San Francisco Unicorns vs. MI New York: Game Day Preview

MI New York and San Francisco Clash

The match between MI New York and San Francisco Unicorns in Match 14 of the June 2025 Major League Cricket season (MLC) will be a thrilling one. Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, a batting paradise, will host this eagerly awaited game, which will be a challenging one. The stakes are extremely high, as SFU wants to maintain their record, and MINY attempts to keep their chance alive for playing in the playoffs.

Will MI New York overpower the table leaders, or will winning continue for the Unicorns? Let us have each and every detail of pre-match analysis, such as statistics, betting tips, fantasy picks, and pitch reports.

Date: 24th June 2025
Time: 12:00 PM (UTC)
Location: Dallas' Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium

Current Form and Status

MI New York (MINY)

New York is clearly struggling, with only one win so far in MLC 2025. Despite putting forth a commendable and competitive effort, they have not been able to muster the results on the pitch. Their three losses (3 runs, 5 balls, 6 balls) indicate they have been right there and in the game; however, they were unable to seal the deal. They must win this match if they want to keep themselves alive to play on after the group rounds.

The San Francisco Unicorns (SFU)

With four wins from four, SFU sits atop the tournament as the apparent leaders. Their performances have both been brilliant and relentless, led by Finn Allen in an aggressive batting display and Haris Rauf leading the relentless and merciless bowling. If you want to see how much they are committed to this tournament, look no further than their last performance against MINY, where they chased 183 for 108/6.

Probability of Win: SFU: 57%, MINY: 43%

Head-to-Head: MI New York vs. San Francisco Unicorns

Total Matches: 3
MI New York Wins: 1
San Francisco Unicorns Wins: 2
No Results: 0

Recap Last Encounter: A resolute half-century from Xavier Bartlett completed an improbable chase for SFU, making it 2-1 in their head-to-head clashes.

Pitch Report: Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas

The Grand Prairie surface has been a batting paradise in MLC 2025, as the lowest total so far has been 177, which shows bowlers will need to work very hard to get a foothold.

Average 1st Innings Score (2025): 195.75
Average 1st Innings Score (Overall): 184
Average 2nd Innings Score: 179
Win % batting 1st: 54%
Win % batting 2nd: 46%

Bowling Overview (2022-2025 Stats)

Fast Bowlers: Avg – 28.59 | Economy – 8.72
Spinners: Avg – 27.84 | Economy – 7.97
Wickets per Innings: 1st – 6.67 | 2nd – 5.40

Phase-wise Wicket Fall

Powerplay (1-6): 1.58 wickets
Middle Overs (7-15): 2.56 wickets
Death Overs (16-20): 2.13 wickets

Elaborate Surface Analysis

We expect it to be a good batting facility with spinners being able to also get some assistance. Pacers will have to depend on slower balls to hold the batsman back, especially in the death overs.

Conclusion of the Surface Analysis: A batting-friendly track with some limited help for spinners in the middle overs—expect run-laden carnage!

Weather Conditions

Conditions: Mainly sunny
Temperature: Max temperature at 27 degrees.
Rain prediction: None really

The conditions are looking wonderfully and happily dry, and we expect exceptional T20 cricket conditions. Because of the hot sun, as the game progresses, as the surface dries out further, it could then favor the batters a little, even more so than at the beginning.

Expected Playing XIs

MI New York Probable Playing XI

Monank Patel
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Nicholas Pooran (c)
Kieron Pollard
Michael Bracewell
Heath Richards
Tajinder Dhillon
Sunny Patel
Trent Boult
Naveen-ul-Haq
Rushil Ugarkar

San Francisco Unicorns Likely Playing XI

Matthew Short (c)
Finn Allen
Jake Fraser-McGurk
Tim Seifert (wk)
Sanjay Krishnamurthi
Hassan Khan
Karima Gore
Xavier Bartlett
Haris Rauff
Carmi le Roux
Brody Couch

Key Players to Follow

MI New York

Monank Patel—204 runs in 4 games, strike rate 169.84
Quinton de Kock—2 fifties in 4 games, stable at the top
Michael Bracewell – 147 runs (Avg 73.5, SR 161.54), 4 wickets
Naveen-ul-Haq – 7 wickets in 4 games, economy 9.94