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By Peter Della Penna
Glen Hall’s blistering 81 set the stage for the Global New Jersey
Daredevils to upend the Bedessee New York Destroyers by 36 runs on
Monday afternoon in the championship match of the Radiant Info Twenty20
USA 2010 at Watsessing Park in Bloomfield, N.J. Hall was named Man of
the Match for his knock which came in just 56 balls and included five
fours and five sixes.
“I know that my team need me to perform in the finals,” said Hall.
“I just wanted to go out there, stick it out and I’m happy with my
performance.”
The Destroyers won the toss and elected to send the Daredevils in
to bat, but were soon regretting their decision as Hall and Oneil
Powell tore into the opening attack of George Adams and Twain Walter.
The two added 46 for the first wicket in six overs before Powell
finally fell for 16 to the first ball of the seventh over when he skied
a slog that eventually came down at point where Adams completed the
dismissal off his own bowling.
Image - Daredevils captain Neil McGarrell receives the
championship trophy from Radiant Info CEO Venu Myneni.
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New York then gave New Jersey a jolt by taking two wickets in six
balls to make it 52 for 3 as Walter and Barrington Bartley dismissed
Aditya Mishra and Tony Powell for back-to-back ducks. However, Sean
Stanislaus came to the wicket and set about launching a counterattack
with Hall to regain control of the innings.
No one was spared as Stanislaus scorched the New York attack with
four sixes. Meanwhile, Hall brought up his 50 in 44 balls with a single
to mid on.
Radiant Info T20 Post Match Interview with Glen Hall from Peter Della Penna on Vimeo.
“I think he batted well,” said Daredevils captain Neil McGarrell
about Hall’s performance. “He had the potential, but he keep running
himself out in the previous games. We told him he had to just watch
himself running and then once he got going, he hit the ball well. He
came big in his innings today.”
From there, Hall went neck and neck with Stanislaus as the two upped the scoring rate with a brutal assault. From the 14
th to the 16
th overs, they added 41 runs before Hall fell going for another big six off Bartley on the final ball of the 16
th, skying a chance to mid on where Denison Thomas took a catch to make it 127 for 4.
Thomas claimed Kumar Nandlal two runs later for 1 before Siddharth
Mehta fell first ball to Andy Mohammed. Stanislaus finally fell to
Mohammed for 44 and the Daredevils innings started to stutter at 147
for 7 in the 18th over. McGarrell came out and put the foot
back on the accelerator, blasting 22 off only seven deliveries to give
his team a formidable total to defend, 174 for 7 in 20 overs, the
highest score of the tournament.
Image - Glen Hall was locked in on Monday afternoon as he
plundered the Destroyers for 81 runs in 56 balls on his way to being
named Man of the Match. [Copyright: DreamCricket.com]
New York’s chase got off to a disastrous start when Andrew
Gonsalves was given out LBW on the first ball of the reply bowled by
Jermaine Lawson. Four balls later, Lawson pulled up with what appeared
to be a hamstring injury and after trying to bowl the final ball of the
over, he went down in a heap on the ground and it was doubtful if he
would be able to continue.
“I went there and said well, I have to do it,” said Lawson when
asked if he thought about coming off. “So I just tried to cut my run,
tried to get the ball in the right areas.”
Lawson showed tremendous heart by digging deep to continue and off
a shortened run up, he scythed through the top order to cripple the
Destroyers. On the third ball of his next over, he clean bowled Dennis
Evans for 9. Then on the first ball of the fifth over, Thomas was
caught in the gully by Nandlal for 9 to give Lawson his third.
Despite the fall of the wickets, the Destroyers maintained a
healthy run rate with Akeem Dodson looking comfortable at the crease.
He hit three fours and a six to move on to 23 when he yanked a short
ball from Lawson straight to Mehta at backward square leg to make it 46
for 4 in the seventh over. Two balls later, Mohammed launched Lawson to
15-year-old Ryan Persaud at long on, who waited calmly before taking a
simple catch to give Lawson a five-wicket haul.
Radiant Info T20 Post Match Interview with McGarrell and Lawson from Peter Della Penna on Vimeo.
The defending champions were not going to go down lightly though
as Nicholas Standford joined Bartley at the wicket to give a spirited
fightback. The two smashed 36 runs from the 9th through the 11th
overs to bring the score to 86 for 5 and gave New York hope that they
might be able to cross the target. But in the next over, their
partnership came to an end at 43 when Stanislaus took a brilliant catch
on the cover boundary off the bowling of Mishra to dismiss Bartley for
25.
