West Indies player Kyle Meyers smashed his second century in the ongoing 2018 Norwegian Premier League for the Eagles franchise. An unbeaten 158 n.o against Tigers franchise took him to an aggregate of 296 runs so far from 3 matches with former Pakistan captain, Misbah Ul Haq in 2nd place in the overall batting leader board with 142 runs to his name.
Eagles, Viking Warriors and Tigers franchises currently occupy the top spots in the points table with 8 points each, however, Viking Warriors have played one game more than the other two teams. Knight Riders and Team Sultan have played 2 matches so far with Knight Riders having won one of the games so far and Team Sultan yet to open their points account.
The 2nd day of the competition saw four matches getting played at both the pitches on Ekeberg ground and all action being broadcasted live on NPL YouTube channel and Facebook page.
Australia’s Chris Green leads the bowling charts with 8 wickets from 4 matches for Viking Warriors, followed by Shahbaz Butt with 7 scalps from 2 matches for Eagles. 4 bowlers from Tigers franchise occupy places in the top 10 with 4 wickets from their 3 matches so far in the T20 tournament, which is approved by International Cricket Council (ICC).
Brief Scores (Day 2):
Knight Riders 181/7 in 20 overs (Ashar Zaidi 60, Umar Amin 42, Adil Mustafa 19 n.o, Naveed Khan 3/36, Prithvi Bharat 2/29, Michael Leask 1/26) Lost to Tigers 182/3 in 19 overs (Phill Mustard 71, Misbah Ul Haq 47, Ehtsham Ul Haq 42, Adil Mustafa 2/47, Ashar Zaidi 1/40) by 7 wickets
Viking Warriors 196/5 in 20 overs (Chesney Hughes Jr 66, Chris Green 53, James Bredenkamp 46, Adnan Ghaous 2/35, Ali Khan 2/36) beat Eagles 184/9 in 20 overs (Zeeshan Mushtaq 72, Ali Khan 37, Kamran Mohammad 27, Z Iqbal 3/15, Chris Green 2/39, Imran Shahzad 1/38) by 12 runs
Eagles 251/5 in 20 overs (Kyle Meyers 158 n.o, Amir Shah 37, Faisal Raza 19 n.o, Prithvi Bharat 2/33, Usman Malik 1/39, Asad Ali 1/43) beat Tigers 154 all out in 16.4 overs (Ehtsham Ul Haq 48, Misbah Ul Haq 36, Asad Ali 27, Shahbaz Butt 3/36, Sufiyan Saleem 2/5, Ali Khan 2/29) by 97 runs
Viking Warriors 182/5 in 20 overs (Shadnan Khan 94 n.o, Bilal Safdar 34, James Bredenkamp 22, Umar Gul 2/26, Shahzad Zain 1/25, Abdul Razzaq 1/36) beat Team Sultan 161/9 in 20 overs (Ali Shah 80, Abdul Razzaq 31, Z Iqbal 3/29, Chris Green 2/22, Shadnan Khan 2/38) by 21 runs
The bottom two teams will play against each other in the play-off to determine the final entrant into the semifinals and hence, the last round of group phase matches will be crucial for both Knight Riders and Team Sultan.
