In Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025 season 1'st game was kicked off with a bang as the San Francisco Unicorns outplayed Washington Freedom by a huge margin of 123 runs at the Oakland Coliseum, California. 

After being asked to bat first, the Unicorns put on a show, scoring a massive 269 runs for 5 wickets in their 20 overs. The star player was Finn Allen, who scored 151 runs from just 51 balls, hitting boundaries and sixes all over the ground. He got good support from captain Hassan Khan 38 runs in 18 balls and Sanjay Krishnamurthy (36 off 20), helping the team maintain a fast scoring rate throughout. On a tough day for Washington's bowlers, Jack Edwards (2/39), Mitchell Owen (1/33), and Ian Holland (1/30) managed to pick up a few wickets. 

Chasing a huge target, Washington Freedom couldn’t handle the pressure and were all out for just 146 runs in 13.1 overs. Rachin Ravindra 42 runs in 17 balls and Mitchell Owen 39 runs in 20 balls tried to fight back, but the rest of the team couldn’t hold on.

The Unicorns’ bowlers did a great job. Haris Rauf took 3 wickets for 30 runs, Hassan Khan grabbed 3 for 38, and Carmi le Roux took 2 wickets for 35. With this strong win, the San Francisco Unicorns have made a big statement to start their MLC 2025 journey.

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Twitter reactions after SF wins 1th match of  MLC 2025

 

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Fans go bananas for San Francisco Unicorns’ first-ever Major League Cricket game at Oakland Coliseumhttps://t.co/IXZIX9ZzEx
Featuring some of the most passionate fruit-adorned spectators you'll ever find.@MLCricket @SFOUnicorns @Oaklandish @MikeNowels @DarrenSabedra pic.twitter.com/5WRpAXJ8vZ

— Christian Babcock (@CB_Journalist) June 13, 2025

 

MLC 1(1), 🏏 2(2), San Francisco vs. Washington at Oakland Coliseum. And yes, I'm keeping score! @KingcougarMike @rstones199 @sportsroadtrips @anygameanywhere pic.twitter.com/KPJ2QwlRb1

— Tike Narry (@eddiesofficials) June 13, 2025

 

From 80/1 to 146/10 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 what a clowning mann!! 😭 #MLC2025 pic.twitter.com/UfWLu6ME9n

— R🦅 (@141ovalclassic) June 13, 2025

 

THE FASTEST CENTURY IN MLC HISTORY 🤯

Finn Allen, you are something else 🙌#GoCorns pic.twitter.com/kA8Fw5qJiw

— San Francisco Unicorns (@SFOUnicorns) June 13, 2025

 

Finn Allen playing for San Francisco Unicorns has smacked the fastest hundred in MLC in 34 balls in the opening game of #MLC2025 against Defending champions Washington Freedom.

Oakland Coliseum is hosting the historic opening game in USA 🇺🇸#SFvWF pic.twitter.com/6zxpeVEbZt

— NightWatchMad 🏏 (@NightWatchMad) June 13, 2025

 

So this first innings of the MLC season is going to teach us one of two things: either San Francisco is really good, or the entire time the league is in Oakland its gonna be glorified batting practice. We'll know more when Washington comes to bat.

Also Finn Allen is really good

— Phil (@PhilMetro96) June 13, 2025

 

Largest Victory Margin by Runs in history of @MLCricket ➡️ San Francisco Unicorns (123 Runs).#WFvSFU #MLC2025 @SFOUnicorns

— JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar) (@JaayShaan) June 13, 2025