Jeganathan Viyasan (Sri Lanka), Said Slemankhel (Afghanistan), Patrick Henderson (Czech Republic, TV)
Referee
Robert Kemming (Netherlands)
Toss
Olten CC elected to bowl
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Over 5
Runs: 7
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Over 6
Runs: 20
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Over 7
Runs: 15
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Over 8
Runs: 14
All Overs
Player of the Match
Jamal Stanikzai
3/15
Player of the Series
Lucky Winner
Analysis
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Nevertheless, we can confirm, it's ALL OVER! Olten come through win by five wickets!
Diyon Johnson 32 (11) | Jamal Stanikzai (3/15) Firdaws Rahimi 53 (22) and (1/23)
Zurich Crickets had put up an under-par score and this heavyweight Olten side was always going to be difficult to stop. Thirunavukarasu came out in a hurry, scoring 27 off just 7 balls and he and Waridu were past 30 in just the first two overs.
Then came the twist. On the first ball of the third over, the two openers came together to have a chat in the middle of the pitch after taking the single and the keeper whipped the bails off to send Thirunavukarasu packing in a controversial manner. Waridu gave away his wicket and Olten's top run-scorer Karunamoorthy got run out in the same over too.
Niazi and Stanikzai followed them soon after, reducing the team to 50/5 before the fifth over came to an end. It looked all doom and gloom but the batting side displayed their wealth of depth. Johnson and Varothyan came together for the sixth wicket and feasted on the Crickets' slightly over aggressive bowling to build a 56-run stand and end the game in the eighth over itself.
Wait, what? So after hitting that boundary, no one realised that the game is over and were almost ready for another ball till the square leg umpire intervened! Talk about an ending to a roller-coaster game!
7.5 Shahabuddin Zazay to Diyon Johnson, THAT WILL BE THAT! FOUR TO FINISH! Good length ball on middle-stump. Pumped over the in-field to the long-leg region where the fielder did give chase but to no avail! Olten CC complete a fine win by 5 wickets.
7.4 Shahabuddin Zazay to Diyon Johnson, SIX! Full on off-stump. Lifted magnificently over the top for a straight maximum into the sight screen off the front foot! Scores are level.
7.3 Shahabuddin Zazay to Pratheeparj Varothayan, full on middle-and-leg. Hoicked off the inside edge to deep square-leg for a single.
7.2 Shahabuddin Zazay to Pratheeparj Varothayan, short on leg-stump. Pulled around to deep backward square-leg off the back foot for a brace this time.
7.1 Shahabuddin Zazay to Diyon Johnson, Oh! Short on off-stump. A mistimed pull off the back foot that lands safely after the fielder from square-leg gets to it! One run taken.
Shahabuddin Zazay, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Only 11 needed now! Will they finish this in this over or do we have another twist incoming?
7
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92/5score
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Diyon Johnson*
21(8)
Pratheeparaj Ratnarajah Varothayan
20(10)
Firdaws Rahimi
1/23
6.6 Firdaws Rahimi to Diyon Johnson, good length ball on middle-stump. Turned around to backward square-leg from the front foot for a single.
6.5 Firdaws Rahimi to Pratheeparj Varothayan, good length ball around off-stump. A nice tip-and-run down to short point for a quick single!
6.4 Firdaws Rahimi to Diyon Johnson, good length flatter ball on off-stump. Pushed to short cover from the back foot for a quick single!
6.3 Firdaws Rahimi to Diyon Johnson, SIX MORE! Good length ball on off-stump. This well lofted over long-on off the front foot for half-a-dozen!
6.2 Firdaws Rahimi to Diyon Johnson, SIX! Length ball around off-stump. This is dismissed off the front foot over long-off for a maximum!
6.1 Firdaws Rahimi to Diyon Johnson, good length ball on off-stump. Pushed around to short mid-wicket from the crease, no run.
What a crucial partnership! Zurich Crickets are unable to hold on to their advantage here and probably getting a bit too ahead of themselves. These two are keeping their nerve and going for it!
6
overs
77/5score
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Pratheeparaj Ratnarajah Varothayan*
19(9)
Diyon Johnson
7(3)
Khalid Niazi
1/29
5.6 Khalid Niazi to Pratheeparj Varothayan, SIX MORE! Length ball around off-stump. Hammered over cow corner from the front foot well over the rope for a maximum!
5.5 Khalid Niazi to Pratheeparj Varothayan, SIX! Full around off-stump. Whacked over deep mid-wicket against the turn for an absolute monster of a maximum!