San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) continued his excellent performance Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026 With a spectacular win by nine wickets Mi New York (Mini) In the 23rd match of the tournament at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas. After producing a disciplined bowling performance to restrict MI New York to a low score, the table-toppers made light work of the chase thanks to a sensational unbeaten century. luan-dre pretorius.
The left-handed opening batsman played one of his finest innings of the season, remaining unbeaten on 102 off just 52 balls as the Unicorns chased down the target of 144 in just 15.4 overs.
Matthew Short leads disciplined bowling effort against MI New York
MI New York got off to a fast start when asked to bat first Ryan Rickelton Attacking the bowlers. However, the captain of the San Francisco Unicorns matthew short Turned the match in his favor with a brilliant spell. Short shot, out in three consecutive overs quinton de kock, Monank Patel And Rickelton had to leave MI New York at 56/3. Rickelton scored the highest score of 35 runs in 21 balls. Sunny Patel Contributed 32 runs in 23 deliveries.
nicholas puran And Kieron Pollard Tried to recreate the first innings Anirudh Emmanuel Pollard out. Pooran also failed to convert his starts, leaving MI New York under pressure once again. There was a useful partnership of 43 runs between Patel and corey anderson The former champions were able to recover a bit, but San Francisco’s bowlers continued to strike at regular intervals and restricted them to 143/9 in 20 overs.
Short finished as the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/24 aaron hardy (2/17) and Haris Rauf (2/24) provided excellent support.
Luan-Dre Pretorius leads Unicorns to another solid win
Chasing 144, Pretorius wasted no time in putting MI New York bowlers under pressure. he welcomed trent bolt With fours and a six in the initial over, San Francisco scored 52 runs without any loss in the powerplay. Although finn allen After being dismissed for 20, Pretorius continued to chase the target. He brought up his maiden T20 half-century in just 30 balls before gaining further momentum in the closing stages.
When the Unicorns needed only 28 runs and Pretorius needed 25 runs for his century, the opening batsman produced another explosive burst. He hit four fours in one over of Boult before taking over the innings. Rushil Ugarkar To complete both the win and his first T20 century in spectacular fashion. Pretorius remained unbeaten on 102 off just 52 balls, an innings that included ten fours and five sky-scraping sixes. He sealed both the win and the century with a four as the San Francisco Unicorns reached 146/1 in just 15.4 overs, and won comprehensively by nine wickets with 26 balls remaining.
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