Tim Wheeler (Malta), Yash Singh (India), Darshit Patankar (Malta, TV)
Referee
Steffan Gooch (Estonia)
Toss
Marsa CC elected to bat
OVS
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466440
Over 2
Runs: 24
641041
Over 3
Runs: 16
604144
Over 4
Runs: 19
60406
Over 5
Runs: 16
All Overs
Player of the Match
Salman Sharjeel
4/12
Player of the Series
Lucky Winner
Analysis
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Malta,Europe
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So, that will be it from this game at Malta. What a match it was for the Zalmi! This is the pair of Rajarshi and Bidipto taking your leave. But of course, do stay tuned to the live coverage of the first semi-final of the World Cup come Wednesday when India take on New Zealand in Mumbai. Keep following Sportskeeda!
Gozo Zalmi win by 10 wickets with 31 balls to spare!
Get a hold of this, there were 29 balls bowled in this innings and 18 of them went for either fours or sixes! So, that is good enough to tell just how dominant a win it was for Gozo Zalmi, let alone the fact that they did not lose a wicket.
Zeeshan Khan stole the show with an amazing 73 not out at a strike rate of 317.39! His partner Mehboob Ali scored 19 runs off only 6 balls. It was a whirlwind innings filled with some dazzling stroke-play!
There was only one chance given by Zeeshan and that was a skier to cover. That got dropped and there was no looking back! Therefore, with this win, Gozo Zalmi stay unbeaten but Marsa CC suffer their first defeat and a real crushing one!
4.5 Adnan Hassan to Zeeshan Khan, SIX! Light work, Gozo Zalmi coast home with plenty of time to spare - 10 wickets and 31 balls to be exact! Zeeshan Khan ends with 73 out of the 92 scored - his last six runs coming thanks to a slog across the line to a short of length delivery around off stump! The ball landed close to the tennis court at square leg!
4.4 Adnan Hassan to Zeeshan Khan, short of a length outside off, Zeeshan looks to give this one a whack across the line, finds the man at mid-wicket
4.3 Adnan Hassan to Zeeshan Khan, FOUR! Short of a length outside off, Zeeshan moves across, pulls at it with all his might, and finds the gap at mid wicket!
4.2 Adnan Hassan to Zeeshan Khan, full, on leg stump, Zeeshan went for another slog, missed it and was struck on the pad
4.1 Adnan Hassan to Zeeshan Khan, SIX! Slow, short of a length outside off, Zeeshan waits for the ball to arrive, and the ball ends up clattering onto the nettings at mid wicket upon being slogged across the line!
Adnan Hassan, right-arm medium, is into the attack.
Not a lot that Marsa CC can do now but to finish things off with a smile and move on to the next one. Because Gozo Zalmi are just steam-rolling them at the moment.
4
overs
76/0score
6
0
4
1
4
4
runs
Mehboob Ali*
19(6)
Zeeshan Khan
57(18)
Fanyan Mughal
0/34
3.6 Fanyan Mughal to Mehboob Ali, EDGED AND FOUR ONCE AGAIN! Mughal can't do much other than smile! He banged this one short outside off, Mehboob looked to slash at it, got a thick edge, and the ball flew past the right of the keeper
3.5 Fanyan Mughal to Mehboob Ali, FOUR! Low full toss outside off stump, Mehboob gets some bat on it trying to thump it through the off side, and beats the man at short third!
3.4 Fanyan Mughal to Zeeshan Khan, full outside off, Zeeshan looked to give this one a hoick towards the leg side, ended up miscuing it towards square leg. Just one
3.3 Fanyan Mughal to Zeeshan Khan, FOUR MORE! Short, around off stump, Zeeshan makes room, cuts this one to the left of the man at point, and beats him to the ropes!
3.2 Fanyan Mughal to Zeeshan Khan, hard length delivery, close to middle stump this time. Zeeshan, cramped for room, drives it back to the bowler
Zeeshan Khan reaches his 50 in only 15 balls!
3.1 Fanyan Mughal to Zeeshan Khan, SIX! Belted out of sight, and that's Zeeshan's half-century! Short of a length around leg, Zeeshan waited for it to come, gave it a juicy whack, and sent the ball close to the golf course at mid wicket!
Fanyan Mughal [1.0-0-15-0] comes back into the attack.
End of the power play. Gozo Zalmi are on 57 and the runs required are 34! What an incredible start this has been for the batting side. They wouldn't want to leave it late for sure!
3
overs
57/0score
6
4
1
0
4
1
runs
Zeeshan Khan*
46(14)
Mehboob Ali
11(4)
Sharoon Bashir
0/16
2.6 Sharoon Bashir to Zeeshan Khan, skied...the man at point gets nowhere near it trying to catch! Full on middle and leg, Zeeshan looked to turn it towards the leg side, got a leading edge, the ball flew high up, descended towards deep point, the man out there ran in, but as it turns out, he misjudged it completely!
2.5 Sharoon Bashir to Zeeshan Khan, edged...FOUR! Short, very close to the tramline, Zeeshan reached out for it again, got a bottom edge, and beat the fielder at short third!