San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings Match Highlights & Results

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Matthew Short, the skipper of San Francisco Unicorns wins the PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARD. he says that the wicket was tacky. The ground was covered most of the morning, and the groundsmen had done a fantastic job. Also says that in this wicket, anything more than 130 would be nice to defend; therefore, their team was confident enough after the first inning. Also continues that the bowlers have done an amazing job. Ends up saying that they have come back from losing two games back to back , and he feels great to get the momentum back.

TIME FOR PRESENTATION...

Earlier, Texas bowled San Francisco out for 148, with Marcus Stoinis claiming 3 wickets and Nandre, Akeal, and Noor chipping in with one each. San Francisco's skipper Short top-scored with 80, steadied the innings with a 69-run partnership with Hassan after the team slumped to 19/3.

The skipper of Texas Super Kings, Faf du Plessis says that the bowlers bowled really well. Continue that it was a bit tough to bat in the powerplay. Also says that if his team had not lost so many wickets in the first 6-10 overs, the result would have been something else. Ends up saying that it was an important last game to ensure they can finish in the top two of the table.

After losing the wicket of Saiteja Mukkamalla, Shubham Ranjane and Donovan Ferreira had to form another partnership and then they started to give some hopes to Texas Super Kings. However, Calvin Savage and Mohammad Mohsin tried their best in the death overs to cross the finishing line first, but they were 1 run short. Donovan Ferreira was spectacular with his knocks. He is the reason that the Super Kings got this far in the game, but Matthew Short and company made it loud and clear that it was not enough to beat them. Brody Couch bowled magnificently, to pick both the openers, Romario Shepherd did wiell to pick two wickets in the death over, Karima Gore and Hassan Khan chipped in for one each.

What an entertaining encounter it was! That was certainly the clash of the best! The top order of Texas Super Kings fumbles like the opposition fumbled in the first inning. Saiteja Mukkamalla and Marcus Stoinis formed a partnership with singles and doubles, but the latter had to lose the wicket as he was putting pressure on the paddle to give up hefty blows, but the bowlers of San Francisco Unicorns hunted him down before he turned into a madman.

Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Mohsin, OUT! run out (Matthew Short / Finn Allen).OUT! RUN OUT! San Francisco Unicorns has done it! Xavier Bartlett bowls it fuller outside off. Mohammad Mohsin mistimes his punch toward the front of the cover fielder, Matthew Short picks off the ball and underarms it toward the keeper. The batters have already completed the first run by the time and tries to get the second, but Finn Allen gloves the throw and dismantles the bails off the wickets. San Francisco Unicorns win the match by 1 run!

Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Mohsin, Four!FOUR! Off the edge and it goes for four! Fuller, angling wide outside off. Mohammad Mohsin clears his front foot to heave across the line but catches the outer edge. The ball zips past the short third man and the ball rolls away for a boundary. 3 runs off the last ball!

Xavier Bartlett to Calvin Savage, 1 run.Yorker, on the stumps. Calvin Savage jams it toward his leg side and the batters gets a single. 7 runs needed off last two deliveries!

Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Mohsin, 1 run.Much fuller, on off. Mohammad Mohsin jams it toward long on for a single.

Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Mohsin, No run.Short, angling across the line. Mohammad Mohsin looks to punch it away but misses.

Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Mohsin, Four!FOUR! Good effort from the fielder but fails to stop the boundary! Fuller, outside off. Mohammad Mohsin lashes it up and wide of the long off fielder. Jake Fraser-McGurk has a chase to his right, slides down and attempts a one-hander to take the catch but fails to get it. The ball bounces off toward the boundary fence and gets a boundary.

Romario Shepherd to Mohammad Mohsin, 1 run.Short, around off. Mohammad Mohsin pulls it toward long on for a single. 13 runs needed off 6 deliveries.

Mohammad Mohsin is the new man in

Romario Shepherd to Shubham Ranjane, OUT! c Matthew Short b Romario Shepherd.OUT! IN AIR... TAKEN! Romario Shepherd bagging the second one! Bowls it short and outside off. Shubham Ranjane tries to spank it over cover but ends up slicing it on the outer part of his bat. The ball balloons toward the cover region and Matthew Short gets the catch.

Romario Shepherd to Calvin Savage, 1 run.Short, outside off. Calvin Savage drags it toward long on for a single.

Texas Super Kings need 14 runs off 8 balls now!

