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Match Details
SFU vs TSK Challenger, MLC 2024
TSK
190-420.0
San Francisco Unicorns won by 10 runs 🏆
SFU
20.0200-6
Player of the Match
Finn Allen
San Francisco Unicorns101(53)
TSK - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 58 | 77 | 10 Over | 109 | 91 | 15 Over | 131 | 137 |
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SFU - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 56 | 66 | 10 Over | 100 | 96 | 15 Over | 147 | 152 | 20 Over | 201 | 200 |
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That's all from us from this exhilarating knockout game between San Francisco Unicorns and Texas Super Kings. The Unicorns held their nerves and got the win by 10 runs in this run-fest. They will now take on Washington Freedom in the summit clash on Monday.
This is Ajay Pal Singh signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Hitesh Peddurwar, who along with our scorer/analyst Ghanedra Singh Thakur brought you all the live updates from this fixture. We will meet again soon. Until then, it is goodbye!
This is Ajay Pal Singh signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Hitesh Peddurwar, who along with our scorer/analyst Ghanedra Singh Thakur brought you all the live updates from this fixture. We will meet again soon. Until then, it is goodbye!
Corey Anderson( San Francisco Unicorns Captain): " I think. as a whole different guys have chipped at different times, today Finn chipped and played an exceptional knock.
Whenever someone scores a 100 in T20 cricket it's gonna be special. Guys have done their roles and played their part.
Haris Rauf and Pat Cummins are world-class players It's handy to have this guy to bowl at the backend so I keep the conversation simple, and also lucky that we had a bit of extra runs on the board.
The catch of Faf just stuck in the hands, it's good to have such catches as Faf was looking really dangerous."
Whenever someone scores a 100 in T20 cricket it's gonna be special. Guys have done their roles and played their part.
Haris Rauf and Pat Cummins are world-class players It's handy to have this guy to bowl at the backend so I keep the conversation simple, and also lucky that we had a bit of extra runs on the board.
The catch of Faf just stuck in the hands, it's good to have such catches as Faf was looking really dangerous."
Faf du Plessis (Texas Super Kings Captain): "Look I think, starting today, we weren't at our best. We were a little bit soft. Both teams' fielding was not good today.
If you take his (Finn Allen) 100 away, no one from their side get a good score. Just not good enough skill (on what went wrong with the catching).
You can see that culture (Super Kings backing players to the tee) shining through. He (Josh Tromp) didn't have a good season, we backed him. Hopefully, he goes back, works hard and comes back again next season.
I felt it was a bit above average (on a part score). A guy that is going, needed to keep going. That one innings felt like he kept on going. If you look throughout the game, it was not the case for all the other batters. I thought 185 would be a par score. We started nicely and then there was a time in the middle, where we lost a few wickets.
I thought season 2 was played on better surfaces. The fans are coming out is amazing. We wanna come here and see people in the stands."
If you take his (Finn Allen) 100 away, no one from their side get a good score. Just not good enough skill (on what went wrong with the catching).
You can see that culture (Super Kings backing players to the tee) shining through. He (Josh Tromp) didn't have a good season, we backed him. Hopefully, he goes back, works hard and comes back again next season.
I felt it was a bit above average (on a part score). A guy that is going, needed to keep going. That one innings felt like he kept on going. If you look throughout the game, it was not the case for all the other batters. I thought 185 would be a par score. We started nicely and then there was a time in the middle, where we lost a few wickets.
I thought season 2 was played on better surfaces. The fans are coming out is amazing. We wanna come here and see people in the stands."
Finn Allen (Player of the Match):" Yeah, obviously we knew it's not gonna be easy to defend against the Texas batting lineup. It was a quality knock by Devon he has been doing it in all the tournaments, I guess it was out day. I just wanted to get deep in the crease and spend some time with Jake. The way the wicket was playing, it was difficult to hit against the back of the length deliveries so I was cashing in on the fuller length deliveries."
Most Valuable Player Of The Match: Finn Allen
Play Of The Day: Corey Anderson
Power Hitter Of The Match: Finn Allen
9:44 AM IST & 11:14 PM Local Time: It is time for the post-match presentations.
