GT20 Canada Season 3 _ Match - 8 Highlights _ Toronto Nationals vs Surrey Jaguars

The morning after the rest day, everyone was geared up to take the field, but the rain had a different plan. There was some heavy shower before the start of the play, but it soon cleared out and only 2 overs were reduced per side. At the toss, the Nationals won the toss and decided to put the Jaguars up to bat.

Alex Hales got a new partner in Jatinder Singh to open the innings. The aggressive batter from Oman got off to a flyer, playing some exquisite strokes before a sharp catch from JJ Smit got the better of him. Alex Hales looked was not finding the middle of the bat but was soon done by a brilliant delivery from Saad bin Zafar. Some tight and accurate bowling from the Nationals saw the Jaguars lose some quick wickets. A much-awaited contest in the middle was Shahid Afridi bowling to Iftikhar Ahmed, and it was worth watching. The legend Shahid Afridi was unhappy with some sloppy work in the field by the Nationals. With the skipper Iftikhar and the youngster Forde taking charge, the Jaguars scored with a quick run rate that powered them to a good first innings score.

The chase for the Nationals was slow, as Spencer Johnson and Matthew Forde were accurate with their line and length. The pressure built up on the Nationals and they lost 2 wickets in an over to Matthew Forde. Gerhard Erasmus too threw away his wicket, scoring just 5 runs. The southpaw Colin Munro was then joined by the Canadian youngster, Armaan Kapoor, who helped his senior partner settle the chase. It was the magician from Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane who got his side 2 quick wickets, removing both the set batters in a space of 3 balls. The next over Forde got rid of Faheem Ashraf. This brought the Namibian all-rounder JJ Smit to the middle to join Boom Boom Afridi. The Namibian took the role of the aggressor and played some powerful strokes when his countryman Bernard Scholtz got him caught at the boundary. The Canadian captain, Saad bin Zafar was met with an unplayable delivery from Spenser Johnson first up, which he didn't read and got bowled. Some last-over Boom Boom from Afridi, but that couldn't take the Nationals over the line.

The Jaguars won this contest by 20 runs.