Romario Shepherd to Donovan Ferreira, OUT! c Hassan Khan b Romario Shepherd.OUT! TAKEN! Twist in the tail! The Unicorns believe again! Slower delivery, short and outside off. Donovan Ferreira slaps it a bit early and the ball flies straight like an arrow toward the long offfielder, and Hassan Khan picks up a good catch under this tremendous pressure.

Romario Shepherd to Donovan Ferreira, Six!SIX! This is out of the park! Fuller on middle and leg. Donovan Ferreira picks up the length beautifully and hoists it up and over the deep square leg fence for six more runs. 15 runs off 10 deliveries now!

Romario Shepherd to Donovan Ferreira, 2 runs.Slower, back of a length, on off. Donovan Ferreira heaves it from the inner half of his bat toward front of the deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Brody Couch to Donovan Ferreira, 1 run.Short, on off. Donovan Ferreira pulls it toward long on for a single. 23 runs off 12 balls now!

Brody Couch to Donovan Ferreira, 2 runs.Fuller, angling in. Donovan Ferreira clips it toward deep mid-wicket and gets a couple of runs.

Brody Couch to Donovan Ferreira, Four!FOUR! Another boundary in the over! Back of a length, on middle. Donovan Ferreira pulls it toward right of deep square leg for a boundary. 26 runs needed from 14 balls!

Brody Couch to Donovan Ferreira, No run.Slower short delivery, on off and middle. Donovan Ferreira looks to heave it away but misses on the inner edge due to lack of pace.

Brody Couch to Donovan Ferreira, Four!FOUR! Streaky, but those will count! Fuller, wide outisde off. Donovan Ferreira crouches and extends his arms to punch it up and over the cover region but gets nicked on the outer edge. The ball zips between the gap of the short third man and the backward point fielder for a boundary.

Brody Couch to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Fuller, wide outside off. Shubham Ranjane slaps it toward deep cover for a single.

Xavier Bartlett to Donovan Ferreira, 2 runs.Fuller outside off. Donovan Ferreira punches it toward the wide long off for a couple of runs. 12 runs off the over! Texas Super Kings need more of these overs. 35 runs needed off just 18 deliveries.

Xavier Bartlett to Donovan Ferreira, Four!FOUR! Donovan Ferreira is up and running! Xavier Bartlett bowls it fuller, outside off. Donovan Ferreira stays deep inside the crease and slaps it across the pace toward the right of the wide long off fielder for four more runs.

Xavier Bartlett to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Tap and run! Fullish, on off. Shubham Ranjane pushes it toward wide cover and gets a quick single.

Xavier Bartlett to Shubham Ranjane, No run.On a length, outside off. Shubham Ranjane eases it toward cover.

Xavier Bartlett to Shubham Ranjane, Four!FOUR! Hammered away! Back of a length, on off. Shubham Ranjane pulls it and pulls it hard toward deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary.

Xavier Bartlett to Donovan Ferreira, 1 run.Back of a length, outside off. Donovan Ferreira looks to hoist it across the line but gets nicked on the outer edge. The ball loops toward wide cover and the batters gets a single.

Hassan Khan to Donovan Ferreira, 1 run.Short, on middle and leg. Donovan Ferreira punches it toward leg side for a single.

Hassan Khan to Donovan Ferreira, 2 runs.100 up for San Francisco Unicorns! Short, on middle and leg. nudges it toward wide of the mid-wicket fielder for a couple of runs.

Hassan Khan to Donovan Ferreira, Six!SIX! Runs have started to come thick and fast! Short, angling in. Donovan Ferreira hangs back and smokes it over deep mid-wicket fence for more six runs.

Hassan Khan to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Fuller, around off. Shubham Ranjane drives it toward long off for a single.

Hassan Khan to Shubham Ranjane, Six!SIX! BOOM! Short, on middle and leg. Shubham Ranjane opens his stanceand swats it over deep sqaure leg for half a dozen.

Hassan Khan to Donovan Ferreira, 1 run.Fuller outside off. Donovan Ferreira tries to drive but outer edges the ball toward short third man for a single.

Karima Gore to Donovan Ferreira, 1 run.Short, outside off. Donovan Ferreira pushes it toward wide cover for a single.

Karima Gore to Donovan Ferreira, No run.Short, on the stumps. Donovan Ferreira pulls it toward mid-wicket for no run.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Short, on off. Shubham Ranjane slaps it toward deep cover for one.

