WAF vs MINY: Washington Freedom lost to MI New York in the MLC 2025 finals, securing their 2nd title.
Washington Freedom’s skipper Glenn Maxwell chose to bowl first after winning the toss. Monank Patel and Quinton de Kock started the innings for MI New York. Both batters gave the start to their team by putting 72 runs on the board in 7 overs. In the 8th over, Monank Patel got out after scoring 28 runs. Quinton de Kock held his end and hit his fifty in just 29 balls, while from the other end, MINY kept losing wickets. Quinton de Kock was dismissed after scoring 77 runs. Kunwarjeet Singh’s quickfire 22 runs helped Washington Freedom reach 180 runs at the end of 20 overs.
Chasing the target of 181 runs, Washington Freedom’s start wasn’t good as Mitchell Owen got out in the first delivery of the second innings. Andries Gous was the next batter to get dismissed as Washington Freedom lost two batters without a run on the board. Jack Edwards and Rachin Ravindra built the partnership for the 3rd wicket and took the score of their team to 84 runs. Jack Edwards got caught at long-on by Kieron Pollard as the batter got out after scoring 33 runs. Glenn Phillips and Rachin Ravindra took the game forward. Rachin Ravindra got out after scoring 70 runs, and the match turned from that moment.
With 10 runs required in the final 3 deliveries, Glenn Maxwell got out, and the bowler Rushil Ugarkar defended the runs to win the final by 5 runs.
MLC, 2025, Final: WAF vs MINY| Batting Scorecard
| Batting(MINY) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monank Patel | c Ravindra b Ferguson | 28 | 22 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Quinton de Kock | c Maxwell b Ferguson | 77 | 46 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Tajinder Singh | c Pienaar b Holland | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Nicholas Pooran (c) | c Holland b Netravalkar | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kieron Pollard | c †Gous b Ferguson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Bracewell | b Maxwell | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kunwarjeet Singh | not out | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Tristan Luus | c Phillips b Edwards | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trent Boult | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 1, w 7) | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 9.00) | 180/7 | |||||||
| Batting(WAF) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Owen | c Patel b Boult | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rachin Ravindra | c Pooran b Ugarkar | 70 | 41 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Andries Gous † | c Pollard b Boult | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Edwards | c Pollard b Kenjige | 33 | 22 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Glenn Phillips | not out | 48 | 34 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Glenn Maxwell (c) | c Bracewell b Ugarkar | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Obus Pienaar | not out | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3) | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 8.75) | 175/5 | |||||||
MLC, 2025, Final: WAF vs MINY| Bowling Scorecard
| Bowling(WAF) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 4 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Jack Edwards | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Lockie Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Mitchell Owen | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Ian Holland | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bowling(MINY) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Tajinder Singh | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Luus | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| Rushil Ugarkar | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Nosthush Kenjige | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Kieron Pollard | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
MLC, 2025, Final: WAF vs MINY| POTM| Stats
Player of the Match(WAF vs MINY): Rushil Ugarkar(MINY), 2/32 in 4 Overs
Best Batting Figures(WAF vs MINY): Quinton de Kock(MINY), 77 runs off 46 balls
Best Bowling Figures(WAF vs MINY): Lockie Ferguson(WAF), 3/21 in 4 Overs
MLC, 2025, Final: WAF vs MINY| Captains’ Corner
“To Jesus, all praise and thanks. Amazing feeling to get where we got caught in this tournament after a challenging journey. And I’m really happy, not because we won the tournament, but I’m really happy because the guys stayed together. We had that belief. We were really optimistic when things weren’t going our way, and we’re here now on the Champion, so unreal feeling. [Challenges of leadership] The journey is always stressful. That’s a beautiful thing about sports, but again, the man above puts you in situations where you can handle it; it’s a tough situation. We could have handled it. I just felt like the supporter; obviously, the coach, Polly [Pollard], and the senior guys stuck together. It wasn’t just a one-man show. Everyone came together, but they had together, the management staff, the coaching staff, and everyone came up with different plans. And you saw a playoff, and all the senior players stepped up.
Nicholas Pooran(MINY Captain) said post-match
“It doesn’t quite look like it’s sunk yet. Unfortunately, we’ve had such a great tournament. Felt like we were probably the front runners for a long, long period throughout that tournament; we’ve been at the top the whole way through. And yeah, to lose tonight, it’s a bitter pill to swallow, but credit to MI New York that helped their nerve. I thought we did a really good job of clawing it back with the ball halfway through the innings and taking consistent wickets at the back end. Probably led to a couple too many at the back where we felt like we’d had the momentum, and that ended up proving almost to be the difference tonight, and the way that they executed the ball at the back end there, it was tough work to get away.
Glenn Maxwell(WAF Captain) said post-match
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