Mohammed Hafeez picked up impressive figures of 3/10 as Texas Chargers defeated Morrisville Unity by 34 runs in the US Masters T10 League at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida, on Wednesday. Chargers restricted the Unity side to 75/8 after putting up 109/7 in their allotted 10 overs and now lead the points tally after five matches.

Meanwhile, California Knights moved to third place on the table after defeating New York Warriors by 15 runs in the second match of the day.

Morrisville Unity found it difficult to string partnerships as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Shehan Jayasuriya struck two boundaries and two sixes, but fell to Fidel Edwards in the fifth over. Corey Anderson played an unbeaten innings of 16 runs off 17 balls, however, he didn’t find much support from the other end.

Earlier in the day, Morrisville Unity won the toss and put the Texas Chargers into bat. Former Indian pacer S Sreesanth got Unity off to a fantastic start after dismissing Hafeez and Mukhtar Ahmed in the second over. Dane Piedt then joined the party, dismissing Thisara Perera and Texas skipper Ben Dunk in the fifth over to leave them reeling at 48/4.

Thereafter, Darren Stevens came to the rescue as he struck 4 fours and 2 sixes in his knock of 36 runs from 18 balls. But following his departure in the ninth over, Navin Stewart conceded just 5 runs in the last over to restrict the Chargers to 109/7.

 

California Knights win

In the second match of the day, California Knights put up 106/5 in their 10 overs before restricting the Warriors to 91/3.

Kamran Akmal got the Warriors off to a great start as he smashed two boundaries in the first two overs. However, he fell to Devendra Bishoo for 12 runs off 9 balls in the third over. Tillakaratne Dilshan kept the Warriors’ hopes alive with a flurry of boundaries, but he was run out for 43 runs off 27 balls in the ninth over.

Irfan Pathan bowled a fantastic final over to close out the match for California. He conceded just 5 runs in the last over of the match.

Earlier, California won the toss and chose to bat first. Aaron Finch got their innings going through a string of boundaries, however, he was dismissed by Abdur Rehman for 24 runs off 12 balls in the third over. Thereafter, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals, however, they continued to bat at a decent strike rate.

Ashley Nurse struck a couple of sixes in the last two overs and helped the Knights reach 106/5 in their 10 overs.