San Francisco Unicorns will square off against the Los Angeles Knight Riders in the Qualifier match of the Major League Cricket 2026 campaign at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Thursday, July 16.
San Francisco Unicorns, captained by Matthew Short, held the top spot in the league phase with six wins and four losses from ten matches. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Knight Riders, led by Jason Holder, are in second place with six wins and four losses from ten encounters.
San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders, Major League Cricket 2026, Qualifier, Match Details
Match: San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders, Major League Cricket 2026, Qualifier
Time & Date: 3:00 AM IST, Thursday, July 16
Venue: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders, Major League Cricket 2026, Qualifier Probable XIs
San Francisco Unicorns
Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk), Finn Allen, Matthew Short (c), Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Aaron Hardie, Hassan Khan, Saideep Ganesh, Aakarshit Gomel, Brody Couch, Xavier Bartlett, Peter Siddle
Los Angeles Knight Riders
Colin Munro, Andre Fletcher, Matthew Tromp, Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Jason Holder (c), Saif Badar, Jahmar Hamilton (wk), Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Lloyd Pope
San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders, Major League Cricket 2026, Qualifier Pitch Report
With the average first innings score being 172 on this surface, we can expect batters to have their fair share in the power play and death overs. However, bowlers will do well in the middle overs if they bowl good lines and lengths.
San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders, Major League Cricket 2026, Qualifier Top Picks
Matthew Short
San Francisco Unicorns all-rounder Matthew Short has scored 298 and has scalped 16 wickets from ten matches in the ongoing season.
Andre Russell
Los Angeles Knight Riders bowler Andre Russell has scalped 18 wickets at an average of 16.50 in the ongoing season.
San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders, Major League Cricket 2026, Qualifier Captain picks
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
San Francisco Unicorns top-order batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius has scored 447 runs in 10 matches this season.
Colin Munro
Los Angeles Knight Riders top-order batter Colin Munro has racked up 347 runs in nine matches this season.
San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders, Major League Cricket 2026, Qualifier Head to Head Dream11 team
Lhuan-dre Pretorius(c), Matthew Short(vc), Finn Allen, Hassan Khan, Colin Munro, Andre Fletcher, Matthew Tromp, Brody Couch, Peter Siddle, Andre Russell, Jason Holder
San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders, Major League Cricket 2026, Qualifier Grand League Dream11 team
Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Matthew Short, Finn Allen, Hassan Khan, Colin Munro(c), Andre Fletcher, Matthew Tromp, Brody Couch, Peter Siddle, Andre Russell(vc), Jason Holder
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