Mohammad Amir bowled an excellent spell within the first innings however his heroics went in useless as Romario Shepherd steered the Toronto Nationals to victory over Vancouver Knights within the fifteenth match of the GT20 Canada 2024.
Whereas batting first Toronto Nationals had been restricted to a mere 127-9, nevertheless, Shepherd’s three-wicket haul helped them bundle Vancouver Knights to 108, registering their third victory in GT20 Canada 2024.
Toronto Nationals had an undesirable begin as they misplaced each opening batters with the scoreboard studying 16 runs in 2.2 overs.
Andries Gous (19) and Nicholas Kirton (13) added 29 runs for the third wicket however they each fell in fast succession leaving the crew reeling at 55-4.
Roston Chase and Mohammad Nawaz knitted a 36-run stand from as many balls earlier than Mohammad Amir eliminated each batters in the identical over to halt their momentum.
Chase top-scored with a scratchy 23 off 27 whereas Nawaz scored 14 off 16.
Jatinderpal Matharu (19) and Jason Behrendorff (12*) added precious runs from the decrease order to push the crew’s complete to 127-9 of their allotted 20 overs.
Mohammad Amir led the bowling assault with an excellent spell as he returned with 3-27 from his 4 overs. In the meantime, Rishiv Joshi and Harsh Thaker took two wickets every.
Vancouver Knights, whereas chasing, misplaced the primary wicket on the primary ball earlier than Reeza Hendricks (17) additionally fell quickly with 24 runs on the board.
Usman Khawaja and Richie Berrington then added 30 runs from 34 balls for the third wicket earlier than the previous departed after scoring 10 off 20.
Shepherd eliminated aggressive batters Dipendra Singh Airee (13) and Asif Ali (0) in the identical over to additional dent the Knights’ hopes.
Richie Berrington scored 52 runs from 44, being the one batter who posed a menace to the Nationals goal, because the Knights folded for 108 in 18.54 overs. Shepherd claimed three wickets whereas Mohammad Nawaz picked two.
