STRC vs MECC

That brings us to the end of our cricketing coverage of the day. We will be back with more tomorrow, four ECS games along with some more international cricket to come. This is I, Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of myself and my friend Sooryanarayanan! Good night!

Match summary:
Mechelen Eagles won the toss and opted to bat

Mechelen Eagles 118/7 (10 Overs)
Khurram Cheema 52(26) | Fakhar Zaman 2/20 (2)

12 Stars CC 87/7 (10 Overs)
Paramjeet Singh 26(11) | Pankaj Verma 2/4 (1)

Mechelen Eagles win by 31 runs.

The start to the run-chase pretty much summed up what we were heading towards. Three balls in, Sazzad Hosen nicked one, and Tejinder Saran dived to his right and latched onto it with the webbing on his right hand. Rajiv Sharma's innings went absolutely nowhere, he walked in after the fall of the first wicket and struggled to get going at all. His dismissal was as tame, as he picked out mid-wicket with a nothing shot. 

Paramjeet Singh, though, kept at it, trying to find the boundary whenever possible. But his efforts didn't last for too long, once he held out  to Shinwari Mujeeb off Ikramullah Naseer, it felt like the game was done with. Nemish Mehta and Arshvir Singh, though, kept the fight going just a little bit longer, keeping their side in the hunt till the penultimate over. A cluster of wickets fell towards the end, and the Mechelen Stars complete the double over 12 Stars CC today.

9.6 Pankaj Verma to Rounak Jain, pitched up outside off, Rounak leans forward and creams it square of the wicket and into the deep. A good tumbling half-stop follows but there's enough time for the batters to run two. Doesn't matter though - Mechelen Eagles pull off the double over 12 Stars CC with a 31-run victory!

9.5 Pankaj Verma to Nemish Mehta, HOLES OUT! Length delivery outside off, Nemish goes aerial but miscues it into the sky before sweeper cover hares in and gobbles a sitter. Just not off the middle of the bat and it sums up this chase!

9.4 Pankaj Verma to Aniruddha Godbole, full length delivery around off, Godbole makes room and drives through the carpet along the off-side for a single.

9.2 Pankaj Verma to Aniruddha Godbole, slower one that wobbles back in off a length on middle and leg, Godbole is caught in his crease as he looks to whip it across the line. He cops it high on his pads before pinching a leg bye as it dribbles well to the bowler's left.

9.1 Pankaj Verma to Tufail Ahmed, STRIKES FIRST BALL! Short and width on offer, asking to be dispatched as it sits up and Tufail powers it flat over the infield. Unfortunately, he picks out the man at deep point to perfection and that's the game in the bag for the Eagles!

Tufail Ahmed c Shinwari Mujeeb b Pankaj Verma 5 (4b)

8.6 Hedayatullah Sherzad to Tufail Ahmed, MISFIELD! Back of a length delivery on off stump as he takes pace off, Tufail hops aside and scythes it behind point where the fielder lets it thread him into the deep courtesy a casual effort. Just a single!

8.5 Hedayatullah Sherzad to Tufail Ahmed, very full outside off, Tufail makes room and jams his bat down as he squirts it behind square on the leg-side and into the deep for a brace.

8.4 Hedayatullah Sherzad to Nemish Mehta, swivels extravagantly to heave this short one outside leg towards deep mid-wicket. No timing on this one and a single is all he can get!

8.3 Hedayatullah Sherzad to Nemish Mehta, FOUR! Shortens his length around leg stump as Nemish backs away and swings flat behind square as he picks out the fence on the bounce.

8.2 Hedayatullah Sherzad to Nemish Mehta, nails the yorker outside off and Nemish can only jam his bat into the turf with an open face. He can't put bat on ball again.

8.1 Hedayatullah Sherzad to Nemish Mehta, WELL WELL! Attempts to reverse-lap this full one angling across the corridor but fails to connect. Priceless dot!