Dwayne Bravo picked up a wicket and smashed a scintillating 76 off 39 balls however his all-round heroics weren’t sufficient for Texas Tremendous Kings (TSK) as Washington Freedom (WAF) registered their first win within the Main League Cricket (MLC) event on the Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas on Sunday night.
Chasing 164 for the second successive win, TSK had been off to a poor begin as their final match’s hero Devon Conway departed for a golden duck on the fifth supply of the very first over. The Faf Du Plessis’ led aspect misplaced its 5 wickets for simply 50 runs inside 9 overs. However, Bravo, who has an expertise of enjoying greater than 500 T20 matches, determined to placed on a present for the Texas followers after coming at No.7.
Bravo smacked 5 fours and 6 sixes in his stroke-filled 76 and single-handedly resurrected Tremendous Kings’ hopes of chasing the set goal.
Within the 18th over, Bravo took on WAF pacer Anrich Nortje, scoring 17 runs. Then, within the following over bowled by Marco Jansen, Bravo added 12 extra runs, leaving the Tremendous Kings with a requirement of 27 runs off the ultimate six balls. Bravo’s six off the second ball of the final over stored the Freedom workforce on their toes. Nonetheless, when the equation got here all the way down to 17 runs required off 3 balls, Nortje bowled a dot ball. Bravo managed to hit a 4 and a six on the final two balls, however that was not sufficient to take TSK dwelling. Finally, the Tremendous Kings misplaced the competition by six runs.
Earlier, opening batter Matthew Quick performed an excellent knock for the Washington aspect, scoring 80 runs off 50 balls. Though different batters fell shortly, they managed to kind transient partnerships with Quick, serving to to push the innings ahead. Bravo showcased his bowling abilities on the dying, conceding solely 28 runs for the Tremendous Kings. With Freedom ending at 163/5, it proved to be sufficient to achieve two factors from the match.
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