BRCC vs FDX

That's all that we have for you from the first Quarter-Final of the ECS, Brescia. Still three quarter-final clashes to come over the course of the day - keep an eye on our tabs for our coverage of them. This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Rudransh Khurrana. See you later!

Match summary:

Brescia CC win by 8 wickets with two overs to spare

Imad Khan 43 (12) | Javed Muhammad 2/21 (2)
Azam Khalil 50(29) | Noman Ali 1/15 (2)

As it turns out, Imad Khan made the chase look a whole lot easier than what it seemed before his arrival at the crease. The Friends XI bowlers had a bit of control over proceedings in those middle overs - there was the odd-boundary each over, but their bowlers came back well over the course of them with some variations in length. But once Imad Khan was properly in, clubbing everything in his radar - both right and left-handed, the game was always going to slip away from Friends XI.

Rizwan Mohammad set the tone early on with a quick-fire 5-ball 22 before holing out off Sarbjit Singh. Muhammad Mashal and Sajid Afridi found the boundaries every now and then, and thanks to the fact that they were able to stitch a stable partnership, Brescia CC were in the game. The situation eventually panned out perfectly for Imad Khan - he came in and blew the Friends XI attack away.

And so, we have our first semi-finalist in this year's ECS Brescia. Brescia CC will take a lot of momentum going into that - barring their catching, this was the perfect game for them.

7.6 Vikas Kumar to Imad Khan, SIX! He does it in style. Sits down left-handed, and slog sweeps this off the length over deep square leg! Brescia CC beat Friends XI by 8 wickets and make it to the semis.

7.4 Vikas Kumar to Imad Khan, FOUR! Half-volley on middle and leg, his bat turns on the flick but he gets it in the gap to the left of long on!

7.2 Vikas Kumar to Imad Khan, WOW! Why would you do that? Short one on the middle, tries to switch and pull, gets a big top-edge in the air which just falls in front of deep point.

Ah well - Imad Khan smashes Brescia CC out of trouble! He went left, he went right - both with his direction of strokes and batting stance, and Brescia CC have brought the equation down to just over a run-a-ball now!

6.4 Jaipal Singh to Imad Khan, SIX! Gets the six this time. Full on middle and leg, clubbed over mid-wicket in the most orthodox fashion this time!

6.4 Jaipal Singh to Imad Khan, NO BALL AND SIX! High full-toss on middle and leg, looks to reverse pull it and gets a big top-edge that clears deep third!