HUN vs CZE

ECI Austria · Match 3

Recent overs

Ov 11
0
0 runs
Ov 10
W11wd0W06
8 runs
Ov 9
401W61
12 runs
Ov 8
401410
10 runs

Commentary

Right, that's all that we have for you from this contest! Was quite a humdinger as promised! Switch tabs and catch all the live action from the next ECI game that begins at 7pm IST. Until we meet again this is me, Maanas Upadhyay, bidding you adieu! 
Czech Republic 108/8 (10) beat Hungary 101/5 (10) by 7 runs 

1st Innings: Riaz Afridi 25(10) | Ali Yalmaz 3-25(2) 
2nd Innings: Ashrith Darapureddy 46(25) | Riaz Afridi 1-3(2) 

What a humdinger we have been treated to! After putting up 108 runs on the board, they seemed to be in for a difficult position as Hungary would have felt confident to chase this down. However, what unfurled was quite different. Hungary lost Zeeshan early but the skipper along with Ashrith stitched together a big partnership and lasted until the end of the seventh over, after which Ravindran was retired out for a run-a-ball knock. 

The new batters that came in found it pretty difficult to adjust and ended up throwing their wickets away as they looked to keep up with the rate. Despite not losing too many wickets, Hungary find themselves on the wrong side of the result. Perhaps Ashrith deserved more strike. Or perhaps Ravindran could've shown just a bit more urgency in his innings. Nonetheless, it has been a terrific showing with the ball from Czech Republic and they rightly deserve this. All three teams have one win apiece and this sets up nicely for the matches to follow!
10Ov101/5Score
W11wd0W068 runs
Ali Farasat*6 (2)
Abbas Ghani1 (1)
Sazib Bhuiyan2/30
9.6 Sazib Bhuiyan to Ali Farasat, SIX! CAUGHT! Length ball on the middle stump line, Farasat swings hard at that but gets the top-edge. The long leg fielder catches that but he steps over the boundary rope! 
9.5 Sazib Bhuiyan to Ali Farasat, length ball outside off angling away, Farasat has a big swing across the line but fails to make any connection. 
Ali Farasat, RHB, walks out to the middle
9.4 Sazib Bhuiyan to Ashrith Darapureddy, OUT! CAUGHT! Length ball on the middle stump line angling away, Ashrith looks to go big over the mid-wicket region. Seemed to have gotten good connection but he does not clear the fielder. The deep mid-wicket fielder waits in anticipation at the boundary rope and sticks out his hands to pouch that! 
9.3 Sazib Bhuiyan to Ashrith Darapureddy, full and outside off, Ashrith frees his arms and slaps that down to long on. Ashrith denies the single. 
9.3 Sazib Bhuiyan to Ashrith Darapureddy, WIDE! Full and outside off, just past the tramline and it will be a wide. 
9.2 Sazib Bhuiyan to Abbas Ghani, short of a length ball outside off, Ghani pulls that towards deep mid-wicket for a single. 
Abbas Ghani, RHB, walks out to the middle
9.1 Sazib Bhuiyan to Zahir Safi, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Length ball wide outside off, Safi looks to thump it but gets a little edge onto it en route the keeper, who does not make any mistakes! 
9Ov93/3Score
401W6112 runs
Zahir Safi*7 (2)
Ashrith Darapureddy46 (23)
Sudesh Wickramasekara1/27
8.6 Sudesh Wickramasekara to Zahir Safi, length ball outside off, slapped down the track and the bowler is struck on his pads. The ball rolls into the off side for a single. 
8.5 Sudesh Wickramasekara to Zahir Safi, SIX! BANG! Short and outside off, does not bounce and sits up nicely for Safi, who pulls that handsomely over the mid-wicket region for a huge maximum! 
Zahir Safi, RHB, walks out to the middle
8.4 Sudesh Wickramasekara to Abhitesh Prashar, OUT! CAUGHT! Length ball outside off angling away, Prashar goes for the big hoick across the line but ends up slicing it in the air. The long off fielder pouches that with ease! 
8.3 Sudesh Wickramasekara to Ashrith Darapureddy, length ball outside off, Ashrith slaps that just past the bowler down to long on for a single. 
8.2 Sudesh Wickramasekara to Ashrith Darapureddy, length ball on the middle stump, Darapureddy charges down the track and goes for the big hoick across the line but fails to make any connection. 
8.1 Sudesh Wickramasekara to Ashrith Darapureddy, FOUR! SHOT! Back of a length ball outside off, Ashrith smacks that downtown and it races away to the boundary!