Geneva Vs Pakhtoon Zalmi Eliminator 2 11 August 2023

Eliminator 2 • Stadiom Grundenmoos • St Gallen

Geneva

197/5 (10)

Pakhtoon Zalmi

126/3 (10)

GNA won by 71 runs

Info

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Jamil Jabarkhil

53(12)

1/9

GNA

PKZ

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Geneva

197/5 (10)

Batters

Muhammad Idrees ul Haque

200.00

c M Butt b R Krishnamurthy

Numan Ahmadzai

313.64

c H Khan b A Hamdard

Rafiqullah Mohammadi

233.33

c I Hussain b W Ahmad

Anser Mehmood

290.91

c W Ahmad b R Krishnamurthy

Jamil Jabarkhil

441.67

Not out

Bilal Muhammad

350.00

runout (I Hussain / W Ahmad)

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 2)

TOTAL

(10 Ov, RR: 19.7)

197/5

Did not Bat

Dalvinder Chandok, Joseph Moses, Afif Khattak, Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi, Keramatullah Tarakhel

Bowlers

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Bashir Ahmed

13.50

Hamad Khan

13.50

Rajasekhar Krishnamurthy

20.50

Waqar Ahmad

24.50

Rony Hasan

25.00

Abdullah Hamdard

27.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Bilal Muhammad

runout (I Hussain / W Ahmad)

1-0

Muhammad Idrees ul Haque

c M Butt b R Krishnamurthy

2-40

3.1

Rafiqullah Mohammadi

c I Hussain b W Ahmad

3-63

4.2

Numan Ahmadzai

c H Khan b A Hamdard

4-117

7.1

Anser Mehmood

c W Ahmad b R Krishnamurthy

5-160

8.4

Pakhtoon Zalmi

126/3 (10)

Batters

Arif Sangar

0.00

c M Haque b A Khattak

Izhar Hussain

240.00

lbw b K Tarakhel

Abdullah Hamdard

135.29

b J Jabarkhil

Bashir Ahmed *

193.75

Not out

Moaz Butt

170.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 4, W: 2)

TOTAL

(10 Ov, RR: 12.6)

126/3

Did not Bat

Umair Ahmad, Hedayatullah Shinwari, Rony Hasan, Rajasekhar Krishnamurthy, Hamad Khan, Waqar Ahmad

Bowlers

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Afif Khattak

10.50

Bilal Muhammad

18.50

Keramatullah Tarakhel

5.50

Jamil Jabarkhil

4.50

Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi

23.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Arif Sangar

c M Haque b A Khattak

1-0

0.1

Abdullah Hamdard

b J Jabarkhil

2-50

4.3

Izhar Hussain

lbw b K Tarakhel

3-84

6.1

Match Info

Date & Time

11 Aug, 02:15 PM IST

Venue

Stadiom Grundenmoos, St Gallen

Match

Eliminator 2,

ECS Switzerland T10 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Onesimus Koilraj (India), Vaishak Parvathaiah (India), Said Slemankhel (Afghanistan, TV)

Referee

Robert Kemming (Netherland)

Toss

Pakhtoon Zalmi elected to bowl

W 1 6 0 1 0

Over 7

Runs: 8

1 1 1wd 0 1 1 1

Over 8

Runs: 6

1 0 1 1 6 6

Over 9

Runs: 15

6 4 1 1 1 0

Over 10

Runs: 13

All Overs

Player of the Match Jamil Jabarkhil

53(12)

1/9

Commentary

That brings to a close our coverage of this contest but we have two more big games coming up. The Qualifier will commence in over an hour from now so do stay tuned and catch up with all the action from that game to find out who among Geneva and Zurich Nomads will join Olten in the summit clash, also to be played later in the day. Until next time, this is the duo of Karthik Raj and Sooryanarayanan Sesha taking your leave. Thank you so much for tuning in as we hope you enjoyed our coverage. Have a great weekend - take care and buh-bye!

