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

Sunil Narine to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, turning in off a length, Chaudhary works it wide of midwicket and they've managed to see Narine off. There's an applause for the great spinner as he finishes a brilliant spell that has given Knight Riders a chance! He immediately goes off the field, Chand comes on as a sub

Sunil Narine to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, flat length ball turning in on off, defended from the crease

Sunil Narine to Andries Gous, 1 run, round the wicket for Gous, lands it around leg and it turns away off a good length, Gous punches it to long-on

Sunil Narine to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, flat length ball on off and middle, Chaudhary nudges it gently through square leg

Sunil Narine to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, switches to over the wicket, Chaudhary with a premeditated sweep and is nearly undone by a delivery that's very full. He makes contact and drags it to short fine

Sunil Narine to Andries Gous, 1 run, flat on leg, Gous hangs back and clips it through midwicket

Sunil Narine to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, they had a slip, gully, a man under the lid at short leg for the bat-pad and it almost went to that short leg fielder. Nikhil wanted to defend this offie off the front foot, got an inside edge that hit the pad and luckily for him, went wide of the catcher under the helmet

Sunil Narine to Steven Smith, out Bowled!! Oh ho ho! Sunil Narine is unstoppable and unplayable for the Freedom. Has he already done enough to get the Knight Riders their first MLC title? Look at him roar. You hardly get emotions out of him. He knows how important this wicket. Steven Smith is a batter who can handle and negate Narine quite well and when he got him, Narine was absoluely pumped. Powell lifts Narine as they celebrate this biggie after bowing down to him on one knee. Flatter delivery from round the wicket, Smith backs away and to cut, misses and the ball crashes into the off stump. Steven Smith b Sunil Narine 8(13) [4s-1]

Sunil Narine to Steven Smith, wide, fires this down the leg-side

Sunil Narine to Steven Smith, no run, flatter delivery, Smith keeps it out

Sunil Narine to Andries Gous, 1 run, flatter delivery on the stumps, Gous works it to mid-wicket

Sunil Narine to Rachin Ravindra, out Caught by Ali Khan!! Shouts of caattchhh and taken by the man at short fine leg, running to the right. Sunil Narine you absolute champion. He puts needless doubts into those batters, he demands respect and he commands with indecision. Rachin Ravindra tried to play the sweep but didn't go through properly with the shot, a top edge resulted from a fullish length and Ali Khan tracked it nicely into the hands by moving to the right. Rachin Ravindra c Ali Khan b Sunil Narine 7(7) [4s-1]

Sunil Narine to Rachin Ravindra, no run, short and outside off stump, there for the cut, Rachin goes for it and misses. Missed out on a freebie there

Sunil Narine to Steven Smith, 1 run, shortish delivery, Smith wrists it to deep mid-wicket

Sunil Narine to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, slapped to long-off

Sunil Narine to Steven Smith, 1 run, meanwhile, Smith knows Narine inside out. Remember how he just defended Narine in a Super Over in the IPL and won the game for his side? He steps out now and flicks this flatter delivery through mid-wicket

Sunil Narine to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, full delivery, Rachin drives to long-off

Sunil Narine to Mitchell Owen, out Caught by Jason Holder!! He needed only two balls to get Owen in this over. The moment he let Owen free the arms and teased him for the big shot, he gets his man. The offie that turned with some bounce, Owen stood leg-side and backed himself to clear the infield but the ball hit him slightly high on the bat to force the mishit. Holder didn't move an inch and he took the simplest of catch. This is the third time Narine has got Owen in as many meetings this season. Dejected Owen walks off. Just the start Knight Riders wanted. Mitchell Owen c Jason Holder b Sunil Narine 9(8) [6s-1]

Sunil Narine to Mitchell Owen, no run, oh spins and hits the pad but misses leg. The offie that skidded on and hit the pad, wasn't straight enough for LBW so Narine didn't appeal

Sunil Narine to Mitchell Owen, 2 runs, this is slightly leg-sidish, Owen pulls through backward square leg and it's cut off from the keeper. That's one over of Narine negated without damage by the Freedom

Sunil Narine to Mitchell Owen, no run, plays a calming back foot defence. Looks like Smith and Ponting have told him, if it's on the stumps from Narine, just defend with the full face of the bat

Sunil Narine to Steven Smith, 1 run, flatter delivery, Smith pushes it to long-on

Sunil Narine to Steven Smith, no run, covers the line and nicely defends

Sunil Narine to Mitchell Owen, leg byes, 1 run, fullish and finishing leg-side, Owen slogs, misses, ball goes behind square off the leg

Sunil Narine to Mitchell Owen, no run, the ball hit the back pocket on the way to the keeper to cause the noise. Sunil Narine opened up Owen on the forward lunge by getting this to spin away slightly, Owen just poked and survived the outside edge. Hamilton let out a massive shout, ump didn't raise the finger immediately. Took a long time and then said out. Owen knew he didn't hit it so immediately challenged the call, UltraEdge confirmed there was no bat involved. Narine wasn't sure and he suggested he didn't feel the batter hit it