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Darmstadt beat Hornchuch by 48 runs!
Muhammad Umar 58 (23) | Umar Khan 2/18 Azmat Ali 34 (18) | Shafiullah Niazi 2/18
The writing was on the wall for the British side ever since they got off to a poor start. Darmstadt were the better side throughout and managed to emerge victors over Hornchurch. If one were to go as far, the Germans have got one over the British in this game. One can also foresee results of a similar kind in the future.
For Hornchurch, apart from a small cameo by Christopher Sains, none of the batters put their hands up and said that they wanted to take up responsibility. Darmstadt, however, were served extremely well by the likes of Umar Khan and Shafiullah Niazi, who managed to keep the scoring rate down and picked up wickets at regular intervals as well.
Earlier in the day, Darmstadt were helped by a fascinating half-century by Muhammad Umar. He was also helped in his efforts by Azmat Ali, and one cannot really fault the duo as they played some fascinating shots. Hornchurch were found wanting in all aspects of the game today: batting, bowling and fielding. They will have to regroup quickly and pull their socks up.
10
overs
87/8score
0
1wd
1
1wd
1
1wd
1
1
1
runs
Luke Edwards*
6(7)
Mark James
4(4)
Majeed Nasseri
0/26
9.6 Majeed Nasseri to Luke Edwards, THAT WILL DO! Floated delivery on the stumps. Luke swats this away towards deep square leg for just a single. Darmstadt CC wins!
9.5 Majeed Nasseri to Mark James, Length ball outside off. Mark hits this towards mid-off for a single.
9.4 Majeed Nasseri to Luke Edwards, Floated delivery on the stumps. Luke dabs this towards short third for a single.
9.4 Majeed Nasseri to Luke Edwards, WIDE! Tossed up delivery bowled wide outside the tramline once again, another wide.
9.3 Majeed Nasseri to Mark James, DROPPED! Floated delivery outside off. Mark tries to slog-sweep the ball but gets a top edge that flies down the ground towards long-on. The swepeer comes running, and grasses the ball.
9.3 Majeed Nasseri to Mark James, Flatter delivery bowled wide outside the tramline this one, wide called.
9.2 Majeed Nasseri to Luke Edwards, Floated delivery outside off. Luke carves the ball towards deep cover-point for one.
9.2 Majeed Nasseri to Luke Edwards, WIDE! Floated delivery bowled down the leg, wide called.
9.1 Majeed Nasseri to Luke Edwards, Loopy delivery outside off. Luke throws his bat at it but misses.
Majeed Nasseri [1-0-18-0] will bowl the final over.
Hornchurch need a whopping 57 runs off the last over. Darmstadt have done a good job at keeping them quiet and ensuring that the game was stifled away from them.
9
overs
78/8score
4
W
1
1
1
0
runs
Luke Edwards*
2(3)
Mark James
2(2)
Shafiullah Niazi
2/17
8.6 Shafiullah Niazi to Luke Edwards, Length ball outside off. Luke flat bats this towards extra cover for one more.
8.5 Shafiullah Niazi to Mark James, Pitched up delivery on the stumps. Mark turns this towards mid-wicket for another one.
8.4 Shafiullah Niazi to Luke Edwards, Full delivery on the stumps. Luke works this towards leg-side for a single.
8.3 Shafiullah Niazi to Mark James, Full delivery on the stumps. Mark turns the ball towards square leg for one.