Karima Gore to Donovan Ferreira, 1 run.Fuller on off. Donovan Ferreira pushes it toward long off for one.

Karima Gore to Donovan Ferreira, No run.Fuller on off. Donovan Ferreira eases it back to the bowler.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Fuller, on the stumps. Shubham Ranjane eases it toward long on for one.

Hassan Khan to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Short, around off. Shubham Ranjane comes down the track and punches it toward deep cover for one.

Hassan Khan to Shubham Ranjane, No run.Quicker one, on middle. Shubham Ranjane stabs it toward cover.

Hassan Khan to Donovan Ferreira, 1 run.Short, on off. Donovan Ferreira pushes it toward wide cover for a single.

Hassan Khan to Saiteja Mukkamalla, OUT! b Hassan Khan.OUT! BOWLED'EM! Just as they plan! Hassan Khan bowls it short, on leg and middle, Saiteja Mukkamalla comes down the track to smoke the delivery away but misses the line. The ball sneaks apas the inner edge and rattles the top of lthe eg stump. Donovan Ferreira is the new batter in.

Hassan Khan to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Fuller, on middle and leg. Shubham Ranjane sweeps it toward deeps qaure leg for a single.

Hassan Khan to Shubham Ranjane, No run.Short, on off. Shubham Ranjane punches it toward cover for no run.

Strategic Break! Texas Super Kings have done well to form a partnership, but now they have the shift their gears and start blowing boundaries. The tough part about the job is that the opposition knows about it and they would like to keep the pressure on the men in yellow.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Short, on off. Shubham Ranjane eases it toward long on for another single.

Karima Gore to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 1 run.Short, outside off. Saiteja Mukkamalla slaps it toward deep cover for a single.

Karima Gore to Saiteja Mukkamalla, No run.Fuller on middle. Saiteja Mukkamalla nudges it back to the bowler.

Karima Gore to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 2 runs.Short, wide outside off. Saiteja Mukkamalla punches it toward wide of the cover for a couple of run.

Karima Gore to Saiteja Mukkamalla, No run.Fuller, outside off. Saiteja Mukkamalla misses the heave.

Karima Gore to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 5 Wides!FIVE WIDES! Free runs for San Francisco Unicorns! Karima Gore once again bowls fuller and down the leg. Saiteja Mukkamalla goes for a sweep but misses and Finn Allen once again nutmegs the ball. It rolls toward the boundary fence for four more runs.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Fullish, on off. Shubham Ranjane prods and tucks it toward square leg for one.

Romario Shepherd to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.On a length on middle and leg. Shubham Ranjane nudges it toward deep sqaure leg for a single.

Romario Shepherd to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 1 run.Fuller, on off. Saiteja Mukkamalla looks to slog but gets the connection on the leading edge. Luckily, the ball lands far left of the cover fielder. The batters cross for a single.

Romario Shepherd to Saiteja Mukkamalla, Four!FOUR! Beautiful shot! Fuller, on middle and leg Saiteja Mukkamalla flicks it hard toward the far right of the deep square leg fielder to get four more runs added into his account.

Romario Shepherd to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Fuller, down the leg. Shubham Ranjane goes for a slog but inner edges the ball onto pad. The ball rolls toward wide cover for a single.

Romario Shepherd to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 1 run.Fuller, on leg, shaping it in. Saiteja Mukkamalla flicks it toward deep square leg for a single.

Romario Shepherd to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Fuller, around off. Shubham Ranjane mistimes his punch toward deep cover for a single.

Karima Gore to Saiteja Mukkamalla, No run.Short, outside off. Saiteja Mukkamalla cuts it but straight toward the man at the cover region.

Karima Gore to Saiteja Mukkamalla, No run.Fuller, around off. Saiteja Mukkamalla eases it toward cover.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Short, on off. Shubham Ranjane spanks at it toward deep cover for a single.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, No run.Fuller, on off. Shubham Ranjane blocks it away.

Karima Gore to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 1 run.Short, around off. Saiteja Mukkamalla camps back and pushes it toward left of mid off for a single.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Fuller, on middle. Shubham Ranjane sweeps it toward deep fine for one.

Brody Couch to Saiteja Mukkamalla, Four!FOUR! Connects it this time! Touch fuller, from Brody Couch, outside off, around sixth stump. Saiteja Mukkamalla plants his front foot toward the delivery and punches it past the cover fielder for a boundary.

