Team USA Defeated Barbados by 61 Runs.
Shawn Beckford and Hensworth Wallace, two of Team USA T20 specialist, continued the team unbeaten record in the 9th Annual Maq T20 Lauderhill International Night Cricket Tournament. After two weeks of abandoned matches due to inclement weather conditions, hundreds of South Florida cricket’s fans were delighted to be back at the Lauderhill Sports Park where the temperate was in the high 70’s.
After winning the toss and deciding to bat, Team USA defeated Barbados by 61 runs. Beckford and Wallace provided the early thrills with a brutal batting display against the hapless Barbados’s bowlers. Wallace 62 (4 x 4 and 5 x6) led the charge with several strikes over the off side boundary including four monstrous sixes over midwicket. Wallace was slower to get going but equally powerful when he did and struck five fours and five sixes, stepping back deep into his crease to allow himself to lift the ball around the Lauderhill Sports Park. Anil Bhawani provided some late fireworks for Team USA scoring 36 with three fours and 2 sixes.
In reply, after getting some good starts, none of the Barbados top order batsmen built a big score with Ryan Brown (32), John Willoughby (34), Justin Holder (28) and Richard Louis (17).
India Defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets.
India outplayed Sri Lanka, defeating them by 7 wickets when the two squared off in the second match in the fifth round of the Maq T20....