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Flying Falcons vs Stormbreak Challengers

Venue: Auckland Pacific Stadium

Round: 1 • Result: Defending team won by 12 runs • Winner: Stormbreak Challengers

Man of the Match
Blake Saunders
Batting: 68 (26) • SR 261.54 • 4s 3 • 6s 7 | Bowling: 2/16 • 3.0 ov | Team: Stormbreak Challengers

Innings

Innings 1 — Stormbreak Challengers
Score: 200/9 • Overs: 20.0
Bowling: Flying Falcons
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Axel van Dijk 2 2 100.00 0 0 c Jett Rourke b Benji Clarke
Diego Mendez 12 9 133.33 2 0 c Hamza Farooq b Benji Clarke
Faisal Rahman 27 21 128.57 3 1 c Arman Vohra b Corey Mitchell
Hamza Farooq 10 6 166.67 0 1 b Corey Mitchell
Kaito Moriyama 25 14 178.57 5 0 c Arman Vohra b Viren Kapoor
Aarav Sethi 6 8 75.00 0 0 run out (Ethan Wallace)
Benji Clarke 0 1 0.00 0 0 c Ethan Wallace b Zain Malik
Aditya Rana 35 27 129.63 4 0 c Viren Kapoor b Callum Hughes
Aiden Rowley 0 1 0.00 0 0 c Corey Mitchell b Zain Malik
Blake Saunders 68 26 261.54 3 7 not out
Finlay Grant 15 5 300.00 1 1 not out
Fall of Wickets: 2/1, 14/2, 41/3, 51/4, 76/5, 82/6, 82/7, 117/8, 117/9
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Zain Malik 3.0 22 2 7.33
Benji Clarke 4.0 28 2 7.00
Corey Mitchell 4.0 43 2 10.75
Viren Kapoor 4.0 25 1 6.25
Callum Hughes 2.0 40 1 20.00
Arman Vohra 3.0 42 0 14.00
Innings 2 — Flying Falcons
Score: 188/10 • Overs: 19.5
Bowling: Stormbreak Challengers
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Arman Vohra 28 16 175.00 4 1 c Finlay Grant b Aditya Rana
Callum Hughes 37 16 231.25 0 5 c Aditya Rana b Aiden Rowley
Ethan Wallace 0 1 0.00 0 0 c Aarav Sethi b Benji Clarke
Hamza Farooq 33 26 126.92 4 1 c Benji Clarke b Aiden Rowley
Jett Rourke 14 17 82.35 1 0 c Hamza Farooq b Blake Saunders
Aarav Sethi 9 6 150.00 2 0 c Finlay Grant b Blake Saunders
Benji Clarke 16 12 133.33 3 0 c Kaito Moriyama b Diego Mendez
Corey Mitchell 28 14 200.00 4 1 b Diego Mendez
Viren Kapoor 23 8 287.50 3 1 not out
Zain Malik 0 2 0.00 0 0 b Axel van Dijk
Ben Callaghan 0 1 0.00 0 0 c Hamza Farooq b Axel van Dijk
Fall of Wickets: 28/1, 65/2, 65/3, 98/4, 112/5, 121/6, 137/7, 165/8, 165/9, 188/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Blake Saunders 3.0 16 2 5.33
Diego Mendez 2.0 18 2 9.00
Aiden Rowley 4.0 29 2 7.25
Axel van Dijk 2.5 35 2 12.35
Aditya Rana 4.0 35 1 8.75
Benji Clarke 4.0 55 1 13.75