On August 18, 2023, in Lauderhill, Florida: On Friday in Lauderhill, Florida’s US Masters T10 League, the New York Warriors defeated Morrisville Unity by a score of six runs. Before limiting Morrisville Unity to 118/5, the New York Warriors scored 124/3 in their 10 overs.
The Morrisville Unity’s batting innings stalled out as soon as it began, with Parthiv Patel being bowled by Dhammika Prasad for 3 runs in the third over. Morrisville Unity was in serious trouble at 33/3 in 5 overs as Chris Gayle and Corey Anderson left in quick succession.
Obus Pienaar then played a superb innings, scoring 35 runs off 12 balls, while Shehan Jayasuriya scored 28* runs off 10 balls, but they were unable to help their team cross the finish line.
The New York Warriors were given the opportunity to bat after Morrisville Unity won the toss earlier in the day. Tillakaratne Dilshan gave the Warriors a solid start in the second over by hitting Calvin Savage for two consecutive boundaries. Obus Pienaar managed to trap him LBW in the very next over, though.
Richard Levi, though, ensured that the momentum stayed with the New York Warriors by hitting two fours and two sixes off of bowling by Rahul Sharma in the fourth over.
The Warriors’ total rose to 73/1 in five overs as Levi hit Sreesanth for three straight sixes. Before falling to Calvin Savage for a brilliant innings of 66 runs from 25 balls in the ninth over, he sent the ball over the boundary twice more. The New York Warriors scored 124/3 in their allotted 10 overs, with just eight runs lost by Corey Anderson in the final over.
Brief Scores: New York Warriors defeated Morrisville Unity 118/5 (Obus Pienaar 35, Shehan Jayasuriya 28*, Umaid Asif 3/22) by 6 runs with a total of 124/3 (Richard Levi 66, Kamran Akmal 24, Obus Pienaar 1/18).
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