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Match summary: Royal Strikers won the toss and opted to bowl
Swieqi United 1st innings 99/7 (10 Overs) Qasim Muhammad 60(25) | Jais Mathew 2/14 (2)
9.6 Vibhor Yadav to Anil Alocious, FOUR, misfield but it doesn't matter for the Swieqi United, they take the game by 20 runs! Full outside off, Alocious drags this one towards the man at deep mid-wicket, the ball spun away from him as he tried gathering it on the bounce, and he can't recover it
9.5 Vibhor Yadav to Sanjay Sanju, full outside off, Sanju drills this one towards cover, they get a single
9.4 Vibhor Yadav to Sanjay Sanju, bangs this one short, Sanju tries to pull but is late on it. One for the over
9.3 Vibhor Yadav to Anil Alocious, full outside off, Alocious drills this one towards cover, they take a single
9.2 Vibhor Yadav to Anil Alocious, full and straight again, Alocious drags this one down to long on but doesn't go for the run again
9.1 Vibhor Yadav to Anil Alocious, full and straight, Alocious bunts this one down to long-on but doesn't want the run
Vibhor Yadav (1-0-10-0) is back into the attack
Sanjay Sanju, RHB, comes to the crease
9
overs
73/7score
0
0
1wd
6
6
1
W
runs
Jais Mathew*
0(4)
Anil Alocious
35(15)
Arslan Ahmed
2/20
8.6 Arslan Ahmed to Jais Mathew, full and straight, OUT! This basically was a free-hit delivery for Mathew, but he fails to connect! Arslan kept it full and straight, right in the blockhole, Mathew tried having a swing at it, made no contact, and his stumps were down!
Jais Mathew b Arslan Ahmed 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)
8.5 Arslan Ahmed to Anil Alocious, waits and pulls this short one towards fine leg, they take a single
8.4 Arslan Ahmed to Anil Alocious, SIX, and again! Full outside off, Alocious stays deep in his crease and lofts this one elegantly towards deep cover, clearing the ropes again!
8.3 Arslan Ahmed to Anil Alocious, SIX, slashed in half! Full and wide outside off, Alocious is down the pitch and slashes this one hard towards deep cover, clears the ropes by a long way!
8.3 Arslan Ahmed to Anil Alocious, wide, this one swings past the tramline
8.2 Arslan Ahmed to Anil Alocious, dot ball
8.1 Arslan Ahmed to Anil Alocious, full and straight, Alocious drags this one towards the man at deep mid-wicket, doesn't want the single at all!