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T20Sim Cup #16

Sapphire Smashers vs Sydney Thunderhawks

Venue: Auckland Pacific Stadium

Round: 2 • Result: Chasing team won by 4 wickets • Winner: Sydney Thunderhawks

Man of the Match
Marcus Leong
Batting: 26 (11) • SR 236.36 • 4s 4 • 6s 1 | Team: Sydney Thunderhawks

Innings

Innings 1 — Sapphire Smashers
Score: 97/10 • Overs: 11.4
Bowling: Sydney Thunderhawks
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Hamza Farooq 4 3 133.33 1 0 c Blake Saunders b Benji Clarke
Ishaan Malhotra 2 3 66.67 0 0 run out (Sameer Qazi)
Jett Rourke 17 9 188.89 1 2 c Liam Kershaw b Benji Clarke
Kaito Moriyama 19 11 172.73 3 0 c Ayaan Qureshi b Jai Suryan
Liam Kershaw 0 1 0.00 0 0 run out (Blake Saunders)
Toby Nguyen 20 13 153.85 2 0 run out (Aiden Rowley)
Santiago Ruiz 7 7 100.00 1 0 c Sameer Qazi b Jai Suryan
Tenzin Dorje 11 6 183.33 2 0 c Sameer Qazi b Blake Saunders
Aditya Rana 4 5 80.00 0 0 c Liam Kershaw b Blake Saunders
Aiden Rowley 6 8 75.00 0 0 not out
Connor Briggs 7 4 175.00 1 0 c Sameer Qazi b Blake Saunders
Fall of Wickets: 4/1, 6/2, 23/3, 42/4, 42/5, 62/6, 69/7, 80/8, 84/9, 97/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Blake Saunders 1.4 13 3 7.80
Jai Suryan 4.0 35 2 8.75
Benji Clarke 4.0 35 2 8.75
Aiden Rowley 2.0 14 0 7.00
Innings 2 — Sydney Thunderhawks
Score: 99/6 • Overs: 10.2
Bowling: Sapphire Smashers
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Ayaan Qureshi 2 2 100.00 0 0 run out (Tenzin Dorje)
Harpreet Singh 7 3 233.33 0 1 c Toby Nguyen b Santiago Ruiz
Liam Kershaw 20 13 153.85 2 1 b Tenzin Dorje
Marcus Leong 26 11 236.36 4 1 c Ishaan Malhotra b Tenzin Dorje
Sameer Qazi 19 16 118.75 3 0 c Connor Briggs b Aiden Rowley
Imtiaz Ali 21 14 150.00 3 0 run out (Tenzin Dorje)
Benji Clarke 2 2 100.00 0 0 not out
Jai Suryan 2 1 200.00 0 0 not out
Fall of Wickets: 2/1, 9/2, 29/3, 55/4, 74/5, 95/6
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Tenzin Dorje 4.0 48 2 12.00
Aiden Rowley 1.0 9 1 9.00
Santiago Ruiz 4.0 33 1 8.25
Aditya Rana 1.2 9 0 6.75