Black Caps Rachin Ravindra and Lockie Ferguson are Major League Cricket (MLC) champions.
Ravindra and Ferguson's Washington Freedom defeated the San Francisco Unicorns by 96 runs in the second season final at Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas on Sunday night (Monday NZ Time).
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Off-spinner Ravindra finished off San Francisco's tail, taking three of the final four wickets to finish with figures of 3-23 from four overs as the Unicorns were dismissed for 111 in the 16th over in reply to the Freedom's 207-5.
Earlier, Ravindra scored 11 from nine balls, including one boundary, as former Australia captain Steve Smith (88 from 52) and Glenn Maxwell (40 from 22) pushed Washington to a massive total.
For San Francisco, Black Caps opener Finn Allen scored 13 runs from 13 balls and former Black Cap turned USA international Corey Anderson was dismissed for a two-ball duck.
Ferguson was ruled out of the final with a hamstring injury.
Ravindra, who took the second-most wickets with 12 in seven matches, took 4-11 from 2.4 overs in Washington's seven-wicket victory over the Unicorns in the qualifier match on Thursday (Friday NZT).
Ferguson took 1-24 from 3.2 overs but limped from the field after two balls of the 19th over. Allen scored six runs and Anderson 26 from 19 in the innings of 145, while Ravindra managed just three runs in the successful chase.
Ravindra finished with the best bowling average and economy rate, and third-best strike rate, while Allen had the MLC's best strike rate and four-most runs, while their Black Caps teammate Devon Conway posted the highest batting average and fifth-most runs.
Allen scored one of just three centuries in the MLC season, with 101 runs from 53 balls, including nine fours and five sixes, in San Francisco's 10-run win over the Texas Super Kings in the challenger match on Friday (Saturday NZT).
The Unicorns put up 200-6 but the Super Kings came up just short despite Conway's 62 not out from 38 balls, including four fours and two sixes.
Conway bashed 51 not out from 43 balls, with three fours and a six, as Texas chased down Mumbai Indians New York's 163-8 to win the eliminator match on Wednesday (Thursday NZT). For New York, Trent Boult went for an expensive 0-50 from four overs.
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