Washington won by 7 wickets: The qualifier match of Major League Cricket 2024 was played on July 25 between San Francisco Unicorn and Washington Freedom in Dallas. Here Washington team managed to win by 7 wickets with 27 balls remaining. During the match, Kangaroo player Travis Head, who played for SRH in the IPL, batted fiercely. He started the innings chasing the target for his team. Meanwhile, he managed to score an unbeaten half-century of 77 runs in 44 balls at a strike rate of 175.00. During this, 10 fours and 3 excellent sixes came from his bat. During the match, he scored 58 runs with only sixes and fours.
San Francisco Unicorn was successful in scoring 145 runs
Batting first after losing the toss in Dallas, the San Francisco Unicorn team managed to score 145 runs in 19 overs losing all its wickets. Batting at the sixth position for the team, Hasan Khan was the only one seen in colour. For the team, he played a half-century of 57 runs in 36 balls at a strike rate of 158.33. Meanwhile, 6 sixes came from his bat. Apart from him, team captain Corey Anderson managed to contribute 26 runs in 19 balls.
TRAVIS HEAD IN THE LAST 5 GAMES IN MLC 2024:
– 54(32)
– 54(33)
– 53(22)
– 56(36)
– 77*(44) in the Qualifier 1Head is the 2nd Australian to score 5 consecutive fifties in T20s. 🤯🔥 pic.twitter.com/egwMa4YPfq
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 26, 2024
Head-Maxwell’s brilliant innings, Washington won
The target of 146 runs set by San Francisco Unicorn was easily achieved by Washington Freedom team at the loss of 3 wickets. Apart from Head, Glenn Maxwell also looked in good form while chasing the target. Batting at the 5th position, he contributed unbeaten 54 runs in just 23 balls. Meanwhile, 4 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat.
Head is in great form
Head’s bat is doing very well in the league. You can gauge his excellent batting from the fact that he has scored half-centuries in his last 5 matches. In the first match of the tournament, he played a half-century innings of 54 runs in 32 balls. After that, he managed to score 54 runs in 33 balls in the second match, 53 runs in 22 balls in the third match, 56 runs in 36 balls in the fourth match and 77 unbeaten runs in 44 balls in the fifth match.