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T20Sim Cup #6

Nightfire Strikers vs Perth Panthers

Venue: Johannesburg Lions Arena

Round: 8 • Result: Defending team won by 13 runs • Winner: Nightfire Strikers

Man of the Match
Arjun Venkatesh
Batting: 46 (14) • SR 328.57 • 4s 5 • 6s 3 | Bowling: 1/11 • 0.5 ov | Team: Perth Panthers

Innings

Innings 1 — Nightfire Strikers
Score: 121/10 • Overs: 15.5
Bowling: Perth Panthers
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Arjun Venkatesh 7 3 233.33 0 1 c Arjun Venkatesh b Benji Clarke
Axel van Dijk 0 1 0.00 0 0 b Benji Clarke
Hamza Farooq 10 12 83.33 1 0 c Benji Clarke b Dev Patel
Kaito Moriyama 1 2 50.00 0 0 b Dev Patel
Mason Wilde 11 6 183.33 2 0 c Hamza Farooq b Benji Clarke
Aarav Sethi 10 10 100.00 1 0 c Benji Clarke b Dev Patel
Santiago Ruiz 35 27 129.63 4 1 c Arjun Venkatesh b Connor Briggs
Aiden Rowley 19 11 172.73 2 1 c Arjun Venkatesh b Fahim Rahimi
Hugh Donnelly 23 13 176.92 2 1 c Benji Clarke b Arjun Venkatesh
Imran Qureshi 1 3 33.33 0 0 c Jett Rourke b Fahim Rahimi
Siyabonga Dlamini 4 7 57.14 0 0 not out
Fall of Wickets: 7/1, 7/2, 17/3, 18/4, 29/5, 39/6, 74/7, 93/8, 116/9, 121/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Benji Clarke 4.0 29 3 7.25
Dev Patel 4.0 36 3 9.00
Fahim Rahimi 3.0 19 2 6.33
Arjun Venkatesh 0.5 11 1 13.20
Connor Briggs 4.0 26 1 6.50
Innings 2 — Perth Panthers
Score: 108/10 • Overs: 8.4
Bowling: Nightfire Strikers
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Arjun Venkatesh 46 14 328.57 5 3 c Arjun Venkatesh b Santiago Ruiz
Axel van Dijk 17 7 242.86 2 1 c Santiago Ruiz b Santiago Ruiz
Hamza Farooq 7 4 175.00 0 1 c Mason Wilde b Aiden Rowley
Jett Rourke 7 3 233.33 0 1 c Hamza Farooq b Santiago Ruiz
Nikhil Shetty 11 8 137.50 2 0 c Aarav Sethi b Aiden Rowley
Aarav Sethi 2 2 100.00 0 0 c Hamza Farooq b Aiden Rowley
Benji Clarke 0 1 0.00 0 0 lbw b Aiden Rowley
Dev Patel 4 4 100.00 1 0 c Hamza Farooq b Santiago Ruiz
Connor Briggs 1 2 50.00 0 0 b Hugh Donnelly
Fahim Rahimi 8 4 200.00 2 0 c Hugh Donnelly b Aiden Rowley
Pranav Kulkarni 5 3 166.67 0 0 not out
Fall of Wickets: 46/1, 63/2, 70/3, 77/4, 88/5, 90/6, 90/7, 94/8, 95/9, 108/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Aiden Rowley 4.0 50 5 12.50
Santiago Ruiz 4.0 53 4 13.25
Hugh Donnelly 0.4 5 1 7.50