LAUDERHILL: The California Knights picked up their first victory of the tournament after defeating Texas Chargers by 48 runs in the US Masters T10 League at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida. The California Knights put up a total of 158/1 before restricting the Texas Chargers to 110/8 in their 10 overs.
Mohammad Hafeez fell to Peter Siddle for two runs off two balls in the first over, but Mukhtar Ahmed struck consecutive sixes and took the Chargers’ score to 19/1. Ahmed smashed two more sixes off Krishmar Santokie’s bowling as the Chargers were comfortably placed at 54/1 at the end of the third over.
However, Ashley Nurse stopped the flow of runs by dismissing Ben Dunk and Mukhtar Ahmed in the fourth over. Thereafter, the California Knights kept picking up wickets at regular intervals and eventually walked off the field as winners.
Earlier in the day, the California Knights won the toss and chose to bat first. The Knights’ opening batter Aaron Finch departed in the very first over after being caught out by Fidel Edwards for a duck.
However, Jacques Kallis pulled the momentum towards the Knights through four boundaries off Sohail Tanvir’s bowling in the second over. Milind Kumar also joined the party in the fourth over as he struck three sixes and a boundary off Pragyan Ojha’s bowling.
Jacques Kallis played an incredible knock of 64* runs from 31 balls and Milind Kumar smashed 76* runs off 28 balls to help the Knights post 158/1 in their 10 overs. The duo struck 15 fours and 9 sixes during the course of their innings.
Morrisville Unity chases down target against NY Triton’s
The Morrisville Unity picked up their first victory of the tournament after defeating New Jersey Triton’s by 6 wickets in the US Masters T10 League at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida on Saturday.
The Morrisville Unity chased down their target of 96 after restricting New Jersey Triton’s to 95/3 in their allocated 10 overs.
The Morrisville Unity didn’t get off to the best of starts as Parthiv Patel and Shehan Jayasuriya departed with just 18 runs on the board after 2.3 overs.
After having a sighter, Obus Pienaar decided to take down Monty Panesar for 22 runs in the 6th over of the chase, which helped his team bring the equation down to 29 from 4 overs. The South African batter scored 33 runs from 17 balls. His innings played a decisive role in this match.
Yusuf Pathan and RP Singh kept picking up wickets for the New Jersey Triton’s but it didn’t deter the Unity side as Corey Anderson and Calvin Savage ensured that their team crossed the line in the last over.
Earlier in the day, Morrisville Unity won the toss and chose to field first. Skipper Harbhajan Singh and Protea spinner Dane Piedt started proceedings brilliantly as they conceded just 17 runs in the first two overs.
