Joe Carter and Colin de Grandhomme's power Northern Knights beat Auckland by 4 wickets in the 7th Match of the Super Smash 2021-22.
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The 7th Match of the Super Smash 2021-22 was played yesterday between Northern Knights and Auckland at Seddon Park, Hamilton. In which Northern Knights defeated Auckland by 4 wickets.
Northern Knights won the toss and invited Auckland to bat first, Auckland batted first, started the inning very brilliantly but the ending was very poor, the entire team was all-out after scoring 165 runs in the fifth ball of the last over. Martin Guptill and George Worker came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 81 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 81 runs in the third ball of the 8th over, George Worker was dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 36 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 24 balls, next batsman Mark Chapman came to bat, and played well with Martin Guptill, the second wicket has gone for 108 runs in the second ball of the 12th over, Martin Guptill dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 47 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 31 balls, next batsman Robert ODonnell came to bat, meanwhile the third wicket has also gone for 110 runs in the last ball of the 12th over, Mark Chapman was dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 16 balls after that remains 7 wickets dismissed one after another quickly-quickly, Ben Horne dismissed just for 4 runs, Robert ODonnell dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 14 balls, Sean Solia dimsissed just for 1 run, Louis Delport 6 runs, Lockie Ferguson 7 runs, Cole Briggs 6 runs, Ben Lister 5 runs, and Adithya Ashok remains unbeaten for 2 runs. In this way, Auckland batted first after losing the toss the entire team dismissed just for 165 runs in 19.5 overs and set a target of 166 runs for Northern Knights.
Northern Knights bowlers performed very brilliantly, Joe Walker took 4 wickets just for 31 runs, Scott Kuggeleijn took 4 wickets just for 34 runs, and Anurag Verma got 1 wicket.
Northern Knights chasing the target of 166 runs in the second inning, they achieved the target very easily by losing just 6 wickets in the fifth ball of the 18th over and won the match by 4 wickets. Northern Knights started the inning not very well, Katene Clarke and Tim Seifert came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 25 runs in last ball of the 2nd over, Katene Clarke dismissed just for 11 runs in 5 balls, next batsman Jeet Raval came to bat, meanwhile the second wicket has also gone for 25 runs in third ball of the 3rd over, Tim Seifert dismissed after scoring 14 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Joe Carter came to bat, meanwhile the third wicket has also gone for 26 runs in 2.5 over, Jeet Raval dimissed without scoring, followed by Colin de Grandhomme came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant century partnership of 100 runs with Joe Carter for the fourth wicket, the fourth wicket has gone for 126 runs in 12.5 over, Colin de Grandhomme dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 53 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 29 balls, next batsman Henry Cooper came to bat, and he dismissed just for 3 runs as fifth wicket in last ball of the 16th over, the team score was 142 runs, next batsman Scott Kuggeleijn came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 1 run as sixth wicket in 16.4 over, the team score was 146 runs, followed by Anurag Verma came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 2 runs with Joe Carter, and Joe Carter pllayed a brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 75 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 53 balls. In this way, Northern Knights chasing the target of 166 runs in the second inning, they achieved the target very easily for losing just 6 wickets in 17.5 overs and won the match by 4 wickets.
Auckland bowlers Louis Delport took 2 wickets for 37 runs, Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets for 25 runs, Ben Lister and Mark Chapman got 1-1 wickets.
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