- BATSMENRB4s6sSR13.2 Ali Khan gets Wade! And he gives him a bit of a send-off! Full and wide outside off stump. Wade absolutely laces his lofted cover drive. The only problem, though, is that he has picked out Dry to perfection at deep cover. The fielder nearly makes a meal of it but completes the catch after a sweet, little juggling act! 147/37.4 Narine breaks through! Length delivery just outside off stump that spins away again. Allen, because he is not picking Narine out of the hand, tries to sweep it. The ball holds in the surface just enough to take the top edge and go miles up into the air. The keeper calls early and completes the catch in the end! 88/112.3 and it immediately pays dividends! Full and angled across the batter outside off. Stoinis tries to dig it out and muscle it over long off. The ball is too full to allow him to get underneath it completely and he arrows it to long off's left. Johnson judges the catch to perfection, dives forward and completes a superb take! 143/216.4 straight to long off! Shortish outside off but this seems to skid through just a shade. Shadab, sitting back in his crease, tries to muscle it over long off. Gets decent power on it but not the elevation. Johnson settles himself at long off and does the rest! 175/418.5 Anderson perishes! Full and hung outside off. Anderson tries to drag it over cow corner but because the ball is so wide, he cannot generate the requisite power. Arrows it straight to Dry at deep mid wicket, who completes the catch comfortably! 201/518.6 two in two for Zampa! Fired in full on middle and leg stump. Tajinder tries to smash it into tomorrow but is cramped for room. Cannot extend his arms full and ends up shanking it straight to Roy at long on! 201/619.6 length delivery on leg stump. Finch is cramped for room and tugs it towards deep mid wicket. Bishnoi wants to come back for the second but Finch sends him back. The fielder fires it at the batter's end and Malhotra whips off the bails, with Bishnoi well short of his ground! 212/7Extras17 (lb 2, nb 1, w 14)TOTAL212/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.6)Fall of wickets: 1-88 (Finn Allen, 7.4 ov), 2-143 (Marcus Stoinis, 12.3 ov), 3-147 (Matthew Wade, 13.2 ov), 4-175 (Shadab Khan, 16.4 ov), 5-201 (Corey Anderson, 18.5 ov), 6-201 (Tajinder Singh, 18.6 ov), 7-212 (Chaitanya Bishnoi, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SH Johnson 4 0 21 0 5.25 12 3 0 0 0 Ali Khan 3.4 0 61 1 16.63 7 7 3 1 1 AD Russell 3.2 0 32 1 9.60 7 2 2 3 0 CA Dry 1 0 21 0 21.00 1 0 3 0 0 A Zampa 4 0 41 3 10.25 9 2 4 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 34 1 8.50 8 2 1 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.5 chops it on! Rauf is absolutely pumped! Slower delivery dug into the track outside off stump. Roy, for a change, does not pick the slower one and loses his shape while swinging. Chunks it off the inside edge and it smashes into the stumps. Roy is disappointed, Rauf jubilant! 55/17.4 taken at deep mid wicket! Given a hint of air on a full length on middle and leg. Chand has a massive slog across the line and gets plenty of elevation. He is hitting to the longer side, though, and Stoinis completes the catch well inside the fence! 71/210.5 how has he gotten it there! This strange over gets even stranger! Off-pace delivery on a back of a length outside off stump. Nitish, confident after a hat-trick of third man boundaries, gets funky again and looks for the reverse ramp. He is so early into the stroke this time, though, that he ends up chipping it to short fine leg! 103/311.6 Shadab gets the better of Rossouw! Another googly on a length way outside off. This one sticks in the surface and Rossouw, trying to knock it down the ground for a single, ends up offering a fairly regulation return catch to Shadab. Massive, massive moment in the game! 113/413.1 straight to deep backward square leg! Shadab has another! Length delivery on off stump. Malhotra, perhaps because he has not been picking Shadab too well, deploys the sweep. Hits it well but picks out Tajinder to absolute perfection! 116/5Extras10 (b 1, lb 6, w 3)TOTAL191/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.55)Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Jason Roy, 4.5 ov), 2-71 (Unmukt Chand, 7.4 ov), 3-103 (Nitish Kumar, 10.5 ov), 4-113 (Rilee Rossouw, 11.6 ov), 5-116 (Jaskaran Malhotra, 13.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB C le Roux 4 0 30 0 7.50 9 3 1 1 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 40 1 10.00 10 2 4 0 0 Shadab Khan 4 0 26 2 6.50 8 1 1 0 0 MP Stoinis 4 0 39 0 9.75 6 1 3 2 0 C Bishnoi 1 0 4 1 4.00 2 0 0 0 0 LE Plunkett 2 0 27 0 13.50 4 1 3 0 0 CJ Anderson 1 0 18 1 18.00 1 4 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
San Francisco Unicorns , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
18 July 2023 - night match (20-over match)
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 - 75 runs, 0 wicket)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (MS Wade 42, FH Allen 9, Ex 1)
- MS Wade: 50 off 21 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 75/0 in 6.0 overs (MS Wade 64, FH Allen 9)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 100 runs in 8.4 overs (53 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (MS Wade 11, MP Stoinis 33, Ex 6)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 150 runs in 13.4 overs (83 balls), Extras 14
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 154/3 in 14.0 overs (Shadab Khan 4, CJ Anderson 1)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 200 runs in 18.3 overs (112 balls), Extras 16
- Over 19.3: Review by Los Angeles Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - C Bishnoi (Struck down)
- Innings Break: San Francisco Unicorns - 212/7 in 20.0 overs (AJ Finch 12)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 3.4: Review by San Francisco Unicorns (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - JJ Roy (Struck down)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (JJ Roy 41, UBT Chand 8, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 83/2 in 9.0 overs (NR Kumar 14, RR Rossouw 2)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 132/5 in 16.0 overs (AD Russell 10, SP Narine 6)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 150 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 9
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (AD Russell 33, SP Narine 15, Ex 5)
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