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ABU DHABI: New York Strikers wiped away the pain of the last edition’s loss to Deccan Gladiators in the final to be crowned the new champions of the Abu Dhabi T10 in its seventh edition at the Zayed Cricket Stadium by recording a seven-wicket win.
The New York Strikers denied the Deccan Gladiators a hat-trick of Abu Dhabi T10 titles as they won the competition for the first time at the Zayed Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Former Pakistan left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir displayed the traits that had once hailed him as one of the world's finest demolishers of batting lineups to produce a spell of four wickets for just seven runs to wreck Chennai Braves' batting. His spell restricted Chennai to 75 for 9 and ensured New York Strikers a five-wicket win in the 23rd match of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium. With the win, the Strikers regained the top position with 10 points. New York Strikers too got off to a shaky start losing three wickets for 30 runs, but Asif Ali through an unbeaten 23 ensured their victory with nine balls to spare. Sam Cook and Junaid Siddique's effort with two wickets each went in vain.
Yusuf Pathan rolled back the years and how, as he produced plenty of big hits and entertainment at the Harare Sports Club, to help the Joburg Buffaloes storm into the finals of the Zim Cyber City Zim Afro T10, after defeating the Durban Qalandars by 6 wickets in Qualifier 1. Yusuf scored an unbeaten 80 from 26 deliveries as the Buffaloes chased down a record total on Friday. Put into bat first, the Durban Qalandars, who had finished top of the table in the league stage, had a slow start, losing the in-form Tim Seifert for 11 in the third over, with the score on 16. That though would kick start a fantastic as Mirza Tahir Baig and Andre Fletcher went through the gears against the Joburg Buffaloes' bowling.
Experienced Pakistan players were in demand during the player auction for the Lanka Premier League on Wednesday, with veteran Shoaib Malik getting the top bid.
The ongoing edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has become the talk of the town these days. From some brilliant knocks to some controversial moments, the T20 league has been gaining a lot of attention from fans. In a recent match between Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United, a hilarious incident was captured which left the audience in splits. Islamabad defeated the Gladiators by 63 runs in their previous match. Opting to bat first, Islamabad posted a whopping total of 220/6 in 20 overs. Later, the Gladiators were bundled out for 157, with Hasan Ali taking a three-wicket haul.
Voting for the award will begin in January, said the ICC in a release.In the women's category, pace bowler Renuka Singh and batter Yastika Bhatia were nominated for the award alongside Australia's Darcie Brown and England's Alice Capsey.Arshdeep has made the short-list less than six months after making his international debut.
(Reuters) - Pakistan captain Babar Azam defended his decision to play an extra fast bowler in Thursday's shock Twenty20 World Cup defeat by Zimbabwe but said the 2009 champions were not up to the mark in all departments after their campaign was left in tatters.