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GAME.SET.MATCH. It's a convincing victory for Malta as they end the night on a winning note. They played incredibly well to post a huge score against England but having come up short earlier, their batters didn't disappoint as Zeeshan Khan took charge up front and helped his team to cross the finish line with ease
Full credit should go to the bowlers, especially, Bikram Arora, whose impressive bowling performance helped Malta to restrict the opposition to a par total on this track. Basil George and Zeeshan Khan fired on all cylinders inside the powerplay and helped the team get off to a great start. George couldn't convert the start into a big score but Zeeshan continued to be aggressive and made the scorecard ticking with boundaries at regular intervals. Prasath, on the other hand, played an entertaining cameo but it was Zeeshan, who scored a splendid half-century to make the job easy for the team in the chase
8.1 Roman Mazumder to Zeeshan Khan, SIX! Zeeshan Khan finishes it off in style. That is the end of proceedings here. Fuller-length around the middle stump, swiped across the line and that goes flat and just clears the widish long-on fence.
Roman Mazumder, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
Just one hit away now
8
overs
100/1score
1
1
4
1
6
1nb
0
runs
Varun Prasath*
20(10)
Zeeshan Khan
53(26)
Tejwinder Singh
0/20
7.6 Tejwinder Singh to Varun Prasath, that was a back of a length delivery a shade outside off. swiped across the line by Varun but gets beaten this time.
7.6 Tejwinder Singh to Varun Prasath, that has been called a no ball. Fuller outside off, Prasath tries to crunch it towards the cover region, gets beaten. Free hit coming up.
7.5 Tejwinder Singh to Varun Prasath, SIX! That was a fuller-length delivery a shade outside off, Prasath swings across the line and the outside edge flies away over the deep third man fence. He threw the kitchen sink at that and got the reward.
7.4 Tejwinder Singh to Zeeshan Khan, angles this away off a length around middle towards the long-on region for a single.
7.3 Tejwinder Singh to Zeeshan Khan, FOUR! Catch dropped yet again. Was a back of a length delivery a shade outside off, an aerial back cut straight to the point fielder who spills it and the ball trickles away to the fence.
7.2 Tejwinder Singh to Varun Prasath, three bites at the cheery and Prasath scampers through for a single. On a length a shade outside off, Varun swipes across the line and the outside edge carries to te keeper. He tries to take the catch, three grabs at that but not managing to hold that in the end.
7.1 Tejwinder Singh to Zeeshan Khan, cuts away the back of a length delivery a shade outside off towards the backward point fielder and has to be content with a single.
Tejwinder Singh [1-0-6-0] comes back into the attack
This is turning out to be a match-winning partnership. Zeeshan Khan can't be stopped at the moment, while Prasath isn't shy to punish the loose deliveries
7
overs
86/1score
2
0
4
6
0
1
runs
Zeeshan Khan*
47(23)
Varun Prasath
13(6)
Mangala Gunasekara
0/13
6.6 Mangala Gunasekara to Zeeshan Khan, swung away off a length around middle down towards the deep square leg region and a single taken.
6.5 Mangala Gunasekara to Zeeshan Khan, back of a length delivery well outside off, Zeeshan flashes at that and gets beaten.
6.4 Mangala Gunasekara to Zeeshan Khan, SIX! That angles back in from a fullish-length. A bit too straight on that occasion and that has been whipped away over the deep square leg boundary.
6.3 Mangala Gunasekara to Zeeshan Khan, FOUR! Cuts away the back of a length delivery a shade outside off past the backward point fielder, brilliant back cut and that races away to the fence.
6.2 Mangala Gunasekara to Zeeshan Khan, slowish on a length a tad outside off, Zeeshan swings across the line and gets beaten.
6.1 Mangala Gunasekara to Zeeshan Khan, that has been dropped by the fine leg fielder running sideways. Back of a length delivery and Zeeshan tried to help it away on it's way. More of a top edge and a couple taken in the end.