Washington Freedom A thrilling 12-rin winned flexibility and fast bowling San francisco unicorn Match in 19 Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025The high-octane encounter at the Grand Preary Stadium saw Washington’s independence successfully protecting the target of 169, thanking a great batting attempt and an extraordinary personal bowling performance, which bowed to the scales in his favor. This result further accelerates the competition which is proving to be a fiercely contested tournament.
Washington Freedom’s innings: Glenn Philips and Power-Hitrs set stage
After winning the toss, Washington Freedom chose to bat, a decision that was initially filled with peril as he lost the initial wickets. Opener Mitchell Owen fell for a duck on the first ball, and quickly chased with Andrees Gus (1 of 2) with Rachin Ravindra (9 runs 9). However, the innings was stabilized by a significant partnership between Jack Edwards and Glenn Philips. Edwards played an anchor, scored 42 runs from 42 delivery to a patient, adorned with a solitary four and two sixes. Glenn Philips then accelerated the scoring, the top scoring for Freedom with a brilliant 58 runs on just 39 balls, including 2 fours and 3 maximum, showing their clean hitting prices.
👏🫡 50 up for Glen Philips! There was a lot of need from that!
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As the innings reached his close friends, Obas Pionar injectioned a very important speed with a blistering with only 12 balls, broke 2 fours and 2 sixes, while Mukhtar Ahmed’s Quickfire 17 of 9 delivery (1 four, 1 six) finished on a strong note on a strong note. Xavier Bartlett is a standout artist. He exploded through Freedom Top Order and claimed an impressive 4 wickets for 32 runs out of his four overs. Haris Rauf and Romario Shepherd also pasted one wicket with Apis, but the Unicorn’s attack scored important runs in the overs of death, allowing freedom to reach a rescue score.
San Francisco Unicorn’s Chase: Matthew Short Fightback and Mitchell Owen’s heroes
Chasing 170 for victory, San Francisco Unicorn’s innings was largely defined by a brilliant attack from his opener, Matthew Short. Finn Alan for 7 quickly and despite losing Jake Fraser-Mackgurk for 3, Short made a powerful counter-attack. He dominated the Washington Freedom bowlers, away a brilliant 67 runs away from just 40 balls, hitting 4 fours and 6 large -scale sixes in an innings, who sing their team in a single. Sanjay Krishnamurthy provided some stability with 24 runs off 21 balls, and later, Jahar Hamilton played the hopes of Unicorn 3 fours and a six in 31 delivery for 31 runs.
However, Washington changed decisively in favor of freedom through Mitchell Owen’s extraordinary bowling. Despite a golden duck with the bat, Owen redeemed himself vigorously with the ball, leading a match -winning magic that destroyed Unicorn’s chase. He recorded surprising figures of 5 wickets for just 17 runs from his 3 overs, taking important wickets at regular intervals, including important Matthew Short skulls, which broke the back of the chase. Amila Aponso (1 wicket for 23 runs), Jack Edwards (1 wicket for 22), Rachin Ravindra (1 wicket for 27 runs), and Ian Holland (1 wicket for 23 runs), Unicorn could never recover. Finally, San Francisco Unicorn ended its 20 overs for 9 at 157Falling less than 12 runs in an entertaining competition.
✅ WF defeated SFU by 12 runs!
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Owen’s remarkable five-wickets, which effectively returned the speed in Washington Freedom after an unstable beginning, gave him a well-worthy player of the match award. The victory helped Washington Freedom and San Francisco Unicorn’s victory streak and secured a place for itself in the playoffs.
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