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Northern Warriors loses to bottom-placed Chennai Braves by 10 wickets despite Powell's 13-ball 31
Written by Leighton Levy. Posted in T10 League. | 29 November 2021 | 1643 Views
Tags: Cricket, Abu Dhabi T10, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mohammad Shahzad, Ravi Bopara, Rovman Powell, Upul Tharanga

You know things aren’t going well when your team suffers a massive defeat to the worst team in your league.

Rovman Powell is sure to feel that things are definitely not going his way this season when the Northern Warriors lost by 10 wickets to Chennai Braves on Monday in the Abu Dhabi T10 league.

On a personal level, Powell is having a great season. His 294 runs lead the league and his 26 sixes are second only to Liam Livingstone’s 28, but for all his success, Northern Warriors seem incapable of capitalizing.

The Jamaican all-rounder scored 31 runs on Monday from just 13 balls from which he smashed four sixes in his side’s 108 all out in 9.5 overs. He got support from Upul Tharanga, who scored 32 from 14 and Moeen Ali, who got 25 from 15 but Warriors were never able to get on top of Chennai’s bowling led by Ravi Bopara who took 2-6.

Curtis Campher (2-16) and Dasun Shanaka (2-25) did their part to contain Warriors' batsmen.

Chennai’s batsmen took full advantage of the opportunity racing to 114-0 in just 8.3 overs to record their first win of the season.

Mohammad Shahzad raced to 54 from just 29 balls smashing nine fours and two sixes along the way. His opening partner Bhanuka Rajapaksa needed six fewer balls to score 55 that included six fours and four sixes.

Oshane Thomas’ two overs went for 27 while Rayad Emrit’s nine balls cost the Warriors 20 runs as their team lost their seventh match of the season.