SFU vs WF Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Major League Cricket

Qualifier 1 • Grand Prairie Stadium • Texas

San Francisco Unicorns

145 (19.0)

Washington Freedom

149/3 (15.3)

WF won by 7 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

26 Jul, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

TV/Streaming

ESPN+

Match

Qualifier 1,

Major League Cricket 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Gregory Brathwaite (West Indies), Vijaya Mallela (USA), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Washington Freedom elected to bowl

Pitch Report

There's been some rain but the weather is good at the moment. One side of the square is 36 feet longer than the other. A fresh deck with a lot of grass cover has been dished out today. Very, very hard and so it will skid on nicely. It won't all be about the bowling group - the batters will enjoy the surface as well as the dimensions and the breeze. There should be a bit of seam movement too though. The average score has been 163 but the team batting first will need more than that.

1st Innings

164Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

137.67Avg SR

2nd Innings

142Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.29Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 1

SFU

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Washington Freedom

San Francisco Unicorns

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Travis Head

WF . BAT

250 Runs

7 Matches

Steven Smith

WF . BAT

247 Runs

7 Matches

Finn Allen

SFU . BAT

186 Runs

6 Matches

Top Bowlers

Saurabh Netravalkar

WF . BOWL

12 Wkts

5 Matches

Glenn Maxwell

WF . ALL

9 Wkts

6 Matches

Lockie Ferguson

WF . BOWL

9 Wkts

6 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Venue Details

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

1st Innings

164Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

137.67Avg SR

2nd Innings

142Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.29Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

28%Bat First Bowl First72%

Team Batting First

56%Wins Losses44%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 20 • Jul 23 • Major League Cricket

SFU 177/4 (13.4)

WF 174/3 (15.3)

SFU won by 6 wickets (DLS method)

vs live score

Match 17 • Jul 20 • Major League Cricket

TSK 164/10 (19.5)

WF 206/5 (20)

WF won by 42 runs

vs live score

Match 14 • Jul 17 • Major League Cricket

MINY 88/10 (13.3)

WF 182/5 (20)

WF won by 94 runs

vs live score

Match 8 • Jul 12 • Major League Cricket

SEO 124/10 (19.4)

WF 127/5 (18.2)

WF won by 5 wickets

vs live score

Eliminator (3 v 4) • Jul 28 • Major League Cricket

WF 125/9 (20)

MINY 141/7 (20)

MINY won by 16 runs

vs live score

5th Match • Jul 17 • Major League Cricket

TSK 157/7 (20)

WF 163/5 (20)

WF won by 6 runs

vs live score

3rd Match • Jul 15 • Major League Cricket

SEO 148/5 (19.4)

WF 144/7 (20)

SEO won by 5 wickets

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Washington Freedom

San Francisco Unicorns

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 1

SFU

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

146

Average Score

156

206/5

Highest Score

212/7

55/1

Lowest Score

103/10

Player of the Match Travis Head

77(44)

Player of the Series Travis Head

SFU

Info

San Francisco Unicorns

145/10 (19.0)

Batters

Finn Allen

150.00

c AGS Gous b M Jansen

Jake Fraser McGurk

100.00

c M Jansen b S Netravalkar

Sanjay Krishnamurthi

100.00

lbw b R Ravindra

Josh Inglis

114.29

b M Jansen

Sherfane Rutherford

66.67

c I Holland b L Ferguson

Hassan Khan

158.33

st AGS Gous b R Ravindra

Corey Anderson

(C)

136.84

c AJ Pienaar b M Jansen

Pat Cummins

50.00

c AJ Pienaar b S Netravalkar

Haris Rauf

66.67

c G Maxwell b R Ravindra

Carmi le Roux

0.00

b R Ravindra

Juanoy Drysdale

25.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 6)

TOTAL

(19.0 Ov, RR: 7.57)

