The victorious skipper of Morrisville Samp Army Moeen Ali says that the team is playing well and getting better with each game. Mentions that taking wickets regularly has helped the side massively as that dents the scoring rate. Adds that Andries Gous is going great and getting better with each game but the credit goes to the bowling.
Right then, that is it from this entertaining game where Morrisville Samp Army get their fourth win on the trot while Bangla Tigers needs to do a bit of thinking before their next game. However, the action continues in the Abu Dhabi T10 League as Deccan Gladiators take on Northern Warriors in a short while. You can just switch tabs to enjoy all the coverage of that game. Cheers!
Qais Ahmad is he PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his brilliant bowling performance. He says he is happy with the way he performed in this game and he stood up to the expectations of the coach who wanted him to get wickets in this match. He adds up saying he is happy bowling good lines and lengths and the last wicket he got was the best out of them all. He further says it is good to share the dressing room with players like Moeen Ali and Faf du Plessis who teach him a lot about the game.
Benny Howell, the captain of Bangla Tigers will need to go back to the drawing board to come up with some different tactics to stay in contention for the play-off places.
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Bangla Tigers, on the other hand, knew that defending this would not be easy and even though Haider Ali sent Faf du Plessis or almost nothing, they could not contain the runs. Shannon Gabriel who was the star in the last game gave away 24 runs in his first over which took the game away from them. They did manage to pick up a few wickets in the middle overs but also failed to grab a lot of chances which could have made a difference in this game. Except for Shannon Gabriel and Daniel Sams, every bowler got one wicket each but they just did not have enough runs in their bank.
Morrisville Samp Army lost Faf du Plessis quite early but that did not stop Andries Gous from going all guns blazing right from the start. He lost a couple of partners at the other end and with luck on his side scored 42 runs off just 20 balls before getting out which gave his team the momentum. Most of the damage was done by him and the rest of the job was finished off by their skipper Moeen Ali and Najibullah Zadran.
A dominating performance from Morrisville Samp Army! They extend their winning streak to four matches and go to the top of the table for now and look like one of the top contenders to lift the trophy at the end of the season. The win was mainly set by their bowlers, especially Karim Janat who just gave away two runs in his two overs and picked up a couple while Salman Irshad and Qais Ahmad shared six wickets equally. The batters finished the job quite comfortably with ten balls to spare.
MORRISVILLE SAMP ARMY
85/4 (8.2)
42 (20)
13* (8)
1/11 (1.2)
1/14 (1)
Over 9
2
4
Najibullah Zadran*
13 (8)
Moeen Ali
12 (7)
Rohan Mustafa
1/11 (1.2)
MSA
85/4
4
8.2
Rohan Mustafa to Najibullah Zadran ,FOUR! The fourth victory on a trot for the Morrisville Samp Army gets them on top of the table with this stroke for four. Tossed up outside off, Najibullah Zadran drills this all along the carpet piercing the field on the off side for a boundary to wrap up the game. Morrisville Samp Army wins this one by 6 wickets.
2
8.1
Rohan Mustafa to Najibullah Zadran ,Full and wide outside off, Najibullah Zadran lofts this towards deep cover for a couple.
Over 8
1
1
0
0
wd
4
wd
1
Najibullah Zadran*
7 (6)
Moeen Ali
12 (7)
Shannon Gabriel
0/33 (2)
MSA
79/4
1
7.6
Shannon Gabriel to Najibullah Zadran ,Back of a length outside off, Najibullah Zadran runs this down to third man for a single.
wd
7.6
Shannon Gabriel to Najibullah Zadran ,Wide! Good-length delivery wide down the leg, Najibullah Zadran leaves it all alone for the keeper to collect as the umpire signals wide.
4
7.5
Shannon Gabriel to Najibullah Zadran ,FOUR! Short-pitched delivery wide of off, Najibullah Zadran shuffles to his leg and smashes this up and over the mid off fielder for a boundary.
wd
7.5
Shannon Gabriel to Najibullah Zadran ,Wide! Fuller one wide down the leg, Najibullah Zadran misses out on a flick as the keeper does well to collect this diving to his right.
0
7.4
Shannon Gabriel to Najibullah Zadran ,Good length delivery just outside off, Najibullah Zadran looks to push this one but misses out as the keeper collects it.
0
7.3
Shannon Gabriel to Najibullah Zadran ,Shorter delivery towards the off. Najibullah Zadran moved back and tried to cut it over the point but missed. No runs!
1
7.2
Shannon Gabriel to Moeen Ali ,On a length in middle, Moeen Ali punches this straight past the stumps on the other end for a single as the mid off fielder cuts it off.