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Despite their best efforts, Graz Cricket Academy could not quite eke out a win here over Pak Riders. Their opponents were much stronger than them, and a gulf in class was visible between the two teams.
Although Maimand Momand and Rohid Hamidi tried their best to take the game as deep as they possibly could, they just did not get any support from their fellow batters.
The likes of Bharath Gowda and skipper Yogesh Belage, along with Shawkat Durani and Hamid Safi were expected to add a few cents to the total but unfortunately, they all flattered to deceive.
Pak Riders deservedly won this game and will take the momentum forward further into this competition. This was Graz Cricket Academy's second defeat of the day, following through with the crushing rout they suffered in the hands of Vienna CC in the afternoon.
9.5 Zeshan Arif to Kushal Madane, WICKET! What is happening here? Zeshan misses the first attempt, tossed up delivery a shade outside off, pushed away back to the bowler. The non-striker would have been short of his crease had there been a direct hit. Instead it goes away towards the deep midwicket fielder, Madane this time responds to the single but couldn't quite make his crease in time. The last batter isn'rr available and so that's the end of the match. The Pak Riders win by 31 runs.
Kushal Madane run out (Ruhullah Abdurahimzai/Zeshan Arif) 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Kushal Madane, RHB, walks out to bat.
9.4 Zeshan Arif to Bhagrav Pandya, WICKET! That was a perfect yorker from Zeshan. Pushed out of the front of hand, fuller and right on the base of the middle stump, Bhargav couldn't quite get under that and ends up losing his stumps.
Bhargav Pandya b Zeshan Arif 9 (7b 0x4 1x6)
9.3 Zeshan Arif to Shehzad Afzal, that was on a length around middle, Afzal swings across and gets a top edge which falls just short of the short third man fielder, a single taken.
9.2 Zeshan Arif to Bhagrav Pandya, this is better bowling from Arif. On a length around middle, swung away from the inside half of the bat down towards the deep square leg region for a single.
9.1 Zeshan Arif to Shehzad Afzal, a tossed up delivery around middle stump, Afzal comes down the track and tries to slam that away towards the on side, gets a top edge and the mid-off fielder makes a meal of that, eventually a single taken.
Zeshan Arif [1-0-15-1] will bowl the final over.
Right then, just one over to go. Graz need an improbable 35 runs to win this game. Pak Riders will be looking to wrap this game up as quickly as they can.
9
overs
85/7score
0
6
1lb
1
1
1
runs
Shehzad Afzal*
11(5)
Bhargav Pandya
8(5)
Adnannaser Naseri
0/25
8.6 Adnannaser Naseri to Shehzad Afzal, on a length around middle stump, a beautiful swing across the line, struck very well and eventually only a single taken. Good bit of footwork in the deep.
8.5 Adnannaser Naseri to Bhagrav Pandya, this time Naseri follows Bhargav as he makes some room, squeezed away towards the deep square leg region for a single.
8.4 Adnannaser Naseri to Shehzad Afzal, on a length a shade outside off, pushed away down the ground towards the long-off region for a single.
8.3 Adnannaser Naseri to Bhagrav Pandya, that was a fuller one around the leg stump, Pandya tries to get away from that delivery but ends up getting hit, still manages to steal a leg bye single.
8.2 Adnannaser Naseri to Bhagrav Pandya, SIX! That was on a length a shade outside off, Pandya holds his shape and lifts this up and over and just manages to clear the deep cover fielder.
8.1 Adnannaser Naseri to Bhargav Pandya, on a good-length outside off, a mighty swing across the line, gets beaten.
Adnannaser Naseri [1-0-16-0] comes back into the attack.
Graz have lost seven wickets now and seem to be down in the dumps. Pak Riders are well on course to go towards a huge victory here. Just a couple of overs to go.
8
overs
75/7score
1
4
1
W
1
4
runs
Shehzad Afzal*
9(3)
Bhargav Pandya
1(1)
Ziaurahman Shinwari
1/16
7.6 Ziaurahman Shinwari to Shehzad Afzal, FOUR! That was a back of a length delivery outside off, bit of extra bounce and that has been glided away down towards the deep third man region, more of an outside edge and off to the fence.
7.5 Ziaurahman Shinwari to Bhargav Pandya, cue ends this fuller one a shade outside off towards mid-off for a single.