The 20th match of the Major League Cricket Tournament (MLC 2024) was played between Washington Freedom and San Francisco Unicorns in which both Travis Head and Steve Smith played brilliant half-century innings. There was also a century partnership of 101 runs for the first wicket between these two players, with which the pair of Head and Smith have made some big records in their name.

These records were made in the name of Head and Smith

In this match, Travis Head scored 56 runs in 36 balls hitting 5 fours and 3 sixes for Washington Freed, while on the other hand Steve Smith also played an innings of 56 runs hitting 5 fours and 4 sixes in 31 balls. Overall, both the players added 101 runs for the first wicket, after which this partnership has become the biggest partnership for any wicket in T20 format for Washington's team. They have broken their own record which was of a partnership of 79 runs.

Not only this, this partnership has also become the biggest partnership for the first wicket for Washington Freedom. Also know that another record has been registered in the name of Travis Head. He has reached the joint first position as the player who has played the most matches for Washington Freedom. He has played 7 matches for the team so far. Muktar Ahmed, Steve Smith and Obas Pienaar have also played the same number of matches.

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This match was affected due to rain in which Washington Freedom scored 174 runs in 15.3 overs on the basis of innings of Head and Smith. In response, the team of San Francisco Unicorns got the target of scoring 177 runs in 14 overs under the DLS method, which was not going to be easy at all. It became even more difficult when Phil Allen got out on zero on the very first ball of the innings. After this, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, who was the hero of this match, handled the innings along with Jake Fraser-McGurk.

He shared a 45-run partnership with McGurk for the second wicket and then held one end and scored an unbeaten 79 off 42 balls with 5 fours and 6 sixes at a strike rate of 188. Josh English and Hassan Khan also supported him well and English scored 45 runs off 17 balls, while Hassan Khan scored 32 runs off 11 balls. On the basis of these innings, San Francisco team achieved the target of 177 runs in 13.4 overs and won the match with 2 balls to spare.