145/10

Bowlers

EXT

Marco Jansen

11.50

Saurabh Netravalkar

5.75

Lockie Ferguson

3.2

7.20

Rachin Ravindra

2.4

4.13

Glenn Maxwell

6.50

Ian Holland

15.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Finn Allen

c AGS Gous b M Jansen

1-7

0.3

Jake Fraser McGurk

c M Jansen b S Netravalkar

2-35

3.5

Josh Inglis

b M Jansen

3-49

5.6

Sanjay Krishnamurthi

lbw b R Ravindra

4-49

6.3

Sherfane Rutherford

c I Holland b L Ferguson

5-66

10.1

Corey Anderson

c AJ Pienaar b M Jansen

6-127

15.6

Pat Cummins

c AJ Pienaar b S Netravalkar

7-132

16.5

Haris Rauf

c G Maxwell b R Ravindra

8-135

17.3

Carmi le Roux

b R Ravindra

9-135

17.5

Hassan Khan

st AGS Gous b R Ravindra

10-145

19.1

Washington Freedom

149/3 (15.3)

Batters

Travis Head

175.00

Not out

Steven Smith

(C)

33.33

c J Inglis b P Cummins

Andries Gous

64.29

c S Krishnamurthi b Hassan Khan

Rachin Ravindra

33.33

c SE Rutherford b Hassan Khan

Glenn Maxwell *

234.78

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(15.3 Ov, RR: 9.61)

149/3

Did not Bat

Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Marco Jansen, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ian Holland, Lockie Ferguson

Bowlers

EXT

Carmi le Roux

10.67

Pat Cummins

6.33

Haris Rauf

2.3

12.40

Hassan Khan

8.00

Juanoy Drysdale

9.00

Corey Anderson

15.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Steven Smith

c J Inglis b P Cummins

1-2

1.1

Andries Gous

c S Krishnamurthi b Hassan Khan

2-53

6.4

Rachin Ravindra

c SE Rutherford b Hassan Khan

3-64

8.5

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Jul, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

TV/Streaming

ESPN+

Match

Qualifier 1,

Major League Cricket 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Gregory Brathwaite (West Indies), Vijaya Mallela (USA), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Washington Freedom elected to bowl

4 1 1 1wd 2 0 4

Over 13

Runs: 13

4 4 4 1 1wd 1 0

Over 14

Runs: 15

6 1 1 6 0 1

Over 15

Runs: 15

4 6 4

Over 16

Runs: 14

All Overs

Player of the Match Travis Head

77(44)

Player of the Series Travis Head

Commentary

That's all from the Qualifier as we learn who our first finalist is. Join us tomorrow at 6:00 AM for the Challenger between Texas Super Kings and San Francisco Unicorns to see who joins Washington Freedom in the finals. The trio of Soorya, Arya and myself, Lavil Saldanha, take your leave. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and looking to seeing you back soon. Until next time, it is good bye from our sides. SEE YA!

Steve Smith (captain, Washington Freedom): Excellent to finish on the top, it is good to have two bites at the cherry. Credit to ourselves for the win. The bowlers did well to restrict them to 145, Maxwell played really well and Travis Head has been unbelievable as well. He has got really good bat speed, we saw today he was swinging it hard and it was flying away. He finds himself in good positions. Hopefully another big knock loading for him

Corey Anderson (captain, San Francisco Unicorns): It is always tough when you lose 4 wickets early one. We were 20-30 runs short. We were often found searching, Head was doing well and Maxi was hitting them long. The way they play, they hit the ball hard. When you take risks, it pays off sometimes but it doesn't and today was one such case. It is all about picking up yourself and coming back strong

Travis Head is the Player of the Match: Batting in the powerplay has been nice. Was stuck in the fifties so nice to get a big knock and get the side over the finish line. My job is to provide the best start, as fast as I can. I try and go as hard as I can as I have been given that role. It swung a little bit today. Trying to have a clear mind and give myself the best chance. It's about doing my thing. It might sound simple, I have good faith in my abilities.

Rachin Ravindra: Yeah it was good. Smudge trusted me. The boys bowled brilliantly which helped me towards the end. It's all the process. I am understanding the role as the sixth bowler and it's about preparing as well as you can. It's always nice to contribute. Couldn't quite get the runs. It's good for the team to do a job at the top four and chipping in with the wickets. The great thing about franchise cricket is soaking it all in and learn from the coaches and the other players. Learning from these guys are great. I am still learning on the role. It's great to have guys around you who have done the role before. It's about learning from those guys. Looking at each experience and not letting it go and it will help me grow as a cricketer and perform even better if I go back to opening at any stage.

