Seattle Orcas scored 152/7 in 20 overs, where as San Francisco Unicorns scored 156/4 in 14.2 overs.
So, finally San Francisco Unicorns beat Seattle Orcas by 6 wickets.
Seattle Orcas, placed at the bottom of the points table in MLC 2024, were officially eliminated after the San Francisco Unicorns registered a comprehensive win powered by Finn Allen.
This victory ensured a top-two finish for the Unicorns and guaranteed the Texas Super Kings a spot in the top four.
Set a target of 153, the Unicorns chased it down with 34 balls to spare, thanks to Allen’s blistering 30-ball 77 that set the tone.
By the end of the powerplay, the Unicorns had amassed 79 runs, with Allen contributing 59 of them.
In a boundary-laden powerplay phase, Allen kept increasing the tempo.
His partner, Matthew Short, initially set the tone with a couple of sixes off Cameron Gannon in an 18-run over.
Allen took it further when he attacked Lungi Ngidi in a 26-run over, peppering the midwicket area with boundaries.
Keemo Paul, who had conceded only six runs in his first over, was the next to suffer as he went for 16 runs, with Allen bringing up a 21-ball 50.
The carnage ended when Harmeet Singh had Allen caught at long-on in the eighth over, but the damage had already been done.
The Unicorns cruised through after that.
Earlier in the day, after being put in to bat, the Orcas got off to a disastrous start, losing both openers Ryan Rickleton and Aaron Jones for first-ball ducks in the opening over.
Carmi le Roux first had Rickleton edging behind and then brought the ball back in to trap Jones plumb in front, leaving the Orcas shell-shocked.
However, Quinton de Kock and Shehan Jayasuriya brought the innings back on track with a 97-run stand for the third wicket.
De Kock top-scored with a 33-ball 62 before pacer Brody Couch had him skying a big hit.
The Unicorns were left concerned soon after as Couch was forced to walk off with an injury, unable to complete that over.
Skipper Corey Anderson brought himself on and, as luck would have it, struck with his second ball as Jayasuriya dragged on, leaving the Orcas in a spot of bother once again.
The innings took a turn for the worse as Heinrich Klaasen was snapped up first-ball by left-arm spinner Hassan Khan, who had him caught at sweeper cover off an edge.
Khan then tightened the screws with back-to-back wickets in his next over, sending back both Harmeet Singh and Keemo Paul.
The innings was salvaged thanks to a 36-run stand for the eighth wicket between Shubham Ranjane and Imad Wasim, allowing the Orcas to surpass 150, only for it to be blown away by Allen’s onslaught.
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