The California Knights secured a 24-run win over the New Jersey Triton’s in a rain-shortened five-over match in the US Masters T10 in Lauderhill on Friday.

Former West Indies all-rounder Ashley Nurse hit a rapid 10-ball 24 to help the California Knights post 76-1 off their five overs batting first.

Irfan Pathan hit a top score of 31 off just 13 balls against 1-10 from Liam Plunkett.

Ben Laughlin then took 2-7 in his over to help restrict the Triton’s to 52-3 off their five overs.

Another former West Indies all-rounder, Chris Barnwell, hit 29 off 15 balls.

The California Knights moved to third place on the points table after defeating New York Warriors by 15 runs in the US Masters T10 League at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida on Wednesday. The California Knights put up 106/5 in their 10 overs before restricting the Warriors to 91/3.

Kamran Akmal got the Warriors off to a great start as he smashed two boundaries in the first two overs. However, he fell to Devendra Bishoo for 12 runs off 9 balls in the third over. Tillakaratne Dilshan kept the Warriors' hopes alive with a flurry of boundaries, but he was run out for 43 runs off 27 balls in the ninth over. 

Irfan Pathan bowled a fantastic final over to close out the match for the California Knights. He conceded just 5 runs in the last over of the match.

Earlier in the day, California Knights won the toss and chose to bat first. Aaron Finch got their innings going through a string of boundaries, however, he was dismissed by Abdur Rehman for 24 runs off 12 balls in the third over. Thereafter, the Knights kept losing wickets at regular intervals, however, they continued to bat at a decent strike rate. 

Ashley Nurse struck a couple of sixes in the last two overs and helped the Knights reach 106/5 in their 10 overs.

The New Jersey Triton's picked up their second win of the US Masters T10 League after defeating California Knights by six wickets at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida on Monday. The Triton's restricted the Knights to 116/3 before chasing down their target with two balls to spare.

Naman Ojha struck a four and a six off Ashley Nurse's bowling in the fourth over and took the New Jersey side's score to 42/0, but he fell to Sulieman Benn for 25 runs off 11 balls in the next over. The Triton's lost a couple of wickets in quick succession thereafter, but Yusuf Pathan put his team in the driver's seat after smashing Krishmar Santokie for four sixes and a boundary.

Pathan fell to Peter Siddle for 35 runs off 11 balls in the ninth over, but Peter Trego's maximum off Benn's bowling ensured that the Triton's walked off the field as winners of the match.

Earlier in the day, the New Jersey Triton's won the toss and put the California Knights into bat. The Knights' opening batter Jacques Kallis fell early in the innings to Chris Barnwell, but Aaron Finch and Milind Kumar kept the momentum on their team's side through fantastic ball striking. Finch smashed a four and a six off Bipul Sharma's bowling in the sixth over to take Knights' score to 46/1 in six overs.

Thereafter, he struck five straight sixes off Liam Plunkett's bowling in the next over as the Knights reached 62/1. The Australian upped the ante even more when he sent the ball over the rope five times off Barnwell's bowling in the ninth over. However, Peter Trego conceded just three runs in the last over and restricted the California Knights to 116/3 in their 10 overs.

Brief Scores: New Jersey Triton's 117/4 (Yusuf Pathan 35, Naman Ojha 25, Peter Siddle 1/14) beat California Knights 116/3 (Aaron Finch 75*, Milind Kumar 27, Peter Trego 1/11) by 6 wickets.