SFU vs MINY: MI New York clinched a low-scoring thriller against San Francisco Unicorns in the Eliminator match of the MLC 2025 to reach qualifier 2 of the league.
MINY won the toss and decided to bowl first. Matthew Short and Tim Seifert opened the innings for SFU. The skipper, Matthew Short, got out early in the powerplay, and then Tim Seifert and Jake Fraser McGurk followed the skipper as SFU lost half of their men in the powerplay. Cooper Connolly scored 23 runs before getting out. It was all-rounder Xavier Bartlett who launched an attack on the MINY bowlers and scored 44 runs to take his team to 131 runs.
Chasing the target, Monank Patel and Quinton de Kock gave a decent start to their team and reached 43 runs in the powerplay. The 7th over delivered by the SFU skipper, Matthew Short, ignited the hope of a comeback in Unicorns as the skipper dismissed Quinton de Kock and Nicholas Pooran in the over. Monank Patel and Bracewell took the innings forward, but the right-handed batter got out after scoring 33 runs. Soon, Keiron Pollard and Michael Bracewell got out as death overs started. The chase became more difficult with Hassan Khan picking three wickets in his spell. Trent Boult hit two sixes in the penultimate over to register a victory over SFU by 2 wickets.
MLC, 2025, Match 30th: SFU vs MINY| Batting Scorecard
| Batting(SFU) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Short (c) | c Bracewell b Kenjige | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Seifert | c †de Kock b Boult | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | c †de Kock b Boult | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sanjay Krishnamurthi | c Boult b Kenjige | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Cooper Connolly | c Patel b Luus | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Hassan Khan | run out (Pooran) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hammad Azam | c †de Kock b Ugarkar | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Xavier Bartlett | c Richards b Pollard | 44 | 24 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Brody Couch | c Luus b Ugarkar | 19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Liam Plunkett | c Pollard b Ugarkar | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ben Lister | not out | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (nb 2, w 7) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 19.1 Ov (RR: 6.83) | 131 | |||||||
| Batting(MINY) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monank Patel | c Krishnamurthi b Short | 33 | 32 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Quinton de Kock † | lbw b Short | 33 | 24 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Nicholas Pooran (c) | b Short | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Bracewell | b Hassan Khan | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Kieron Pollard | c Fraser-McGurk b Bartlett | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tajinder Singh | c †Seifert b Hassan Khan | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Heath Richards | c †Seifert b Hassan Khan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tristan Luus | c Bartlett b Hassan Khan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Trent Boult | not out | 22 | 13 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Nosthush Kenjige | not out | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 1) | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 19.3 Ov (RR: 6.76) | 132/8 | |||||||
MLC, 2025, Match 30th: SFU vs MINY| Bowling Scorecard
| Bowling(MINY) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Nosthush Kenjige | 4 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Tajinder Singh | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Luus | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushil Ugarkar | 3.1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Kieron Pollard | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Bowling(SFU) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Bartlett | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Brody Couch | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Short | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Lister | 3.3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Hassan Khan | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Liam Plunkett | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
MLC, 2025, Match 30th: SFU vs MINY| POTM| Stats
Player of the Match(SFU vs MINY): Trent Boult(MINY), 2/19 in 4 Overs and 22 runs off 13 balls
Best Batting Figures(SFU vs MINY): Xavier Bartlett(SFU), 44 runs off 24 balls
Best Bowling Figures(SFU vs MINY): Trent Boult(MINY), 2/19 in 4 Overs
MLC, 2025, Match 30th: SFU vs MINY| Captains’ Corner
This is why we love to sport, for days like these. It was one of the best we bowled in the tournament, our boys are doing fantastic. We had a bit of a challenge with the new venue, but this is a good cricketing venue. The pitch is a good one and you need to understand the wind factor. The rain was around so we didn’t want to go out and be rreckless. Monank and Quinton did exactly what we wanted, then we didn’t quite bat to expectatations. Fortunately we kept ourselves in the game. This game is never over, we got lucky tonight but we as a group know exactly what we need to do next time around.
Nicholas Pooran(MINY Captain) said post-match
Not good enough from the top-order, they bowled pretty well. Credit to the tailenders here. Credit to the bowlers as well, they stuck through it and kept us in the game. You could have seen how wet the ball was, it was always tough on the bowlers but they all fought hard. We had some massive losses, they are world class players but we still believed we had the depth to our squad. It’s a season of two halves almost, we got off to a flier and then lost our way. The depth in our locals though has been brilliant, it is about keeping the group together now and going again.
Matthew Short(SFU Captain) said post-match
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