Austria managed to wrap this series up and now hold an unassailable 4-2 lead. They will go into the last match of the series, supposed to be played later tonight, with a lot of changes to ring in. They coasted over Malta for a comfortable win here, and will be extremely proud of their performance. Klair Kailash and Armaan Randhawa made easy work of te target put up by Malta, and ensured that they did not have any hiccups while trying to chase it. Although the two of them retired out simultaneously, the game was well within their reach and skipper Razmal Shigwal ensured the victory for them by hitting the winning runs. Earlier in the day, Baseer Khan had a fantastic day with the ball in hand, claiming 2/15 in his quota of two overs. All in all, Austria were the better side in this game.
8.0
7.2 Waseem Abbas to Razmal Shigwal, SIX! AUSTRIA BEAT MALTA BY 8 WICKETS! Shortish on off and middle. Shigwal swivels and pulls it away over deep midwicket for a maximum to wrap the game up!
7.1 Waseem Abbas to Razmal Shigwal, FOUR! Short of a length on middle and leg. Shigwal swivels and pulls it away past square leg for a boundary!
7
overs
61/0score
0
0
0
1
0
0
runs
Mirza Ahsan*
0(2)
Razmal Shigiwal
1(4)
Heinrich Gericke
0/14
6.6 Heinrich Gericke to Mirza Ahsan, full outside off, Ahsan punches it to cover off the frontfoot.
6.5 Heinrich Gericke to Mirza Ahsan, back of a length on off, comes back in. Ahsan pats it back.
6.4 Heinrich Gericke to Razmal Shigwal, low fulltoss outside off. Shigwal punches it to wide of cover for a single.
6.3 Heinrich Gericke to Razmal Shigwal, at a length outside off, moves away. Shigwal punches it back to the bowler.
6.2 Heinrich Gericke to Razmal Shigwal, fullish outside off. Shigwal punches it back to the bowler.
6.1 Heinrich Gericke to Razmal Shigwal, short of a length outside off, moves away. Shigwal cuts and misses.
Mirza Ahsan, RHB, walks out to bat. Razmal Shigwal, RHB, comes to the crease as well.
Klair Kailash has not recovered from the injury suffered and won't be able to participate any more with the bat. As it stands, Klair Kailash is retired out. Randhawa too is retired out.
6
overs
60/0score
1
4
1lb
1
1
1wd
1
runs
Armaan Randhawa*
24(19)
Klair Kailash
30(17)
Basil George
0/14
5.6 Basil George to Armaan Randhawa, fullish outside off, moves away. Randhawa punches it off the frontfoot towards long on for a single.
5.5 Basil George to Armaan Randhawa, WIDE down the legside! Randhawa goes for the scoop and misses.
5.5 Basil George to Klair Kailash, at a length on off and middle. Kailash works it towards long on for a single.
5.4 Basil George to Armaan Randhawa, fullish outside off, moves away. Randhawa punches it to cover for a single.
5.3 Basil George to Klair Kailash, fullish down the legside. Kailash flicks at it, misses and takes a LEG BYE!
5.2 Basil George to Klair Kailash, FOUR! At a length outside off, moves away. Kailash rocks back and slashes it past point for an exquisite boundary!