San Francisco Unicorns Vs Texas Super Kings Match 14 25 July 2023

14th T20 • Church Street Park • Morrisville

San Francisco Unicorns

171/8 (20)

Texas Super Kings

172/7 (19.1)

TSK won by 3 wickets

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Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Daniel Sams

42(18)

2/47

SFU

TSK

Info

San Francisco Unicorns

171/8 (20)

Batters

Finn Allen

133.33

c Plessis b Sams

Matthew Wade

163.33

c Miller b Santner

Marcus Stoinis

108.33

c Plessis b Coetzee

Shadab Khan

86.96

c Miller b Santner

Corey Anderson

93.33

b Coetzee

Chaitanya Bishnoi

166.67

c Santner b Sams

Aaron Finch

190.00

b Coetzee

Tajinder Singh

100.00

c Plessis b Coetzee

Liam Plunkett

100.00

Not out

Haris Rauf

300.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.55)

171/8

Did not Bat

Carmi le Roux

Bowlers

EXT

11.75

6.67

7.75

7.50

9.00

7.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Finn Allen

c Plessis b Sams

1-4

0.3

Marcus Stoinis

c Plessis b Coetzee

2-31

3.4

Matthew Wade

c Miller b Santner

3-85

10.2

Shadab Khan

c Miller b Santner

4-104

12.5

Corey Anderson

b Coetzee

5-116

15.2

Aaron Finch

b Coetzee

6-151

18.2

Tajinder Singh

c Plessis b Coetzee

7-153

18.4

Chaitanya Bishnoi

c Santner b Sams

8-165

19.4

Texas Super Kings

172/7 (19.1)

Batters

Faf du Plessis

0.00

lbw b le Roux

Devon Conway

111.11

st Wade b Khan

Cody Chetty

80.00

c Wade b Rauf

Milind Kumar

123.81

b Rauf

David Miller

125.00

c Bishnoi b Plunkett

Mitchell Santner

77.78

b Khan

Daniel Sams

233.33

c Tajinder Singh b Stoinis

Calvin Savage *

350.00

Not out

Gerald Coetzee

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 13)

TOTAL

(19.1 Ov, RR: 8.97)

172/7

Did not Bat

Mohammad Mohsin, Rusty Theron

Bowlers

EXT

Carmi le Roux

8.00

Haris Rauf

8.00

Liam Plunkett

3.1

6.32

Shadab Khan

11.25

Chaitanya Bishnoi

6.00

Marcus Stoinis

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Faf du Plessis

lbw b le Roux

1-6

0.2

Cody Chetty

c Wade b Rauf

2-11

1.2

Devon Conway

st Wade b Khan

3-58

8.1

David Miller

c Bishnoi b Plunkett

4-80

10.4

Mitchell Santner

b Khan

5-92

13.1

Milind Kumar

b Rauf

6-162

17.3

Daniel Sams

c Tajinder Singh b Stoinis

7-164

18.4

Match Info

Date & Time

25 Jul, 02:30 AM IST

Venue

Church Street Park, Morrisville

Match

14th T20,

Major League Cricket

Umpires

Rushane Samuels (West Indies), Jermaine Lindo (USA), Aleem Dar (Pakistan, TV)

Referee

Reon King (West Indies)

Toss

San Francisco Unicorns elected to bat

1 6 6 6 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 21

1 3 W 1 0 1

Over 18

Runs: 6

0 0 0 W 1 6

Over 19

Runs: 7

4 4 4 4

Over 20

Runs: 16

All Overs

Player of the Match Daniel Sams

42(18)

2/47

Commentary

The Super Kings seal the second spot, while the Unicorns still have a chance to qualify for the playoffs but for that to happen, they have to rely on Seattle Orcas to beat MI Cape Town tomorrow in the final league match of the day. Join us for the LIVE coverage of that cracking game from 2 am IST, until then, this is Pragadeesh signing off

