Hafeez, Masakadza and Bishoo sparkle, Sreesanth baggage 4 in defeat
Texas Chargers 109 for 7 (Stevens 36, Sreesanth 4-12, Piedt 2-15) beat Morrisville Unity 75 for 8 (Shehan Jayasuriya 22, Hafeez 3-10, Tanvir 2-8, Edwards 2-10) by 34 runs
Chargers bought off to a poor begin as Sreesanth despatched Hafeez and Mukhtar Ahmed packing within the second over. Unfazed by the early dismissals, captain Ben Dunk smashed Dane Piedt for a 4 and a six within the subsequent over.
Dunk and Thisara Perera rotated strike constantly to maintain the scoreboard ticking, earlier than Piedt ended the 35-run third-wicket stand within the fifth over, Corey Anderson finishing an excellent catch diving ahead to ship again Thisara.
Dunk could not maintain the fort for for much longer as a straighter supply from Piedt rattled his stumps three balls later. Darren Stevens took issues into his personal fingers and elevated the run charge along with his attacking show. He hit Calvin Savage for a six and a 4 off consecutive deliveries within the seventh over earlier than his accomplice Upul Tharanga slammed a six over long-on to finish the over.
The English all-rounder hit Najaf Shah for consecutive boundaries within the subsequent over, with Tharanga including a six within the closing supply. Sreesanth then hit again, dismissing each Stevens and Tharanga within the ninth over.
Unity have been rocked early of their chase as Fidel Edwards had Parthiv Patel lbw with the primary authorized ball of the innings, after he had began with a large. Hafeez then despatched again Chris Gayle, having him caught and bowled within the third over.
Shehan Jayasuriya stored the Chargers within the chase by hitting Ehsan Adil for 3 fours and a six within the fourth over. However, Edwards ended his keep on the wicket with a shock bouncer within the subsequent over.
Hafeez struck two extra occasions within the sixth to go away Unity 48 for five, requiring 62 off the final 24 balls. Their process grew much more troublesome when Tanvir dismissed Navin Stewart in a one-run seventh over.
With Corey Anderson struggling to get going, scoring at lower than a run a ball, the chase fell aside. Anderson hit the final two balls of the match to the boundary to complete unbeaten on 16 off 17 balls.
California Knights 106 for five (Finch 24, Nurse 22, Jerome Taylor 2-20) beat New York Warriors 91 for 3 (Dilshan 43, Misbah 23, Bishoo 2-10) by 15 runs
Quickfire cameos from Aaron Finch and Ashley Nurse handed California Knights their second win of the marketing campaign as they beat New York Warriors by 15 runs. Finch scored 24 runs off 12 balls, whereas Nurse smashed 22 off 9 deliveries to maintain the Knights’ hunt for the highest 4 alive.
Finch’s resolution to bat paid off as Knights stitched collectively a complete of above 100. The stand-in captain discovered the fence as soon as within the first over and hit two boundaries within the second. He then hit Abdur Rehman for a six within the third earlier than the Warriors left-arm spinner struck again to have Finch caught at long-on.
Jacques Kallis took the run-scoring baton after that, hitting Dhammika Prasad for a 4 and a six within the fourth over. However, Prasad had his revenge in his subsequent over, when Kallis miscued an tried massive hit.
Nurse was the following batter in and he made his intent clear as he dispatched Abdul Razzaq for a six over long-on off the primary ball he confronted. Ricardo Powell joined within the enjoyable with two successive sixes off Jerome Taylor, earlier than falling lbw to provide the previous West Indies fast his second wicket. Nurse hit two extra sixes, one every within the final two overs, leaving Warriors needing 107.
The chase started on a optimistic word as Kamran Akmal and TM Dilshan stitched collectively 22 runs within the first two overs. Devendra Bishoo turned issues round, although, having Akmal stumped within the third over and Richard Levi caught within the deep within the fifth, whereas solely conceding 10 off these two overs. With Ben Laughlin bowling a decent fourth over as effectively, Warriors have been left needing 71 off their final 30 balls.
Dilshan and Misbah-ul-Haq stored their hopes alive, placing on 43 off 24 for the third wicket. Fortunes swung quickly: Dilshan was run out within the penultimate over, just for Misbah to hit the following ball, a no-ball from Pawan Suyal, for six. It got here all the way down to 21 off six balls, and Pathan completed the sport with a superb final over, fiving away simply 5 runs.
Atlanta Riders 101 for five (Masakadza 43, Hammad 38, Trego 2-29) beat New Jersey Triton’s 53 (Sunny 2-4, Emrit 2-6, Harmeet 2-9, Kamrul 2-20) by 48 runs
A stellar show with bat and ball helped Atlanta Riders register a colossal 48-run victory over New Jersey Triton’s. Both sides are degree on factors on the fallacious finish of the desk, however each nonetheless have an opportunity to qualify for the knockouts.
Opting to bat, Riders misplaced their prime three earlier than hitting the 20-run mark, with Bipul Sharma getting Triton’s off to the right begin by dismissing Robin Uthappa with the primary ball of the innings. Hamilton Masakadza (43 off 25) and Hammad Azam (38 off 16) then revived Riders with a fourth-wicket stand of 74 off 32 balls.
Masakadza started cautiously, scoring 8 off his first 10 balls, earlier than launching Monty Panesar for a six within the fifth over. In the following over, Hammad hit Peter Trego for 3 consecutive sixes. He dealt equally with Panesar within the seventh over, hitting him for 2 sixes in a row.
The duo stored discovering the fence constantly within the final three overs, earlier than Trego ended their scintillating partnership within the closing over.
The Triton’s faltered within the chase from the phrase go, with Gautam Gambhir following his former Kolkata Knight Riders opening accomplice Uthappa in being dismissed off the primary ball of the innings. Kamrul Islam was the bowler, and he struck once more within the first over by getting Naman Ojha to play on.
Two extra wickets fell within the second over, with Harmeet Singh dismissing Jesse Ryder and Cameron Delport. Yusuf Pathan flickered briefly, hitting Kamrul for 2 sixes, and Chris Barnwell gave him some assist with a pair of fours within the fourth over. Mohammad Irfan cleaned up each batters within the fifth over, although, leaving Triton’s 36 for six.
They have been finally bowled out for 53, their innings folding up in simply 9 overs.