The 18th match of the US Masters T10 League 2023 was a one-sided game between Morrisville Unity and New Jersey Legends. Morrisville was able to win the match by a big margin of 55 runs. In a 10 overs match 55 runs victory is a huge margin, and it shows that one side was easily able to dominate the match. It was Corey Anderson who played the match-winning knock for the team and made the team set up a big total. He went on to score 40 runs only on 18 balls. To achieve that goal, he scored 4 sixes. This was truly a brilliant performance.
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Contribution of Corey Anderson
- It was Morrisville Unity that batted first, and they ensured to get a good opening stand. They lost their first wicket at 53 runs in only 5.2 overs. However, in between Rajdeep Darbar retired hurt.
- Once S. Jayasuriya was out, that is when Corey Anderson came in to bat. He ensured that he started hitting from the very first ball. He was able to get the result of his strategy, as he started forming a brilliant partnership with Pienaar on the other end.
- Pienaar ensured that he provided the much-needed support to Anderson. He scored 31 runs off only 11 balls. His strike rate was close to 300, to maintain that strike rate he went on to hit 3 sixes and 2 fours. This was certainly a brilliant performance by both the players.
- The score was 124-2 at the end of the 10 overs. As per the 10 overs format, this is a huge score. The opponents were already under pressure.
New Jersey Legends had no clue about the way they were supposed to chase the target. They didn’t get a good start because their first wicket was gone without any score on board. Soon, at the score of 69 runs the whole team was out.
The batting stats of Anderson
- Runs – 40
- Balls – 18
- 4s – 2
- 6s – 4
Is it a brilliant individual performance by Anderson? What do you think? Is it possible to get a century in US Masters T10 League 2023?