CRICKET
T10 League: Warriors thrash Abu Dhabi
Northern Warriors simply outclassed Team Abu Dhabi in the first match played on Saturday.
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field first.
Team Abu Dhabi lost both of their openers within the first 3 overs but then Ingram and Livingstone joined forces to smash the Northern bowlers for fours and sixes.
Livingstone was dismissed in the 7th over after playing a quick little cameo of 27 runs off just 11 balls (2 fours and 2 sixes).
Colin Ingram was the highest scorer for Team Abu Dhabi.
Ingram scored 61 runs off just 28 balls including 5 fours and 5 huge sixes.
Team Abu Dhabi ended their innings on a very good score of 145 runs with the loss of 6 wickets.
Rayad Emrit (2-21)and Imran Tahir (1-25) picked up 2 wickets each from their 2 overs.
Oshane Thomas was the most expensive bowler as he conceded 50 runs from his two overs.
Northern Warriors chased down the target of 146 runs in 9 overs without losing a single wicket.
Moeen Ali and Kennar Lewis were too good for the opposition bowlers as they played some unbelievable cricket today without even giving a single chance to the bowlers.
It was just raining fours and sixes in Sheikh Zayed cricket stadium today.
Kennar lewis smashed 66 runs off just 32 balls including 4 fours and 6 sixes while Moeen Ali also smashed an astonishing inning of 77 runs off just 23 balls.
Moeen Ali thrashed 9 big sixes and 3 fours in his innings.
Northern Warriors chased down the huge total of 146 with ease in 9.1 overs and still 10 wickets in hand.
Team Abu Dhabi 10 overs 145-6
Ingram 61 (28) Emrit 2-21 Stirling 28 (11) Tahir 2-25
Northern Warriors 9.1 overs 146-0
Moeen 77*(23) k. Lewis 65*(32)
Bangla Tigers vs Chennai Braves
In the second match on Saturday, Bangla Tigers defeated Chennai Braves in a low-scoring game.
Bangla Tigers reached the 2ndspot on the points table after this victory.
They have won 5 out of the 7 matches they have played so far.
On the other hand, Chennai Braves are having a horrible T10 tournament.
They haven’t won a single game in this tournament, having lost all 7 matches so far.
Chennai Braves lost their first wicket in the 3rd over of the innings.
M. Shahzad give a quick start to his side and he scored 32 runs off just 17 balls including 4 fours and 1 six.
The Braves failed to score quick runs in the end due to some brilliant bowling by the Bangla Tigers bowlers.
Luke Fletcher picked up 2 wickets for just 18 runs from his 2 overs.
Chennai Braves finished their innings on just 89 runs with the loss of 4 wickets.
Bangla Tigers chased down the total in just 5.5 overs with still 9 wickets in hand.
Johnson Charles and Hazratullah Zazai thrashed an 82 run partnership off just 29 balls.
Charles was dismissed in the 5th over after scoring 30 runs off 15 balls.
Zazai remained not out on 46 runs off just 16 balls including 2 fours and 5 sixes.
Chennai Braves 10 overs 89-4
Shahzad 32 (17) Fletcher 2-18 M. Deyal 28 (22) Wood 1-14
Bangla Tigers 5.5 overs 95-1
Hazratullah 46*(16) Walker 1-11 Charles 30 (15)