Match Details
Chasing a meager total of 142, Trent Boult gave an early setback to Washington Freedom by having the woods over Matthew Short 8(8). The MI New York bowlers took the pace off in the field restrictions and executed cutters to perfection. As a result, Freedom only managed to aggregate 37 runs off the powerplay. Andries Gous and Mukhtar Ahmed did the repair work and added 34 runs for the 2nd wicket before Gous 24(25) holed out in the deep.
The right-handed Mukhtar Ahmed 19(19) took his time to adjust to the conditions and kept rotating the strike before he was involved in an unfortunate run-out. The Washington innings went haywire following the departure of Mukhtar as the MI New York ripped through their middle order. Skipper Moises Henriques was cleaned up on 2(3) trying to hoick across the line and Nosthush Kenjige added another wicket to his tally by outwitting Obus Pienaar for 4(4).
The MI New York bowlers kept piling up the pressure and never allowed the batters to cut loose. The left-arm pacer Trent Boult flustered the batters with his slower deliveries in the middle overs. The New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips tried to drag the matters till the end but a lapse in concentration halted his stay on 20(19).