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MLC 2025: Washington Freedom stopped San Francisco’s unintelligent, confirmed a place in the playoffs. Read
Sandy Verma | June 30, 2025 3:24 AM CST

Washington Freedom Major League Cricket (MLC) in 19th match of 2025 San francisco unicorns But a thrilling win of 12 runs, he performed brilliantly for flexibility and strong bowling. In this match played at the Grand Preary Stadium, Freedom successfully defended a competitive match in its favor, defending the score of 169 runs. This result has made the competition more intense in the tournament.

Washington Freedom’s innings: Glenn Philips and Power-Hitrs get concrete start

Winning the toss and batting first, Freedom did not start well. Mitchell Owen was dismissed for zero on the first ball, while Rachin Ravindra (9) and Andries Gaus (1) also returned to the pavilion early. But the important partnership between Jack Edwards and Glenn Philips handled the innings.

  • Edwards scored 42 runs in 42 balls with the help of 1 fours and 2 sixes.
  • Glenn Philips scored a fast innings of 58 runs off 39 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes.

In the end overs:

  • Obas Peenar hit 30 runs (2 fours, 2 sixes) off 12 balls.
  • Mukhtar Ahmed added 17 runs (1 four, 1 six) to 9 balls and brought the score to 169/6.

For San Francisco Unicorn, Xavier Bartlett took 4 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs, while Haris Rauf and Romario Shepherd took one wicket each.

Unicorn’s counter -innings: Matthew short explosion, Owen’s deadly bowling

Chasing a target of 170 runs, Unicorn initially lost the wickets of Finn Elon (7) and Jake Fraser-Macagark (3). After this Matthew Short made a strong comeback:

  • He scored 67 runs (4 fours, 6 sixes) off just 40 balls.

Sanjay Krishnamurthy scored 24 runs in 21 balls, and Jahmar Hamilton kept the match alive by scoring 31 runs (3 fours, 1 six) in 18 balls.

But the biggest turn of the story came when Mitchell Owen, who himself was out on the Golden Duck in batting, shone in bowling. They:

  • 5 wickets for 17 runs in 3 overs, including the crucial wicket of Matthew Short.

Other bowlers:

  • Amila Aponso: 1 wicket, 23 runs
  • Jack Edwards: 1 wicket, 22 runs
  • Rachin Ravindra: 1 wicket, 27 runs
  • Ian Holland: 1 wicket, 23 runs

Unicorn’s team could score 157 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match with 12 runs.

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