108/10 (18.5)
CR : 5.73
127/9 (20.0)
CR : 6.35
Toronto Nationals won by 19 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Romario Shepherd
3/172(5)
04:57 IST and 07:27 PM Local Time | PHEW! What a thrilling match we just had. Toronto Nationals have snapped the win from the grasp of Vancouver Knights who still remain winless in the tournament, as they beat them by 19 runs.
Here's a review of what happened in the match.
Put into bat by Vancouver Knights, Toronto Nationals got off to a horrible start as they lost both their openers inside first 3 overs. Andries Gous (19 off 10) and Roston Chase (23 off 27) chipped in with few runs.
Mohammad Amir was the pick of the bowlers for Vancouver Knights as he bagged 3 wickets , he was well supported by Rishiv Joshi and Harsh Thaker who picked up 2 wickets each.
Chasing 128, Vancouver Knights lost Munir Kakar on the very first ball of the innings. Usman Khawaja then combined with Reeza Hendricks and Richard Berrington steadied the ship for the Knights, before he was out on 10 off 20 balls. Richard Berrington continued his good form and scored 53 runs to keep his side at bay.
He put up a 36 run partnership with Dipendra Singh Airee for the fourth wicket which helped them take the upper hand in the game.
With 29 runs required off 24 balls , Vancouver Knights were certainly favorites to win the match. But Mohammad Nawaz bowled an excellent 18th over and picked up 2 quick wickets including the most crucial wicket of Richard Berrington putting Vancouver Knights on backfoot.
Pressure kept mounting on Vancouver Knights batters as they threw away the match and in the end they weren't able to chase the score down, losing by 19 runs.
Romaro Shepherd was the pick of the bowler for his team as he bagged 3 wickets , he was well supported by Mohammad Nawaz who picked up 2 wickets in his 3 overs.
But wickets fell at regular intervals for the Toronto Nationals as none of the batters contributed to the team's cause. Some late runs by the lower order helped them to reach to a total of 127/9.
Mohammad Amir was the pick of the bowlers for Vancouver Knights as he bagged 3 wickets , he was well supported by Rishiv Joshi and Harsh Thaker who picked up 2 wickets each.
Chasing 128, Vancouver Knights lost Munir Kakar on the very first ball of the innings. Usman Khawaja then combined with Reeza Hendricks and Richard Berrington steadied the ship for the Knights, before he was out on 10 off 20 balls. Richard Berrington continued his good form and scored 53 runs to keep his side at bay.
He put up a 36 run partnership with Dipendra Singh Airee for the fourth wicket which helped them take the upper hand in the game.
With 29 runs required off 24 balls , Vancouver Knights were certainly favorites to win the match. But Mohammad Nawaz bowled an excellent 18th over and picked up 2 quick wickets including the most crucial wicket of Richard Berrington putting Vancouver Knights on backfoot.
Pressure kept mounting on Vancouver Knights batters as they threw away the match and in the end they weren't able to chase the score down, losing by 19 runs.
Romaro Shepherd was the pick of the bowler for his team as he bagged 3 wickets , he was well supported by Mohammad Nawaz who picked up 2 wickets in his 3 overs.
TN won by 19 runs
Vancouver Knights are out from the play-offs race.
Richie Berrington (Vancouver Knights)- "We were in a good position. One of us needed to stay on the crease but unfortunately we lost back to back wickets towards the end. It’s a disappointing season for us. On a personal point of view, I had a good outing but we couldn’t win the match. We have played a lot of cricket. We will perform well in the last match. Mostly we will; enjoy the game."
Time for the presentations.
Player of the Match- Romario Shepherd
Romario Shepherd (POTM) - "I just try to bowl wicket to wicket and happy that I did exactly that. After the first innings, Colin said we are 15-20 runs short but we believed in our bowling unit. I am happy with my performance today."
Usman Khawaja (Captain Vancouver Knights)- "Disappointing as at one stage we had the possibility to win the match. Yes we gave away some extra runs towards the end of the first innings. But we should have chased this target. Our bowlers have been exceptional this season and have given their best in every match."
Colin Munro (Captain, Toronto Nationals ) - "We weren't at our best today but our bowlers did an outstanding job to defend the total. We were 10-15 runs short after the first innings but to pull off the win like this is certainly commendable. Richie played really well for them , if he had batted till the end the result could have gone otherwise."
That’s all from today’s coverage of Match 15 of Global T20 Canada featuring Vancouver Knights and Toronto Nationals from the CAA Centre, Brampton, Ontario.
I am Gourav Samal, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Aditya Agarwal and scorer/analyst Ashok Dayma. Stay tuned for all cricketing actions around the world. Good Night.
I am Gourav Samal, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Aditya Agarwal and scorer/analyst Ashok Dayma. Stay tuned for all cricketing actions around the world. Good Night.