T10 League 2022: Alex Hales and Chris Lynn lift Team Abu Dhabi past Northern Warriors through a stubborn stand

After
Northern
Warriors
were
restricted
to
95
for
7,
Alex
Hales
through
a
knock
of
44
and
Chris
Lynn
scoring
31
runs,
put
on
a
69-run-partnership.

Northern
Warriors
had
won
the
toss
and
elected
to
bat
with
openers
Adam
Lyth
and
Kennar
Lewis
on
the
prowl
for
quick
runs.
Lyth
hit
opening
bowler
Naveen
Ul
Haq
for
three
boundaries
but
Peter
Hatzoglou
was
miserly
as
usual.
He
gave
away
just
one
run
in
the
second
over.
Andre
Tye
earned
the
first
success
of
the
innings
by
removing
Kennar
Lewis
for
2
having
him
caught
by
Vince
at
covers.

Adil
Rashid
too
prevented
the
batsmen
from
going
for
big
hits
and
gave
away
only
eight
runs.
Usman
picked
two
boundaries
off
Amad
Butt,
but
at
the
end
of
the
halfway
mark,
Northern
Warriors
could
post
only
35
for
1.
The
sixth
over
was
a
disastrous
one
for
Northern
Warriors
as
Adam
Lyth
got
out
to
Hatzoglou
for
22
caught
by
King
at
deep
mid-wicket
while
playing
a
slog
sweep.
To
make
it
worse,
Usman
Khan
got
run
out
to
the
next
ball
for
13.

Rovman
Powell
took
up
the
challenge
and
hit
Amad
Butt’s
first
delivery
of
the
seventh
over
for
a
six
over
third
man
followed
by
another
six
over
deep
square
leg.
Cheered
by
the
Saturday
crowd,
Sherfane
Rutherford
too
hit
a
six
to
the
same
region
and
take
21
runs
off
that
over.
When
Tye
bowled
the
eighth
over,
Powell
hit
his
second
delivery
for
a
six
to
long-off.

He
also
hit
the
fourth
delivery
for
a
boundary
and
the
fifth
for
another
six.
Tye
ended
Powell’s
knock
with
the
last
ball
of
the
over
having
him
caught
by
Naveen
for
29.
His
knock
of
10
balls
had
one
boundary
and
four
sixes.
Rutherford
picked
another
six
off
Rashid
to
mid-wicket
but
fell
two
balls
later
caught
by
Alex
Hales
at
long-off.

The
chances
of
Northern
Warriors
going
past
the
100-run
mark
faded
when
Naveen,
who
bowled
the
last
over,
got
Isuru
Udana
out
for
2
and
also
had
Abhimanyu
Mithun
caught
by
Vince
at
deep
mid-wicket
for
5.
Northern
Warriors
could
thus
muster
only
95
for
7
in
10
overs.

Abu
Dhabi,
needing
to
score
at
a
run
rate
of
less
than
10
an
over,
began
with
Alex
Hales
flicking
the
first
ball
from
Mohammad
Irfan
to
fine
leg
boundary
but
only
seven
runs
came
off
that
over.
Chris
Lyn
made
up
for
that
by
hitting
Gus
Atkinson
for
a
boundary
and
six
to
take
12
runs
off
the
over.
The
battle
between
batsmen
and
bowlers
to
dominate
each
other
continued
with
Abhimanyu
Mithun
letting
Lynn
score
only
a
boundary
in
the
third
over
and
the
rest
as
singles
and
a
double.

The
fact
that
Team
Abu
Dhabi
hadn’t
lost
a
wicket
gave
them
confidence
and
Hales
hit
Isuru
Udana
for
two
boundaries
in
the
fourth
over.
Hales
then
hit
the
first
ball
of
the
fifth
over
from
Irfan
for
a
boundary
to
deep
point.
He
also
hit
the
third
delivery
over
mid-off.
The
partnership
went
past
the
50-run
mark
through
a
six
by
Hales
over
long-on.

With
only
41
runs
were
needed
in
the
next
30
balls,
Team
Abu
Dhabi
began
to
take
control
of
the
match.
This
69
partnership
ended
in
the
seventh
over
when
Rayad
Emrit
had
Hales
caught
by
Gus
Atkinson
for
44.
His
knock
of
25
balls
had
six
boundaries
and
two
sixes.
James
Vince
who
joined
Lynn
accelerated
the
race
to
the
target
hitting
Atkinson
for
three
boundaries
in
the
eighth
over.

Emrit
bowled
a
good
ninth
over
to
delay
Team
Abu
Dhabi’s
victory
giving
away
just
seven
runs.
When
one
run
was
needed
off
the
last
three
balls,
Mithun
ended
Lynn’s
fine
knock
of
31
by
clean
bowling
him.
Brandon
King
walked
in
and
hit
the
victory
run
off
the
fourth
ball
of
the
last
over,
wide
of
the
mid-on
fielder,
for
a
boundary.

Brief
scores:
Team
Abu
Dhabi
beat

Northern
Warriors
by
8
wickets.
Northern
Warriors
95
for
7
in
10
overs
(Adam
Lyth
22,
Rovman
Powell
29,
Naveen
Ul
Haq
2
for
19,
Andrew
Tye
2
for
19)
Team
Abu
Dhabi
96
for
2
in
9.4
overs
(Alex
Hales
44,
Chris
Lynn
31)

Player
of
the
Match:
Alex
Hales.