Northern Districts vs Lahore Lions 3rd Qualifying Match 2014

170/6
20 Overs
Daniel Flynn
53(30)
BJ Watling
53(37)
Aizaz Cheema
35/3
Asif Raza
14/1
98
18 Overs
Saad Nasim
58(40)
Imran Ali
8(11)
Tim Southee
22/3
Trent Boult
12/2

Scorecard - Northern Districts won by 72 runs

Northern Districts wins the match against a weak Lahore Lions - The Champions League T20 Qualifiers brought us one of the best matches in the 1st day and the team who wins two matched can qualify for the next round. The 3rd qualifier was between two teams that have already won their matches on the 1st day. The Northern Districts and Lahore Lions came face to face in the city of Raipur. After winning the toss the Lahore Lions decided to field first. They got the first two successes pretty soon in the match as they took 2 important wickets in the 6th over of the match. They Northern Districts were in trouble as they found themselves at 36/2 in overs. Daniel Flynn and BJ Watling built the innings well and changed the game for the New Zealanders. Both the batsmen scored 53 runs in the match and took their team to 170 runs at the end of 20 overs. In the condition it was a pretty good score to have. Aizaz Cheema took 3 wickets in the match.

Every team from Pakistan has one common problem of batting. It has been a matter of concern for the team and it showed in the match as the batsmen failed to apply them in the game. The wickets fell too early for the tam and they were 7/37 in just 10 overs. It was a worst position to be in for any team chasing a score of 171. Saeed Nasim was the lone player from the Lions who managed to score 58 runs in the match. Rest of the players never managed to reach a double figure score in the match. The whole team was bowled out at a score of 98 runs. Tim Southee took 3 wickets in the game and was the best bowler for the team and he also won the OPPO man of the match award. With this win the team is almost through to the next round of the tournament.

Series Name

Champions League T20 2014 Schedule

Date

14/09/2014

Start Time

16:00 (Local Time)

Match Day

Sunday

Stadium

Raipur International Cricket Stadium

Playing Teams

Northern Knights, Lahore Lions

Northern Knights Team Squad

Kane Williamson,	BJ Watling,	Tim Southee,
Trent Boult,	Scott Styris,	Ish Sodhi,
Anton Devcich,	Daniel Harris,	Daniel Flynn,
Daryl Mitchell,	Scott Kuggeleijn,

Lahore Lions Team Squad

Mohammad Hafeez,	Nasir Jamshed,	Ahmed Shehzad,
Umar Akmal,	Wahab Riaz,	Aizaz Cheema,
Adnan Rasool,	Asif Raza,	Imran Ali,
Saad Nasim,	Umar Siddiq,

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Northern Districts vs Lahore Lions 3rd Qualifying Match 2014

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