BRAMPTON: A combined bowling effort, followed by Chris Lynn’s blistering half-century propelled Montreal Tigers to beat Brampton Wolves in the first Eliminator of the ongoing GT20 Canada on Friday.
Following a dominant victory in the eliminator, Montreal Tigers next face Vancouver Knights in the second eliminator on Saturday.
Set to chase a modest 105, the Tigers comfortably completed the run chase for the loss of just one wicket and 34 balls to spare, thanks to an unbeaten 63-run knock by Lynn.
Tigers’ openers Lynn and Muhammad Waseem laid a solid foundation for the run chase as they knitted a brilliant 72-run partnership.
The pair batted with utmost domination against the depleted home side and put the Tigers in touching distance to the glory before Shahid Ahmadzai finally got rid of Waseem.
The right-handed batter scored an anchoring 23 from 24 balls with the help of two sixes.
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Momentum-filled Chris Lynn was then joined by Srimantha Wijeyeratne and the duo made sure there were no hiccups in the run chase and took the Tigers over the line in the 15th over.
Lynn smashed seven boundaries and three sixes on his way to top score for the Tigers with a 47-ball 63.
Whereas, scored an unbeaten run-a-ball 15, laced with two boundaries.
For the Wolves, only Shahid Ahmadzai could pick up a wicket.
Earlier, after being put into bat first, Brampton Wolves managed to score 104 before being bundled out in 20 overs, courtesy of suicidal running between the wickets, which saw them losing four wickets.
The remaining six wickets to fall were bagged by Carlos Brathwaite and Aayan Afzal Khan – both taking two wickets each while Abbas Afridi and Dipendra Singh Airee claimed one apiece.
For the Wolves, opener Aaron Johnson top-scored with a 25-ball 31 with three boundaries and one six.
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