{"id":25481,"date":"2025-01-16T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25481"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:10:10","slug":"qalandars-stun-victoria-in-low-scoring-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/qalandars-stun-victoria-in-low-scoring-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Qalandars Stun Victoria in Low-Scoring Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Travis Seymour | December 4, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lahore Qalandars pulled off a crucial 10-run victory over Victoria in a low-scoring encounter to keep their hopes alive in the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this win, the Qalandars join Victoria and Amazon Warriors in a three-team race for the final, with all three teams now having three wins each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top two teams will face off in the final, scheduled for Friday at the National Stadium Providence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria won the toss and chose to bat first, but they struggled to build momentum against Lahore\u2019s bowling attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a solid start, with openers Mirza Baig and Adam Rossington hitting the ball well, Victoria was reduced to 36 for 2 in the first five overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rossington was dismissed for 11 by Dominic Drakes, and Luke Wells followed soon after for 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baig continued to battle on, eventually reaching 39, while Mohammad Faizan added a valuable 25, guiding Victoria to 70 for 2 after 10 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the partnership was broken when Baig skied a ball to Corey Anderson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A brilliant run-out dismissed Faizan soon after, and a flurry of quick wickets left Victoria at 128 for 7 after 18 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a cameo of 26 from Muhammad Akhlaq, and a golden duck from skipper Carlos Brathwaite, Victoria were bowled out for 139 in 19.5 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drakes and Jackson Smith were the stars for Lahore, picking up three wickets apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Victoria made a strong start, reaching 79 for 2 after 10 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blake MacDonald (33) and Joe Clarke (32) put them on course for the chase, but Lahore\u2019s bowlers turned the game around with a brilliant spell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karima Gore fought with a 25-run cameo, but it wasn\u2019t enough as Victoria were bowled out for 129 in 19.3 overs, falling short of the target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asif Afridi claimed 3 wickets for 31 runs, while Tabraiz Shamsi took 3 for 11, sealing the win for Lahore and keeping their final hopes intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlos Brathwaite, the Qalandars&#8217; captain, explained that the team\u2019s plan was to bowl wicket-to-wicket due to the tricky surface, and it paid off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also expressed his excitement about the tournament, calling it &#8220;fantastic&#8221; and a true source of entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory sets up a thrilling conclusion to the league as the top two teams battle for the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour | December 4, 2024 Lahore Qalandars pulled off a crucial 10-run victory over Victoria in a low-scoring encounter to keep their hopes alive in the ExxonMobil Guyana&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25482,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25481\/revisions\/25482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}