AI Simulation, MINY vs SF | MI New York eliminate San Francisco Unicorns with 4-wicket win in eliminator

Pitch and Weather

The pitch of the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium offered a good bounce, with a quick outfield, favouring the batters in the initial phase of the game. However, unlike the previous few games, the chasing side didn’t feel any difficulty in batting here in the second innings of the game.

As expected, the weather was hot and dry, avoiding any kind of rain interruptions throughout the entire course of the game for 40 overs.

Toss

San Francisco Unicorns’ skipper Matthew Short won the toss and decided to bat first; however, this decision went in their favour as they failed to defend the target in the second innings.

Lineups

MINY XI: Monank Patel (WK), Nicholas Pooran (C), Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh, Fabian Allen, Delano Potgieter, Sunny Patel, Heath Richards, Nosthush Kenjige, Tristan Luus, Kunwarjeet Singh.

SF XI: Matthew Short (C), Finn Allen (WK), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Hassan Khan, Romario Shepherd, Hammad Azam, Xavier Bartlett, Karima Gore, Brody Couch, Ben Lister.

Match Report

SF Unicorns skipper Matthew Short decided to bat after winning the toss in the dry conditions of Dallas. Batting first, SF Unicorns posted a total of 177/7 in the allotted 20 overs. Star opener Finn Allen scored 48 runs off just 29 balls, with five fours and three sixes, followed by 27 and 32 runs scored by Jake Fraser-McGurk and skipper Matthe Short. Fabian Allen and Tristan Luus scalped 2 wickets, alongside a wicket picked by Kunwarjeet Singh.

Later in the second innings, skipper Nicholas Pooran led the run chase for San Francisco Unicorns; he scored 58 runs off just 32 balls, with five fours and four sixes. Besides him, Fabian Allen and Monank Patel also contributed with the knocks of 28 and 26 runs. On the back of these knocks, SF chased down the target in just 19.1 overs, scoring 179/6 and winning the game by 4 wickets. Brody Crouch scalped 2 wickets, alongside a wicket each picked by Karima Gore and Xavier Bartlett.

Player of the Match

San Francisco Unicorns’ skipper Nicholas Pooran won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his match-winning knock of 58 runs off just 32 balls.

Scorecard