Legends League Cricket 2023: Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi Power Asia Lions To Second Successive Win

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Legends League Cricket 2023: Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi Power Asia Lions To Second Successive Win


Former Pakistan skipper and head coach Misbah-ul-haq cracked an unbeaten 44 off simply 19 balls with 4 boundaries and three sixes backed by former Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan’s unbeaten 32 off 24 balls with three boundaries and a six to assist Asian Lions submit 99 for 3 in 10 overs. World Giants might muster solely 64 for five in 10 overs regardless of former West Indies opener Chris Gayle’s 23 off 16 balls with three sixes.

Asia Lions skipper Shahid Afridi, with a double strike within the fifth over by eradicating Gayle and Lendl Simmons, put his crew on the street to victory. Bangladesh’s left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak with one other double strike within the eighth over eradicating Shane Watson and Ricardo Powell in a single over and producing a wicket maiden over pushed World Giants to a 35 runs defeat within the third match of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) 2023 Masters on the Asian Town Cricket Stadium in Doha on Monday (March 13).

The match needed to be performed as a ten-over-per-side contest because the begin was delayed by two and a half hours resulting from a moist outfield. World Giants gained the toss and elected to subject. Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar opened the bowling and Asian Lions openers Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan might choose up solely 4 runs off the primary over.

The second over too was bowled by a spinner and right-arm off-spinner Ricardo Powell. He struck with the fourth ball to scrub bowl Tharanga for 1. Dilshan hit the primary boundary of the match by lifting Panesar to lengthy off.  One-drop Thisara Perera smashed Chris Gayle by the covers for the second boundary of the match.

Paul Collingwood, who bowled the fifth over was hit over mid-wicket by Dilshan for a towering six. Collingwood struck with the fifth ball by having Perera clean-bowled for 10. At the midway mark, Asian Lions had been 33 for two. Skipper Shahid Afridi walked in to hitch Dilshan however lasted solely two balls earlier than he was caught by Kevin O’Brien at long-on off Gayle for two.

Misbah, the match winner for Asia Lions in opposition to Indian Maharajas, by a knock of 73 within the opening match after choosing a double of the primary ball he confronted from Gayle then lifted the subsequent over long-on for a six. The pair steered Asia Lions previous the 50-run mark in 6.3 overs.

Skipper Aaron Finch launched himself and bowled a good seventh over making a gift of simply six runs. The first ball of the eighth over from Powell was smashed by Misbah to the mid-wicket boundary and the subsequent he lofted to long-off for one more boundary. He additionally hit Powell’s final supply for one more boundary to lengthy off and take 14 runs off the over.

World Giants needing 100 runs to win, started on a sensational observe with Chris Gayle being adjudged leg earlier than to the fourth ball of the primary over from Mohammad Hafeez however gained the evaluation. However, Hafeez gave simply two runs solely from the primary over. Lendl Simmons hit Tillakaratne Dilshan’s third ball of the second over for a six over deep mid-wicket to take 9 runs off that over. Simmons additionally hit Hafeez’s first supply of the third over for an enormous six into the mid-wicket stands.

Gayle pulled Dilshan’s first supply of the fourth over into the mid-wicket stand for a six, and the second supply he hit into the long-on stands for one more six. The third supply was hit much more powerfully into the long-on stands for his third consecutive six. Nineteen runs got here off that over.

Asia Lions skipper Shahid Afridi, who launched himself for the fourth over had Chris Gayle caught by Perera at long-on for 23 with the third supply.  He additionally had Simmons out caught brilliantly at level for 14 together with his fifth supply regardless of the ball bouncing off his hand however managed to carry on to the rebound.

Abdur Razzak bowled brilliantly to Aaron Finch and Shane Watson making a gift of simply six runs within the sixth over. Sohail Tanvir who bowled the seventh over had Finch out sweeping straight to Asghar Afghan at deep sq. leg for two. Pressure-mounted Tanvir bowling three consecutive dot balls to Ross Taylor and making a gift of only one run.

With 51 runs wanted off the final 18 balls, Abdur Razzak had Watson caught by Hafeez at level for 3 with the primary ball of the eight over and in addition had Powell stumped by wicketkeeper Tharanga for a duck with the final supply for a wicket maiden over.

Brief scores: Asia Lions 99 for 3 in 10 overs (Tillakaratne Dilshan 32 n.o., Misbah-ul-haq 44 n.o.) bt World Giants 64 for five in 10 overs (Chris Gayle 23, Shahid Afridi 2/11, Abdur Razzak 2/2) 





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