Rahkeem Cornwall wins the Atlanta Open 2022 with a 77-ball 205. Cornwall annihilated Square Drive in an Atlanta Open 2022 match with an amazing 77-ball 205. He hit 17 fours and 22 sixes in his innings.
On Wednesday, October 5, during a game between the Atlanta Fire and Square Drive in the Atlanta Open 2022, Rahkeem Cornwall, a West Indies Test specialist, made an impact with a superb double century. The towering batsman had a lightning-fast batting display, smashing an unbeaten 205 off just 77 deliveries.
Cornwall’s attack totally destroyed Square Drive as his innings propelled Atlanta Fire to an enormous score of 326/1 from their 20 overs. Square Drive would finally discover that the goal was much beyond their grasp as they went on to lose the game by an astounding score of 172 runs.
Rahkeem Cornwall decimates Square Drive with a double century.
Cornwall, who began the innings with Steven Taylor, and the Atlanta Fire, who won the toss and chose to bat first, scored the majority of the runs. The partnership had accumulated 101 runs for the first wicket before the latter was dismissed in the seventh over. Taylor returned to score 53 runs off 18 deliveries.
Despite this, Sami Aslam of Pakistan, who batted at No. 3, along with a well-positioned Cornwall, had the opposition bowlers to work hard, thus the Square Drive bowlers had little to celebrate. As the bowlers struggled to regain their rhythm, the scoreboard kept running.
With 17 fours and 22 sixes in his magnificent innings, Cornwall had a strike percentage of 226.23%. In the second wicket, he and Aslam put on an unbroken 225-run partnership.
Due to an astounding four-wicket haul from Justin Dill, who concluded with scores of 4/14 from four overs at a great economy rate of 3.50, Square Drive were subsequently reduced to 154/8.
He has so far appeared in nine Test matches for the West Indies, returning to Cornwall. However, with to his off-break and power hitting, he also has a strong record in domestic T20s. The cricketer from Antigua has accumulated 1146 runs at a strike rate of over 150 and has taken down 31 opponents.
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