Major League Cricket 2024, Match 3 Highlights: Washington Freedom beat MI New York in rain-hit game

Trent Boult to Steven Smith, Back of a length on the hip, tucked away to deep backward square leg for a single.

Trent Boult to Travis Head, Head, and Washington Freedom are away! Boult pitches it full on the middle and leg. Head advances and gets an inside edge to short fine leg for one.

Trent Boult to Travis Head, Back of a length, nipping away, around off. Head dabs it to backward point.

Trent Boult to Travis Head, Boult is right on the money! Bowls it on a length and jags it back into the middle and leg stump line. Head stays back to defend this but plays the wrong line and is stuck on the pad. The appeal from Boult is turned down. MI New York go for the review. The ball tracking shows wickets as the umpire's call. Head survives. 

Welcome back for the chase. The players and umpires return to the park. The pair of Steven Smith and Travis Head stride out to open for Washington Freedom. It will be Trent Boult with the ball for MI New York. Here we go!

...THE RUN CHASE...

Washington Freedom would have taken this score earlier! They bowled really well throughout the game! The likes of Saurabh Netravalkar and Justin Dill were right on money whenever they were called upon to bowl.  They would have loved an even lesser score but this still is an achievable target. Now then! Washington Freedom have the power. The eyes will be on Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head but MI New York have Trent Boult and Rashid Khan who could win the game singlehandedly. Stay tuned. 

The final flourish from the likes of Rashid Khan and Anrich Nortje means MI New York do get a competitive total on the board. Once, Nicholas Pooran fell it felt like they will end with 120 or something on the board but they have done well in the end. It was a struggling effort before that. All the batters were finding it hard to middle and kept on losing wickets regularly. Apart from Nicholas Pooran no one looked settled in but the cameo from Rashid Khan mainly at the backend could prove to be the difference.

Saurabh Netravalkar to Nosthush Kenjige, FOUR! A boundary to end the innings. Short of a length and on middle, Nosthush Kenjige hammers it over mid-wicket for a boundary. 

Saurabh Netravalkar to Ehsan Adil, A length ball, outside off. Ehsan Adil slashes and slices his shot over to mid off. No one there and they get one.

Saurabh Netravalkar to Anrich Nortje, OUT! TAKEN! Short of a length and outside off, Nortje looks to pull but top edges it to point where Steven Smith takes a dolly. 

Saurabh Netravalkar to Anrich Nortje, FOUR! This is some effort from Nortje! He is playing a vital knock! Full and on off, Nortje slog-sweeps it over to long on for a boundary.

Saurabh Netravalkar to Nosthush Kenjige, A length ball, outside off, Nosthush Kenjige dabs it to third man for one.

Saurabh Netravalkar to Rashid Khan, OUT! BOWLED! Khan goes! Saurabh Netravalkar goes for the widish yorker, outside off, Khan steps across and swings but chops it back on as it hits the stumps. 

Lockie Ferguson to Anrich Nortje, 10 runs off it! Full and on off, Nortje pushes it to cover.

Lockie Ferguson to Anrich Nortje, Short and follows Nortje on the leg side who tries to pull but misses and gets hit on the helmet. The physio is out to check on him.

Lockie Ferguson to Anrich Nortje, FOUR! Crucial runs! Very full and wide of off. Nortje slams it through covers and it races to the fence.

Lockie Ferguson to Anrich Nortje, SIX! Why need to rotate when you can hit! Shorter and wide of off. Nortje upper cuts it over third man for a biggie.

Lockie Ferguson to Anrich Nortje, Another dot! A length ball, outside off, Nortje swings his bat and misses.

Lockie Ferguson to Anrich Nortje,  Nortje needs to give the strike back to Khan! Touch fuller and on middle,Nortje checks his shot and plays it on the leg side.

Marco Jansen to Rashid Khan, FOUR! MORE RUNS! HUGE OVER for MI New York as 23 runs comes off it. Full and outside off, Khan smashes it over mid off for a boundary.

