5 in 9.0 overs (Saif Badar 31, JO Holder 2)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 50 runs in 9.4 overs (59 balls), Extras 2
- Over 10.1: Review by Los Angeles Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - Saif Badar (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 91/9 in 16.0 overs (CA Dry 9)
Match Coverage
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