With halfway of matches done, the points table for 2017 US Open T20 is taking shape as all 4 groups now have clear 2-3 teams pushing for the top spot and qualify for the semi-finals.
If the first day of action belonged to the Bravo brothers, it was Narine’s turn to hog the limelight on 2nd day’s of action in the event. Associate players from Canada are also relishing the experience of playing alongside Windies professionals.
California Bears 2017 and US All Stars 2017 are locked in at same 4 points after 3 games each in group A. Team Smart Choice are leading Group B with 4 points from 3 games. US Tigers lead in group C with 5 points from 3 games followed closely by Somerset Cavaliers Cricket Club at 4 points. Washington Tigers lead group D with a 1 point advantage over Team Chicago Catcher.
Match Results (Day 2 & 3):
California Bear 2017 223/9 in 20 overs (Sunil Narine 81 n.o, Saurabh Netravalkar 57, Nicholas Pooran 39, Tamim ONi 3/32, Rahul Ramanujam 2/24) lost to MichCA XI 224/8 in 19.4 overs (Shaker Ahmed 54, Vraj Patel 42 n.o, Nikhil Kanchan 42, Tamim ONi 27, Sunil Narine 3/46, Ashar Zaidi 2/39) by 2 wickets
US Tigers 239/3 in 20 overs (Adrian Ali 106 n.o, Nitish Kumar 37, Roelof van der Merwe 31 n.o, Sanju Patel 32, Hussain Irshad 2/28) beat UCT UAE 99/8 in 20 overs (Faizan Asif 26, Harmeet Singh 4/20, Nitish Kumar 2/14) by 140 runs
Philadelphia Terminators 221/7 in 20 overs (Rizwan Mazher 78, Adil Sherwan 34, Salik Iqbal 30, Jan Nisar Khan 2/26, Shazam Babwah 2/28) lost to Smart Choice 224/6 in 19.1 overs (Varoon Samaroo 68 n.o, Brian Gayle Trooper 66, Shazam Babwah 50, Umair Ali 1/17, Zohaib Tariq 1/18) by 4 wickets
Miami Sharks 128/6 in 20 overs (Surjit Singh 33, Ferhan Ali 30, Daniel Ahmed 1/6, Imran Awan 1/21) lost to Washington Tigers 130/3 in 13.1 overs (Adil Bhatti 62 n.o, Gourav Bajaj 22 n.o, Ashu Chaturvedi 2/19) by 7 wickets
US All Stars 2017 207/3 in 20 overs (Jashkaran Malothra 100 n.o, Dwayne Bravo 58, Rizwan Cheema 20, Tamim ONi 1/27) beat MichCA XI 118 all out in 18.1 overs (Nikhil Kanchan 25, Vraj Patel 24, Rajesh Sharma 4/43, Junaid Siddiqui 2/16, Atif Maqbool Ahmed 2/10) by 89 runs
Rebels Tampa 91 all out in 19.3 overs (Sohail Merchant 26, Davion Davidson 4/22, Ashar Zaidi 2/9, Timil Patel 2/14, Kjorn Ottley 2/18) lost to California Bears 2017 97/2 in 6.3 overs (Nicholas Pooran 41 n.o, Damion Ebanks 28, Evin Lewis 21, Maksud Indawala 1/15) by 8 wickets
Canada All Stars 115 all out in 19.2 overs (Ayoub Ahmadzai 34, Jahanzeb Alam 32, Amahl Nathaniel 4/17, Salman Nazar 3/14) lost to Smart Choice 119/4 in 15.1 overs (Derwin Christian 55 n.o, Shazam Babwah 30 n.o, Nabiullah Nawabi 2/13) by 6 wickets
