2024-01-21 17:10:00
He missed the century by just five runs; South Africa’s fresh start in the international league
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders beat Desert Vipers by six wickets in International League T20. Abu Dhabi won the toss and elected to bowl at the Dubai International Stadium. Desert Vipers managed to score 164 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the stipulated over. In reply, Abu Dhabi scored 166 runs for the loss of four wickets in 17.4 overs.
Abu Dhabi was brought to victory by Andries Gause’s brilliant performance. The player scored 95 runs from 50 balls including seven sixes and five boundaries. Gauss also performed at a staggering strike rate of 190. The player missed his first century of the tournament by just five runs. Gauss is the young star of South Africa.
In first class cricket, the player has scored 3746 runs from 97 innings in 60 matches. Gauss also owns the highest score of 256 runs. The player has 1861 runs including a high score of 163 runs from 54 innings in List A cricket. The star has 963 runs from 38 innings and a high score of 101 runs in T20.
Michael Pepper joined Gauss with 36 off 25 balls in the match. Laurie Evans also contributed to the team by scoring 21 runs.
But batting first, Adam Hose scored 45 runs from 30 balls, Vanitu Hazaranga scored 24 runs from 20 balls and Colin Manto scored 22 runs for Desert. Ali Khan took three wickets for Abu Dhabi to break the desert. Captain Sunil Narine took both the wickets. Abu Dhabi Knight Riders’ next match is on January 23. The opponents are MI Emirates at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
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