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T20Sim Cup #35

Sapphire Smashers vs Chennai Blazers

Venue: Johannesburg Lions Arena

Round: 8 • Result: Defending team won by 90 runs • Winner: Sapphire Smashers

Man of the Match
Liam Kershaw
Batting: 73 (48) • SR 152.08 • 4s 9 • 6s 3 | Team: Sapphire Smashers

Innings

Innings 1 — Sapphire Smashers
Score: 159/10 • Overs: 18.1
Bowling: Chennai Blazers
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Hamza Farooq 22 9 244.44 2 1 c Connor Briggs b Mitch O’Connor
Ishaan Malhotra 6 4 150.00 1 0 run out (Ritvik Chand)
Jett Rourke 4 2 200.00 1 0 run out (Ayaan Qureshi)
Kaito Moriyama 2 3 66.67 0 0 c Arjun Venkatesh b Ritvik Chand
Liam Kershaw 73 48 152.08 9 3 not out
Toby Nguyen 7 5 140.00 1 0 c Ritvik Chand b Ritvik Chand
Santiago Ruiz 13 7 185.71 2 0 c Harpreet Singh b Ritvik Chand
Tenzin Dorje 6 10 60.00 0 0 c Ayaan Qureshi b Aditya Rana
Aditya Rana 25 16 156.25 4 0 c Mitch O’Connor b Arjun Venkatesh
Aiden Rowley 0 3 0.00 0 0 b Arjun Venkatesh
Connor Briggs 1 2 50.00 0 0 c Mitch O’Connor b Ayaan Qureshi
Fall of Wickets: 22/1, 28/2, 32/3, 34/4, 41/5, 54/6, 60/7, 85/8, 85/9, 159/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Ritvik Chand 4.0 41 3 10.25
Arjun Venkatesh 2.0 10 2 5.00
Ayaan Qureshi 1.1 14 1 12.00
Aditya Rana 4.0 39 1 9.75
Mitch O’Connor 4.0 41 1 10.25
Connor Briggs 3.0 14 0 4.67
Innings 2 — Chennai Blazers
Score: 69/10 • Overs: 11.5
Bowling: Sapphire Smashers
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Arjun Venkatesh 10 11 90.91 2 0 c Aditya Rana b Santiago Ruiz
Ayaan Qureshi 1 4 25.00 0 0 b Tenzin Dorje
Harpreet Singh 3 5 60.00 0 0 b Santiago Ruiz
Jack Harrington 1 3 33.33 0 0 run out (Jett Rourke)
Zane Calder 18 10 180.00 4 0 c Kaito Moriyama b Tenzin Dorje
Logan Price 13 15 86.67 1 0 c Aiden Rowley b Aditya Rana
Mitch O’Connor 11 12 91.67 1 0 not out
Ritvik Chand 1 2 50.00 0 0 c Kaito Moriyama b Aditya Rana
Aditya Rana 4 2 200.00 1 0 c Kaito Moriyama b Aditya Rana
Connor Briggs 2 4 50.00 0 0 c Aiden Rowley b Aiden Rowley
Finlay Grant 5 3 166.67 1 0 run out (Jett Rourke)
Fall of Wickets: 10/1, 11/2, 14/3, 15/4, 33/5, 46/6, 47/7, 51/8, 53/9, 69/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Aditya Rana 2.0 11 3 5.50
Tenzin Dorje 4.0 24 2 6.00
Santiago Ruiz 4.0 24 2 6.00
Aiden Rowley 1.5 10 1 5.45