Samp Army 96 for 6 (Du Plessis 30, Najibullah 25*, Farooqi 2-17, Bravo 2-22) beat Delhi Bulls 95 for 8 (Vince 24, Irshad 3-14, Holder 3-15) by four wickets
Morrisville Samp Army ended Delhi Bulls’ winning run with a four-wicket win in a match that became closer than anticipated for roughly three-fourths of its duration.
Jason Holder and Salman Irshad returned economical three-wicket hauls to set up a 96-run chase for Samp Army, and they were coasting with Faf du Plessis and Andries Gous at 60 for 2 at the end of sixth over, with 36 to get from four overs. But Fazalhaq Farooqi sent back du Plessis (30 off 17 balls) and Gous (20 off 13) in the seventh over, and after an 11-run over from Richard Gleeson, Dwayne Bravo picked up two more wickets in the ninth.
That left Rovman Powell with the ball, Najibullah Zadran in front him, and 12 runs for Samp Army to get. It went dot, six, two and four, and Samp Army were home. It was their third win in four games, putting them level with Delhi Bulls, who were still at the top of the table.
In the first half, there were a couple of partnerships for Bulls up top, but nothing substantial, and nothing very quick. James Vince top-scored with 24 off 14, and though Powell’s 19 came in just eight balls, with Irshad, the Pakistani medium-pacer, returning 3 for 14 and Holder chipping in with 3 for 15, Bulls were kept to a below-par total.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo