Asia Lions 99 for 3 (Misbah 44*, Dilshan 32) beat World Giants 64 for five (Gayle 23, Razzak 2-2, Afridi 2-11) by 35 runs
10-overs-a-side
A moist outfield had delayed the beginning by greater than two hours, forcing the sport to be curtailed to 10 overs a facet. World Giants captain Aaron Finch’s plan of opting to bowl first on a sluggish, damp pitch labored superbly within the first seven overs. Finch utilised 4 spinners, together with Monty Panesar, Ricardo Powell, Chris Gayle and himself, and the slow-bowling possibility of Paul Collingwood.
Misbah, although, picked up from the place he left off from the earlier match. He smashed Gayle for a six over long-on earlier than hitting Powell for 3 boundaries within the eighth over. He then lofted Collingwood over long-on for six to carry up his fifty-run partnership with Dilshan. He completed with a 19-ball 44 to push the Asian Lions to 99 for 3 of their 10 overs.
World Giants by no means actually obtained going of their chase after the dismissals of openers Chris Gayle and Lendl Simmons. Gayle survived an early scare within the first over from Mohammad Hafeez. He was given out on the sector after lacking a sweep however his evaluate confirmed the ball was going over the stumps.
Gayle then struck Dilshan for 3 consecutive sixes off the primary three deliveries of the fourth over. Shahid Afridi, although, put an finish to Gayle’s cameo within the fifth over as he hit a brief supply straight to Thisara Perera at long-on. Gayle’s opening associate Simmons was the subsequent to fall in the identical over. The openers had been the one batters to make it to double digits because the chase fell away quickly after that.
Former Bangladesh spinner Razzak obtained the wickets of Shane Watson and Ricardo Powell within the eighth over, which was additionally a maiden, to kill the chase because the World Giants fell woefully brief.
