Los Angeles Knight Riders 192 for 8 (Fletcher 59, Tromp 50, Netravalkar 3-33) beat Washington Freedom 174 for 8 (Milantha 40, Russell 3-34, Ali 2-18) by 18 runs

Fletcher was the first to reach his half-century, off 35 balls, before Ben Dwashuis broke the 90-run stand by having Fletcher caught by Steven Smith at long-off. Tromp got to his fifty three balls later, but also fell in the same over when he found Mitchell Owen at deep cover. Regular wickets kept LAKR in check, but Saif Badar (24 off 12 balls) and Jahmar Hamilton (22* from 12) helped LAKR thump 41 runs in the last three overs to propel them to 192.

Then, with the required run rate just above 12 runs an over, Andries Gous and Lahiru Milantha decided to fight back. They crashed 49 runs off the next three overs, before Narine returned to concede just three runs and finish his spell with 1 for 14. Ali then dismissed both Gous (37) and Milantha (40) in the 14th over, and while Dwarshuis and Nikhil Chaudhary played cameos, they weren’t enough for Freedom.