Nandlal then removed Standford for 25 two overs later. Four balls
after that, Ron Andrew fell to Mishra for 4 to make it 97 for 8 in 13.4
overs. It looked like the Daredevils were going to wrap up a resounding
victory, but Adams and Kavishwar Bridgepaul kept New York alive with a
series of massive hits. Each man hit two sixes as the atmosphere at the
ground suddenly became tense once more with New York at 138 for 8 with
19 balls remaining and 37 needed to win.
Bridgepaul had already smacked Nandlal for a six and a four during the over, but on the last ball of the 17th,
he perished going for another maximum and was caught at mid on by
Mishra for 24. Two balls later, McGarrell closed out the match by
dismissing Walter to seal the championship for the Global New Jersey
Daredevils and the $5000 grand prize.
At the post match presentation, Bridgepaul was named the Best
Fielder of the final for taking three catches, including a brilliant
diving effort on the midwicket boundary. Mishra was named the Most
Impactful Player according to the Impact Index formula calculations.
Mishra was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 11 in three
games for the Daredevils.
Match Scorecard
Radiant Info Twenty20 USA 2010 Championship
Bedessee New York Destroyers vs. Global New Jersey Daredevils
Global New Jersey Daredevils won by 36 runs
Bedessee New York Destroyers won the toss and elected to field
Man of the Match: Glen Hall
Global New Jersey Daredevils Batting
Batsman Runs Balls 4s 6s Dismissal
O Powell+ 16 16 1 1 ct & b Adams
G Hall 81 56 5 5 ct Thomas b Bartley
A Mishra 0 3 0 0 ct Standford b Walter
T Powell 0 3 0 0 ct Bridgepaul b Bartley
S Stanislaus 44 26 1 4 b Mohammed
K Nandlal 1 3 0 0 ct Bridgepaul b Thomas
S Mehta 0 1 0 0 ct Bridgepaul b Mohammed
J Lawson 4 6 0 0 not out
N McGarrell* 22 7 0 3 not out
Total Extras 6 (0 no balls, 1 bye, 2 leg byes, 3 wides)
Team Total 174 for 7 in 20 overs
Did not bat: R Persaud, I Freeman
Fall of wicket: 46/1 (O Powell), 52/2 (Mishra), 52/3 (Powell), 127/4 (Hall), 129/5 (Nandlal), 137/6 (Mehta), 147/7 (Stanislaus)
Bedessee New York Destroyers Bowling
Bowler Overs-Maidens-Runs-Wickets
G Adams 4-0-31-1
T Walter 4-0-18-1
B Bartley 4-0-41-2
A Mohammed 2-0-22-2
D Evans 2-0-21-0
D Thomas 4-0-38-1
Bedessee New York Destroyers Batting
Batsman Runs Balls 4s 6s Dismissal
A Gonsalves 0 1 0 0 LBW Lawson
D Evans 9 5 2 0 b Lawson
A Dodson+ 23 21 3 1 ct Mehta b Lawson
D Thomas 9 7 2 0 ct Nandlal b Lawson
B Bartley* 25 23 1 1 ct Stanislaus b Mishra
A Mohammed 0 2 0 0 ct Persaud b Lawson
N Standford 25 16 1 2 ct McGarrell b Nandlal
R Andrew 4 7 1 0 st O Powell+ b Mishra
G Adams 16 9 0 2 not out
K Bridgepaul 24 11 2 2 ct Mishra b Nandlal
T Walter 0 2 0 0 ct Stanislaus b McGarrell
Total Extras 3 (0 no balls, 0 byes, 3 leg byes, 0 wides)
Team Total 138 all out in 17.2 overs
Fall of wicket: 0/1 (Gonsalves), 21/2 (Evans), 31/3 (Thomas), 46/4
(Dodson), 46/5 (Mohammed), 89/6 (Bartley), 97/7 (Standford), 97/8
(Andrew), 138/9 (Bridgepaul), 138/10 (Walter)
Global New Jersey Daredevils Bowling
Bowler Overs-Maidens-Runs-Wickets
J Lawson 4-0-28-5
S Stanislaus 4-0-21-0
N McGarrell 3.2-0-32-1
S Mehta 1-0-13-0
A Mishra 2-0-17-2
K Nandlal 3-0-24-2