That is the coverage of the Match 9 of Zim Afro T10 . For now, this is me Aditya Agarwal signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Saptak Sanyal, who, alongside our scorer/analyst YogeshKumar brought you all the live action of this fixture. We will meet again. Until then, cheers!
Rohan Mustafa(Cape Town Samp Army Captain): "It was a good toss to lose. It didn't start well but I think Malan (Dawid Malan) played really well. Our main plan was to get Rassie(van der Dussen) out and I did it successfully and that helped us to get victorious today."
Thisara Perera(NY Lagos Strikers Captain):"It's a nice pitch to bat on. It saw 300 runs getting scored almost. It happens in cricket. We have to take a lot of positives from this match."
Dawid Malan(Player of the Match): "Good to contribute, good to get going. Ya it is a great experience. I think it is really heart warming to contribute to the team's victory."
Player of the Match - Dawid Malan
Catch of the Match - Tadiwanashe Marumani
Power Hitter of the Match - Thisara Perera
Magic Moment of the Match - Rohan Mustafa
Time for the post match presentation.
00:50 IST and 09:20 PM Local Time | Cape Town Samp Army cruise to a one sided victory over NY Lagos Strikers with a 22 run win, thanks to fine knocks of Dawid Malan and Rohan Mustafa.
Here's a review of what happened in the match.
NY Lagos Strikers won the toss and put Cape Town Samp Army into bat. Batting first, they lost Brian Bennet on the very first ball of the innings. Dawid Malan and Rohan Mustafa then joined hands and put in a match winning 111 run stand for the second wicket as they smashed the NY Lagos Strikers bowlers to all parts of the ground.
The former batter made 63 runs off just 25 balls while the latter played a knock of 50 runs off 23 balls. Some late hits from Leonardo Julien and Qias Ahmad powered them to a commanding score of 151/4.
Chasing 152, NY Lagos Strikers got off to a good steady start before losing their star batter Rassie van der Dussen on the score of 35 inside 2.5 overs.
Wicket fell at regular intervals and the required rate kept climbing up. Thisara Perera then walked out to bat at number 6 and smashed a quickfire knock of 48 runs in just 17 balls including 6 sixes and 2 fours, but his knock wasn't enough to get his side over the line as NY Lagos Strikers lost the match by 22 runs.
Amir Hamza was the pick of the bowler for his team as he bagged 2 wickets in his quota of 2 overs. Stay tuned for the post match presentation coming up shortly!
9.6 D Willey to J Bishop
0 Good length delivery angling outside off, a slower one this time. Bishop swings his bat but misses it completely. Cape Town Samp Army has won the contest by 22 runs.
9.5 D Willey to J Bishop
6 SIXXX! That will help the Strikers to reduce the net run rate gap. Good length delivery angling at the outside off line. Bishop gets the width and he slaps it over long off for a maximum.
Joshua Bishop is the new man in for NY Lagos Strikers.
David Willey has his revenge! 5th wicket down for NY Lagos Strikers and with it their hopes of winning this match also goes away.
9.4 D Willey to T Perera
W WICKETTTTTT!!! Willey strikes to remove Perera. Full toss angling at the leg stump. Perera leans in and he flicks it. The ball aerially travels to Jayawardena at deep forward square leg, who takes a simple catch. Thisara Perera departs for a 17-ball 48 run innings.