West Indies Kyle Mayers bowls throughout the second one-day worldwide cricket match between Pakistan and West Indies on the Multan Cricket Stadium, in Multan, Pakistan, Friday, June 10, 2022.
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Opener Kyle Mayers struck a shocking 48-ball century as unbeaten Barbados Pleasure escaped the clutches of the opposed climate to defeat luckless Windward Islands Volcanoes by eight wickets and climbed to the highest of the Regional Super50 Cup standings.
With Pleasure in pursuit of a revised goal of 148 off 21 overs on the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, the left-handed Mayers belted an unbeaten 107, serving to his aspect to their goal within the fifteenth over and to their second win in three matches. He confronted 52 balls and lashed 9 fours and 9 sixes, racing to his fifty off 30 deliveries within the seventh over earlier than mentioning his fourth Listing A century off solely one other 18 balls within the 14th over. Captain Shai Hope chipped in with an unbeaten 29 off 28 deliveries with a 4 and two sixes, in an unbroken third wicket stand of 70 with Mayers.Volcanoes had earlier tallied 241 for eight off their 50 overs with Johnson Charles top-scoring with 59 off 48 deliveries, Jeremy Solozano getting 40 off 58 balls and Kavem Hodge, 34 off 38 balls.
Larry Edwards crunched an unbeaten 32 from 23 deliveries in direction of the top to rally the innings.
Nonetheless, the goal was revised after a prolonged rain delay on the innings break, leaving Pleasure with an asking fee of simply over seven runs per over, in an effort to win the competition.
“The staff has been struggling [at the hands] of the climate,” stated Mayers.
“We actually needed to go on the market and get an opportunity to bat as we speak and we received the chance to play 21 overs, and we simply tried to maximise and get as a lot bonus factors as attainable.
“The climate has been giving us a tricky time on this event. We haven’t gotten as many bonus factors as we wish. Hopefully as we speak we get some and stand up there within the leaderboard.”
The victory propelled Pleasure to 23 factors, with Leeward Islands Hurricanes a degree again in second and unbeaten hosts Trinidad and Tobago Pink Pressure mendacity third—additionally on 22 factors—however with an inferior internet run fee.
