Richie Barrington scored a century off 57 balls in the T20 against Bangladesh in 2012. It was then understood that this pace bowling all-rounder is capable of playing big innings in batting as well.
He could not do well against Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup this time. He was out for only 2 runs. But today, after playing an innings of 60 off 49 balls against Papua New Guinea, Barrington was just on fire.
Barrington came down in the fourth over. The right-handed batsman put Scotland in a favorable position before being dismissed in the 19th over.
When Barrington was dismissed for 26 runs, Scotland collected 153 for five. He scored 3 sixes and 6 fours in the innings. Scotland got a strong collection of 175 runs for 9 wickets in this innings of Barrington.
Barrington has played 64 ODIs and 7 T20I matches for Scotland. The 34-year-old batsman has a strike rate of 127.75 in T20.
Today, however, his strike rate was 142.75. Barrington hit big sixes to show that even though he is a player of the allied country, Barrington has the ability to surprise even at this age. Today, the matchmaker’s award is in his hands.
