In the sixth match of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025, the San Francisco Unicorns put on a thrilling display, defeating Mumbai Indians New York by 3 wickets. The match was a nail-biter, with the Unicorns achieving victory with five balls to spare.
Sports News: In a thrilling sixth encounter of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025, the San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) secured their third consecutive win, defeating Mumbai Indians New York (MINY) by three wickets with five balls remaining. The match, played in Auckland, provided spectators with powerful innings and a flurry of exciting records. Javier Bartlett emerged as the hero for SFU, scoring an unbeaten 59 runs and also claiming a wicket with the ball.
This victory not only marked a hat-trick of wins for San Francisco but also saw seven significant records broken, surprising cricket enthusiasts.
Match Summary
- Venue: Auckland
- Toss: San Francisco Unicorns won the toss and chose to bowl
- Mumbai Indians New York innings: 182/7 (20 overs)
- San Francisco Unicorns innings: 183/7 (19.1 overs)
- Result: SFU won by 3 wickets
- Player of the Match: Javier Bartlett (59* runs and 1 wicket)
7 Astonishing Records Created in the Match
- Quinton de Kock's New Peak – Personal Best Score: Mumbai Indians New York opener Quinton de Kock played a magnificent innings of 63 runs, setting a new personal best T20 score for MINY. This surpassed the previous record of 62 runs held by Nicholas Pooran.
- Hasan Khan Sets 'Expensive' Bowling Record: SFU bowler Hasan Khan conceded 54 runs in 4 overs while taking two wickets. This became the most expensive bowling spell for the SFU team, surpassing Pat Cummins' previous record of 50 runs.
- De Kock's New Wicketkeeping Feat: Quinton de Kock displayed exceptional wicketkeeping, claiming four dismissals (2 catches and 2 stumpings) in the match. This is a new record for the most dismissals by a MINY wicketkeeper in a single match, surpassing Nicholas Pooran's previous record of 2 dismissals.
- Best Partnership for the Fifth Wicket: SFU's Tick Seefert and Hasan Khan shared a 64-run partnership for the fifth wicket, the highest for this wicket in SFU's history. This surpassed the previous record of 55 runs between Hasan Khan and Sanjay Krishnamurthy.
- Highest-Scoring Match Between the Two Teams: The match saw a combined total of 370 runs – MINY (182) and SFU (183). This is the highest-scoring encounter ever between these two teams.
- Record Seventh-Wicket Partnership – Anderson-Bartlett Pair: San Francisco Unicorns' Corey Anderson (9) and Javier Bartlett (59*) put on a 37-run partnership for the seventh wicket, the highest ever for SFU at that wicket. This broke the previous record of 25 runs between Anderson and Pat Cummins.
- Bartlett-Raouf's Eighth-Wicket Blitz: Towards the end of the match, Javier Bartlett and Harris Raouf (10*) added 43 runs for the eighth wicket, the highest ever for SFU at that wicket. This partnership surpassed the previous best of 27 runs between Hasan Khan and Raouf.
