Tickner hurts Rangpur before rain ruins game
The rain-hit affair was the last league match of GSL 2025 with Riders already in the final and Stags knocked out
ESPNcricinfo staff
17-Jul-2025 • 4 hrs ago
Blair Tickner led the middle-order demolition • GSL T20/Getty Images
Match abandoned Rangpur Riders 79 (Saif 25, Ankon 25, Lennox 3-6, Schaw 3-13, Tickner 3-17) vs Central Stags
The last league match of the Global Super League (GSL) 2025 was replete with rain interruptions, and eventually inclement weather had the final say.
A downpour in Guyana in the morning delayed toss by 45 minutes. Nurul Hasan called right and Rangpur Riders opted to bat - despite the weather around - but had to wait more because rain returned. The game began 90 minutes later than scheduled time as a 17-over contest.
Central Stags opened their bowling with spinners from both ends and pegged back Riders twice inside the powerplay: Soumya Sarkar holing out off offspinner Angus Schaw second ball and Ibrahim Zadran falling to left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox. The heavens opened up again and this latest stoppage meant the game was further reduced to 14-overs-a-side affair.
Upon resumption, fast bowler Blair Tickner broke the back of the Riders middle order. He accounted for Mahidul Islam Ankon, Iftikhar Ahmed and Nurul Hasan to leave Riders reeling at 66 for 6. Schaw and Lennox returned to mop up the tail as the Bangladesh Premier League side folded for a mere 79. Which was when another spell of heavy rain forced abandonment.
Riders are already in the final with Stags finishing third in the season.
