Northern Knights defeat Lahore Lions

Written By Unknown on Senin, 15 September 2014 | 21.24

RAIPUR: Lahore Lions, so impressive against Mumbai Indians on Saturday night, came a cropper against Northern Knights in the CLT20 qualifying match on Sunday.

Their bowling was not impressive at all and the fielding wilted under pressure.

The batting too fell apart after the Knights notched up a healthy 170 for seven, relying on half-centuries by skipper Daniel Flynn and BJ Waltling.

And then the pace duo of Tim Southee and Trent Boult reduced the match to a no-contest within the first six overs of the Lions chase, as they grabbed five wickets with barely 20 on the board.

From thereon it was just a matter of how far the rest would take the contest. It was Saad Nasim who kept up the fight with a well-compiled 58, the highest of the match, but still the team could not cross the 100-mark.

Lions hardly looked the team who were so outstanding against defending champions barely a few hours earlier. Probably it was fatigue, as they were back at the ground within 14 hours after finishing their first game near midnight on Saturday.

More than the defeat, it is the margin that is going to affect their chances of making it to the main round, and in turn have given Mumbai Indians a lifeline, if the latter manage to put it across Southern Express in the game later tonight.

The huge defeat by 72 runs has affected their net run-rate and if they are involved in a triple-tie with Knights and Mumbai Indians with two wins apiece at the conclusion of the Qualifiers on Tuesday, they are bound to be left behind on NRR.

Having won the toss and opted to bowl again, skipper Mohammed Hafeez was hoping for an encore from his four-pronged pace attack.

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