Jake Fraser-McGurk delivered an impressive performance for San Francisco Unicorns after they were put in to bat. He entered in the second over following Tim Seifert’s early dismissal.Fraser-McGurk and Finn Allen formed a powerful partnership, scoring 121 runs for the second wicket in just 10 overs. Allen continued his strong form with 52 runs off 27 balls, including five fours and four sixes.Fraser-McGurk, who had struggled to score above nine runs in T20 matches since March 2025, reached his fifty in 21 balls. His initial half-century included six sixes and one four.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!He continued his aggressive batting, adding another four and five more sixes in his next 16 balls. His final score of 88 came off 38 balls, with 66 runs scored through sixes alone, representing 75 percent of his total.Watch:The Unicorns were at 167-4 with six and a half overs remaining when Fraser-McGurk was dismissed. Had he stayed until the end, he might have challenged Finn Allen’s MLC record score of 151 not out from two days prior.
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Fraser-McGurk’s eleven sixes rank as the second-highest in a Major League Cricket innings, behind Allen’s recent record of nineteen sixes. His achievement stands as the highest number of sixes by a non-opener in the competition.This performance marks the 32nd instance in T20 history where a non-opener has hit eleven or more sixes. Fraser-McGurk’s score of 88 equals Andre Russell’s record for the lowest individual score containing eleven sixes, matching Russell’s unbeaten 88 from 36 balls for KKR against CSK in IPL 2018.
The innings represents Fraser-McGurk’s second-highest T20 score, following his 95 off 46 balls in the BBL earlier this year.SF Unicorns finished their innings with 219-8 in their allocated 20 overs. They successfully defended their total by bowling out Los Angeles Knight Riders for 187, securing a 32-run victory and moving to the top of the league table.
