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Darmstadt CC beat Independents CC by 34 runs!
Muhammad Umar 49 (17) | William Peatfield 4/18 Azmat Ali 30 (14) | Jake Roussel 2/15
In the end, this became too easy for Darmstadt, as the team from Germany coasted to a rather comfortable win over their rivals. The Independents tried their best to ensure that victory remained well within their reach, but somehow they just could not grasp its significance and kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
What was a point of immense wonder was that Darmstadt effected four runs outs through direct hits today, and this gave them the confidence to put one over the side from Guernsey. The Independents will take a lot of learnings from this game and try to come back stronger in the next game that they play. They were second-best in all three departments of the game, and will be looking to pull their socks up.
Darmstadt are perhaps the best side that has taken the field in this competition and they precisely showed why that was so today. Earlier in the day, the Azmat Ali-Muhammad Umar duo showed that they can toy with the opposition bowling attack while the likes of Umar Khan and Mansoor Khan wrapped things up with the ball in hand.
10
overs
88/9score
1
1
0
0
1
0
runs
Jack Brown*
8(8)
Kieran Le Gallez
2(4)
Majeed Nasseri
0/14
9.6 Majeed Nasseri to Jack Brown, full outside-off, Brown swings and misses. So, Darmstadt wrap up a convincing 34-victory in their second fixture!
9.5 Majeed Nasseri to Kieran le Gallez, full and tossed up, Le Gallez comes down and drives it to long-on for a single
9.4 Majeed Nasseri to Kieran le Gallez, very full once again, Le Gallez looks to drive but he gets an inside-edge onto the pad. No run
9.3 Majeed Nasseri to Kieran le Gallez, very full, Le Gallez tries to come down and drive but it is straight to the fielder. No run
9.2 Majeed Nasseri to Jack Brown, full delivery, Brown comes down and drives it to extra-cover for a single
9.1 Majeed Nasseri to Kieran le Gallez, full-toss, Le Gallez drives it to deep covers for a single
Kieran Le Gallez, RHB, is the last man at the crease.
Majeed Nasseri [1-0-11-0] comes back into the attack.
Darmstadt have made four direct hits today, and that's just unheard of in this format of the game! Just one over to go now, and Darmstadt have all but won this game.
9
overs
85/9score
W
W
0
4
1
W
runs
Jake Roussel*
0(1)
Jack Brown
7(6)
Shafiullah Niazi
4/23
8.6 Shafiullah Niazi to Jake Roussel, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! Short delivery, Roussel pulls it to square-leg and takes off for a single. However, Steffen Solomon runs forward and fires a direct-hit at the non-striker's end. Stunning fielding standard here!
8.5 Shafiullah Niazi to Jack Brown, full outside-off, Brown lifts it short of long-off. Single taken
8.4 Shafiullah Niazi to Jack Brown, back of a length delivery, Brown pulls it behind square for a boundary. FOUR! The match might be lost but Brown is adding useful runs!
8.3 Shafiullah Niazi to Jack Brown, full outside-off, Brown drives it back to the bowler. No run
Jake Roussel, RHB, is in at 10.
8.2 Shafiullah Niazi to Morgan Clayton, length delivery on the stumps, Clayton looks to swing it towards the leg-side but he misses. The batters try to take a leg-bye but Clayton stumbles and almost falls over. The keeper run in and fires a direct hit at the non-striker's end as Clayton ends up short of the crease by a big margin!
Morgan Clayton run out (Qudratullah Olfat) 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Morgan Clayton, RHB, is in at 9.
8.1 Shafiullah Niazi to Anthony Stokes, full-toss outside-off, Anthony lifts it to extra-cover where Azmat Ali jumps and takes another excellent catch. WICKET! This is a master-class in fielding from Darmstadt!
Anthony Stokes c Azmat Ali b Shafiullah Niazi 10 (9b 1x4 0x6)