MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns Preview & Prediction | 2024 Major League Cricket | League Stage
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MI New York’s tournament hopes hang by a thread, with defeat here against San Francisco Unicorns all but ending their chances of a play-off place in 2024.
DATE & TIME: Thursday 18th July 2024 - USA ET – 8:30pm / USA PT – 5:30pm / West Indies – 7:30pm / Friday 19th July 2024 - UK – 1:30am / South Africa – 2:30am / Pakistan - 5:30am / India – 6:00am / Bangladesh – 6:30am / Australia – 10:30am
VENUE: Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, Texas, United States
WEATHER: Very hot conditions with sunny intervals descending into clear skies and temperatures remaining in the 30s.
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MI NEW YORK FORM: CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS LEAVE THEM ALMOST OUT OF CONTENTION
This is simply a must-win game for MI New York if they are to make the play-offs, especially when considering how bad their net-run-rate is, currently the worst in Major League Cricket. However, form is not in their favour, having lost each of their last two matches.
LAST THREE: LLA
SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS FORM: LOOKING FOR REVENGE AFTER NINE-WICKET HAMMERING.
San Francisco Unicorns are coming off the back of a much-needed victory over Seattle Orcas and another win here would guarantee their place in the play-offs. However, they’ll still have eyes on a top two finish, which would see them avoid the eliminator game.
LAST THREE: WAL
MI NEW YORK BETTING ANALYSIS
If MI New York are to succeed here, they need their star bowlers to step up even if conditions aren’t perfectly suited to their skills. There is no better bowler in this form of the game than Rashid Khan and the mystery spinner’s ability to take wickets will be critical to MINY’s chances. Back Rashid to take over 1.5 match wickets, regardless of whether his side are bowling first or second.
The big-hitting potential of Dewald Brevis is a player that warrants investment, specifically when taking into account his ability to clear the rope. MINY will be banking on him to find the boundary when at the crease and it’s worth backing Brevis via the ‘Batter Total Match Sixes’ marker to score over 0.5 sixes over the course of this match.
SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS BETTING ANALYSIS
San Francisco Unicorns’ Matthew Short has impressed across the tournament so far, scoring 147 runs in three innings, the most of any Unicorns player. Should he feature in this particular contest, then a stake on Short to finish as San Francisco’s top batter could well wind up being a smart move for bettors.
From a bowling perspective, Haris Rauf’s pace is always likely to cause trouble for opposition batters and the Pakistan star will want to make a decisive impact here. Rauf offers substantial quality both in the powerplay, the middle orders and the death if required, so consider backing him to gain 2+ wickets via the ‘Bowler Milestones’ market.
MI NEW YORK VS SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS EXPERT PREDICTION
MI New York have disappointed across the 2024 edition of Major League cricket so far. Wins have been hard to come by and confidence must be low among their squad. Two straight defeats are testament to their recent struggles and pulling things back at this stage represents a very difficult challenge.
San Francisco Unicorns have been fairly solid throughout and know that they can’t afford a slip-up to ensure that they’ll be in the play-off places come the post-season. If they can summon up the same performance levels shown in their last game then they should do enough to overcome MINY.
MI NEW YORK VS SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS TOP TIP: SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS TO WIN
