11.5 Head falls! Slower ball on a length outside off, asking Head to drag it. He takes up the challenge but does not get the power or the distance he is after. Miscues it slightly and Rashid, stood right on the long on fence, does the rest. A sprightly knock, although Head will walk back gutted at having not caused more damage! 105/2

4.2 catch it is the cry, and the catch is taken! Slowed up slightly on a length on off. Smith winds up for the big slog sweep but the ball seems to just hold in the surface a shade. Bounces extra too and Smith gets it high on the bat. Shanks it towards deep mid wicket, where Jahangir settles under it and makes no mistake. Crucial breakthrough! 32/1

19.6 holes out to long on! Pollard gets his second, and Washington finish on 182! Full outside off and this is in the slot to be hit. Gous has a swing at it but is early into the stroke. Clinks it off the toe-end and Boult makes no mistake! 182/5

15.2 cleaned up! Googly on a back of a length and more crucially, at the stumps. Maxwell has decided that he wants to get the reverse away but picks the wrong sort of ball. Comes off slightly slower than he expects and he ends up swatting away a few flies, rather than making contact. Hears the death rattle soon after, and that is a big moment in the game! 126/3

19.3 false stroke induced, catch completed! Seam-up, pace-on and bowled into the track outside off. Ravindra is probably expecting the slower one, meaning that the ball hurries onto him. He is a little late on his swipe and skews it off the top edge. Pooran settles under it and does the rest! 175/4

0.3 Taylor falls for a duck! Hard length, angled into middle and leg. On pitching, though, the ball straightens just enough, squaring up Taylor completely, who was anyway looking to work to leg. The ball flies off the leading edge and Ravindra snares the chance at short third! 0/1

4.1 straight to long leg, and MI New York are four down! Short ball on leg stump that ought to have been put away. Jahangir, in his defence, gets a good chunk of it but hits it uppishly. He also picks out Ferguson, and Jahangir cannot quite believe what he has done. Smiles all around in the Washington camp, and that is because they know they are in the ascendancy! 13/4

1.5 Jasdeep into the wicket-taking act as well! Banged in short on off stump and this keeps coming back into Patel with the angle. He looks to pull but cannot free his arms. Gets tucked up completely and splices it straight to mid on. Soft dismissal, and MINY are rocking early! 9/2

3.4 single denied the last ball, and Brevis perishes! This has happened so often in cricket. Brevis looks to bash this back of a length ball over mid on but like it did with Patel, the ball gets big on him. Cannot extend his arms and he splices it tamely to Ferguson at mid on. MINY reeling now! 13/3

5.4 goes a mile up, and taken at deep backward square leg! Full on leg stump and Pooran thinks he can smash this over the fence. Has a huge swing at it but skews it off the top edge. The ball comes down with ice on it but when it does, Pienaar gobbles it up. MINY sink further into trouble! 25/5

6.4 hot knife through butter! Fuller, honing into middle and off. Jags back in sharply and Pollard's feet are stuck to concrete. Has to reach out and that signals the death knell because the ball bursts through the gap, kisses the pad and then smashes into the stumps! 25/6

10.5 did that carry? Looks like it did, and that is a stunning grab! Off-pace again, offering width to Shepherd. He thinks he can cash in and swishes hard at it. The ball skews off the top edge and loops towards short third, where Jasdeep judges it well and then dives forward to complete a sensational catch. Jasdeep is having a day out, Washington are having a day out; MINY, meanwhile, having a day to forget! 76/8

8.1 edged and taken! Rashid reviews straightaway! Dug into the track outside off. Rashid winds up big time and then nearly swings himself off his feet. Seems like he has nicked it through to the keeper, but the quickness of the review might suggest otherwise. Well, there is a clear spike when the ball is next to the bat. Marais Erasmus rarely gets anything wrong, and Rashid has to go! 43/7

13.1 miscued, and caught! Fizzed through on a length just outside off. Boult has an agricultural swipe across the line and loses shape, unsurprisingly. Cuts across it too much and the ball lobs up towards extra cover. Holland gets under it and holds on! 88/9

13.3 that will be that! A 94-run victory and Washington Freedom march into the playoffs! Zipped in on a length on middle and off. Adil has an enormous mow across the line and misses. The ball crashes into the stumps, and that personifies what has been a very bad day at the office for the defending champions! 88/10