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Vienna Eagles beat Graz Cricket Academy by 49 runs!
Despite the best attempts of Shawkat Durani and Yogesh Belage, Graz Cricket Academy fell well short of the target that they were chasing. Durani, who retired himself out after he got to 44 (bizarre, given that he should have at least tried to complete his fifty) did extremely well for Graz and made sure that they tried to get closer to the total.
Belage too did well with the bat but it was just not enough for their team to chase it down. The Eagles dropped a lot of catches on the field, but luckily, it did not come back to haunt them, given how far ahead they were of Graz throughout this game.
The fitting player of the match will be Naveed Hussain, who, in exception to the brilliant half-century he got earlier in the day, bowled his quota of two overs and conceded just 16 runs, not to mention the two brilliant catches he took in the field. All the bowlers of the Eagles were on point today. Their fielding, however, needs a major revamp.
10
overs
98/4score
1
1
1wd
1
W
1
2
runs
Atef Sohil*
6(5)
Bhargav Pandya
1(1)
Avinash Asoorya
1/7
9.6 Avinash Asoorya to Atef Sohil, DROPPED! A poetic end in a way but a tremendous effort! Full around the off stump and Sohil swings towards long on without middling it. The fielder charges in and puts in a dive although he fails to hold on. Brilliant effort as the batters run two but it won't make a difference to the end result. Vienna Eagles win by 49 runs!
9.5 Avinash Asoorya to Bhargav Pandya, another full one on off stump. Pandya clears his front foot and drags it to long on for a single
Bhargav Pandya, RHB, is the new batter.
9.4 Avinash Asoorya to Yogesh Belage, GONE! Full length delivery again and Belage swings high into the sky before wide long on pouches it with ease. He runs out of luck this time does Belage!
Yogesh Belage c Naveed Hussain b Avinash Asoorya 41 (28b 3x4 2x6)
9.3 Avinash Asoorya to Atef Sohil, very full and tailing into leg stump. Sohil clears his front foot and drags it to deep mid-wicket for a lone run
9.3 Avinash Asoorya to Atef Sohil, WIDE! Full length delivery well outside the off stump. Sohil throws his hands at it but can't put bat to ball. Given wide!
9.2 Avinash Asoorya to Yogesh Belage, full and angling into the stumps. Belage works it towards wide long on himself for a single
9.1 Avinash Asoorya to Atef Sohil, full in length on off stump. Sohil clears his front foot to drag it to wide long on for a single
Avinash Asoorya, right arm medium, will bowl the final over.
Right then, just one over to go now! Graz have all but lost this game, and the Eagles are well on course for a massive victory here.
9
overs
91/3score
1
W
W
1
1
1
runs
Atef Sohil*
2(2)
Yogesh Belage
40(26)
Karanbir Singh
2/17
8.6 Karanbir Singh to Atef Sohil, slower full length delivery dipping into the off stump. Belage clears his front leg and drags it to deep mid-wicket for a run
8.5 Karanbir Singh to Yogesh Belage, 1 run.
8.4 Karanbir Singh to Atef Sohil, very full outside the off stump. Sohil clears his front leg and drills the ball down to long off for a single
Atef Sohil, RHB, is the new batter.
8.3 Karanbir Singh to Bharath Gowda, TAKEN! EVENTUALLY! Back of a length outside the off stump. Bharath shuffles across and heaves it to the right of wide long on who runs forward and pulls off a juggling act as he nearly fluffs it before he takes it on what could have been the third attempt. He tumbles over and just to be sure, also parries it to his colleague. All clean in the end!
Bharath Gowda c Naveed Hussain b Karanbir Singh 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Bharath Gowda, RHB, is in at 4.
8.2 Karanbir Singh to Hamid Safi, GONE FIRST BALL! Full outside the off stump and Safi sits on one knee to slog it high in front of square on the leg-side. The man runs forward from the ropes and gobbles it up with minimal fuss in the end as Safi departs for a golden duck!
Hamid Safi c Kazim Syed b Karanbir Singh 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)