After Freedom lost Ravindra in the first over, Mitchell Owen (32 in 11 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) and Gous made a quick rebound hitting 35 in the next two overs of the power play. However, the Knight Riders came back sending them both back to the hut in the next two overs. Th
Maxwell, who smashed his eighth century in the shortest format, achieved this feat during the Major League Cricket (MLC) match for his side, Washington Freedom (WSF,) against Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) at Oakland.
New Zealand's destructive opener Finn Allen shattered 'Universal Boss' Chris Gayle's record for most sixes hit in a T20 match during his swashbuckling exploits with San Francisco Unicorns' 123-run triumph over Washington Freedom in the opening game of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025.
Pooran surprised the world on Tuesday by announcing his retirement from international cricket at the age of 29. Since bursting onto the international scene in 2016, Pooran featured in 106 T20Is and 61 ODIs, garnering more than 4,258 runs across both formats. He mustered up 2,275 in the short
Steven Smith is likely to play a few matches for Washington Freedom in the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC) season, in the short gap between Australia's World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa and their tour of the West Indies, as per ESPNcricinfo.
Defending champions Washington Freedom retained 15 players, the most by any team, but let go of Head, who was their joint-highest run-getter alongside captain Steve Smith with 336 runs each. The franchise also let go of bowlers Akeal Hosein and Andrew Tye, who took two and five wickets each
Smith, who is Australia's premier batter in Tests and ODIs and is considered as one of the finest longest format batters of all time, was dropped from the ICC T20 World Cup squad in favour of more younger, hard-hitting batter.
Led by a stellar performance from Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell, Freedom set an imposing target of 208, which proved too steep for the Unicorns to chase.
Rachin Ravindra's 4/11 helped the Washington Freedom bowl out the San Francisco Unicorns for 145 before chasing down their target in 16 overs, thanks to unbeaten knocks from Travis Head (77* off 44, with 10 fours and three sixes) and Glenn Maxwell (54* off 23, with four boundaries and five s
Despite Steve Smith and Travis Head each scoring half-centuries to guide Washington Freedom to 174/3 in 15.3 overs, the Unicorns managed their run-chase flawlessly in a rain-affected game, securing a six-wicket victory (DLS Method).
The Washington Freedom maintained their winning streak to stay on top of the Major League Cricket points table with a comfortable 42-run win over the Texas Super Kings.