Daniel Sams (Player of the match) - Just one of those days - Watch the ball and if it's in the zone, just go for it. At times, it works and on other days it doesn't. This surface is a bit slow today with some inconsistent bounce but not bad at all to play the shots. It's good to bounce back after being on the back foot

Texas Super Kings won by 3 wickets
Milind Kumar 52(42) | Matthew Wade 49(30)
Gerald Coetzee 4-31(4) | Haris Rauf 2-32(4)

What a way to seal the playoffs spot. Well, the odds were stacked against the Super Kings when they were at 92-5 but what happened aftermatch was some clean, big and monstrous ball striking from Daniel Sams. This is not an easy pitch to bat due to the slow nature and inconsistent bounce but Sams made a mockery of it by sending everything out of the ground. Milind had a slow start and he was just anchoring the innings until Sams' arrival at the crease. His innings gathered pace slowly and he scored a fighting half-century, much to the delight of the Texas fans at the stands.

The partnership between Sams and Milind turned out to be match-defining in the end. Roux did some magic with the ball inside the powerplay as he removed Faf for a duck to put the Super Kings on the back foot. Chetty's stay was short-lived too and despite Conway staying for a little longer, he didn't make much of an impact as he was striking just over 100.

With Miller and Santner departing cheaply, the Unicorns had the upper hand but they weren't ready for Sams' power-hitting carnival. He did the damage and his wicket turned this game wide open in the penultimate over but Calvin Savage smashed the maximum to reduce the tensions at Texas dug out before Coetzee finished things off in style

19.1 Liam Plunkett to Gerald Coetzee, FOUR! Texas Super Kings qualify for the playoffs. The Yellow flags are flying all over Morrisville. Short of a length and Coetzee punches it over the in-field on the off-side for a boundary

From bowling three dot balls in a row to getting rid of the dangerous Sams, Stoinis did all the hard work in that over to keep his team alive but that juicy full toss shattered all of Unicorns' hopes at the moment

overs

171 /7 score

runs

Calvin Savage *

7 (2)

Gerald Coetzee

1 (1)

Marcus Stoinis

1 /40

18.6 Marcus Stoinis to Calvin Savage, SIX! THAT'S A MONSTER STRIKE! It's indeed savage. Juicy full toss, Savage stands deep in his crease and thumps it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. The scores are tied

18.5 Marcus Stoinis to Gerald Coetzee, full toss outside off, dragged down to long-on for a single

18.4 Marcus Stoinis to Daniel Sams, OUT! GAME ON! Faf looks stunned at the dugout! Stoinis misses the yorker this time and Sams couldn't get underneath the properly. He heaves it towards the fielder stationed at cow corner and Tajinder Singh grabs it

18.3 Marcus Stoinis to Daniel Sams, wide yorker, Sams reaches for it and drives it down to point cover

18.2 Marcus Stoinis to Daniel Sams, gets the yorker right on middle stump, Sams digs it back to the bowler

18.1 Marcus Stoinis to Daniel Sams, full angling on middle and leg, Sams clips it down to mid-wicket. There is big confusion and a direct hit at the non-strikers' end would've ended Savage's stage at the crease

overs

164 /6 score

runs

Daniel Sams *

42 (14)

Calvin Savage

1 (1)

Haris Rauf

2 /32

17.6 Haris Rauf to Daniel Sams, low full toss and it's been driven down to long-on for a single

17.5 Haris Rauf to Daniel Sams, back of a length, Sams ducks under slightly and didn't offer any shot

17.4 Haris Rauf to Calvin Savage, goes full around off, Savage drives it to mid-off for a single

17.3 Haris Rauf to Milind Kumar, BOWLED! OFF-STUMP IS FLATTENED! End of a brilliant knock from Milind. Nails the yorker and it's very quick, Milind was late to bring his bat down and the ball smashes the base of the off-stump

17.2 Haris Rauf to Daniel Sams, back of a length, Sams is sitting on his back foot and pulls it over mid-wicket. They take three runs

17.1 Haris Rauf to Milind Kumar, back of a length outside off, Milind guides it down to deep cover for a single

overs

158 /5 score