Washington Freedom vs MI New York, 29th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Game number 29 has ended and we have one more league game before the play-offs. SFU face LAKR. SFU with a win can confirm a top two slot and would be looking to go all-out in their attack. Nothing has gone right for LAKR and they will be playing for pride. The play-offs kick-start in a couple of days and it promises to be enthralling as well. We will look forward to your company then. Bye bye for now.

Glenn Maxwell: Nice to be bowling. Missed three games because of my finger injury. My bowling gives us balance and takes the load off. The sole goal was to be in top two. The competition was tight this year. The performance was pleasing. The players just assessed the conditions and did well. We made sure the run-rate never went out of hand. Exploited a little bit of our batting. I think we should enjoy the moment. Don't lose sight of what we have done.

Nic Pooran: This game was important for Washington. Was a good chance for the players who hadn't gotten a chance. The result didn't go in our favour. But the boys got a game. Qualifying to the top four was our major goal. It is a different competition going into the play-offs. We are looking forward to that challenge.

18:44 Local Time, 22:44 GMT, 04:14 IST: MINY would be disappointed with the loss. They just put up a no show. But they have made it to the top four as well. WAF are elated ofcourse thanks to the big win. They have booked one of the top two slots and will have one extra shot at glory if they stumble on the first one. MINY never put up enough runs. And that really handicapped them. They made plenty of changes trying to give their reserve players a chance but that ploy didn't quite work well for them. WAF had some hiccups but they kept their nerves to chase it down. Gous anchored the innings and batted with aplomb to track the target down.

Fabian Allen to Gous, 1 run, dropped short, outside off, punched down to deep cover for a single. That's the winning run! They win by 6 wickets with 3 overs to spare. Comfortable win for the WAF side. They have secured a top two slot for themselves

Fabian Allen to Gous, 2 runs, dropped short, outside off, Gous slashes it wide of the man at point for a couple of runs. Gous did well to come back for the second

Fabian Allen to Phillips, 1 run, backs away and powers it wide of the man at cover for a single

Fabian Allen to Phillips, SIX, backs away, gets behind the line of the delivery and goes over the bowler's head. The ball goes over the fence. One shot needed now to finish it off

Fabian Allen to Phillips, no run, pats the ball down into the off-side and finds cover

Fabian Allen to Phillips, 2 runs, and a tough chance. Phillips dances down to launch it. Gets it off the cue-end of the bat and the man at long-on fails to get there and it landed just short

Fabian Allen [1.0-0-8-1] is back into the attack

Tristan Luus to Gous, FOUR, gets the gap on the off-side and Gous moves into the 40s. Was a fuller length delivery, outside off, Gous gets a stride out and lofts the ball on the up and wide of the man at mid-off for a four

Tristan Luus to Gous, no run, on a length, angled in, Gous looks to pat it away and run but gets it off the inside edge on to the on-side

Tristan Luus to Gous, FOUR, straight down the ground for a four. Was a fuller length delivery, drilled back past the bowler for a four. That was hit hard and into the gap

Tristan Luus to Gous, FOUR, short ball, angled in, Gous stays back and pulls it in the gap. The shot split the gap between deep square and deep mid to perfection

Tristan Luus to Phillips, 1 run, tucks the ball down on to the on-side for a single as the ball angled in

Tristan Luus to Gous, 1 run, powered down to the on-side for a single. The ball was hurled back by the man at deep mid

Nosthush Kenjige to Phillips, 2 runs, short ball, outside off, Phillips goes back and slaps the ball down to deep cover for a brace. That was played off the back foot and into the gap

Nosthush Kenjige to Phillips, no run, very full, outside off, pushed away to the man at cover

Nosthush Kenjige to Phillips, no run, angled in, flatter one, on a length, tucked down to the man at mid-wicket