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The ninth match of the 2024 World Championship of Legends saw the West Indies Champions take on the South Africa Champions at Edgbaston on Sunday, July 7. The Windies won the encounter by six wickets. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Champions defeated the England Champions by 79 runs in the second fixture of the day.
The West Indies Champions won the toss and elected to field first in the first game of the day against the South Africa Champions. South African opener Neil McKenzie got off to a horror start as he was dismissed without facing a delivery via runout. McKenzie’s opening partner Richard Levi looked good for his 20 off 14, but he was soon dismissed in a similar fashion.
Ashwell Prince steadied the Proteas’ innings with a mature knock of 46 off just 35 balls, while Dane Vilas provided the much-needed fireworks towards the end of the innings, scoring 44 runs at a blistering strike rate of 258.82. South Africa managed to score 174/5 in 20 overs.
While it seems that South Africa had put up a decent score, Chris Gayle (70 off 40) and Chadwick Walton (56 off 29) ensured that the target was successfully taken care of, with the Windies winning the match by six wickets.
In the second match of the day, Pakistan put up a score of 196/4 in 20 overs, as middle-order batters Sohaib Maqsood and Shoaib Malik scored 64 and 51 runs, respectively. Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (23) and Abdul Razzaq’s (20) lower-order cameos helped Pakistan post an above-par score. Stuart Meaker took two wickets for the England Champions.
The chase did not go according to England’s plan, as they were reduced to 81/5 in the first 10 overs. England’s top-order collapse invariably led to their defeat, as Pakistan won the contest by 79 runs. Saeed Ajmal claimed three wickets, while Abdul Razzaq put on an all-round show, taking two wickets.
World Championship of Legends Most Runs List
Aaron Finch has scored 173 runs in three innings in this edition of the World Championship of Legends. Scoring at a strike rate of 196.59 and an average of 57.67 has enabled the former Australia captain to reach the top of the run-getters list.
Sohaib Maqsood and Shoaib Malik have been the Pakistan Champions’ backbone. Maqsood has accumulated 158 runs in four innings, while Malik has scored 153 runs at an average of 51. Phil Mustard has been responsible for the England Champions’ batting at the top of the order, as he has scored 147 runs with the highest score of 84.
Sharjeel Khan of the Pakistan Champions is in the fifth position with 137 runs and a blazing strike rate of 204.48.
Ian Bell, with his total of 133 runs, occupies the sixth spot, while the batting duo of Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Robin Uthappa occupy the seventh and eighth positions, scoring 120 and 115 runs, respectively.
Shaun Marsh and Dwayne Smith round off the top ten highest run-getters of the tournament with 107 and 101 runs, respectively.
World Championship of Legends Most Wickets List
Brett Lee has claimed seven wickets in three games so far for the Australian Champions. His tally of seven wickets means that he is the highest wicket-taker of the 2024 World Champions of Legends so far.
Chris Schofield has taken seven wickets this year. With a bowling average of 23.14 and a strike rate of 12.86, Schofield is second on the list of highest wicket takers.
The third, fourth, and fifth positions on the wicket-takers list are occupied by Pakistan bowlers Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, and Shoaib Malik, respectively. All three of them have taken six wickets so far.
Ravi Bopara, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, Shahid Afridi, and Owais Shah have all taken five wickets, and they see themselves in the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and 10th positions, respectively
