DB vs BYB

That brings us to the end of our coverage of the 2023 ECS, Krefeld. We will be back with plenty of ECS action over the weekend, international ECS cricket is set to begin! This is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of Mohul. See you later!

Match summary:

Dusseldorf Blackcaps win by 46 runs and are the 2023 ECS Krefeld champions!

Jamshed Khan 74(28) | Jamshed Khan 2/15 (2)
Aritharan Vaseekaran 21(8) | Sanjeevan Vignesh 1/23 (2)

Well, they were always up against an uphill task, and despite their deep batting line-up, the Bayer Uerdingen Boosters were always going to fall short. They did, and by a long way! The fact that there was no one from their top-order to play the kind of innings Jamshed or Udit played earlier in their innings proved to be fatal. Batters got starts but couldn't carry on, and the Blackcaps wrapped things up in style in the end.

Aritharan Vaseekaran, alongside the rest of the Boosters top-order, looked to provide them with a good start, but they lost too many wickets for their liking, even though they were almost at par with the Dusseldorf Blackcaps total. Jamshed Khan was instrumental in breaking the back of the Boosters line-up with a couple of wickets - what a game he had!

Pakeetharan Praba took a blow to the face, but came back and tried to lead a fightback soon after. But it was never going to be enough - the Boosters were well behind the 8-ball already. The game was up once he got out, and from then on, it was just a matter of the formalities being completed. Dusseldorf Blackcaps, deserved winners of ECS Krefeld!

The Dusseldorf Blackcaps are in a huddle, and they prance around in joy! They were deserved winners all along, and have gone on to produce an all-round performance worthy of a final!

9.6 Jamshed Khan to Sanjeevan Vignesh, DUSSELDORF BLACKCAPS ARE THE ECS KREFELD CHAMPIONS! Fullish on off and middle, comes back in. Vignesh tries to whip it away to the on side but does not connect too well. Ends up being a dot ball. Fittingly, Jamshed Khan was the one who bowled the final delivery of this game- what a tournament he has had!

9.4 Jamshed Khan to Lavanyan Inthiran, fullish outside off, angles away. Inthiran tries to heave it away to the on side but gets a top edge towards cover. A run taken.

A consolation blow from Vignesh to end the over! Right then, last 6 balls of the 2023 ECS Krefeld coming up. The celebrations have already begun in the Dusseldorf Blackcaps camp, it seems!

8.6 Puneet Kumar to Sanjeevan Vignesh, SIX! BOOM! The hundred comes up for Bayer Boosters. At a length outside off. Vignesh clears his front leg and heaves it away over cow country for a maximum!

8.4 Puneet Kumar to Sanjeevan Vignesh, at a length outside off. Vignesh tries to heave it away to the on side but gets a top edge past short third man. A run taken.