What a win for Prague CC, they look impossible to beat and will take a truckload of momentum into the semi-finals. After setting a big target of 125, they just never let the Spartans off the hook.
Jinnu took a boundary off the first ball but both he and Sagar had to go back inside the powerplay. Sandeep Kumar and Neeraj Tyagi then took the life out of the match with some sluggish batting, that looked like it had no answers to Prague CC's simple wicket-to-wicket plans.
Varun Saxena hit three boundaries at the end but it was too little and too late for the Spartans. Prague CC made 125 look like a much bigger target with their fielding effort too. The fact that they didn't even concede a single six says a lot about the gulf in the qualities of the two sides.
10
overs
62/5score
1wd
1
1
0
0
6
0
runs
Suhaib Wani*
8(7)
Varun Saxena
19(15)
Naveen Padmaraju
0/16
9.6 Naveen Padmaraju to Suhaib Wani, short of a length outside off, angles away. Wani pokes at it but misses. PRAGUE CC WIN THIS GAME!
9.5 Naveen Padmaraju to Suhaib Wani, fullish outside off, shapes away. Wani punches it to cover and takes a single. Another run is taken on the overthrow while another four runs are added to the total as the keeper throws it waywardly to the fence!
9.4 Naveen Padmaraju to Suhaib Wani, at a length outside off, angles away. Wani punches at it but does not connect.
9.3 Naveen Padmaraju to Suhaib Wani, a tad fuller outside off. Wani pokes at it but misses.
9.2 Naveen Padmaraju to Varun Saxena, short of a length outside off, shapes away. Saxena gets an outside edge to third man for a run.
9.1 Naveen Padmaraju to Suhaib Wani, fullish and wide outside off. Wani pokes at it to point. A run taken.
9.1 Naveen Padmaraju to Suhaib Wani, WIDE to start the over! Wani pokes at it but misses.
Naven Padmaraju [1-0-7-0] comes back into the attack
9
overs
53/5score
0
W
1lb
1
1
0
runs
Varun Saxena*
18(14)
Suhaib Wani
1(2)
Ritik Tomar
2/5
8.6 Ritik Tomar to Varun Saxena, at a length outside off, shapes away. Saxena pokes at it off the crease but misses.
8.5 Ritik Tomar to Suhaib Wani, very full outside off, shapes away. Wani gets an outside edge to third man. Single taken.
8.4 Ritik Tomar to Varun Saxena, at a length outside off. Saxena steers it down to third man. A run taken.
8.3 Ritik Tomar to Suhaib Wani, short of a length on off and middle, comes back in. Wani gets a leg bye to third man.
Suhaib Wani, RHB, comes to bat
8.2 Ritik Tomar to Vignesh Kumar, CAUGHT! Fullish on off and middle, comes back in. Kumar tries to work it away to the on side but gets a top edge that the fielder at point takes quite comfortably! Another wicket falls for the Spartans. Vignesh Kumar c Arun Ashokan b Ritik Tomar 3 (8b, 0x4, 0x6)
8.1 Ritik Tomar to Vignesh Kumar, fullish outside off, shapes away. Kumar swings blindly at it but misses.
Ritik Tomar [1-0-3-1] comes back into the attack
A good spell from Casey comes to an end here. He stuck with his plans and gave a bit of entertainment with his dance moves too!