{"id":193944,"date":"2026-07-16T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193944"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:30:23","slug":"steve-smith-scores-40-ball-century-as-san-francisco-unicorns-breaks-record-for-highest-chase-in-t20s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193944","title":{"rendered":"Steve Smith scores 40-ball century as San Francisco Unicorns breaks record for highest chase in T20s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71231388\">Major League Cricket (MLC) side San Francisco Unicorns broke the record for the highest successful chase in T20s when it chased down 266 against MI New York on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Unicorns captain Steve Smith led from the front with a whirlwind unbeaten 40-ball century, which helped his side end with 270-4 and chase the target with eight balls to spare.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON ON TOP \ud83c\udfc6 The Washington Freedom completed the highest successful run chase in all of T20 cricket history and move on to tomorrow&#8217;s Challenger match \u203c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X5gZ6zZKku\">pic.twitter.com\/X5gZ6zZKku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MLCricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLCricket\/status\/2077628243897667848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Aussie was well supported by USA\u2019s Andries Gous who scored a 52-ball 132 laced with 10 fours and 12 sixes, a performance which earned him the Player of the Match award.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ:  <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/rohit-sharma-retirement-lords-3rd-odi-india-vs-england-hitman-final-game-world-cup-ambition-selectors-gambhir\/article71231370.ece#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rohit Sharma retirement update: Will Hitman bid farewell at Lord\u2019s?<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Before today, Punjab Kings held the record for the highest chase in T20s when it chased 265 against Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 16, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/steve-smith-century-san-francisco-unicorns-highest-run-chase-t20s-mlc-punjab-kings\/article71231388.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Cricket (MLC) side San Francisco Unicorns broke the record for the highest successful chase in T20s when it chased down 266 against MI New York on Thursday. Unicorns captain Steve Smith led from the front with a whirlwind unbeaten 40-ball century, which helped his side end with 270-4 and chase the target with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/steve20smith.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194509,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194509","url_meta":{"origin":193944,"position":0},"title":"English cricket standout Liam Plunkett is giving baseball a try with Oakland\u2019s minor league team","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Liam Plunkett leaned over the dugout rail at Raimondi Park with his arms crossed, looking every bit like a professional baseball player as he waited for his first chance to hit as a member of the Oakland Ballers. 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