- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.1 The man with the golden arm strikes! Short pitched ball hits the deck hard on middle-leg, stands upright inside the crease and plays the swivel pull stroke, did not have enough elevation to clear the fences, finds the sweeper fielder at deep backward square 97/116.1 Need a breakthrough? Call Haris Rauf! Change of pace ball darted on the stumps, Faf du Plessis moves deep inside the crease and tries to clear the on-side fences, skies it high towards widish long on, fielder moves to his right side and settles underneath, makes no mistake to dismiss the Super Kings skipper. Loud cheers from the home team crowd and from the dugout for Faf. 166/315.6 Full-toss ball darted on the stumps, Mukkamalla goes for the big heave across the line, miscued the stroke and skies it high towards deep mid wicket, fielder comes around and completes the catch comfortably. The third umpire is checking for the waist-height no ball, Mukkamalla bends down while striking the ball, it is below the waist height. 166/217.1 Bartlett gets his man! Widish low full-toss ball pitching well outside off, full swing of the bat and the bottom hand comes off, skies the ball towards deep mid wicket, fielder completes the catch comfortably. 168/419.6 Fuller length ball outside the off stump, drills it away straight down the ground to long off, goes for the second run but Mitchell is well short of his ground at the non-striker's end 198/5Extras7 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL198/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.9)Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Devon Conway, 9.1 ov), 2-166 (Saiteja Mukkamalla, 15.6 ov), 3-166 (Faf du Plessis, 16.1 ov), 4-168 (Marcus Stoinis, 17.1 ov), 5-198 (Daryl Mitchell, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB XC Bartlett 4 0 31 2 7.75 8 1 1 2 0 C le Roux 3 0 35 0 11.66 5 3 2 1 1 BL Couch 4 0 44 0 11 5 6 1 0 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 34 2 8.5 8 2 2 0 0 Hassan Khan 2 0 24 0 12 2 1 2 0 0 MW Short 3 0 27 0 9 1 1 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.3 Short has holed out! Fuller length ball pitching well outside off, pace off delivery, goes underneath the ball and slices it in the air towards deep extra cover, fielder comes around and takes a brilliant low grab to dismiss the Unicorns' skipper! 117/112.2 short of a length ball on the leg stump line, 72 mph slower delivery, Allen hangs back inside the crease and tries to hoick it over square leg, failed to time the ball well and finds the ring fielder there. 169/215.5 Oh dear! JFM went for the winning boundary but only managed to find the long on fielder this time! Fuller length ball on the stumps, JFM tries to hoick it across the line, mishits the stroke and this time Ferreira makes no mistake 197/3Extras13 (b 4, lb 1, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL202/3 (16.1 Overs, RR: 12.49)Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Matthew Short, 8.3 ov), 2-169 (Finn Allen, 12.2 ov), 3-197 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 15.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Zia-ul-Haq 3 0 36 0 12 7 4 2 2 0 AF Milne 3 0 24 1 8 8 2 1 0 0 Noor Ahmad 4 0 50 0 12.5 8 3 4 1 2 MP Stoinis 2 0 27 0 13.5 3 2 2 2 0 DJ Mitchell 2.1 0 31 1 14.3 2 3 2 0 0 Mohammad Mohsin 2 0 29 1 14.5 3 1 3 1 0
Match Details
Toss
San Francisco Unicorns , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
20 June 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
San Francisco Unicorns 2, Texas Super Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 71 runs, 0 wicket)
- Texas Super Kings: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (30 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (DP Conway 13, F du Plessis 34, Ex 4)
- F du Plessis: 50 off 22 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Texas Super Kings - 90/0 in 8.0 overs (DP Conway 21, F du Plessis 65)
- Texas Super Kings: 100 runs in 9.3 overs (58 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Texas Super Kings - 135/1 in 13.0 overs (F du Plessis 85, SR Mukkamalla 23)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (F du Plessis 22, SR Mukkamalla 28, Ex 0)
- Texas Super Kings: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 4
- F du Plessis: 100 off 50 balls (6 x 4, 7 x 6)
- Innings Break: Texas Super Kings - 198/5 in 20.0 overs (CP Savage 19)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 83 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 3.2: Review by Texas Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - FH Allen (Struck down)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 50 runs in 4.0 overs (25 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (MW Short 38, FH Allen 10, Ex 2)
- MW Short: 50 off 23 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 98/0 in 7.0 overs (MW Short 54, FH Allen 41)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 100 runs in 7.3 overs (46 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 46 balls (MW Short 55, FH Allen 47, Ex 3)
- FH Allen: 50 off 21 balls (2 x 4, 6 x 6)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 150 runs in 10.6 overs (68 balls), Extras 11
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (FH Allen 26, J Fraser-McGurk 19, Ex 7)
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 197/3 in 15.5 overs (SP Krishnamurthi 8)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 200 runs in 16.1 overs (99 balls), Extras 13
Match Coverage
All Match NewsUnicorns blitz past Super Kings as Short and Allen fifties top du Plessis' 100
It was San Francisco Unicorns' fourth win in four games, and Texas Super Kings' first defeat in MLC 2025