New York Strikers 98 for 4 (Gurbaz 49*, Smith 25*, Akram 2-15) beat Delhi Bulls 31 (Bopara 16, Karunaratne 3-6, Hosein 3-7) by 67 runs

If you score 98 for 4 in a ten-overs-a-side tournament where three figures are breached quite often, you expect to have it tough in the second half, but it was certainly not the case on the day for Strikers.

Bulls have now lost two on the bounce after starting with three wins in a row, and are at No. 3 on the table, while Strikers, after starting with a loss, have now won three in a row.

Sams and Cox consign Team Abu Dhabi to fifth straight loss

Bangla Tigers 67 for 1 (Cox 56*, Fuller 1-21) beat Team Abu Dhabi 66 (Raees 20, Sams 3-11, Gabriel 2-2, Howell 2-9) by 9 wickets

After asking Abu Dhabi to bat first, Sams got the Tigers off to the perfect start by dismissing Kyle Mayers and Tom Banton in the first over. Shannon Gabriel then removed Alex Hales in the third to make things worse for Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi could not recover from the early jolt and lost another four wickets for 14 runs.

Abu Dhabi skipper Dwaine Pretorius scored a 13-ball 15 to try and steady his team, but they kept losing wickets regularly. Sams returned for a second over and removed Pretorius before No. 11 batter Rumman Raees gave his team a late boost by smashing three sixes to stay unbeaten on 20 off eight balls.

James Fuller, opening the bowling in Abu Dhabi's defence of 66, continued the momentum gained by Raees by having Avishka Fernando caught behind for a duck off his second delivery.

But that was all the joy Abu Dhabi would enjoy as Cox made short work of the chase.

The opener raced to a half-century off 21 balls and finished unbeaten on 56 off 23 as the Tigers won with more than half their overs left. Cox smashed ten fours and two sixes, and Kusal Mendis at the other end was almost a bystander, facing just four deliveries.