MLC 2023 SFU vs LAKR highlights: Aaron Finch-led San Francisco Unicorns is scheduled to play on the 8th match of MLC 2023, against Sunil Narine-led Los Angeles Knight Riders.
| Match No | Major League Cricket 2023, 8th match |
| match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders |
| Date | July 18, 2023 |
| Toss | SFU won the toss and opt to bat |
| Venue | Grand Prairie Stadium |
| Result | SFU won by 21 runs |
MLC 2023 SFU vs LAKR Playing 11
Los Angeles Knight Riders Squad
Jason Roy, Unmukt Chand, Rilee Rossouw, Nitish Kumar, Jaskaran Malhotra (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (c), Corne Dry, Adam Zampa, Ali Khan, Spencer Johnson.
San Francisco Squad
Matthew Wade (wk), Finn Allen, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Finch (c), Corey Anderson, Shadab Khan, Tajinder Dhillon, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Carmi le Roux.
MLC 2023 SFU vs LAKR Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| San Francisco Unicorns | 212/7 (20) |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | 191/5 (20) |
MLC 2023 SFU vs LAKR highlights
San Francisco Innings
On starting the innings, the opener Matthew Wade had scored 78 runs out of 41 deliveries before being sent out by Ali Khan. Finn Allen had scored 20 runs out of 19 deliveries but he was sent out of Narine.
Stoinis and CJ Anderson made their contribution scoring 37 and 39 runs. Shadab Khan scored 9 runs and Finch made 12 runs out of 10 deliveries. By the end of 20 overs, San Francisco had scored 212 runs losing seven wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Matthew Wade †| c Dry b Ali Khan | 78 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 190.24 |
| Finn Allen | c †Malhotra b Narine | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 105.26 |
| Marcus Stoinis | c Johnson b Russell | 37 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 205.55 |
| Shadab Khan | c Johnson b Zampa | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 81.81 |
| Corey Anderson | c Dry b Zampa | 39 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 195 |
| Aaron Finch (c) | not out | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 120 |
| Tajinder Singh | c Roy b Zampa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chaitanya Bishnoi | run out (Dry/†Malhotra) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Spencer Johnson | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ali Khan | 3.4 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 16.63 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Andre Russell | 3.2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 9.6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Corné Dry | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | 4 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 10.25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Los Angeles Knight Riders Innings
On unable to fold San Francisco, Los Angeles opener, Jason Roy scored 45 runs out of 21 deliveries before being sent out by Haris Rouf on the 5th over. Unmukt Chand contributed 20 runs out of 17 deliveries.
Nitish Kumar had scored 31 runs in 23 balls was sent out by Anderson. Rilee Rossouw and Jaskaran Malhotra are being sent out with low scores, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine scored 42 and 28 runs respectively.
By the end of 20 overs, LAKR had scored 191 runs losing 5 wickets, getting defeated by San Francisco Unicorns by 21 runs.
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Jason Roy | b Haris Rauf | 45 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 214.28 |
| Unmukt Chand | c Stoinis b Bishnoi | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 117.64 |
| Nitish Kumar | c le Roux b Anderson | 31 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 134.78 |
| Rilee Rossouw | c & b Shadab Khan | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Jaskaran Malhotra †| c Tajinder Singh b Shadab Khan | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Andre Russell | not out | 42 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 161.53 |
| Sunil Narine (c) | not out | 28 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 164.7 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Carmi le Roux | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Shadab Khan | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 9.75 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Chaitanya Bishnoi | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Plunkett | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 13.5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Anderson | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match
Matthew Wade |San Francisco Unicorns
I mishit a few. The breeze helped to carry it over the fence. Was good with the new ball. The ground isn’t big on one side. The slower balls at the back-end was a little tough to get away. We have tried to adapt to conditions. We are starting to get some momentum.
