The commentary is not available for this match. Please check the scorecard for latest updates.
That will be all from this, the first match of ECS Austria, 2023. But join us in another half-an-hour by switching tabs as the second game of the day comes your way. This is the pair of Maanas and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!
Cricketer CC win by 9 wickets with 4 overs to spare!
We thought that SNASY got a decent total in at the halfway stage that could prove really competitive. Perhaps the Cricketer CC captain, Bilal Zalmai, got it and told himself there's no way that's happening. Because, his unbeaten match-winning knock, following a 3-wicket haul, got the job done for his side in 6 overs!
SNASY decided to go straight and not give the opposition batting any width. Pulls, heaves, flicks, sweeps and slog-sweeps were so well played by Bilal that SNASY did not have an answer to such brilliant leg-side stroke-play! Even through the off-side, Bilal was fluent. He hardly hit the ball hard in this innings. Everything was well timed and pretty good to watch!
SNASY were poor in the field as well, and, the innings from the opposition captain affected their body language big time! Shoulders dropped, lengths were all over the place and the flow of runs just did not stop.
So, a remarkable start to the tournament for Cricketer CC but one which SNASY have to forget as they are in action immediately after.
6
overs
85/1score
1
4
1wd
2
1
0
4
runs
Baseer Khan*
6(4)
Bilal Zalmai
67(24)
Sumer Shergill
0/13
5.6 Sumer Shergil to Baseer Khan, FOUR! And that will do it for Cricketers CC! Back of a length ball outside off, Baseer throws his hands at that and ends up slicing it! Over the short third man fielder and it races away to the fence. Went to the boundary before the run was completed and it will be registered as a boundary!
5.5 Sumer Shergil to Baseer Khan, into the blockhole and on the middle stump line, Baseer gets his bat down in time and digs that out back to the bowler.
5.4 Sumer Shergil to Bilal Zalmai, full and on the middle stump line, Bilal chips that down to long off for a single.
5.3 Sumer Shergil to Bilal Zalmai, length ball outside off, Bilal cuts that crisply through the point region for a couple of runs. The second was a risky one and the throw was a poor one too!
5.3 Sumer Shergil to Bilal Zalmai, WIDE! Length ball sliding down the leg side and it will be a wide delivery!
5.2 Sumer Shergil to Bilal Zalmai, FOUR! CHEEKY! Length ball outside off, Bilal shuffles across a long way and laps that just over the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary!
5.1 Sumer Shergil to Baseer Khan, length ball outside off, Baseer shuffles across and cuts that towards deep point for a single.
Sumer Shergil, right-arm medium, is into the attack.
Only 10 runs are left to get now! Bilal Zalmai is batting on 60 runs and is single-handedly taking his team to a massive victory!
5
overs
72/1score
0
6
1
W
1
4
runs
Bilal Zalmai*
60(21)
Baseer Khan
1(1)
Lakmal Kasthuri
1/12
4.6 Lakmal Kasthuri to Bilal Zalmai, FOUR! SHOT! Short and down the leg side, Bilal hangs back and helps it on its way down to the fine leg fence!
4.5 Lakmal Kasthuri to Baseer Khan, full and on the middle stump line, Baseer leans in and nicely works that into the mid-wicket region for a single.
Baseer Khan, RHB, is at the crease.
4.4 Lakmal Kasthuri to Waqar Zalmai, OUT! STUMPED! Sees Waqar advance and bowls it wider and shorter. Waqar has a huge swing at that but fails to make any connection. Tries to get back and his foot is perhaps just on the line but not across it as the keeper whips off the bails. That was 50/50 and the decision goes in favour of SNASY!
Waqar Zalmai st Jamil Bahramkhil b Lakmal Kasthuri 6 (8b, 1x4, 0x6)
4.3 Lakmal Kasthuri to Bilal Zalmai, tossed up and on the middle stump line, Bilal sweeps that along the carpet towards deep backward square leg for a single.
What an impressive 50 this has been from Bilal Zalmai!
4.2 Lakmal Kasthuri to Bilal Zalmai, SIX! BANG! Tossed up and on the middle stump line, Bilal gets low once again and slogs that over the square leg region for a maximum! Brings up his half century with that too!
4.1 Lakmal Kasthuri to Bilal Zalmai, length ball outside off spinning away, Bilal watches that go through to the keeper.