World Giants 150 for 3 (Amla 66, Kallis 56*, Tanvir 1-31) beat Asia Lions 130 (Dilshan 37, Mpofu 3-16, Best 3-20) by 20 runs
New batter Thisara Perera hit a six to get off the mark and later greeted Best with a boundary within the subsequent over. Best additionally made a rapid comeback with a yorker that took an inside edge onto the stumps.
Best continued his effective spell to dismiss the damaging Dilshan subsequent. He bowled a full size supply on the stumps, which caught Dilshan proper in entrance.
Captain Shahid Afridi was the one different batter to attain greater than 13 as he struck three fours and one six in his 18-ball cameo. Brett Lee was hit for a 4 and a six by Afridi, however used a shorter change in size to dismiss Afridi within the fifteenth over. At 108 for six, the sport was past Lions as they folded for 130.
Earlier, Lions’ resolution to bowl labored effectively initially, as Giants scored solely 30 runs within the powerplay. Giants misplaced the in-form Chris Gayle to a run-out after Amla drove a ball to mid-off. Both batters had been stranded on the non-striker’s finish earlier than Gayle was finally given out.
Amla stored the scoreboard transferring at a gentle price. He hit Abdur Razzaq via additional cowl for 4 runs earlier than driving him to the purpose boundary off the primary two deliveries of the fifth over. Boundaries then dried up within the subsequent 5 overs. The former South African pair of Amla and Kallis struggled to seek out the gaps in opposition to the disciplined traces of Razzaq, Sohail Tanvir and Afridi.
Amla and Kallis discovered some momentum within the second half of the innings as they picked up 4 boundaries and one six in three overs. The first six of the Giants innings got here within the thirteenth over when Kallis hit a slower supply from Isuru Udana over the midwicket boundary.
The rebuild continued via the ultimate 5 overs. Even although Amla was dismissed by an ideal yorker from Mohammad Amir within the penultimate over, ending a 105-run third-wicket stand, he and Kallis had carried Giants to a profitable whole.
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