28/06Result
15th Match (N), Major League Cricket at Oakland, Jun 28 2026
SF won by 8 wkts (29b rem)
Player of the Match
Lhuan-dre PretoriusSan Francisco Unicorns
28/06Result
15th Match (N), Major League Cricket at Oakland, Jun 28 2026
SF won by 8 wkts (29b rem)
Player of the Match
Lhuan-dre PretoriusSan Francisco Unicorns

Steve Smith, Washington Freedom Captain: Player: I chose to bat. Maybe it was a bit of a miscalculation on our part. It was a little wetter tonight than it had been over the last couple of games, so batting second might have been a bit nicer. But you can't take anything away from Pretorius and Finn; their hitting was world-class, and it's pretty tough to stop when those two get going. We thought 190 was a decent total on that wicket in the first innings. Obviously, we're disappointed with the way we started with the ball. They got off to a flying start and took the game away from us. But I thought we batted reasonably well. We played three games and got one win. It would've been nice to get two, but it's been great to play in front of the fans. We've had good fun, and now it's onto the next leg

Unicorns soar to the top of the table with an emphatic victory! Lhuan-dré Pretorius and Finn Allen raced to 100 in the powerplay, and that basically put the game to bed, making life easy for the batters to come. Matthew Short and Aaron Hardie did the remaining work and capped off a comfortable win, making 190 look like 120. Thanks to Pretorius' ballistic batting and Allen's awesome pyrotechnics, the game quickly became one-way traffic. There was nothing for the bowlers on this track and it was all about the class of the openers. Earlier, Washington Freedom posted a decent total and would have been fairly content with what they got on the board but they were left stunned by the young next big thing, Pretorius, who went berserk from ball one. What a special talent he is! Hope you were entertained as much as we were. That's it from this cracking game. See you in the next leg of the MLC. Till then, good night and goodbye.

15.1
4
Owen to Short, FOUR, Over the wicket, shorter in length around the line off, stands tall and he uses brute power to chomp it into the gap at deep midwicket; ends the match with a solid thump! Handshakes all-around as SFU register a thumping win!

END OF OVER:
15 | 9 Runs | SF: 189/2 (2 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 12.60, RRR: 0.40)

  • Matthew Short30 (25b)
  • Aaron Hardie42 (22b)
  • Amila Aponso3-0-44-0
  • Marco Jansen3-0-40-1
14.6
1
Aponso to Short, 1 run, Lands it full on off, squeezed out to cover, a fumble allows them to comfortably complete a run, WF's fielding has been under the scanner
14.5
0
Aponso to Short, no run, Lures him with the bait and he tries to mow it downtown, hits down the wrong line, beaten
14.4
1
Aponso to Hardie, 1 run, Length ball and straight at the stumps, nudged to backward square region
14.3
1
Aponso to Short, 1 run, Tossed and skidding on quickly onto his body, mishits behind square on leg side
14.2
0
Aponso to Short, no run, Tossed up wicket to wicket, blocked back to the bowler
14.1
6
Aponso to Short, SIX, Around the wicket, bows it full and it doesn't spin much, right into his hitting arc, he springs down the track and hits it with more power than a supernova, over long-on for a six, hurry to get back home

END OF OVER:
14 | 14 Runs | SF: 180/2 (11 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 12.85, RRR: 1.83)

  • Aaron Hardie41 (21b)
  • Matthew Short22 (20b)
  • Marco Jansen3-0-40-1
  • Nikhil Chaudhary4-0-29-1
13.6
0
Jansen to Hardie, no run, Pinpoint accurate yorker on middle, he digs it out back to the bowler
13.5
4
Jansen to Hardie, FOUR, Put down by Netravalkar at deep square leg, scruffy work in the field continues. Shorter rising ball chest height, tries to control a pull and gets a lift and a four
13.4
4
Jansen to Hardie, FOUR, Over the wicket, length-ish ball into the leg-stump, throws his bat at it and slices it into the gap at third man for a four, nicely cut away in-fact, nothing streaky about it on the second look
13.3
1
Jansen to Short, 1 run, Fraction short and attacks the stumps, punched through the line to mid-off for a quick single
13.2
1
Jansen to Hardie, 1 run, Shorter in length and kicking back at middle, worked calmly to midwicket and is content to deal in singles
13.1
4
Jansen to Hardie, FOUR, Around the wicket, bowled short on off, no real movement, stays firmly rooted deep in crease and that's a glorious shot, whacks it away to deep midwicket

END OF OVER:
13 | 8 Runs | SF: 166/2 (25 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 12.76, RRR: 3.57)

  • Aaron Hardie28 (16b)
  • Matthew Short21 (19b)
  • Nikhil Chaudhary4-0-29-1
  • Lockie Ferguson3-0-45-0
12.6
1
Chaudhary to Hardie, 1 run, Pushed on a length at leg-stump, paddled away with control to deep backward square
12.5
1
Chaudhary to Short, 1 run, Lobbed up quicker and fuller on fourth stump line, eased to cover for a single
12.4
0
Chaudhary to Short, no run, Good length just outside off, pressed out to cover-point
12.3
1
Chaudhary to Hardie, 1 run, Touch fuller on off, driven along the floor to extra cover
12.2
4
Chaudhary to Hardie, FOUR, Looped up on a length and pushed wider of off, slog swept powerfully and dropped by Smith at short midwicket, goes through his hands, maybe he didn't pick it up
12.1
1
Chaudhary to Short, 1 run, Over the wicket, length and turning away from off a touch, hits with panache to cover

END OF OVER:
12 | 12 Runs | SF: 158/2 (33 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 13.16, RRR: 4.12)

  • Aaron Hardie22 (13b)
  • Matthew Short19 (16b)
  • Lockie Ferguson3-0-45-0
  • Nikhil Chaudhary3-0-21-1
11.6
0
Ferguson to Hardie, no run, Befuddles him with the cunning slower one, shorter just outside off, mistimed a pull as the ball rolls over off the splice to Ferguson
11.5
0
Ferguson to Hardie, no run, Hits a fuller length just outside off, thumped through the line towards the bowler

SF 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st102FH AllenLG Pretorius
2nd23MW ShortLG Pretorius
3rd68MW ShortAM Hardie