Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns Match Prediction & Betting Tips – Qualifier MLC 2024
Washington Freedom will take on San Francisco Unicorns at the Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas in The Qualifier of the 2024 Major League Cricket. This game gets underway at 20:30 local time on Thursday 25th July 2024.
WAF vs SFU, Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Pitch Report
Although there are still plenty of runs being hit on this pitch, bowlers have been getting more movement from the surface over recent games.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns, Qualifier Major League Cricket 2024
Washington Freedom Team News & Playing 11
WAF Team News
Although they lost their final group stage game against San Francisco Unicorns on Monday evening, Washington Freedom still finished top of the table thanks to their very impressive net-run-rate. However, the table counts for nothing now and they will be looking for immediate revenge against the Unicorns in this game.
WAF Team Batting
San Francisco Unicorns’ bowlers will be desperate to dismiss at least one of Washington Freedom’s openers early in this match after Travis Head and Steven Smith put on 101 for the first wicket on Monday on their way to posting 101 for the first wicket.
WAF Team Bowling
Australian Andrew Tye will be looking forward to bowling at San Francisco Unicorns’ batters once again in this match after he dismissed three of their top five in the last head to head. Spinner Akeal Hosein is likely to open the bowling in this Qualifier.
WAF Team Form
Washington Freedom won their five first completed games before losing Match 20 against the Unicorns.
Washington Freedom Predicted Playing 11
Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Andries Gous (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Mukhtar Ahmed, Jack Edwards, Obus Pienaar, Justin Dill, Akeal Hosein, Andrew Tye, Saurabh Hetravalkar
San Francisco Unicorns Team News & Playing 11
SFU Team News
Confidence will be high amongst the San Francisco Unicorns after they became the first team to beat Washington Freedom in this year’s tournament in Monday’s match. They even won the game in spite of two of their top five recording ducks.
SFU Team Batting
With Finn Allen falling first ball and Sherfane Rutherford departing after only two deliveries, it was Sanjay Krishnamurthi (79 not out) and Josh Inglis (45 from 17 balls) who starred for the Unicorns in their last game. However, Allen and Rutherford are two very consistent white ball batters.
SFU Team Bowling
Although they won they game on Monday, San Francisco Unicorns’ bowling attack will need to produce a better performance in this fixture after they picked up only two wickets in that match. Matt Henry and Haris Rauf are expected to be the key bowlers for the Unicorns.
SFU Team Form
San Francisco Unicorns are looking for their fifth successive victory of the tournament in this game.
San Francisco Unicorns Predicted Playing 11
Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Josh Inglis (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Hassan Khan, Corey Anderson (c), Tajinder Singh, Haris Rauf, Matt Henry, Juanoy Drysdale
🏆 Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns Prediction
Although Monday’s game was reduced due to wet weather, San Francisco Unicorns still put a marker down by defeating Washington Freedom. In this play-off, we expect both teams to bowl better but we are backing San Francisco Unicorns to win again and book their place in the final of the tournament.
