00:03Washington Freedom won the toss and put Los Angeles Knight Riders into bat in the MLC T20 final in Oakland.
00:08Colin Munro and the right-handed Andrew Fletcher were the ones to open the batting.
00:16Their partnership was with 66 runs for the first wicket.
00:22Fletcher was out for 47, followed by Andrew Russell for naught with Nikhil Chaudhry removing both batters.
00:28But the left-handed Munro went on to score 40.
00:34Ruchan Ravindra bowled well and picked up two scalps.
00:37For the Knight Riders, Matthew Tromp was also among the runs with 39.
00:44But left-harm pacer Ben Dorshius did major damage.
00:52Dorshius grabbed 3 for 31 from his four overs, including this sharp caught and bowled.
00:59And Mitchell Owen took the last two as LA Knight Riders were all out for 164 in the final over.
01:06When Washington Freedom responded, the poor simonious Sunil Narain gave them a tough time by first removing Owen for 9.
01:14Then he had Ruchan Ravindra caught for 7.
01:19Narain took his third by castling captain Steve Smith for 8.
01:2229 for 3.
01:26Andrews House and Nikhil Chaudhry then put on a partnership of 65 for the fourth wicket.
01:31Chaudhry was dismissed by Jason Holder for 25.
01:34Make that 2 for Holder in the same over.
01:3796 for 5.
01:43Then he took his third by getting the big wicket of House for Forte.
01:46But Obas Pienaar went ballistic with Willow in hand.
01:49That is stunning.
01:50Pre-meditated.
01:51And look how far it's gone back.
01:53He smashed 53 of just 24 balls and nearly took his team home.
01:58Shadley Van Scalkewijk dismissed Pienaar and then Ian Holland.
02:06With 3 to get of the last ball, Lahiru Miluntha was run out going for a second.
02:11Washington Freedom were restricted to 163 for 9.
02:15Resulting in LA Knight Riders winning this Humdinga by 1 run.
02:18And with that, they clinched their maiden MLC T20 title.
02:22Vinod Nawani, T64.
02:23The Junker Leysen is out of this world.
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