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That's all the action as we draw curtains on what has been an exceptional T10 league in Europe. The sport is played by very few nations there and hopefully, this league will provoke more and more nations to start to play this beautiful game. That's all we have from this match as I, Lavil Saldanha and my colleague, Pradeep Somashekhar take your leave. Do check Sportskeeda for all the live-action and the latest news related to the world of sports. Toodle for now as we look to catch up with you soon. SEE YA!
ENGLAND WIN THE MATCH BY 10 WICKETS AND ARE CROWNED AS THE T10 CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!
Well, well! We expected the final to go down the wire with the two best teams of the tournament going head to head, but it was a complete mismatch as England XI romped past an equally competitive Belgium side and won the match by a huge margin. They have only lost one game in the tournament and now are being crowned as the winners of this T10 league.
The chase: Well it wasn't a chase, it was a demolition job by two men who were on a mission and went out and plundered anything and everything, feasting on whatever was there before them. Their openers, Dan Lincoln and Harrison Ward, started sending the ball over the ropes from the word go and never seemed like any force could stop them. The pair put together an unbeaten partnership of 149 runs, hitting 9 fours and 12 sixes on their way to achieving this mammoth total.
As for the bowling, it was a no show. Every bowler that came into the attack was dispatched over the ropes with utter disdain by the two men with the willow in hand. Each and every bowler was tonked for no less than 20 runs in their over as England complete a demolition job with the bat in hand. Belgium did well, but unfortunately couldn't have their hands on the elusive silverware and will have to be content with the runners up medal
THAT IS IT! ENGLAND XI ARE THE T10 CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!
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8.5 Murid Ekrami to Dan Lincoln, ENGLAND XI ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF ECC 2021! This has been some annihilation from them in the Finals and they deserved to be crowned the title! Length delivery on the off-stump as Lincoln presses forward to tap it into the off-side and they hare across for a single and the team storms into the ground!
SCORE LEVEL! Hopefully Christopher Nolan is not busy directing things out in the middle
8.4 Murid Ekrami to Harrison Ward, drops it short on the outside off as Ward on the backfoot drags it into the on-side for a single
8.3 Murid Ekrami to Dan Lincoln, full toss on the knee height as Lincoln taps it into the on-side gently to pick up a single.
8.3 Murid Ekrami to Dan Lincoln, WIDE! Drops it short and drifts way outside the off-stump as Umpire calls that a wide.
8.2 Murid Ekrami to Dan Lincoln, OH! Length delivery on the stumps and Lincoln shuffles across to slog sweep but misses and a polite enquiry turned down.
8.1 Murid Ekrami to Dan Lincoln, SIX! BANG! Drops it short on the wide of off-stump as Lincoln shuffles across and PUMMELS it flat over the deep mid-wicket fence for a huge maximum!
England XI need 10 runs in 12 balls. They had not managed to hit a boundary in 9 deliveries and then hit 3 of them in 4 deliveries. England XI has already got the trophy, get on the presentations guys!
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139/0score
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6
2nb
1
6
1
4
runs
Harrison Ward*
60(23)
Dan Lincoln
72(27)
Khalid Ahmadzai
0/30
7.6 Khalid Ahmadzai to Harrison Ward, FOUR! Full toss on the stumps and Ward hammers it back over the bowler's head and raced away in no time for another boundary.
7.5 Khalid Ahmadzai to Dan Lincoln, full toss on the off-stump and Lincoln smacks it down to long-on region and picks up a single.
7.4 Khalid Ahmadzai to Dan Lincoln, SIX! Length delivery on the off-stump and Lincoln DISPATCHES that one with DISDAIN and goes all the way for a huge maximum!
7.3 Khalid Ahmadzai to Harrison Ward, length delivery on the outside off as Ward looks to heave it but mistimes it down to long-on region for another single.
7.3 Khalid Ahmadzai to Dan Lincoln, NO-BALL! Full delivery on the off-stump and Lincoln drills it down to long-off for a single but guess what Ahmadzai has overstepped and they call that a no-ball!
7.2 Khalid Ahmadzai to Dan Lincoln, SIX! Full delivery on the outside off, right in the arc for Lincoln as he SMOKES it over the long-off nonchalantly for a huge maximum!
7.1 Khalid Ahmadzai to Harrison Ward, full delivery on the off-stump and Ward hammers it and Ahmadzai gets himself in the way of the that and gets hurt, he goes down, single taken!