Gemini Arabians beat the Leo Lions by eight wickets

Arabians chased down 133 in 18 overs. Sangakkara 41*, Hodge 65*.

Gemini Arabians win their second game of the MCL comfortably by eight wickets.

SIX! A six from Hodge brings up the 100-run partnership between Sangakkara and himself. 1 run to win.

FIFTY! Brad Hodge reaches his half-century. He reaches it in just 38 balls.

.@ArabiansMCL Need 27 off 24 balls with @bradhodge007 and @KumarSanga2 in crease #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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ROBIN PETERSON TO KUMAR SANGAKKARA - FOUR !!! 30 runs off 33 balls (2X4, 0X6) @ArabiansMCL 98/2 in 14.5 Overs #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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.@ArabiansMCL showing some intent to score fast in this over @ArabiansMCL 78-2 in 13 overs #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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End of Over 12 :@ArabiansMCL 66-2 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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End of Over 11 :@ArabiansMCL 60-2 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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End of Over 10 and it is Strategic Time Out:@ArabiansMCL 54-2. Need 79 from 60 balls #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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.@johan_botha 3-1-7-0 @ArabiansMCL 49-2 in 9 Overs #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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FOUR! Two boundaries in a row for Hodge as Ramesh Powar bowls a couple of looseners. Arabians 44/2, 8 overs.

End of Over 7 : @johan_botha bowling beautifully here @ArabiansMCL 34-2 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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End of Over 6(Powerplay): @ArabiansMCL 32-2 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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WICKET! Ramesh Powar comes into ball his first over and gets a wicket off the first ball. Levi holes one to deep midwicket and Hamish Marshall does well to catch. 28/2, 5.1 overs.

Maide over bowled by Johan Botha. Arabians 28/1 in 5 overs.

WICKET! Sehwag departs for 12. Peterson cleans him up. Arabians 27/1, 3.4 overs.

SIX! First boundary for the swashbuckling Sehwag as he times a ball on the leg-side over the square leg boundary. After 3 overs, Arabians are 26/0.

SIX! First six of the innings as Levi dispatches Edwards over the leg-side boundary.

FOUR! First boundary for the Arabians. Levi hits one straight back over the bowler's head. Arabians 13/0, 2.1 overs.

Slow start to the Arabians' innings. At the end of 2 overs, the Arabians are 9/0. Sehwag 6*, Levi 1*.

End of Over 1 :@ArabiansMCL 2-0 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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Arabians start their innings. Sehwag and Levi to open. Edwards to open the bowling for the Lions.

Innings Break. The Arabians need to score 133 to win their second game of the tournament.

FOUR! Lions end their innings with a boundary, 132/7 in 20 overs.

OUT! Styris gets out trying to go for the big one, caught by Mills. 126/7.

One over to go. Lions are 123/6 in 19 overs. Styris and Botha at the crease. Kemp to bowl the last over.

OUT! Murali gets his fourth wicket as he bowls out Franklin! Lions, 114/6 in 17.2 overs.

End of Over 16 :@LeoLionsMCL 101-5 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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.@LeoLionsMCL reach 100 runs in 15.3 overs !! #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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End of Over 13 :@LeoLionsMCL 78-5 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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End of Over 11 :@LeoLionsMCL 69-5 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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At the halfway mark, the Lions are 62/5. Kiwi all-rounders, Franklin and Styris at the crease.

OUT! What a brilliant catch that was. Gibbs skies one to the long-on boundary where Levi catches it on the edge and releases the ball into the air, before he goes across the boundary line, for Justin Kemp to catch the ball. Lions are in big trouble at 57/5 in 8.3 overs.

Lions in a spot of bother as they languish at 52/4 in 7 overs. Murali picks up two wickets and gave away only two runs in his first over.

WICKET! And Lara is gone first ball! A top delivery from Murali and an even better catch by Sehwag at first slip.

Murali to Lara now!

WICKET! Muralitharan gets the breakthrough as he wraps Taylor LBW. Lions, 50/3, 6.2 overs.

FOUR! Taylor taking on the Arabians' bowlers. 10 runs off the 6th over. At the end of the powerplay, Lions are 49/2. Taylor, 23* off 15.

6 runs from the 5th over. Lions are 39/2.

FOUR! Taylor hits two fours in a row. At the end of the fourth over, Lions are 33/2.

OUT! Mills bowls out Peterson! Lions, 24/2.

OUT! Marshall gets run out. Direct hit from Jacques Rudolph after he dropped a catch. Lions, 24/1.

At the end of the 2nd over, the Lions are 16/0.

End of Over 1: @LeoLionsMCL 3-0 #MCL2020 #GEMvLEO
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Kyle Mills starts proceedings for the Arabians. Hamish Marshall and Robin Peterson are the openers for the Lions.

Leo Lions: Marshall, Gibbs, Peterson, Taylor (Wk), Lara (C), Franklin, Botha, Styris, Streak, Powar, Edwards

Gemini Arabians: Sehwag (C), Levi, Sangakkara (Wk), Hodge, Rudolph, Kemp, Mills, Naved-ul-Hasan, Onions, Mushtaq, Muralitharan.

The Leo Lions have won the toss and elected to bat first