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Thanks a lot for joining us- Mohul Bhowmick and Bidipto Datta- for this game. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did bringing it to you. The Barbarians were all over the Spartans and allowed them no room for error at all. Until next time, ciao!
Prague Barbarians beat Prague Spartans by 36 runs!
This game petered out towards the end even as Kasi Balakrishnan and Kranthi Venkataswamy tried their best. The batters of the Prague Spartans were not at their best and suffered tremendously in the hands of the bowlers of Prague Barbarians.
The latter were on top of their game on most occasions and made sure that the former were put on the back foot. Seldom did the bowlers of the Barbarians bowl looseners for the Spartans to dish out as they liked and this worked out well for them.
Kasi tried to get a move on but succumbed in the ninth over. Kranthi kept going but his efforts were not enough to see his team home. Prague Barbarians will be extremely pleased with this result as it showcased their supremacy over the Spartans.
The latter need to iron out the flaws that they have in their game to try and come back stronger in this tournament. The Barbarians, for their part, will have a big party tonight!
10
overs
126/4score
4
6
W
0
1wd
1
W
runs
Neeraj Tyagi*
1(2)
Parth Bhalodiya
1(2)
Piyush Kumar
3/24
9.6 Piyush Kumar to Neeraj Tyagi, BOWLED HIM! MATCH GOES TO PRAGUE BARBARIANS CC! Full on middle-and-leg. Tyagi goes too far across to shovel it away and misses. But the ball goes on to hit the stumps flush!
Neeraj Tyagi b Piyush Kumar 1 (2b, 0x4, 0x6)
9.5 Piyush Kumar to Parth Bhalodiya, DROPPED AGAIN! Full on off-stump. The flick off the front foot gets leading edge high up in the air. But mid-off makes a complete mess of it and gives away a run.
9.5 Piyush Kumar to Parth Bhalodiya, WIDE outside off-stump with this good length ball. Time to bowl it again.
9.4 Piyush Kumar to Parth Bhalodiya, short outside off-stump. A swing across the line and a miss on the back foot this time.
Parth Bhalodiya, RHB, is the new batter.
9.3 Piyush Kumar to Kranthi Venkataswamy, OUT! Hard length delivery on off-stump. A mistimed pull shot on the front foot that goes straight up in the air. The keeper gets around, calls for it and takes a good catch! Kranthi goes.
Kranthi Venkataswamy c Vamshi Madishetty b Piyush Kumar 63 (26b 6x4 4x6)
9.2 Piyush Kumar to Kranthi Venkataswamy, SIX! Short on middle-stump. Pulled nicely over fine-leg off the back foot for a maximum!
9.1 Piyush Kumar to Kranthi Venkataswamy, OH NO! DROPPED FOR FOUR! Slightly short on off-stump. Pulled to deep square-leg off the back foot but the fielder puts it down and gives away a boundary!
Piyush Kumar [1-0-12-1] will bowl the final over.
With Kasi gone, this game is as good as over for the Spartans. The Barbarians appear to have won this game quite comfortably and by a decent margin of runs despite having an over to go.
9
overs
114/2score
1
W
1
4
6
1
runs
Kranthi Venkataswamy*
53(23)
Neeraj Tyagi
1(1)
Tripurari Kanhya Lal
1/24
8.6 Tripurari Kanhya Lal to Kranthi Venkataswamy, good length ball around off-stump. Pulled down to wide long-on from the back foot for one.
8.5 Tripurari Kanhya Lal to Kranthi Venkataswamy, SIX RUNS! Short and sitting up on off-stump. Pulled hard and way over deep mid-wicket for a maximum off the back foot!
8.4 Tripurari Kanhya Lal to Kranthi Venkataswamy, FOUR! Short and slow outside off-stump. Swatted away to the left of deep mid-wicket off the back foot by stepping across!
8.3 Tripurari Kanhya Lal to Neeraj Tyagi, good length ball around off-stump. Slapped down to wide mid-off for a single to get off the mark.
Neeraj Tyagi, RHB, is the new batter.
8.2 Tripurari Kanhya Lal to Kasi Balakrishnan, CAUGHT BEHIND! Good length slower ball outside off-stump. The cut shot on the back foot does get attempted but it takes the outside edge and goes straight into the gloves of the keeper!
Kasi Balakrishnan c Vamshi Madishetty b Tripurari Kanhya Lal 38 (21b 4x4 3x6)
8.1 Tripurari Kanhya Lal to Kranthi Venkataswamy, good length ball around off-stump. Whacked on the walk down to long-on for a single only this time.