Major League Cricket 2023, MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns Highlights: Finch-led SFU win by 22 runs against MINY

A short ball from Stoinis and David pulls it to long leg, SFU win by 22 runs!

MINES: 193/5 (20), Object: 216

A full toss by Rauf and David smashes it over square leg for a six!

Short delivery from Plunkett and Pollard tries to get a hand but is caught at deep midwicket!

Pollard c Bishnoi b Plunkett 48 (27)

Short delivery from Le Roux and Pollard steers it to square leg for a single.

MINES: 135/4 (15), Object: 216

This is not good bowling from Bishno as Pollard sends it back high over the bowler’s head for a six!

Short googly by Shadab, outside off. Pollard hits it to miss for a single.

MINES: 109/4 (13), Target: 216

Slower short delivery by Plunkett, on. Pooran mists his shot and it goes back to the bowler for a catch!

Pooran c and b Plunkett 40 (28)

Bad delivery from Bishnoi and Pooran smashes it over the bowler’s head for a six! Then he lifts him up for a huge six!

Short delivery from Stoinis and Pooran snaps it from his hip to a fine leg boundary for four!

Good delivery from Shadab and Brevis lifts it to mid off and Rauf catches it!

Brevis c Rauf b Shadab 32 (25)

Short delivery from Stoinis and Brevis flicks it short for a fine four!

MINES: 53/2 (8), Object: 216

Short delivery Plunkett, with pillows. Pooran hits it backwards over square for a six!

Length delivery by Le Roux, outside off. Pooran defends it back to the bowler!

MINES: 16/2 (3)

Short delivery from Le Roux and Patel tries to pull but ends up sending it to Shadab at deep square for a catch!

Patel vs Shadab vs Le Roux 8 (8)

Full delivery from Le Roux and beyond. Patel gets a thick edge to the third man boundary for four!

In the second delivery itself! OUT!

Short delivery from Le Roux and approx. Taylor pulls it straight down the field short-handed to catch!

Taylor v Bishnoi v Le Roux 0 (1)

Brevis and Taylor open the MINY chase and Carmi to bowl SFU!

GOAL: 216

Perfect delivery from Adil and Anderson reads it well to flick it over midwicket for a six and end his side’s innings on a strong note!

SFU: 215/5 (20)

Boult picked it up and Shadab tries to scoop but misses and it hits the stumps! OUT!

Shadab b Boult 61 (30)

Ladda gets destroyed again as Ander sends over his midwife for six and gets a quick fifty!

SFU: 151/4 (15)

Ladda complete delivery, on. Shadab hits it over long on for a six, followed by deep extra cover for four. He then hits a short delivery for a six, followed by another six to bring up his fifty in style!

Bad delivery from Hammad, not much pace on offer. Shadab creams it over cover for a six! SHOOT!

Bad delivery from Pollard and Anderson gets the bottom edge to the fine leg boundary for four!

A short delivery from Adil and Shadab taps it backwards over square for a six and then hammers him backwards past point for a four!

SFU: 79/4 (10)

Ladda throws it up, in a full length promo Anderson hammers it over the top of the hand with a huge cube!

Full delivery by Ladda, on middle and Finch tries to strike but doesn’t connect well! It rises high and Pollard catches it at wide long on!

Finch c Pollard b Ladda 9 (13)

SFU: 50/4 (7)

Length delivery by Adil but well read by Finch who sniffs it over the bowler for a six!

Bad delivery from Boult and Anderson misses it at mid-on for four!

Rabada strikes again! Length delivery on and Allen misses his shot to Poland, who backs away at mid off for an easy catch!

Allen c Pollard b Rabada 10 (5)

Boult picks it up and it beats Stoinis’s defence! THE END IS OVER! OUT!

Stoinis b Boult 6 (7)

Boult’s length ball, on. Allen hits it past the hand for four! Then he knocks another four between that point and cover!

Rabada fielded and Wade not in his defense and it hits him in front of the stumps. Wade reviews and three reds on screen!

Wade lbw b Rabada 5 (6)

Short delivery from Boult, width is on offer and Wade hammers it backwards for four!

Boult’s length delivery, on. Allen steers it into extra cover for a single.

Wade and Allen open for SFU as Boult and bowl first for MINY.

SFU: Finch (c), Allen, Wade (wk), Anderson, Stoinis, TAjinder, Bishnoi, Shadab, Carmi, Harris, Plunkett

MINY: Brevis, Pooran (wk), Azam, Taylor, Pollard (c), David, Patel, Ladda, Adil, Rabada, Boult

After winning the toss, SFU captain Finch said: “We have the bat first. It played nicely, it looks on the drier side so looks to get a good score on the board. There are quite a few families here, it’s a great family environment here.”

Meanwhile, MINY captain Pollard said, “We hope our clubs get off to a good start and take some early hits. It looked good, we didn’t know what to expect here, but the curators have done a great job. I’m looking forward to this tournament. T20- cricket is expanding and we want to play our brand.”

San Francisco has won the toss and elected to punt!

Toss is coming soon! PREPARE YOUR FACE FOR AN EXCITING MATCH!

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