Abu Dhabi: Bangla Tigers’ bowling attack proved too hot to handle for Northern Warriors who succumbed to a 30 tear defeat on Thursday in the Abu Dhabi T10.
After Bangla Tigers positioned on 119 on the board on a tricky pitch, the Warriors struggled to build up going and by no device threatened the plan, losing wickets at favorite intervals.
Left-arm spinner Tom Hartley proved to be the standout performer with the ball, picking up two wickets for correct 12 runs.
Earlier, a 96-tear 2d-wicket partnership between Hazratullah Zazai and Faf Du Plessis had ensured that the Tigers posted a tricky complete on the board.
When the Warriors started their pursuit of 120, Hartley drew first blood for Tigers by sending back Kennar Lewis in the main over.
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The Warriors delivery went from defective to worse when Moeen Ali stepped out to James Faulkner in the next over, entirely to hear the stumps slack him getting rattled.Samit Patel and Rovman Powell got collectively however stumbled on the going refined against some quality bowling.
Powell soon flicked a loosener on the leg side straight into the arms of the magnificent-leg fielder.At the halfway rate, the innings was once tottering at 31/3. With the tear-out of Samit Patel in the seventh over, the final hope of a fightback from the Warriors moreover ended.
Umair Ali showed dexterity in picking up the slower balls and launching them into the stands however his cameo of 39 from 16 balls proved to be a case of too small too late for the Warriors.
Earlier, The Tigers’ innings did not buy off simply as swashbuckling opener Johnson Charles’ stint at the crease was once gash immediate by Imran Tahir in the third over.
After Charles’ departure, Zazai was once joined at the crease by captain Faf Du Plessis who promoted himself up the divulge. Alternatively, the ploy did not appear to work in the main few overs of the partnership as some trim bowling and a worldly pitch to bat on saved the duo largely collected.
As a consequence, the Bangla Tigers could maybe entirely location up 42 in the main 5 overs.The acceleration started from the seventh over.
With correct four runs from his first 9 deliveries, Du Plessis was once compelled to innovate and scooped Oshane Thomas over prolonged leg for a most.
This was once to screen the starting up of a late assault that the duo perpetrated on the Warriors bowling attack. Abhimanyu Mithun`s next oversaw both the batsmen hit a six apiece. However the severest punishment was once reserved for Tahir who bowled the penultimate over.
The leg-spinner, who had conceded entirely three in his first over, was once struck for 26 in his final over by Zazai and Du Plessis.
Within the closing over, Zazai reached his half-century thanks to a dropped probability at the boundary.
A hat-trick of streaky boundaries off the captain’s bat in the closing over took the Tigers to a tricky 119.
Transient rankings: Bangla Tigers 119/1 (Hazratullah Zazai 55*, Faf Du Plessis 38Imran Tahir 1-29) vs Northern Warriors 89/6 (Umair Ali 39*, Samit Patel 15, Tom Hartley 2-12)