Juanoy Drysdale: "It feels great, I have made use of this opportunity. All of New York is watching its a proud moment for us. We just stuck to the basic and hit the back of the length on top of the off-stump. I liked the wicket of Marcus Stoinis. The ball was wobbling a bit so it was difficult to catch. We are gonna pop champaign and celebrate."
9:34 AM IST & 11:04 PM Local Time: That's it. San Francisco Unicorns held their nerves in the end and managed to squeeze out a win to book a finals date with Washington Freedom. They beat Texas Super Kings by 10 runs in the Challenger and it was the big-game player Pat Cummins who bowled his side to victory.
Earlier in the match, Texas Super Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. Their fielding was way below par and they conceded 200 runs from 20 overs.
Finn Allen scored a magnificent century, scoring 101 off 53 to set the tone with the bat for the Unicorns.
Josh Inglis (33) and Hassan Khan (27) were the other notable contributors with the bat for the Unicorns.
Noor Ahmad was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with figures of 3/27 in a game where 200 runs were scored in an innings. Marcus Stoinis, Ottneil Baartman and Mohammad Mohsin all picked up one wicket each as the Unicorns posted 200/6.
In reply, Faf du Plessis and Devon Conway got the Super Kings off to a flying start. They added 55 runs in 4.2 overs before Faf was dismissed thanks to a world-class catch by Corey Anderson at mid off.
Aaron Hardie played a good hand but he perished for 19 off 15. Milind Kumar and Marcus Stoinis failed to contribute with the bat.
Josh Tromp and Devon Conway stitched together an unbeaten stand of 100 for the 5th wicket but it wasn't enough as they fell short by 10 runs.
Juanoy Drysdale picked up two wickets for 33, while Carmi le Roux and Hassan Khan both picked up a wicket each to restrict TSK to 190/4 from their 20 overs. Stay tuned for the post-match presentation.
Earlier in the match, Texas Super Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. Their fielding was way below par and they conceded 200 runs from 20 overs.
Finn Allen scored a magnificent century, scoring 101 off 53 to set the tone with the bat for the Unicorns.
Josh Inglis (33) and Hassan Khan (27) were the other notable contributors with the bat for the Unicorns.
Noor Ahmad was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with figures of 3/27 in a game where 200 runs were scored in an innings. Marcus Stoinis, Ottneil Baartman and Mohammad Mohsin all picked up one wicket each as the Unicorns posted 200/6.
In reply, Faf du Plessis and Devon Conway got the Super Kings off to a flying start. They added 55 runs in 4.2 overs before Faf was dismissed thanks to a world-class catch by Corey Anderson at mid off.
Aaron Hardie played a good hand but he perished for 19 off 15. Milind Kumar and Marcus Stoinis failed to contribute with the bat.
Josh Tromp and Devon Conway stitched together an unbeaten stand of 100 for the 5th wicket but it wasn't enough as they fell short by 10 runs.
Juanoy Drysdale picked up two wickets for 33, while Carmi le Roux and Hassan Khan both picked up a wicket each to restrict TSK to 190/4 from their 20 overs. Stay tuned for the post-match presentation.
OVER 20
Texas Super Kings
190/4
Devon Conway
62(38)
Joshua Tromp
56(36)
Pat Cummins
0-50(4.0)
19.6 P Cummins to J Tromp
1 It's done and dusted! San Francisco Unicorns have done it, they have won this game by 10 runs and have booked their seat in the final. Excellent final over by Pat Cummins. Fuller length delivery outside the off-stump line, Tromp makes some room and drills it towards the deep point region and manages to get only one run out of it.
Swing and a miss. That should be it for the Unicorns. Cummins the man again delivering at a decisive time.
19.5 P Cummins to J Tromp
0 A dot delivery and it's almost over for TSK now. Pat Cummins has held his nerve and bowled beautifully so far. Over the wicket. Yorker outside the off-stump line, Tromp looks to smack it on the off-side but misses it.
2 balls and TSK need 2 sixes to go to the final.
19.4 P Cummins to D Conway
1 Short delivery on the off-stump line, Conway gets under it and swats it towards man at mid-off, he fails to place it over him.
13 runs required from the last 3 balls. It is all on the line. This ball has to go the boundary for TSK.
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