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MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns Major League Cricket Predictions - Unicorns to claim back-to-back wins over defending champs

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 07 Jul 2026

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Simon Lewis 07 Jul 2026

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MI New York’s three-match unbeaten run was ended by the Unicorns.
The Unicorns have gone top of the table after beating MI New York.
Match outcome likely influenced by squad rotations and team injuries.

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Nicholas Pooran has been in great form with the bat (Getty Images).

MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns Predictions

In an incredibly tight MLC season MI New York and the Unicorns are in a group of four teams at the top of the table on eight points, with the Unicorns sitting in first place on net run rate.

MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns Predictions
Head-to-Head
MI New York Form
San Francisco Unicorns Form
Team news

MI New York’s Nicholas Pooran (207 runs, ave 41.40) is joint 7th on the runs list.
MI New York’s Kieron Pollard has scores of 100*, 7* & 63* in his 7 MLC innings.
MI New York’s Corbin Bosch (12 wickets, ave 13.50) is 3rd in the runs list.
San Francisco Unicorns’ Lhuan-dre Pretorius (313 runs @ 52.16) is 2nd in the runs list.
San Francisco Unicorns’ Matthew Short has scored 28, 34*, 39 & 21 in his 5 knocks.
San Francisco Unicorns’ Brody Couch has taken 2/42, 3/41, 2/24 & 3/32 in 5 matches.
San Francisco Unicorns have beaten MI New York in 4 of their last 5 meetings.

Head-to-Head

San Francisco Unicorns have won four and lost one of their last five Major League Cricket matches against MI New York. They beat them three days ago by five wickets with more than three games in hand.

MI New York Form

After picking up three straight wins to go top of the table the defending champs fell to the Unicorns by five wickets with 19 balls to spare in a low-scoring encounter.

Star hitter Quinton de Kock has picked up back-to-back ducks after scores of 26, 20, 33 and 61 in his previous four innings. Nicholas Pooran has innings of 68*, 70*, 19, 16 and 20 in his last six knocks.

Corbin Bosch has figures of 3/26 and 3/19 in his last four matches, while fellow South African quick Tristan Luus has figures of 3/24, 2/24 and 2/21 in his last four matches, but has played in just one match in the MLC this season. Faisal Khan Ahmadzai took 2/23 in his first match of the season against the Unicorns.

San Francisco Unicorns Form

The Unicorns pulled off a five-wicket win over MI New York in their last game in what was a low-scoring affair, with Sanjay Krishnamurthi’s 48* saving his side from repeating the defending champs’ earlier collapse.

Lhuan-dre Pretorius has been the Unicorns’ star turn with the bat, scoring 58, 69*, 87 and 66 in his seven innings this season. Big–hitting Finn Allen has failed to fire this season, with five scores under 13 in his last six innings. Aaron Hardie has also struggled in his four innings, scoring a pair of 4’s in his last two innings on the back of scores of 28 and 42* in his first two matches of the season.

Matthew Short took 4/17 in the win over MI New York and taken seven wickets in his last four matches and has contributed scores of 28, 34*, 39 and 21 in his last five matches. Brody Couch has been their star with the ball, taking 11 wickets in his last five matches.

Team news

On a two-paced pitch in Dallas run-scoring might be tough. Clear skies, humidity of 55-65%, light south-westerly winds and a temperature of 24-26°C will add to the challenges for the batters. We can expect a full 20-over clash as no rain is predicted.

MI New York (possible XI): Monank Patel, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran (c), Tajinder Dhillon, Kieron Pollard, Corey Anderson, Romario Shepherd, Sunny Patel, Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Rushil Ugarkar.

San Francisco Unicorns (possible XI): Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Finn Allen, Matthew Short (c), Connor Esterhuizen, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Hassan Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hammad Azam, Brody Couch, Ghulam Mudassar, Peter Siddle.

Verdict

MI New York v San Francisco Unicorns

MI New York San Francisco Unicorns are tipped to win, with Nicholas Pooran, Corbin Bosch and Lhuan-dre Pretorius backed to star with bat and ball.

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