Raipur: Scoreboard after Northern Knights defeated Lahore Lions by 72 runs after bowling them out for 98 in the third qualifier played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur on Sunday.
A clinical all-round display by the Northern Knights helped them crush Lahore Lions by a whopping 72 runs to all but ensure their entry into the main round of the Champions League T20.
Put into bat under overcast conditions, twin half-centuries by skipper Daniel Flynn (53) and wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling (53) helped the New Zealand outfit's reach a respectable 170 for six in 20 overs.
A dismal performance with the bat saw Lions being skittled out for 98 in 18 overs, which should seriously dent their chances of qualifying as the New Zealand outfit are all but sure of making it to the next round with two wins in two matches. Ten out of 11 Lions batsmen dismissed failed to reach double figures.
Tim Southee (3/22 in 4 overs) and Trent Boult (2/12 in 4 overs) bowled a deadly opening spell of swing and seam bowling to decimate the top half within six overs of Powerplay with less than 20 runs on board.
Northern Knights innings
| Anton Devcich | c Riaz b Raza | 9 |
| Kane Williamson | c Akmal b Cheema | 14 |
| Daniel Harris | c & b Hafeez | 20 |
| Daniel Flynn | st Akmal b Rasool | 53 |
| BJ Watling | c Shehzad b Cheema | 53 |
| Scott Styris | c Shehzad b Cheema | 14 |
| Daryl Mitchell | not out | 1* |
| Scott Kuggeleijn | not out | 2* |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 2) | 4 |
| Overs | innings break | 20 |
| Total | for 6 wickets | 170 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-15 (Devcich, 2.2 ov), 2-36 (Williamson, 5.4 ov), 3-60 (Harris, 7.5 ov), 4-150 (Flynn, 17.2 ov), 5-167 (Watling, 19.3 ov), 6-167 (Styris, 19.4 ov) |
Did not bat: Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Imran Ali | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Asif Raza | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Aizaz Cheema | 4 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Wahab Riaz | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Adnan Rasool | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
Lahore Lions innings
| Nasir Jamshed | b Southee | 5 |
| Ahmed Shehzad | c Watling b Boult | 2 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Watling b Southee | 5 |
| Umar Siddiq | lbw b Southee | 3 |
| Umar Akmal | b Boult | 1 |
| Saad Nasim | run out (Boult) | 58 |
| Asif Raza | c Mitchell b Styris | 5 |
| Wahab Riaz | lbw b Sodhi | 2 |
| Imran Ali | c Williamson b Sodhi | 8 |
| Adnan Rasool | run out (Flynn) | 4 |
| Aizaz Cheema | not out | 2* |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 2) | 3 |
| Overs | match over | 18 |
| Total | all out | 98 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-5 (Nasir Jamshed, 1.3 ov), 2-12 (Ahmed Shehzad, 2.3 ov), 3-16 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.3 ov), 4-17 (Umar Akmal, 4.1 ov), 5-19 (Umar Siddiq, 5.4 ov), 6-34 (Asif Raza, 9.1 ov), 7-37 (Wahab Riaz, 10.1 ov), 8-67 (Imran Ali, 14.2 ov), 9-80 (Adnan Rasool, 16.1 ov), 10-98 (Saad Nasim, 17.6 ov) |
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Tim Southee | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Scott Kuggeleijn | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Scott Styris | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Ish Sodhi | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
Result: Northern Knights won by 72 runs
Man of the Match: Tim Southee
