BEL vs SCO-XI

European Cricket Championship · Match 11

Recent overs

Ov 9
14W04
9 runs
Ov 8
44001wd1
10 runs
Ov 7
W04611
12 runs
Ov 6
0000wd40
4 runs

Commentary

So that'll be all from this contest but the action rolls on in Group C of the European Cricket Championship as Luxembourg are set to lock horns with France in about 15 minutes from now. You can hop over here and catch our live coverage of the same. For the moment though, thanking you for joining in today and taking your leave is the duo of Bidipto Datta and Sooryanarayanan Sesha. See you around soon - toodles!
Belgium beat Scotland XI by 6 wickets.

Ali Raza 37 (14) |  Khalid Ahmadi 2/14 (2)
Jasper Davidson 24* (9) | Uzzair Shah 2/19 (2)


A stroll in the park in the end for Belgium as they romp to their fourth victory in five contests. Mind you, it seemed as though this would end much sooner than it actually did. More so, with skipper Ali Raza seemingly in a hurry going by the way he took off at the rate of knots in the Powerplay.

A total of 53 at the end of 3 overs essentially killed any hopes of a contest for good. Jack Hogarth and Uzzair Shah slipped in a couple of quiet overs with the latter also picking up the prized scalp of Raza. But the asking rate never got out of bounds for the Belgians - most certainly not with Sherry Butt timing the ball as well as he normally does.

Eventually, the inevitable had to transpire even though one tidy over was all it needed to restore the contest into the balance. Belgium lost a couple more wickets, but most of the damage was done earlier in the essay, ensuring that all that remained were mere formalities.

So Belgium have completed the double over the Scots and inch further closer towards securing a top-two finish. They've made a statement and then some thus far and are looking in dominating touch alright!
As easy as that and Rahimi's first shot is the last scoring shot of the contest. A comprehensive win in the end for Belgium as they romp home by 6 wickets with 7 deliveries to spare!
8.5 Jasper Davidson to Omid Rahimi, THAT IS THAT! BELGIUM WIN THEIR FOURTH MATCH! Short and wide outside off, the batter steps out and flat-bats this over short third man, and this runs down to the boundary in the end! 
8.4 Jasper Davidson to Omid Rahimi, short over off, an accurate bouncer and a miss of the pull with no helmet on! Dot ball. 
Omid Rahimi, RHB, comes to the crease.
You can't keep Davidson out of the act now, can you? Can Scotland XI stretch this into the final over now?
8.3 Jasper Davidson to Sherry Butt, OUT! WICKET! Short outside off, slashed out to deep cover with a thick outside edge and this gets CAUGHT finally by the fielder in the deep!
Sherry Butt c Uzzair Shah b Jasper Davidson 23 (16b 5x4 0x6)
8.2 Jasper Davidson to Sherry Butt, SHOT! Short outside off and wonderfully cut to the left of backward point off the back foot for FOUR! 
8.1 Jasper Davidson to Saber Zakhil, PUT DOWN! Good length slower ball outside off, too much room given and thrashed to deep cover off the back foot, for a DROP CATCH, and one run! 
Jasper Davidson comes into the attack.

Sherry Butt seems to have sealed the deal for Belgium with those two boundaries. Belgium require 8 runs to win off 2 overs!
8Ov90/4Score
440011w111 runs
Sherry Butt19 (14)
Saber Zakhil*12 (5)
Kess Sajjad0/11
7.6 Kess Sajjad to Saber Zakhil, good length ball on the legs and played away to deep mid-wicket for a single to keep strike. 
7.6 Kess Sajjad to Saber Zakhil, WIDE down the leg-side here! 
7.5 Kess Sajjad to Sherry Butt, good length ball on middle, tapped to mid-on's left for a single on this occasion. 
7.4 Kess Sajjad to Sherry Butt, short on leg, pulled off the gloves down to short fine-leg, for no run again. 
7.3 Kess Sajjad to Sherry Butt, short outside off, a swing and a miss and inside the tramline! Dot ball. 
7.2 Kess Sajjad to Sherry Butt, FOUR MORE! Good length quicker ball on middle, pulled off the top edge and just over short fine-leg for a boundary! 
7.1 Kess Sajjad to Sherry Butt, STREAKY FOUR! Full on off, this beats everything after taking the inside edge on the attempted drive and flies down past the keeper to the fence behind him! 
Kess Sajjad comes into the attack.

Saber Zakhil has taken a cue out of Rashid Khan it seems! Sits low to execute what Rashid calls the 'snake shot' and he gets full benefit for the same. Just 19 away now are Belgium!