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Just like a batter in form does to a half-tracker, Malo have dismissed Fighters CC from their presence and have notched up a huge win to begin their Super 5 campaign. A lackluster performance with the bat, with the ball and more so on the field has strengthened Fighters CC's chances of being the only team to be eliminated at the end of the Super 5 stage.
Never at any point during the run chase, did it look like Fighters were in with a chance or were even competing. They lost their first wicket off the third delivery in the innings and it was all about Malo's clinical bowling from there on.
None of the batters were allowed to go big and even when they tried most of them hit it to the fielders or were not good enough to clear the ropes. There were a few 20s from the likes of Parwinder, Gurwinder and Rahul but none of them were at the pace that Fighters needed and 20s anyways won't get you to a target of 163.
Malo bowlers were clinical and professional and did not allow any breathing room to the batters. Adnan Gondal got a bit of a lottery at the fag end of the match and ran away with 4 wickets but the likes of Asghar, Mian Shahid and Shahzad were exceptional up top and got a wicket each.
The real hero of the match though was the opening partnership from the Malo openers, Amir Zaib and Imran Khan who played through all the 10 overs and got a formidable score on the board. Amir Zaib scored a fantastic hundred and Imran Khan played the perfect supporting cast in a partnership that set up the match for Malo.
10
overs
87/7score
0
0
W
0
0
W
runs
Varinder Singh Virk*
0(3)
Ramandeep Singh
0(1)
Muhammad Adnan Gondal
4/7
9.6 Adnan Gondal to Varinder Virk, CAUGHT BEHIND! GONDAL TAKES FOUR ANS MALO QALANDARS WIN EASILY! Full around off-stump. A swing through the line on the back foot by clearing the front leg. But it takes the outside edge and goes through to the gloves of the keeper on the full!
Varinder Virk c Roushan Singh b Adnan Gonda 0 (3b, 0x4, 0x6).
9.5 Adnan Gondal to Varinder Virk, back of a length on off-and-middle. Virk backs away and defends it back to the bowler off the back foot.
9.4 Adnan Gondal to Varinder Virk, Oh! Good length ball around off-stump with some seam movement away. A play and a miss on the back foot as the ball beats the outside edge.
Varinder Virk, RHB, is the new batter
Another one bites the dust and this is coming to a really tame end, Malo are on the verge of another convincing win
9.3 Adnan Gondal to Bhupinder Singh, BOWLED HIM! Good length ball skidding on to middle. A swing across the line and a miss, the ball then goes on to smash the stumps!
Bhupinder Singh b Adnan Gondal 0 (5b, 0x4, 0x6).
9.2 Adnan Gondal to Bhupinder Singh, short and wide outside off-stump. A swing and a miss across the line on the back foot. No run again.
9.1 Adnan Gondal to Bhupinder Singh, back of a length over middle-and-leg. A swing and a miss on the up across the line. No run.
Exceptional over from Shahzad, just one run and a bye off it to go with a wicket. Last over coming up and even the solitary point is distant for Fighters CC, 27 runs to be precise
9
overs
87/5score
0
1
1b
0
W
0
runs
Ramandeep Singh*
0(1)
Bhupinder Singh-l
0(2)
Najam Shahzad
1/6
8.6 Najam Shahzad to Ramandeep Singh, good length ball on off-stump. The attempted punch through mid-wicket off the back foot gets missed. No leg-bye to short third either.
8.5 Najam Shahzad to Lalit Kumar, OUT!
Lalit Kumar b Najam Shahzad 2 (5b, 0x4, 0x6).
8.4 Najam Shahzad to Lalit Kumar, good length ball around off-stump. A big swing across the line from the back foot and another miss! Dot ball.
8.3 Najam Shahzad to Bhupinder Singh, length ball around off-stump. A play and a miss on the up from the crease. They then run through for a bye!
8.2 Najam Shahzad to Lalit Kumar, hard length ball on off-stump. Edged off the back foot down to third man for a single only.
8.1 Najam Shahzad to Lalit Kumar, back of a length over off-stump. The attempted pull shot by backing away gets missed here! No run.
Najam Shahzad [1.0-0-5-0] comes back into the attack