On August 27, 2023, in Lauderhill, Florida: up Sunday, the Texas Chargers won the inaugural US Masters T10 by defeating the New York Warriors in a Super Over by maintaining composure in important situations and putting up an outstanding performance. In the Super Over, the Chargers barely prevailed.
The New York Warriors, who were batting first, lost opener Kamran Akmal after the first delivery before Tillakaratne Dilshan and Richard Levi helped to steady the ship. Before Levi was dismissed for 17, the pair put together a 30-run stand for the second wicket while taking no risks.
Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi joined Dilshan in leaving after he had contributed 18 to the cause. Ehsan Adil, who concluded his spell with three wickets, dismissed Afridi for one run, preventing them from continuing after that.
When Abdul Razzaq (3) left in the eighth over, the score was 62/6. The captain could only add 5 in the seventh over. Following that, Jonathan Carter started bowling for the Warriors and smashed three sixes and as many boundaries, bringing the team’s total in their allotted 10 overs to 92/6.
The Texas Chargers responded by losing the wicket of the effective Mukhtar Ahmed for 6 in the second over. Ben Dunk, a skipper for the team, and the extremely skilled Mohammad Hafeez dug in.
Hafeez has been in outstanding form, and he and Dunk combined to put the Chargers on the right track to victory with a 46-run stand. The Chargers had reached 60/2 at the midway point when Dunk was ejected for 20, but Hafeez was looking threatening.
The Chargers lost their fourth wicket shortly after Hafeez and Darren Stevens were both bowled with scores of 46 and 2. Upul Tharanga (1), Phil Mustard (0), Thisara Perera (4), and Neil Broom (1) were all out for fast runs in the ninth over, which Sohail Khan bowled. The Warriors gained control as Sohail completed with a five-wicket haul.
Shahid Afridi claimed two wickets in the last over as the Chargers were dismissed for 92 runs in their final 10 overs, sending the match into a super over.
The Chargers batted first in the Super Over, sending out Ben Dunk and Hafeez to take on Sohail Khan. The Chargers scored 15 runs thanks to some sixers from Dunk and Mukhtar Ahmed and the loss of one wicket. The Warriors’ response saw Shahid Afridi and Jonathon Carter taking the field. The pair gave the Chargers everything they had, but they came up just short, scoring 13 runs off the over.
Brief scores
Jonathan Carter had a 39*, T Dilshan had an 18, Ehsan Adil had a 3/11, Imran Khan had a 1/15, and Texas Chargers had a 92 (Mohammad Hafeez had a 46*, Ben Dunk had a 20; Sohail Khan had a 5/15, Umaid Asif had a 2/14).
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