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T20Sim Cup #28

London Fire XI vs Iron Pitch Panthers

Venue: Johannesburg Lions Arena

Round: 2 • Result: Defending team won by 101 runs • Winner: London Fire XI

Man of the Match
Axel van Dijk
Batting: 70 (27) • SR 259.26 • 4s 8 • 6s 5 | Bowling: 0/33 • 3.0 ov | Team: London Fire XI

Innings

Innings 1 — London Fire XI
Score: 256/6 • Overs: 20.0
Bowling: Iron Pitch Panthers
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Axel van Dijk 70 27 259.26 8 5 run out (Pranav Kulkarni)
Ayaan Qureshi 43 15 286.67 3 4 b Benji Clarke
Callum Reid 5 5 100.00 0 0 run out (Rahul Deshpande)
Harpreet Singh 50 32 156.25 5 2 c Sameer Qazi b Axel van Dijk
Ravi Narayan 55 27 203.70 3 4 not out
Imtiaz Ali 27 10 270.00 2 2 c Rahul Deshpande b Axel van Dijk
Corey Mitchell 6 4 150.00 0 1 run out (Aarav Sethi)
Khalid Hamid 0 0 0 0 not out
Fall of Wickets: 70/1, 113/2, 118/3, 168/4, 195/5, 201/6
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Axel van Dijk 3.0 42 2 14.00
Benji Clarke 4.0 56 1 14.00
Blake Saunders 3.0 22 0 7.33
Hamza Farooq 2.0 30 0 15.00
Aiden Rowley 4.0 41 0 10.25
Khalid Hamid 4.0 65 0 16.25
Innings 2 — Iron Pitch Panthers
Score: 155/8 • Overs: 20.0
Bowling: London Fire XI
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Axel van Dijk 22 18 122.22 4 0 c Imtiaz Ali b Corey Mitchell
Hamza Farooq 32 23 139.13 4 0 c Ravi Narayan b Kieran Holt
Liam Kershaw 0 1 0.00 0 0 run out (Imtiaz Ali)
Sameer Qazi 11 8 137.50 1 0 run out (Khalid Hamid)
Aarav Sethi 8 7 114.29 1 0 b Kieran Holt
Benji Clarke 13 13 100.00 1 0 c Suraj Patil b Imran Qureshi
Khalid Hamid 0 1 0.00 0 0 c Imran Qureshi b Kieran Holt
Aiden Rowley 17 14 121.43 3 0 lbw b Imran Qureshi
Blake Saunders 31 22 140.91 6 0 not out
Pranav Kulkarni 21 13 161.54 2 1 not out
Fall of Wickets: 22/1, 54/2, 54/3, 65/4, 73/5, 86/6, 86/7, 103/8
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Kieran Holt 3.0 24 3 8.00
Imran Qureshi 4.0 15 2 3.75
Corey Mitchell 4.0 36 1 9.00
Ayaan Qureshi 2.0 19 0 9.50
Khalid Hamid 4.0 28 0 7.00
Axel van Dijk 3.0 33 0 11.00