Fraser-McGurk stars as Unicorns stay unbeaten
Jake Fraser-McGurk returned to form with a 38-ball 88 as San Francisco Unicorns beat Los Angeles Knight Riders by 32 runs to maintain their winning start to the 2025 Major League Cricket season.The Australia international headed into the match on a run of five consecutive single-figure scores but smashed 11 sixes and two fours to propel his side to 219-8.Finn Allen, whose 151 in the season opener against Washington Freedom broke the record for the highest score in MLC history, also scored a half-century, posting 52 off 27, and the pair put on 121 runs off just 55 balls for the second wicket.Los Angeles Knight Riders lost opener Alex Hales for six in the second over and while Unmukt Chand (53 off 32), Matthew Tromp (41 off 31) and captain Sunil Narine (27 off 13) made contributions with the bat, they fell well short of their 220-run target.Xavier Bartlett and Haris Rauf picked up four wickets apiece but former England international Liam Plunkett's wicketless four overs cost 45 runs.Washington Freedom bounced back from their 123-run defeat against the Unicorns with a comfortable five-wicket win over Seattle Orcas.Freedom, whose bowlers were hit for 269 runs on Thursday, restricted Seattle Orcas to 145-9. Openers David Warner (31) and Kyle Mayers (27) were the only players to pass 20 while Ian Holland picked up 4-19 as the batting side lost seven wickets for 50 runs in the second half of their innings.A 49-run opening stand off just 18 deliveries between Rachin Ravindra (44 off 18) and Mitch Owen (25 off 11) broke the back of Freedom's chase before captain Glenn Maxwell's unbeaten 38 (20) saw the defending champions home with 39 balls to spare.
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