Match Summary: Geneva beat Pakhtoon Zalmi by 71 runs.

Numan Ahmadzai 69 (22) | Jamil Jabarkhil 1/9 (2)
Izhar Hussain 48 (20) | Rajasekhar Krishnamurthy 2/41 (2)

You can't be faulted for thinking that this was going to end only one way during the innings break. It was truly going to take a Houdini act of epic proportions for Pakhtoon Zalmi to get even close to their target of 198, never mind chase it down altogether. They fought hard but as it turns out, they're way short and hence, have to bid adieu to the competition.

A lot was riding on one man's shoulders - Arif Sangar. The writing was on the wall the moment he perished off the very first ball however, despite skipper Izhar Hussain not going down without a fight and Abdullah Hamdard also looking to up the ante himself. Things slowed down after the powerplay though and that sent the asking rate to a gargantuan magnitude, leaving Zalmi with a very very miniscule ray of hope to cling onto at best.

It was always going to be the case with Jamil Jabarkhil and Keramatullah Tarakhel combining to concede just 20 runs off their four overs while bagging a couple of wickets. So much so that they rendered a couple of forgettable spells from Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi and Bilal Muhammad moot. The umpiring certainly garnered attention with a number of regular contentious decisions taken on the field.

But either way, there was only one team that turned up and it was Geneva, who have now booked a spot in the Qualifier where the Zurich Nomads await them. As for Zalmi, they have to pack their bags but will take plenty of lessons from their run this season.

overs

126 /3 score

runs

Moaz Butt *

17 (10)

Bashir Ahmed

31 (16)

Bilal Muhammad

0 /37

9.6 Bilal Muhammad to Moaz Butt, full-toss on the stumps, Moaz pushes it to the off-side. So, it is Geneva who beat Pakhtoon Zalmi by 71 runs and make it to the Qualifier 2!

9.5 Bilal Muhammad to Bashir Ahmed, full delivery, Bashir heaves it to deep mid-wicket. Single taken

9.4 Bilal Muhammad to Moaz Butt, low full-toss on off, Moaz lifts it straight down the ground while the fielder at long-off gets around to stop the ball. Single taken

9.3 Bilal Muhammad to Bashir Ahmed, full, slow and wide of off. Bashir drives it to the left of long-off. Single taken

Over the wicket now.

9.2 Bilal Muhammad to Bashir Ahmed, FOUR! Big full-toss, Bashir heaves it to the left of deep square-leg for a boundary

9.1 Bilal Muhammad to Bashir Ahmed, SIX! Full delivery, Bashir lifts it to long-on where the fielder tips the ball over the fence for a maximum

Bilal Muhammad [1.0-0-24-0] to bowl the final over of the innings. Around the wicket.

Moaz Butt is having some fun now. Too little, far too late but it is what it is. Final over coming up...

overs

113 /3 score

runs

Moaz Butt *

16 (8)

Bashir Ahmed

19 (12)

Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi

0 /47

8.6 Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi to Moaz Butt, SIX MORE! Short of a length and slow, Moaz swings it over deep square-leg for another maximum

8.5 Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi to Moaz Butt, SIX! Short of a length and angling in, Moaz walks down the track and smacks it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum

8.4 Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi to Bashir Ahmed, slow full-toss, Bashir comes down the track and looks to slog but he miscues it in front of deep mid-wicket. Single taken

8.3 Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi to Moaz Butt, full on off, Moaz lifts it over extra-cover. Single taken

8.2 Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi to Moaz Butt, full and slow outside-off, Moaz looks to heave it over deep mid-wicket but he misses

8.1 Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi to Bashir Ahmed, full-toss, Bashir heaves it to deep square-leg for a single

Zahidullah Abdullrahimzi [1.0-0-32-0] is back into the attack.

100 runs required off 2 overs! That's...some equation. But you've got to give it to the Zalmi batters who have come out swinging hard. Not that they had a choice of course but they really can't blame themselves much here.