Global T20 Canada, Day 12- Round Up

The league stage of the Global T20 Canada has come to an end. After the completion of two rounds in the league stage, it is the Vancouver Knights, Cricket West Indies-B, Winnipeg Hawks and the Edmonton Royals who are through to the playoffs. Montreal Tigers and Toronto Nationals are now officially out of the tournament.

The playoffs will be an IPL styled one. The top two teams will play the Qualifier 1. The winner of this game will proceed straight to the final. The loser of the game will play the Qualifier 2 with the winner of the Eliminator. The team that wins this game will go to the final. In the last league game, Winnipeg Hawks played against the Edmonton Royals. Here is how the things proceeded in this game:

Edmonton Royals vs Winnipeg Hawks – Match 18, Round 2

The qualifying scenario for the Winnipeg Hawks was quite a simple one. They just had to ensure that they don’t lose by a big margin. On the other hand, the Royals would qualify irrespective of the result of the game. But, the Hawks have done more than what was required to grab the third place on the points table. Hawks’ skipper David Warner won the toss and opted to field first. Luke Ronchi, who was trying to go at everything was dismissed for 15 runs by Fidel Edwards. However, Agha Salman and Abraash Khan who scored 43 and 30 respectively built a good partnership.

The team was cruising along well and was at 92/2 after 11 overs. But, just as they seemed to be going well, they lost one wicket too many. They lost 5 wickets for the next 27 runs which completely upset the balance of things. Although Shaiman Anwar tried to add some valuable runs at the end, he was dismissed in the 19 over by Ali Khan. Furthermore, Fidel Edwards picked two wickets in the final over of the innings to bowl the Royals out for just 141 runs.

It was quite an easy chase for the Hawks. For the first time in the tournament, David Warner got to double figures. He along with Lendl Simmons got the side off to a good start. Simmons, after scoring 38 runs walked back to the pavilion retired hurt as his nail came off with a cut. Warner gave some time for himself, scored 42 off 35 balls and got out in the 15th over. Mark Deyal, with the help of his 19-ball 37 took the side home.

Brief Scores:

EDR: 141/10 in 19.5 overs (Agha Salman 43, Abraash Khan 30, Fidel Edwards 4/19)

WPH: 142/2 in 16.4 overs (D Warner 42, L Simmons 38, Agha Salman 1/39)