The opening match of MLC lit up the Coliseum Stadium in Oakland as the San Francisco Unicorns crushed defending champions Washington Freedom with a 123-run vict

New Zealand's Finn Allen smashed a stunning 151 off 51 balls and broke Chris Gayle's sixes record as San Francisco Unicorns thrashed defending champions Washington Freedom by 123 runs in the opening game of the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC).

Finn Allen brought up his fifty in the 9th over, reaching the mini-milestone in only 20 balls. He added the next 50 runs in 14 deliveries, thus breaking Nicholas Pooran's fastest MLC century record (4