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GT20: Knights sink Nationals to set up Eliminator clash with Jaguars

BRAMPTON: Harsh Thaker followed his 23-run cameo with a four-fer and powered Vancouver Knights to edge Toronto Nationals by 25 runs in the last group fixture of the ongoing GT20 Canada.

The Knights now face Surrey Jaguars in the first eliminator of the extravaganza on Friday.

Put into bat first, the Knights failed to put on a decent show with the bat and could accumulate 128/7 in the allotted 20 overs.

Knights’ dependable pair of Corbin Bosch and Mohammad Rizwan once again recovered the side from an early blow after Fakhar Zaman perished cheaply with just five runs on the board in the second over.

The pair batted cautiously and added 62 runs for the second wicket before Farhan Malik drew a much-needed breakthrough for the Nationals by trapping Bosch in his legs.

The right-handed batter could score 30 from 26 deliveries, laced up with five boundaries.

The Knights endured another blow to their batting expedition when another set batter Mohammad Rizwan fell in the next over after miscuing a slog sweep off Shahid Afridi.

He could score a run-a-ball 27 with the help of two boundaries and a six.

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Rizwan’s dismissal triggered a collapse in the Knights’ batting lineup which halted the flow of runs.

Harsh Thaker, however, launched a brief counterattack and bolstered the Knights’ total with a brisk cameo. His 18-ball 23 at the backend featured two boundaries and a six.

Sikandar Raza and Shahid Afridi bagged two wickets each while Faheem Ashraf and Farhan made one scalp each.

In response, the Nationals’ batting lineup failed completely and could only raise a paltry 103 before being bundled out in the 16th over.

The Nationals had a contrasting start to their run chase as their opening pair Nicholas Kriton and Hamza Tariq added 31 runs for the first wicket before the former perished in the fourth over.

Following his dismissal, the Nationals began to lose wickets at an alarming rate which eventually restricted them to 103 all out.

Top-order batter Darren Bravo offered insignificant resilience with a 26-ball 28 which included two sixes.

The next notable run-getters for the Nationals were Kriton (19), Tariq and Zaman Khan 14 each.

The victory propelled Vancouver Knights to finish second in the GT20 standings with nine points in seven matches while Toronto Nationals were knocked out of the tournament after finishing fifth.

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GT20: Munro, Zaman star as Toronto Nationals edge Vancouver Knights

BRAMPTON: Colin Munro played a berserk 78-run knock before a sensational last over by Zaman Khan led Toronto Nationals to a narrow nine-run victory over Vancouver Knights in a rain-affected second fixture of Global T20 (GT20).

The Nationals piled up a massive total of 151/3 in the first innings — reduced to 15 overs due to the rain interruption — at the back of a swashbuckling half-century by Munro, followed by Shahid Afridi’s fireworks.

The Nationals had a contrasting start to their innings as their skipper Hamza Tariq perished cheaply (seven off eight) with his side at 26/1 in the third over.

Following the early blow, Munro baton charged Knights’ bowlers amid his 76-run partnership with Nicholas Kirton.

The New Zealand opener dominated the second-wicket partnership with belligerent hitting while Kirton rotated the strike on his way to a 21-ball 22 before Reeza Hendricks got rid of him in the 11th over.

Joining Munro at the crease, Shahid Afridi turned back time and played in his trademark style and added further to the misery of the Knights’ bowlers with a brisk cameo.

He smashed two boundaries and two sixes on his way to a 12-ball 23, which lasted in the penultimate over.

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Munro, on the other hand, carried his bat all the way through and top-scored for the Nationals. His 45-ball 78 featured six boundaries and six sixes.

For the Knights, Reeza Hendricks, Nawab Singh and Corbin Bosch could pick up a wicket.

Set to chase 153, the Knights fell just nine runs short of the victory as they could accumulate 142/4 despite skipper Rassie van der Dussen’s half-century.

Knights’ captain van der Dussen played a fighting 51-run knock from 24 balls and kept his side in the hunt.

He, however, could not muscle his side over the line, courtesy of an exceptional final over by Zaman Khan, who successfully defended 13 runs off it, leaking just three runs.

Zaman Khan also brought curtains on Dussen’s gutsy knock on the final delivery and scripted a thrilling victory for the Nationals.

The victory marked Toronto Nationals’ first in the ongoing GT20 and lifted them to claim the third spot in the standings.

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