Brody Couch to Saiteja Mukkamalla, No run.Back of a length, pitching outside off and shaping it in. Saiteja Mukkamalla attempts to lash it up and over the cover region but misses on ethe outer edge.

Brody Couch to Saiteja Mukkamalla, No run.Hard length, around off. Saiteja Mukkamalla pushes it toward right of the cover for no run.

Brody Couch to Saiteja Mukkamalla, No run.On a length, outside off. Saiteja Mukkamalla pats it toward cover.

Brody Couch to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Short, angling in. Shubham Ranjane pulls it toward deep sqaure leg for a single.

Brody Couch to Shubham Ranjane, No run.On a length outside off. Shubham Ranjane looks to push it away but misses.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 1 run.Tosses up, on the stumps. Shubham Ranjane nudges it toward long on for a single.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 2 runs.Fulish, outside off. Shubham Ranjane drives past the cover fielder and gets a couple of runs.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, No run.Short, on off. Shubham Ranjane nudges it back to the bowler.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, No run.Fuller, on middle. Shubham Ranjane eases it back to the bowler.

Karima Gore to Shubham Ranjane, 5 Wides!FIVE WIDES! Fuller, down the leg. Shubham Ranjane looks to flick but misses. The keeper, Finn Allen nutmegs the delivery and the ball rolls away for a boundary.

Strategic Break! San Francisco Unicorns is pretty much in the driving seat, taking full control of the match. They are not allowing the batters to go for big shots. On the other hand, Texas Super Kings not in great shape, and they eagerly want a big partnership to anchor the inning.

Karima Gore to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! c Xavier Bartlett b Karima Gore.OUT! TAKEN! The change has worked well for San Francisco Unicorns! Karima Gore bags his first one of the inning. Bowls it short, outside off. Marcus Stoinis looks to slice it up and over the point region but fails to find the elevation. The ball loops toward the right of the point fielder and Bartlett takes the sitter. Marcus Stoinis has to depart for 13 runs off deliveries.

Karima Gore to Marcus Stoinis, No run.Flatter and fuller, on middle. Marcus Stoinis reverse sweeps it toward backward point for no run.

Romario Shepherd to Marcus Stoinis, 1 run.A bit slower, fuller around the pads of the batter. Marcus Stoinis glances it toward deep mid-wicket for a single.

Romario Shepherd to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 1 run.Back of a length, outside off. Saiteja Mukkamalla slaps it toward deep cover for one.

Romario Shepherd to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 2 runs.On a length, on middle and leg. Saiteja Mukkamalla nudges it toward mid wide mid-wicket for a couple.

Romario Shepherd to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 2 runs.Full-length delivery, on off. Saiteja Mukkamalla punches it toward sweeper cover. Haris Rauf back tracks to field it but fumbles, the batters gets a couple in between.

Romario Shepherd to Marcus Stoinis, 1 run.Fullish, around off. Marcus Stoinis pushes it toward long off for a single.

Romario Shepherd to Marcus Stoinis, No run.On a length, outside off. Marcus Stoinis punches it toward left of the cover fielder, but he does well to field it.

Hassan Khan to Saiteja Mukkamalla, No run.Tad fuller, on off. Saiteja Mukkamalla strides out and looks to tuck it toward his leg side but closes his willow early. The ball gets a thick outer edge and rolls away toward short third man.

Hassan Khan to Marcus Stoinis, 1 run.Short, on off. Marcus Stoinis nudges it toward wide off the short mid-wicket for a single.

Hassan Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Wide!WIDE! Fuller, pitches it wide outside off, but spins it away, beyond the tramline.

Hassan Khan to Marcus Stoinis, No run.Fuller, angling it in. Marcus Stoinis pushes it toward mid-wicket.

Hassan Khan to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 1 run.Drags his length back now, on off. Saiteja Mukkamalla goes deep into his crease, clears his front foot and punches it toward long on for one run.

Hassan Khan to Marcus Stoinis, 1 run.Fuller on off and middle. Marcus Stoinis reverse sweeps it toward the left of the short third man for a single.

Hassan Khan to Saiteja Mukkamalla, 1 run.Tossed up, on off. Saiteja Mukkamalla prods and pushes it toward right of the cover fielder for a single.

Haris Rauf to Marcus Stoinis, No run.Overpitched, just outside off. Marcus Stoinis punches it hard toward mid off for no run.

Haris Rauf to Marcus Stoinis, No run.Hard-length delivery, just outside off. Marcus Stoinis pats it low.