News Update
Tezzbuzz|23-07-2024
Indian-origin batsmen Sanjay Krishnamurthi and Josh Inglis (Josh Inglis) helped San Francisco Unicorns beat Washington Freedom by 6 wickets according to DLS in the Major League Cricket 2024 match played at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Tuesday (July 23).
After being invited to bat first, Washington's team scored 174 runs for the loss of 3 wickets on the basis of half-centuries by Steve Smith and Travis Head.
After which rain interrupted the innings and the entire innings could not be played. Smith played a stormy innings of 56 runs (five fours and four sixes) in 31 balls and Head played a stormy innings of 56 runs (five fours and three sixes) in 36 balls.Captain Corey Anderson took two wickets for San Francisco.
After the rain interruption, according to Duckworth Lewis rule, San Francisco team got a target of 177 runs in 14 overs to win. The team achieved this target by losing 4 wickets in 13.4 overs. Sanjay Krishnamurthy scored an unbeaten 79 runs in 42 balls, in which he hit 5 fours and 6 sixes. Sanjay was selected as the Player of the Match for this stormy innings. Inglis played a stormy innings of 45 runs in 16 balls, hitting 1 four and 6 sixes.
For Washington, Andrew Tye took 3 wickets and Akil Hussain took 1 wicket.
It is worth noting that the teams of San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom will now face each other in the qualifiers on Thursday (July 25).