Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom, Final, Major League Cricket 2026 - Player HighlightsLAKR vs WAF, Final, Major League Cricket 2026 - Player Highlights

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Lahiru Milantha, out Lahiru Milantha Run Out!! 1 run completed. Maiden MLC title for Knight Riders. Fireworks go off and there are wild celebrations in the middle. What a finish in the final. Shadley van Schalkwyk has done it after being hammered for six off the first ball of the over. Nails the yorker outside off, it's squeezed away into the on-side and he charges after it himself as the batters look to go for two. Throw comes in to the keeper who breaks the stumps with Milantha well short. Fans and players both go berserk. Lahiru Milantha run out (Shadley van Schalkwyk/J Hamilton) 4(4)

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Lockie Ferguson, 1 run, very full, he drives hard down the pitch and Shadley fails to stop it cleanly. Think he got a hand but it burst through. Will be a single to long-on

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Lockie Ferguson, FOUR, full and wide, Ferguson reaches out, makes contact and smears it to the point boundary! Impossible to call this yet. Going right down to the wire with 4 needed off 2

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Holland, out Caught by Jason Holder!! Two in two and the pendulum has swung sharply again! What drama! Full and wide, Holland steps across, looks to hit straight and slices it in the air. Only goes as far as Holder at long-off. Holland c Jason Holder b Shadley van Schalkwyk 0(1)

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Obus Pienaar, out Bowled!! What a ball! Shadley van Schalkwyk has absolutely nailed the yorker under pressure to send Pienaar packing. Great thinking, knows Pienaar is going to step across the stumps, keeps it straight and bowls him behind his legs. This is still not over. Obus Pienaar b Shadley van Schalkwyk 53(24) [4s-3 6s-5]

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Obus Pienaar, SIX, pops it over the extra cover boundary, gets it down to 8 needed off 5! Full and wide, Pienaar steps across the stumps, gets under it and carves it away. Fifty for him off just 23! It's his first T20 fifty and what a time to do it

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Obus Pienaar, 1 run, good yorker to finish, Pienaar can't do much other than squeeze it to long-off

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Obus Pienaar, wide, very wide outside off, Pienaar misses and it's called wide

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Obus Pienaar, no run, full and wide, Pienaar steps across to sweep but misses. Oh it has hit the keeper on the inner thigh. Could've easily gone through his legs as he couldn't get a hand

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Obus Pienaar, SIX, consecutive sixes! Again steps across, Shadley tries going even wider in response but Pienaar still manages to reach it. He adjusts and smokes it down the ground. The equation looking a lot better for the Freedom than it was a couple of minutes ago

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Obus Pienaar, SIX, this is why he's turning the single down. Wants to take Shadley to the cleaners. Walks across the stumps, anticipating the wide yorker, gets low and sweeps it into the stands over square leg

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Obus Pienaar, no run, nails the yorker outside off, Pienaar squeezes it out to sweeper cover and turns down the single. His partner was halfway down

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Lahiru Milantha, 1 run, full outside off, Milantha goes hard and slices it in the air. Goes on the bounce to sweeper cover

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Andries Gous, 1 run, full and wide, Gous reaches out and slices it to deep point. 14 off the over - easily the biggest of the innings!

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Andries Gous, FOUR, opens the face and slices it past short third! Big over this! Angling away outside off, length ball and Gous places it beautifully

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Andries Gous, 2 runs, back of a length delivery wide of off, Gous slaps it hard through extra cover, it's a clumsy dive in the deep from Holder but he gets the job done and saves two

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, low full toss wide of off, driven to deep point

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, nails the yorker outside off, Chaudhary tries slicing it fine past the keeper but is beaten

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Nikhil Chaudhary, 5 wides, oh dear, the last thing Knight Riders need at this stage. Shadley kicks the air in frustration. He goes for the bluff, tries a yorker at the stumps but errs down the leg-side. Keeper is standing up to the stumps and is beaten

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Andries Gous, 1 run, well wide outside off from round the wicket, Gous reaches out and cuts to extra cover

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, reaches out for the yorker and squeezes it through point

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Andries Gous, 1 run, yorker outside off, squeezed away through extra cover

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Andries Gous, SIX, third time's the charm for Gous! Full outside off, he goes hard and carves it over point to clear the short square boundary

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Andries Gous, no run, again beaten on the drive as Shadley almost gets the yorker right outside off

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Andries Gous, no run, wide yorker outside off, Gous beaten on the drive, great take from the keeper

Shadley van Schalkwyk to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, goes wide outside off with the angle, it's very full and Chaudhary drives to sweeper cover