SFU vs SEO | All-round shows from Matthew Short and Romario Shepherd push Unicorns into the playoffs

San Francisco Unicorns progressed to the playoffs of Major League Cricket 2025 with a 32-run win over Seattle Orcas in Dallas. Skipper Matthew Short and Romario Shepherd registered all-round performances to help the side notch up a sixth-consecutive win this season and continue their unbeaten run.
San Francisco Unicorns stormed into the playoffs of the Major League Cricket 2025 campaign with yet another clinical performance over Seattle Orcas at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Thursday. Skipper Matthew Short and all-rounder Romario Shepherd scored quickfire half-centuries before picking up three and two wickets, respectively, to guide SFU to a 32-run victory, their sixth-consecutive win this season.
After being put into bat, the Aussie pair of Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk (34 off 21) added 68 runs in 40 balls, after Finn Allen’s dismissal early on, to power SFU to 86/1 within the eighth over. But the set duo’s dismissal in the space of six balls triggered a collapse as the side slid from 86/1 to 103/6. However, Shepherd’s 31-ball 56 helped SFU claw their way back to post 176/8 in 20 overs. Short hit seven fours and two sixes in his knock of 52 off 29 balls while Shepherd smashed four sixes and fours during his innings as the side raked in 46 runs in the last four overs. For Orcas, left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh shone with a spell of 3/22 in four overs while South African pacer Gerald Coetzee also had three wickets to his name.
Chasing 177, SEO had a good start scoring 59/0 in the powerplay before losing their way during the middle overs. Pacer Haris Rauf ran through the SEO middle-order picking up 4/32 in four overs as the batting side lost their seven wickets for just 61 runs. Shayan Jahangir hit three sixes and four at the top of the order to top-score for SEO with a 22-ball 40 while off-spinner Short bowled a tight spell of 3/12 in four overs. The Orcas batters, barring Shimron Hetmyer (30 off 16), surrendered without any resistance as medium pacer Shepherd also joined the party picking up two wickets to dismiss SEO for 144 with 10 balls to spare.
What a comeback!
🎯 Haris Rauf comes back strong after getting hit for a 6!
— Willow TV US (@willowtv) June 26, 2025
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ON Fire!
Romario Shepherd bangs out four massive sixes for the @SFOUnicorns ☄️ pic.twitter.com/PDLpwkBswG
— Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MLCricket) June 26, 2025
Taken!
⚠️ Wickets tumble for the Orcas. Can they build a good partnership⁉️
— Willow TV Canada (@willowtv_canada) June 26, 2025
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Breakthrough!
🥳 Shepherd and SFU get the much needed breakthrough!
— Willow TV Canada (@willowtv_canada) June 26, 2025
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On fire!
Romario Shepherd 50+ scores in 2025
— All Cricket Records (@Cric_records45) June 26, 2025
53* (14) vs CSK, Bengaluru (SR - 378.57)
56 (31) vs Seattle, Dallas (SR - 180.64)*
in both matches he won man of the match. pic.twitter.com/w3pmew4Cyn
POM!
Romario Shepherd Monster Show In MLC Today..!!
— 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 🜲 (@Iamlakshya_18) June 26, 2025
-56 (31) 4 Sixes & 4 Fours with SR.180🤯🔥 🔥 With Bat.
- 2/16 (3) With The Ball 🔥🙏
#MLC2025 #RCBWins #ceasefire #INDvsENG2025 #jeddah #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/wxVB4qrqa2
What a Player!
Romario Shepherd is cooking everywhere since his RCB stint I see pic.twitter.com/cpY9XesOC0
— Bharani (@thynameisBK) June 26, 2025
Shepherd!
The Romario Shepherd Show In MLC. pic.twitter.com/Stc2R2ZrPj
— Md Nagori (@Sulemannagori23) June 26, 2025
This team 🤯🔥
Matt Short
— Tanish (@raavi_tanish) June 26, 2025
Fin Allen
Romario shepherd
Hassan Khan
Xavier Bartlett
Haris Rauf
What a team
Well played!
Haris Rauf is on fire in MLC 2025!
— Mir Hamza Mughal (@2Mirhamzamughal) June 26, 2025
He took 4 wickets for 32 runs against the Seattle Orcas. pic.twitter.com/zGTl7UmODG
Nice!
HARIS RAUF CONTINUES TO DOMINATE IN MLC 2025. 💪
— 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞 (@CallMeSheri1) June 26, 2025
- 4 wickets for 32 runs against the Seattle Orcas. 🔥
pic.twitter.com/hfwcAOi5to
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