Marco Jansen to Rashid Khan, Bangs it short and on middle, Khan looks to pull but misses.

Marco Jansen to Rashid Khan, SIX! Helicopter shot. Very full and on middle, Khan whips it to deep mid-wicket and just over the fielder there. 18 runs off three.

Marco Jansen to Rashid Khan, SIX! Two in a row! Valuable runs! Khan is on fire! In the slot on middle, Khan shuffles across and tonks it over long on for a biggie. 

Marco Jansen to Rashid Khan, SIX! BANG! A length ball on off, Khan heaves it over mid-wicket for a biggie. 

Marco Jansen to Rashid Khan, Wide! A bumper but down leg, Khan leaves.

Marco Jansen to Rashid Khan, A length ball, outside off, Khan steps across to heave it but misses and gets hit on the body. 

Justin Dill to Anrich Nortje, Shorter and outside off, Anrich Nortje slashes his blade and misses.

Justin Dill to Trent Boult, OUT! TAKEN! Justin Dill gets his third! A scrambled seam delivery, shorter and on middle, Boult swings but edges it to the keeper who makes no mistake.

Justin Dill to Rashid Khan, Short of a length and on middle, Khan pulls but gets a thick top edge, it flies to mid-wicket. The keeper and Justin Dill runs across but no one calls and as a result it falls safely. 

Justin Dill to Trent Boult, A single now as Trent Boult works it to cover.

Justin Dill to Trent Boult, FOUR! Boult finds a boundary! Fuller and outside off, Boult hammers it over point and finds the fence. 

Justin Dill to Rashid Khan, On middle, Khan punches it to point for a single. 

Lockie Ferguson to Trent Boult, Four dots to end the over! A length ball on off, Boult bottom edges his cut to the keeper.

Lockie Ferguson to Trent Boult, Too full and around off, Boult drives it well but straight to cover.

Lockie Ferguson to Trent Boult, Fuller and wide of off. Boult looks to drive it away but misses.

Lockie Ferguson to Trent Boult, On a length and on off, Boult blocks it out.

Lockie Ferguson to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! TAKEN! Pooran goes and Washington Freedom have a chance to finish things up quickly now! This will surely make a difference of lot of runs! Shorter and on middle, Pooran pulls but to the longer side of the ground, towards mid-wicket and Glenn Maxwell takes an easy catch.

Lockie Ferguson to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Hammered down the ground! On middle, very full and Pooran smacks it down to long off  for four.

Glenn Maxwell to Nicholas Pooran, 100 up! Outside off, this is guided to point for one.

Glenn Maxwell to Rashid Khan, Full and spinning on middle, Khan nudges it to mid-wicket for one. Khan was struggling as he runs across and Steven Smith misses a big chance of getting him run out.

Glenn Maxwell to Rashid Khan, Glenn Maxwell keeps bowling outside off, Khan slaps it to point.

Glenn Maxwell to Rashid Khan, Outside off again, Khan rocks back to cut but misses this time.

Glenn Maxwell to Rashid Khan, FOUR! He can bat too! Flat and outside off, quicker and Khan swings his bat, cuts it through backward point for a boundary.

Glenn Maxwell to Nicholas Pooran, Tossed up on off, Pooran pushes it to covers for a single.

Saurabh Netravalkar to Rashid Khan, Length and on off, this is defended out.

Rashid Khan is the new man in.

Saurabh Netravalkar to Rashid Khan, A length ball, outside off, Khan crunches it through covers for a couple of runs.

Saurabh Netravalkar to Kieron Pollard, OUT! TAKEN! Saurabh Netravalkar gets the captain! Fantastic stuff from him! Short of a length and on middle, Pollard pulls well, hits  it hard but flat to deep mid-wicket where Mukhtar Ahmed takes it. MI New York slightly in trouble but they still have Nicky P out there.

Saurabh Netravalkar to Nicholas Pooran, Full and on middle, this is flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single.