DB vs KCC

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Match summary:
Dusseldorf Blackcaps won the toss and opted to bat

Dusseldorf Blackcaps 1st innings 116/7 (10 Overs)
Kashif Shahab 44(26) | Akshay Dhani 3/19 (2)

Koln CC 2nd innings 115/6 (10 Overs)
Ameya Deshpande 61(27) | Kashif Shahab 3/19 (2)

Dusseldorf Blackcaps win by 1 run and are the ECS Krefeld 2022 bronze medallists!

Ameya Deshpande tried his level best as wickets kept falling around him, but it was not meant to be. Barring Asmdin Zadran, he received next to no help from the rest of the batting. Irfan Ahmed, Ashish Makkar and Sasanka Sanka all fell cheaply, with Sanka, the most in-form batter out of them, struggling throughout his 9 deliveries, eventually scoring 6.

Deshpande had to hog most of the strike and take on the Blackcaps bowling. As the overs were coming towards an end, so were the runs, with Deshpande striking them neat and clean. Unfortunately, he got out at the wrong time - with one over left and 19 to get, but Koln CC were still in it thanks to an erratic first delivery from Jamshed in the final over. Jamshed redeemed himself, though, and in the end, Koln CC fell a solitary run short.

9.6 Jamshed Khan to Asmdin Zadran, DUSSELDORF BLACKCAPS WIN THE BRONZE FINAL BY ONE RUN! Full toss on off, hit hard to deep mid-wicket off the front foot, they run back for two, but that is all that they can get! What a thrilling finish! 

9.5 Jamshed Khan to Asmdin Zadran, short over off, the batter steps across to hit over short fine-leg and misses out! OH NO! Dot ball. Anything on it would have done for Zadran.

9.4 Jamshed Khan to Asmdin Zadran, FOUR RUNS! Full toss on leg and hit really hard off the front foot to the left of deep mid-wicket for a boundary! 

9.1 Jamshed Khan to Asmdin Zadran, NO BALL FOR HEIGHT! AND SIX! Full toss on middle-and-off and this gets CLOBBERED over cow corner off the back foot! 

8.6 Kashif Shahab to Ameya Deshpande, WICKET! Full outside off, hit up in the air off the front foot, it was attempted to go over mid-on, it went high up to point and the fielder there kept his composure to take a fine HIGH CATCH! 

Ameya Deshpande c Praveen Ganesan b Kashif Shahab 61 (27b 8x4 3x6)

8.5 Kashif Shahab to Ameya Deshpande, full on middle, hit down to long-on from the crease, there is a fumble and that allows a couple of runs to be taken! 

8.4 Kashif Shahab to Asmdin Zadran, short on middle, it climbs steeply to take the batter by surprise, he goes for the pull, misses but gets a leg-bye off the shoulder to short mid-wicket. 

8.3 Kashif Shahab to Asmdin Zadran, THEY ALL COUNT! Full on off, hit with the charge, it gets edged to third man on one bounce and this one goes over the head of the fielder after bouncing for FOUR! 

8.2 Kashif Shahab to Asmdin Zadran, FOUR RUNS! Short outside off, batter steps across and pulls, gets a top edge over the keeper to third man for a boundary!