Kevin Pietersen's powers World Giants beats Asia Lions by 7 wickets.
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The 5th Match Match of the Legends League Cricket 2022 was played yesterday between Asia Lions vs World Giants at Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat. In which World Giants beats Asia Lions by 7 wickets.
World Giants won the toss and invited Asia Lions to bat first, Asia Lions batted first started the inning very badly, Asghar Afghan played a brilliant quick inning of 41 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 26 balls, Romesh Kaluwitharana scored 26 runs in 23 balls, Romesh Kaluwitharana 22 runs in 14 balls, Misbah-ul-Haq 18 runs in 21 balls, Tillakaratne Dilshan 17 runs in 15 balls, Chaminda Vaas remains unbeaten for 11 runs in 5 balls, apart from this, Sanath Jayasuriya 3 runs, Mohammad Rafique 3 runs, Nuwan Kulasekara 1 run, and Muttiah Muralitharan remains unbeaten without playing any balls. In this way, Asia Lions batted first after losing the toss scored 149 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 150 runs in front of the World Giants.
World Giants bowlers Morne Morkel took 2 wickets for 24 runs, RJ Sidebottom took 2 wickets for 38 runs, Brett Lee, Kevin O Brien, and took 2 wickets just for 17 runs, and Monty Panesar got 1-1 wicket.
World Giants chased the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in just 13th over and won the match by 7 wickets. World Giants start the inning very well, Kevin Pietersen and Herschelle Gibbs came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 28 runs in the first ball of the fourth over, Herschelle Gibbs dismissed for 12 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Kevin O Brien came to bat, handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 100 runs with Kevin Pietersen, the second wicket has gone for 128 runs in 10.4 over, Kevin Pietersen dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 86 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 9 boundaries in just 38 balls, next batsman Corey Anderson came to bat, and played well for a while with Kevin O Brien, the third wicket has gone for 148 runs in 12.5 over, Corey Anderson dismissed just for 10 runs in 7 balls, followed by Brad Haddin came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 4 runs in balls with Kevin O Brien, and Kevin O Brien played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 31 runs in just 24 balls. In this way, World Giants chasing 150 runs in the second inning the achieved the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in 13 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.
Asia Lions bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan took 2 wickets for 22 runs, and Nuwan Kulasekara got 1 for 15 runs.
World Giants's batsman Kevin Pietersen was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 86 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 9 boundaries in just 38 balls.
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