Watch: Holder left Philips’ catch twice on the last ball, Andre Russell went on the ground after defeat
Major League Cricket (MLC) crossed all limits of exciting in the 17th group-stage match of 2025. Washington Freedom won a stunning victory by successfully chasing a huge target of 214 runs against Los Angeles Knight Riders. Washington Freedom needed seven runs in the final over to win. Although Andre Russell of Knight Riders spoiled the start of the over, gave a boundary on his first ball, but after that he made a great comeback.
Russell threw three consecutive dot balls to Obas Pienar after hitting the first ball of the over. However, the batsman took a run off the fifth ball, causing the equation to come on one run on the last ball, with Glenn Philips back on strike. Russell bowled the last ball to which Philips hit the ball in the hands of Jason Holder standing on the midon, but the holder dropped the catch not once but also in a twice.
Absolute Scenes off the last ball in the mlc 🫣
Washington need one to win. Glenn Phillips is on Strike, with andre Russell Bowling.
And then … pic.twitter.com/pdjcuwodsu
– 7cricket (@7cricket) June 27, 2025
As soon as the ball slipped from the hands of the holder, the batsmen stole a run, leading to a memorable victory for Washington Freedom. After the defeat of his team, Russell fell on the ground groaning with pain, so the dugout of Philips and Freedom was happy and was celebrating his fifth win of this season. You can see this entire drama below.
Let us know that this was the fifth defeat of Knight Riders this season and his poor performance in the tournament continues. To go ahead from here, the team of Knight Riders will need to perform a vast performance and if their Caribbean players continue their performance, they can do so.
