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Indo-Bulgarian won by five runs Chris Webster 81(34) | Tim de Kok 51(27) Jamie Batten 1-17(2) | Burhan Niaz 1-21(2)
There is an old saying that catches win matches in Cricket. However, Indo-Bulgarian were sloppy on the field tonight, dropping more than 10 catches, and still ended up on the winning side in this edge-of-the-seat thriller. The partnership between the experienced Seelaar and de Kok put the team in the driver's seat and they were cruising along nicely at one point. With below-par fielding effort and ordinary catching, the odds were stacked against Indo-Bulgarian but they picked up Seelaar's wicket at a crucial time and the momentum suddenly swung in favour of them.
Even though de Kok was dropped many times, his presence at the crease made Rotterdam believe that they can cross the finish line. However, Batten bowled an excellent penultimate over to make it hard for them before Mishra kept his cool and defended 20 runs off the final over. It's a heartbreaking defeat for Rotterdam and it's unfortunate they have ended up on the wrong side of the result, while Indo-Bulgarian got lucky in the end after being so dismal on the field. Those extra 10-15 runs they got with the bat saved them in the end
What a showdown we just witnessed and the action continues tomorrow as five more matches are coming your way in this ECL Group B. On that note, it's time to end the coverage here, until next time, this is Pragadeesh signing off.
10
overs
125/3score
6
1
1
1
4
1
runs
Tim de-Kok*
51(27)
Francois Fourie
16(7)
Prakash Mishra
0/33
9.6 Prakash Mishra to Tim de Kok, DROPPED! Pitched up angling on middle stump, de Kok shuffles across the off-stump and slices it to backward point. The fielder drops it but that doesn't matter as Indo-Bulgarian crossed the finish line by 5 runs
9.5 Prakash Mishra to Tim de Kok, FOUR! Good length angling outside off-stump, de Kok drives it past extra cover and the diving wide long-off fielder couldn't stop the boundary. 7 needed in the final ball
9.4 Prakash Mishra to Francois Fourie, spears this full around off-stump, Fourie couldn't get his bat underneath the ball as he drives it to long-off. One run
9.3 Prakash Mishra to Tim de Kok, full outside off-stump, Kok drills it to long-off and takes a single
9.2 Prakash Mishra to Francois Fourie, back of a length angling in, Fourie swings and gets an inside edge onto this thigh pad. Kok wants a single, dives and makes it to the crease when the bails popped up
9.1 Prakash Mishra to Francois Fourie, SIX! Short of a length, Fourie picks the length early and deposits it over long-on for a maximum
Prakash Mishra to bowl the high-pressured final over
9
overs
111/3score
W
1
1
4
2
1
runs
Francois Fourie*
8(4)
Tim de-Kok
45(24)
Jamie Batten
1/17
8.6 Jamie Batten to Francois Fourie, full outside off-stump, squeezed down to third man for a single
8.5 Jamie Batten to Francois Fourie, short of a length outside off-stump, Fourie mistimes the shot due to the sheer pace in the ball. The ball rolls to long-off and they decide to take a couple. The throw was at the strikers' end and Fourie was struggling to make it to the crease. He dives and the replay shows that he just drags his bat over the line
8.4 Jamie Batten to Francois Fourie, FOUR! Pitched up outside off-stump, Fourie crunches it past cover and gets a boundary
8.3 Jamie Batten to Tim de Kok, pulls the length delivery down to long-on for a single
8.2 Jamie Batten to Francois Fourie, DROPPED! Good length outside off-stump, Fourie swings away from the body, gets an outside edge and the keeper spills a regulation catch to his right
8.1 Jamie Batten to Jelte Schoonheim, BOWLED! The drama continues. Good length nipping back from outside off-stump, Jelte gets rushed and the ball skittles into the middle stump
8
overs
102/2score
0
1
4
1
0
1
runs
Jelte Schoonheim*
3(5)
Tim de-Kok
44(23)
Gagandeep Singh
0/24
7.6 Gagandeep Singh to Jelte Schoonheim, TAKEN! No, the fielder has agreed that he has taken this on the bounce. Slow loopy bouncer and it's been pulled to mid-wicket. It looked like the fielder has taken the catch but the replay shows it bounces just in front of him
7.5 Gagandeep Singh to Jelte Schoonheim, slow delivery on a good length angling in, Jelte gives room and swings but didn't get any contact
7.4 Gagandeep Singh to Tim de Kok, good length wide of off-stump, de Kok reaches for it and drives it to sweeper cover for one