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What a clutch bowling and fielding effort this was from Gozo Zalmi! They managed to defend 98 runs picking up only 2 wickets with one of the opposition batters reaching his half-century!
Mehboob Ali and Fazil Rahman did not pick up a wicket but went for 2.50 and 5.00 RPO, respectively! So that meant four overs for only 15 runs. That killed the game right there!
But the batting from all three of Imon Islam, Danish Siddique and skipper Gaurav Maithani left a lot to be desired actually! Far too many dot balls, far too many balls without boundaries and no retired out to bring Narendar Negi in!
A batter like Negi did not get an opportunity to bat when he was required to be out in the middle the most.
So with this win, Gozo Zalmi are very much confirmed of finishing on top of the group via a highly superior net run rate.
10
overs
82/2score
6
0
1
W
6
1
runs
Gautam Singh*
7(2)
Gaurav Maithani
17(14)
Zeeshan Qaiser
0/22
9.6 Zeeshan Qaiser to Gautam Singh, THAT IS THAT! Gozo Zalmi with a brilliant bit of bowling ensured they restrict Blasters by plenty and pick up two more points and solidify their position at the top of the table. Short into the batter, Gautam pulled it to deep square-leg for just a single.
9.5 Zeeshan Qaiser to Gautam Singh, SIX! BANG! Where were you all this while? Length delivery on the stumps, Gautam clears his front foot and clobbered it all the way over deep square-leg for a maximum.
Gautam Singh, RHB, is at the crease.
9.4 Zeeshan Qaiser to Danish Siddique, RUN-OUT! Mindless running from Maithani and pays the price. Yorker length, tailed in past the leg-stump as Danish misses. Maithani thought he could steal a bye, but the keeper was alert as he darts it into the stumps. Maithani is well short but at the time of the impact on to the stumps, they hadn't crossed and it's Danish that has to go!
Danish Siddique run out (Zeeshan Khan) 50 (36b, 3x4, 4x6)
9.3 Zeeshan Qaiser to Gaurav Maithani, length delivery on the off-stump, Maithani down on one knee for a wild slog, but mistimes it to long-on for one.
9.2 Zeeshan Qaiser to Gaurav Maithani, back of a length outside the off-stump, Maithani has a wild swing and a miss.
9.1 Zeeshan Qaiser to Gaurav Maithani, SIX! BAM! Back of a length on the middle and leg, Maithani nonchalantly clubbed it all the way over deep square-leg for a maximum.
Five dot balls and then a six. Which means only six runs off six balls in the penultimate over. Simply not good enough from the Blasters point of view!
9
overs
68/1score
0
0
0
0
0
6
runs
Danish Siddque*
50(35)
Gaurav Maithani
10(11)
Mehboob Ali
0/10
8.6 Mehboob Ali to Danish Siddique, SIX! Finally gets bat on ball, but it's too late. Short outside the off-stump, Danish down the track and slashes it all the way over deep point for a maximum.
8.5 Mehboob Ali to Danish Siddique, OH! Just can't seem to put bat on ball at the moment, it's all going down for Blasters right in this over. Back of a length over the stumps, Danish waits to dab it but misses.
8.4 Mehboob Ali to Danish Siddique, short delivery, dug into the track over the stumps. Danish makes room to cut and misses again.
8.3 Mehboob Ali to Danish Siddique, pitched it up and just over the top of off-stump, Danish throws his hands at it and misses again. Three dots in a row!
8.2 Mehboob Ali to Danish Siddique, OH! Short and over the stumps this time, Danish leans back and looks to cut, makes no connection again.
8.1 Mehboob Ali to Danish Siddique, bangs in the short delivery, bowls it outside the off-stump. Danish skips down the track, reaches to slash it but misses.
Mehboob Ali [1.0-0-4-0] comes back into the attack.
Only two overs to go now and the Blasters have a bit of a mountain to climb! That, with 9 wickets in hand. Things are not going according to plan for them. With Narendar Negi in the dug-out, it does not make for great viewing for them.