Washington Freedom beat San Francisco Unicorns by 7 wickets and advance to the finals

Travis Head: 77(44b)* | Glenn Maxwell: 54(23b)*
Hassan Khan: 2/32 (4 overs) | Pat Cummins: 1/19 (3 overs)

Fine chase from Washington Freedom. They had a start that was slow according to their standards but then picked up pace, to ensure that they have a couple of days rest before they play the all-important game on Sunday.

They had a shaky start, losing their captain Steve Smith early on in the innings. He was joined by Andries Gous in the middle and while both stitched a valuable partnership, it was Head who the aggressor. Gous looked to go big but holed out deep midwicket. Head was then joined by Rachin in the middle, but the young Kiwi couldn't replicate his performance with the ball in hand with the willow.

Head took the onus on himself and sped the scoring. He breached his 50 and then went all out against the Unicorns' bowling attack. Runs came off the bat, sometimes off the middle, sometimes off the edge. He decided the course of the game in the over against Corey Anderson where he smashed the all-rounder for consecutive boundaries off three deliveries. At the other end, Maxwell went after spin like a raging bull and picked up maximums whenever possible. Maxwell ended the game in style, smashing Rauf for 4,6 and 4 in the last three deliveries, winning the game with 4 and a half overs to spare.

San Francisco Unicorns have themselves to blame. After failing to put up a substantial total, they were subpar with the ball in hand. Hassan Khan picked up 2 wickets, backing up his 50 with the bat earlier. Pat Cummins was the only other bowler who managed to pick up a wicket as the other bowlers were carted away to the fence. They will now be facing Texas Super Kings tomorrow and will look to come out on top in that contest.

Let's now go down and hear what the captains have to say

15.3 Haris Rauf to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Game set and match for the Washington Freedom. Another back of a length delivery around off, Maxwell backs away and slams it away towards the widish long-on boundary. Washington Freedom directly qualify for the final.

15.2 Haris Rauf to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! This is disdainful from Maxwell. Rauf again bangs it in short, Maxwell gets into position early and absolutely swats that away from his presence, lands on the boundary cushions near deep midwicket.

Haris Rauf (2-0-17-0) comes back into the attack. He will be bowling to Glenn Maxwell on strike

Hassan Khan had a good game before Glenn Maxwell took him to the cleaners. Khan has conceded 4 sixes in this game off two overs against Maxwell, with the Victorian making a big dent into Khan's figures. Washington only a stones throw away from winning this contest as they need 11 runs to win in 30 balls

15.1 Haris Rauf to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! That has been slapped from his presence by Rauf. Bangs it in short, Maxwell opens the front leg, waits for the ball to arrive and slams it down towards the vacant deep square leg boundary.

overs

135 /3 score

runs

Glenn Maxwell *

40 (20)

Travis Head

77 (44)

Hassan Khan

2 /32

14.6 Hassan Khan to Glenn Maxwell, quicker and fuller around the middle stump, Maxwell digs this away towards the long on region for a single.

14.5 Hassan Khan to Glenn Maxwell, full quick yorker around the middle stump, Maxwell just about manages to dig that out.

14.4 Hassan Khan to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! Maxwell has taken a liking to Hassan Khan. This time a slowish tossed-up delivery a tad outside off, Maxwell waits for it and climbs into it, swiped from well outside off and clears the long on fence.

14.3 Hassan Khan to Travis Head, works away the fuller one on the pads, towards the square leg region for a single.

14.2 Hassan Khan to Glenn Maxwell, swings away the tossed-up delivery on a fuller-length, down towards the deep midwicket region from the inside half of the bat and settles for a single.

14.1 Hassan Khan to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! This is another monstrous blow from Glenn Maxwell. On a fuller-length a shade outside off, again Maxwell goes down on one knee and sends that many a mile over the midwicket fence. Nailed the slog sweep on that occasion.

Hassan Khan (3-0-17-2) comes back into the attack and will be bowling to Glenn Maxwell on strike

Chance goes begging for Unicorns, who could have had their man but unlucky for them that Rutherford failed to pouch it cleanly, despite a spectacular effort from him. 3 boundaries earlier in the over from Head has put them in a good position as Freedom need 26 runs to win in 36 balls

overs

120 /3 score

1wd

runs

Travis Head *

76 (43)

Glenn Maxwell

26 (15)

Corey Anderson

0 /15

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