San Francisco Unicorns will square off with the Washington Freedom in the Challenger of the Major League Cricket 2026 campaign at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Friday, July 17.
Led by Matthew Short, San Francisco Unicorns suffered a seven-run defeat to the Knight Riders in the Qualifier. Meanwhile, the Washington Freedom, captained by Steve Smith, stunned MI New York by six wickets in the Eliminator.
San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2026, Challenger, Match Details
Match: San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2026, Challenger
Time & Date: 7:00 AM IST, Friday, July 17
Venue: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2026, Challenger 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
Washington Freedom
Steven Smith (c), Mitchell Owen, Rachin Ravindra, Andries Gous (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Nikhil Chaudhary, Ben Dwarshuis, Obus Pienaar, Ian Holland, Asif Mehmood, Saurabh Netravalkar
San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2026, Challenger Pitch Report
With the average first innings score being 183 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 Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2026, Challenger 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.
Saurabh Netravalkar
Washington Freedom bowler Saurabh Netravalkar has scalped 13 wickets at an average of 26.53 in the ongoing season.
San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2026, Challenger Captain picks
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
San Francisco Unicorns top-order batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius has scored 447 runs in 10 matches this season.
Andries Gous
Washington Freedom top-order batter Andries Gous has racked up 434 runs in 11 matches this season.
San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2026, Challenger Head to Head Dream11 team
Lhuan-dre Pretorius(c), Matthew Short(vc), Finn Allen, Andries Gous, Mitchell Owen, Steven Smith, Matthew Tromp, Brody Couch, Peter Siddle, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ben Dwarshuis
San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom, Major League Cricket 2026, Challenger Grand League Dream11 team
Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Matthew Short, Finn Allen, Andries Gous(c), Mitchell Owen, Steven Smith, Matthew Tromp, Brody Couch, Peter Siddle, Saurabh Netravalkar(vc), Ben Dwarshuis
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