San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom Prediction: Washington are on a good run

San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom are going to clash in the Qualifier of Major League Cricket at Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, United States on 26th July 2024. Washington are on a good run of form in the MLC. Who will win this game of cricket?

Corey Anderson and his men have taken their positive energy flowing from the humbling of Washington Freedom last night. The underdogs took down the top team in the table so this must have served as a big boost coming into this action. He believes in his team making an interesting fight banked on Finn Allen and Jake Fraser-McGurk to be an explosive opening pair. High expectations rest on Sanjay Krishnamurthi, who played a match-winning knock in the last game. Josh Inglis and Matthew Short are the other two middle-order batsmen. Corey Anderson and Hassan Khan will be important as they come in to add runs during the later moments. The bowling will be under scrutiny, with bowlers like Brody Couch and Hassan Khan expected to do the job. Liam Plunkett and Haris Rauf will be experienced enough to shine during the middle overs. While both Anderson and Tajinder Dhillon are expecting to play effective supporting roles.

Corey Anderson, Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Hassan Khan, Brody Couch, Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Tajinder Dhillon

In their most recent league match, the Washington Freedom took a dent as they lost the contest against the San Francisco Unicorns by a margin of 6 wickets. The loss was the first for Steven Smith's side in what was turning out to be a fine season till now. They have been fantastic in most of the matches and, primarily, the batsmen have put the opposition teams' bowling attacks under a lot of pressure. The Unicorns are a team that Steven Smith and his side would want to face in their second encounter to return to winning ways.

The consistency of Travis Head and Steven Smith at the top order has been quite crucial. This pair will, therefore, be relied upon to provide a solid start in the forthcoming match. Andries Gous has been solid at No. 3 and will look to stitch partnerships with Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Maxwell in the middle order. The lower middle order comprising Obus Pienaar, Mukhtar Ahmed, and Marco Jansen will be expected to contribute quick runs.

The bowling has been good as a unit throughout the season, and it would want Marco Jansen and Jasdeep Singh to provide it a good start. Lockie Ferguson and Saurabh Netravalkar have to bowl good tight spells in the middle overs. Also, Maxwell and Ravindra can support the team in bowling.

Steven Smith (c), Travis Head, Rachin Ravindra, Andries Gous (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Obus Pienaar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Saurabh Netravalkar, Lockie Ferguson, Jasdeep Singh

San Francisco Unicorns have a good record of batting but their attack of them in bowling is not that strong, so it's going to be hard for the bowlers against the hitters in the team of Washington Freedom. Washington Freedom has the best number of top orders with a good run in the form, adding to the balanced bowling attack, surely the game is going to be of favor in the pocket of them. So, Washington Freedom will bag the honours over here.