CZE vs GRE

ECI Czechia-Greece · Match 5

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Commentary

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Czech Republic won by 43 runs

What just happened? What happened to the Greece batters. It was expected a close contest in the decider and Greece would've surely backed themselves to chase this score but Abul Farhad rattled the lower order batters and picked up hat-trick to help the team win the series 3-2

The partnership between Zubair and Amarpreet looked great and the match was evenly poised until the duo was in the middle. Shadab played a cameo and he was set to strike big but kept seeing the wicket tumbling at the other end

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9.1 Sazib Bhuiyan to Thomas Zotos, BOWLS HIM, and that's the game and series! Slower ball, pitched up on off stump. Zotos swings all around it, misses and his off stump is rattled. Czech Republic claim the series 3-2 with a 44-run win in the decider!

Thomas Zotos b Sazib Bhuiyan 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
They are falling like a pack of cards. So much excitement for the last match of the day but Greece batters couldn't live up to the reputation
9Ov103/9Score
11440W10 runs
Georgios Galanis*18 (11)
Thomas Zotos1 (1)
Rhuturaj Magare2/29
8.6 Rhuturaj Magare to Georgios Galanis, HOLES OUT! Full on off, Galanis hoicks this towards long on. Gets more height than distance, and the man at long on takes it with ease

Georgios Galanis c Davizi b Magare 18 (11b, 2x4, 1x6)
8.5 Rhuturaj Magare to Georgios Galanis, full, wide of off, Galanis throws his hands at it, meets thin air this time
8.4 Rhuturaj Magare to Georgios Galanis, FOUR MORE! Full on off, Galanis hoicks this towards deep mid wicket, beating the fielder out there to his left
8.3 Rhuturaj Magare to Georgios Galanis, FOUR! On a length wide of off, Galanis cuts this uppishly over the cover region
8.2 Rhuturaj Magare to Thomas Zotos, on a length wide of off, sliced behind point for a single
8.1 Rhuturaj Magare to Georgios Galanis, full, around off stump, thumped towards the man at long off. Hang on... there's a direct hit at the bowler's end from the deep... was Galanis late in grounding his bat? He did - only just. Not out!
What a brilliant hat-trick. Farhad has been exceptional and he writes his name in the ECS history books
8Ov93/8Score
111WWW3 runs
Marios Bekios*0 (1)
Georgios Galanis9 (6)
Abul Farhad4/9
7.6 Abul Farhad to Marios Bekios, OUT! Abul Farhad registers a hat-trick! He bowls the same delivery - full, around middle stump this time. Bekios was early onto this one, closing his bat face. The ball took the leading edge, traveled towards mid off, where the fielder took a running catch to his right!

Marios Bekios c Davizi b Farhad 0 (1b, 0x4, 0x6)
Marios Bekios, RHB, walks in at no.8
7.5 Abul Farhad to Asrar Ahmed, HOLES OUT FIRST BALL! Slower ball, pitched up on off stump. Asrar picks this one up, but ends up finding the fielder at long on with perfection!
Asrar Ahmed, RHB, walks in at no.8
7.4 Abul Farhad to Samader Shadab, skied again... TAKEN THIS TIME! Full, angled across, Shadab has a swipe across, gets a top edge, the ball descends upon the man at long off, who makes no mistake
7.3 Abul Farhad to Georgios Galanis, on a full length on off, Galanis has a slog, skies it towards mid off. Gets away with it - just a single
7.2 Abul Farhad to Samader Shadab, on a length around leg, swiped towards the man at square leg, who does really well to dive to his right and keep the batters to a solitary run