Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026 Two contrasting competitions were held on Friday Texas Super Kings (TSK) And San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) Won in Oakland. While the Texas cruise crossed Mi New York (Mini) In a low-scoring encounter, the Unicorns held their composure as they fought hard to claim top spot in the standings Seattle Orcas (SO) To continue its impressive campaign.
The opening game witnessed dominance of the bowlers throughout before Texas Super Kings chased down the modest target of 128 runs. Later in the day, fans witnessed one of the most dramatic finales of the season. brody couch A brilliant all-round performance that led San Francisco Unicorns to a two-wicket win.
Texas Super Kings beat MI New York in a low-scoring match
After TSK elected to field first, Texas Super Kings displayed disciplined bowling adam milne strike quickly and Donovan Ferreira Taking three wickets, MI restricted New York to 52/5 inside seven overs. A struggling unbeaten 26 runs Sunny PatelUseful contributions from the lower order helped the team recover, but their total of 127/9 ultimately proved inadequate.
Chasing the target was not as easy as the Texas batsmen struggled for pace on the difficult surface. Saiteja Mukkamalla Whereas, took the innings forward with a patient inning of 38 runs in 37 balls. Faf du Plessis, Riley Rossouw And Ferreira made useful contributions. Although TSK needed 19 overs to reach the target, they never let the asking rate go out of control and eventually won by six wickets. The result marked their third win in five matches and took them to the top of the MLC 2026 points table for the time being.
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Brodie Couch steals last-over thriller as San Francisco Unicorn
The second match witnessed an unforgettable encounter when San Francisco Unicorns achieved the target of 192 runs with only two wickets remaining. After this the Seattle Orcas looked to be headed for a huge score Shayan Jahangir Scored 62 runs in just 25 balls Matthew Britzke The pair helped the Orcas reach 138/1 after ten overs before a dramatic collapse of the innings.
Couch started the upset by taking three wickets Ghulam Mudassar, matthew short And Xavier Bartlett The duo combined to bowl out Seattle for 191 after losing nine wickets for just 53 runs. The Unicorns had a disappointing start to their chase as they read 26/3 inside four overs. However, adolescent cognition luan-dre pretorius Made headlines once again by playing a sensational inning of 87 runs in just 36 balls.
Just when victory seemed certain, Seattle staged a spectacular comeback by removing Pretorius and setting off another collapse that saw the Unicorns slump to 163/8. With 29 runs still needed, Couch completed his memorable innings. The all-rounder hit crucial boundaries, including a huge six in the final over, before remaining unbeaten on 26 to give San Francisco Unicorns a dramatic two-wicket win with just two balls remaining. His match-winning contributions with both bat and ball earned him the Player of the Match award in one of the most thrilling finales of the MLC 2026 season.
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