South defeat North in all three-match series
The three-match series are warm-up games, which serve as
preparation for the international cricket and 50-over county competition – The
Royal London One-Day Cup.
The stats are guided through the Professional Cricketers’
Association Most Valued Player rankings system. It shows how well the players
performed during the domestic season, as classifying the key performers
according to their skills and merits. The strike rates, captaincy, scored runs,
taken wickets, conditions and quality of opposition are part of the criteria
which help in qualifying the performers.
The players were selected through the PCA MVP rating
method, while the England selectors chose the remaining ones. Each side has
eight performers who were automatically selected to join either the South team,
with players from southern counties, or North with ones from northern.
Paul Farbrace oversees South and North are coached by
Ottis Gibson. In the first-day match, South defeated North by 10 wickets
in Dubai. It ended with 202 (50 overs) for North and 205-0 (33.3 overs) for
South on March 17th.
Dawid Malan, who is Lions’ and Middlesex’s batsman, hit
the decisive 109, helping his team to emerge victorious in the first challenge.
Malan and his teammate, Daniel Bell-Drummond, who hit 92, made it through with
remaining 16 overs.
North couldn’t make it as smooth and folded for 202 all
out. The foothold couldn’t be gained with three wickets taken by Tom
Curran.
The second-day match was held on 19th of March, as
previously, in Dubai, which ended with South’s win by 47 runs.
Liam Dawson hit 83 helping his team to win again in the
second encounter. Sam Northeast, Kent’s batsman, was on the top hitting 118
before Dawson to make South win it by 47 runs.
Dawid Malan showed a brilliant performance again, hitting
78 gaining 2 wickets in 24 runs.
North did their best, with Ben Duckett’s 64 and Tim
Bresnan’s 74. However, it wasn’t enough to overturn South’s remarkable
result.
As it stood 2-0 up till now, South finished their
three-day match series winning by 20 runs in the last encounter in Abu Dhabi on
March 21st.
Mark Wood, Durham’s bowler, gained 2-38 for North after
stepping on the field after three surgeries on his ankle.
Bell-Drummond hit 81, and Mason Crane ended it with a
4-39 helping South gain their third win in these series.
The last game ended with 40 overs for each side, as it
commenced to rain leaving South with a 228-8 dominance over North’s 208.
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