Asia Lions, captained by Shahid Afridi, won the 2023 Legends League Cricket world tournament. Asia Lions defeated World Joints by 7 wickets in the final match. Asia Lions had a target of 148 runs to win the title match. Thanks to brilliant tackles from openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga, Asia Lions won the match in just 16.1 overs.
Asia Lions openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga added 115 runs in 10 overs for the first wicket. Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 58 runs off 42 balls. He hit 8 fours in his innings. At the same time, Upul Tharanga scored 57 runs off just 28 balls. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. In addition to Samit Patel, Brett Lee and Monty Panesar earned a 1-1 win for World Joint.
Choosing to bat first after winning the toss, the World Joints did not get off to a good start. 3 World Joints batsmen had returned to the pavilion with a score of 19 runs but after this there was a 92 run partnership between Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor. All rounder Jacques Kallis scored the highest 78 runs for World Joints. This player hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Apart from this, Ross Taylor contributed 32 runs off 33 balls.
On the other hand, talking about the Asia Joints bowlers, Abdur Razzaq was the most successful bowler. Abdur Razzak took 2 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Thisara Perera took 1 wicket to his name. However, Thisara Perera turned out to be expensive. The World Joints batsmen scored 33 runs in 4 overs from Thisara Perera.
