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That's it from us, Sooryanarayanan and Rajarshi, as we conclude our coverage of the European Cricket Series for the day. We will be back with more ECS action tomorrow, meanwhile, click here to follow our coverage of the first Test match between England and South Africa. Auf wiedersehen!
Match summary: Bonn Blue Star won the toss and opted to bowl
Bonn Blue Star 94/0 (5 Overs) Shafiullah Khadem 42*(14), Haron Khan 41*(16)
Bonn Blue Star win by 10 wickets with 30 balls to spare.
The Bonn Blue Stars show glimpses of why they were champions of the ECS last year, but it came a tad too late this time. The two openers, Mohammad Shafiullah Khadem and Haron Khan, never gave the Bayer Spartans bowlers a chance in the chase, barring one towards the latter stages. The ball kept flying over the infield far too often, and almost took out the commentators and the scorers once each. Khadem was favourite to get to a half-century at one stage, but then, Haron Khan mixed some brute force with some finesse and went on to match Khadem's score! Kadeem ended up winning the run race by one, the run being the one to take the Bonn Blue Stars past the line!
5
overs
94/0score
1
6
1
4
4
1w
1
runs
MD Shafiullah*
42(14)
Haron Khan
41(16)
Taha Hassan
0/18
4.6 Taha Hassan to Md Shafiullah Khadem, THAT'S THAT! It's a wretched full toss outside off and Khadem stands tall to hack it into the mid-wicket region for a single to round off proceedings. Oh where was this champion outfit all along? It has come too late but they bow out of the tournament with an absolute bang. Bonn Blue Star wrap up a 10-wicket victory with 5 overs to spare!
4.6 Taha Hassan to Md Shafiullah Khadem, WIDE! Too full and spilled down leg past Khadem's scoop. The bowler must reload and the scores are level!
4.5 Taha Hassan to Md Shafiullah Khadem, FOUR MORE! Slightly streaky but he can do no wrong can Khadem! Full and angling into middle and leg, he gets forward and swings across the line off the inner half as it trickles backward of square on the leg-side and through the vacant spaces for four.
4.4 Taha Hassan to Md Shafiullah Khadem, FOUR! NEARLY THERE NOW! Short outside off, Khadem hops in his crease and powers his wrists through the vacant backward point region. Picks his spot to perfection again, even as he gives it all might and Bonn Blue Star are just one hit away!
4.3 Taha Hassan to Haron Khan, hops aside as the bowler follows him with a good length delivery. Haron stabs it out to mid-wicket before crossing over.
4.2 Taha Hassan to Haron Khan, SIX! GIGANTIC! Advances down the track and picks the bones out of this length delivery at the stumps. He whips it off his wrists in front of square on the leg-side and sends it traveling by a mile!
4.1 Taha Hassan to Md Shafiullah Khadem, back of a length deliveery outside off, Khadem hops back and opens the face to run it behind point for a single.
Taha Hassan, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Just 18 more needed with more than half the overs still left. This might be over very soon, maybe this over itself!
4
overs
76/0score
1
0
4
6
1
1
runs
MD Shafiullah*
32(10)
Haron Khan
34(14)
Faisal Lodhi
0/13
3.6 Faisal Lodhi to Md Shafiullah Khadem, DROPS A DOLLY! Oh it's been a disaster for the Spartans! Good length delivery outside off, Khadem holds his ground and miscues it off the leading edge before it drops down in front of the man at point. He makes a terrible mess of it as he allows it to brush his fingertips en route to the turf.
3.5 Faisal Lodhi to Haron Khan, length delivery outside off, Haron powers it on the up towards long off for a single.
3.4 Faisal Lodhi to Haron Khan, SIX! WATCH OUT SCORERS! Right in the arc around off, Haron sits on one knee and clobbers a slog sweep over mid-wicket. It's headed for the tent where the scorers are at work, only to clear them. Just about though!
3.3 Faisal Lodhi to Haron Khan, FOUR! Too short outside off this time, Haron stands tall and gets a top-edge on his pull over fine leg. Drops just shy of the ropes before clearing it as short 45 goes all the way, only to retrieve it.
3.2 Faisal Lodhi to Haron Khan, short of a length delivery outside off, a hint of extra bounce and Haron fails to ride it on his attempted cut.
3.1 Faisal Lodhi to Md Shafiullah Khadem, full on off stump, Khadem flicks it through mid-wicket and crosses over for a single.
Faisal Lodhi, slow right-arm, comes into the attack