Lauderhill, Florida,
\nSohail Khan bagged a hat-trick and picked four wickets of as many deliveries and then Jonathan Carter
\nturned on the style with the bat for the New York Warriors, as they walked off with a comprehensive 6-
\nwicket win against the Atlanta Riders. Carter completed the chase with two sixes of the final two
\ndeliveries of the game. Sohail Khan was awarded the Player of the Match.
\nAsked to bat first, the Atlanta Riders\u2019 openers Robin Uthappa and Lendl Simmons started off things in a
\nsteady manner. The duo took the Riders to the 50-run mark in the fifth over, having smashed 3 sixers
\nand 4 boundaries between themselves in that time.
\nThe openers, well set by now, were setting up the platform to tee off in the final few overs, even as the
\nNew York Warriors bowlers tried to dry up the runs. By the 7th over, the Riders were at 72\/0 with
\nSimmons doing the bulk of the scoring.
\nSimmons was dismissed for 41 in the 8th over and the score reached 83\/1 by the end of that over.
\nUthappa departed for 32 after that and Dwayne Smith was joined by Hamilton Masakadza, with the
\nZimbabwean becoming the next wicket to fall at the beginning of the final over.
\nSohail Khan then dismissed Hammad Azam and Grant Elliot off consecutive deliveries, to complete a hat-
\ntrick. The Pakistani bowler knocked over Harmeet Singh after that, making it four in four, after which
\nSmith and Nasir Hossain took the Riders over to 103\/6 in their quota of 10 overs.
\nIn response, the New York Warriors\u2019 opener Kamran Akmal departed in the first over for 4, bringing
\nRichard Levi and Tillakaratne Dilshan together. Levi was the next wicket to fall in the second over, off the
\nbowling of Elias Sunny for 4.
\nThat brought Dilshan and Jonathan Carter to the middle, and the Sri Lankan looked to attack, but was
\ndismissed in the fifth over for 24 with the Warriors at 39\/3.
\nIn walked the dangerous Shahid Afridi with 62 runs needed in the final five overs of the game. Afridi and
\nCarter counter-attacked after that, before the Pakistan cricketer was packed off for 14. In the final two
\novers, the Warriors would need 30 runs to win and had 6 wickets in hand.<\/p>\n
Carter and Misbah-ul-Haq brought it down to 22 off the final over. Carter smacked three sixes and
\nMisbah hit one, as the Warriors romped over the line to a grand finish, winning six wickets.
\nBrief Scores
\nAtlanta Riders \u2013 103\/6 (Lendl Simmons \u2013 41, Robin Uthappa \u2013 32; Sohail Khan \u2013 4\/15, Umaid Asif \u2013 1\/20)
\nNew York Warriors \u2013 109\/4 (Jonathan Carter \u2013 41*, Tillakaratne Dilshan \u2013 24; Harmeet Singh \u2013 2\/8, Elias
\nSunny \u2013 1\/19)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lauderhill, Florida, Sohail Khan bagged a hat-trick and picked four wickets of as many deliveries and then Jonathan Carter turned on the style with the bat for the New York Warriors, as they walked off with a comprehensive 6- wicket win against the Atlanta Riders. […]<\/p>\n
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