Zaheer Khan co-owned Vancouver Anchors and Sikandar Raza-led Mississauga Masters both secured semi-final berths on Day 4 of Canada Super 60 Season 2.
Zaheer Khan co-owned Vancouver Anchors and Sikandar Raza-led Mississauga Masters both secured their places in the semi-finals of Canada Super 60 Season 2 on October 3, as Day 4 of the league stage produced three men's victories and a decisive women's eliminator result.
Mississauga Masters completed an unbeaten league campaign with a 33-run win over Brampton Blitz, finishing on 128/6 before restricting Brampton to 95/7. The result took Mississauga to four wins from four matches and eight points, placing them clearly at the top of the men's standings. Vancouver Anchors, who beat Toronto Sixers by seven wickets, moved to three wins from four matches and six points to confirm their own semi-final berth.
White Rock Warriors also recorded their first win of the campaign, defeating Montreal Royal Tigers by 13 runs. Toronto Sixers and Brampton Blitz are both on four points, with Toronto ahead on net run rate, while White Rock have two points and Montreal remain without a win.
How did Vancouver Anchors and White Rock Warriors win their matches?
Toronto Sixers posted 111/7 in their 10 overs, with Imad Wasim contributing 21 off 11 balls and Kieron Pollard adding 18 from 11. Vancouver's chase was built around Moeen Ali, who struck 32 off just 15 balls at a strike rate of 213.33, hitting four sixes before being dismissed by Daniel Sams in the ninth over. Martin Andersson remained unbeaten on 31 off 20, and he and Obus Pienaar completed the chase at 112/3 in 9.4 overs. Akhil Kumar supported with the ball, taking 3/20 from two overs.
Sam Billings produced the most explosive individual innings of the day for White Rock Warriors against Montreal Royal Tigers. Coming in after the Warriors had lost two early wickets, the England wicketkeeper-batter smashed 72 off only 24 deliveries, including four fours and eight sixes, at a strike rate of 300. Billings was dismissed at 133/4 in the 9.3 over, but his innings had already set White Rock on course for 140/5, with Dwaine Pretorius adding an unbeaten 24 from 10 balls. Montreal responded with 127/9, despite Ali Nadeem's 37 off 16, as Brett Hampton's 3/29 helped White Rock seal a 13-run victory.
What happened in the women's competition and where can fans watch?
The women's competition also reached a decisive stage on Day 4, with Toronto Sixers Women beating Vancouver Anchors Women by nine wickets in the eliminator. Anchors Women were restricted to 65/5 in 10 overs, with Laura Harris making 25 off 14 and captain Fatima Sana Khan scoring 20 off 15. Toronto chased the target in just 7.2 overs, led by an unbeaten 37 from 18 balls by Bess Heath, while Maddy Villiers added 14. Toronto Sixers Women will now face Vancouver Warriors Women in the final.