NED-XI vs ENG-XI

Quite an interesting game that as Netherlands-XI fought with all they had till the very end. Not enough runs to play with for them eventually as England-XI got home in some fashion with Sam Pearce finishing it off in style. 

Netherlands-XI needed early wickets to give themselves a chance and that is just what Vivian Kingma have them in that powerplay. 3/14 from his two overs and he did everything he possibly could to get his side back into the contest. Three wickets from Clayton Floyd at the backend as well and it was a good effort and they will certainly feel they were 15 runs short at the least. 

England-XI had a shaky start but with not a lot to chase, a couple of good partnership is all they needed. Alex Mellor and Tom Bevan got them out of trouble after that powerplay and made sure that the equation never went out of control for them. It did get a bit tricky at the end with all the wickets going down but Sam Pearce held his composure to seal the deal. An unbeaten 28 off just ten deliveries from him to wrap the game up in the penultimate over itself. 

Two wins out of two for England-XI then and this was a well contested game between two top sides. That is all we have from this game for the moment. Stay tuned for more T10 action coming your way. This is Rishab and Pratyush signing off for the moment! 

Well, this is the over that England-XI needed! Expensive from Shariz Ahmad and that is done in style! England-XI have won this game and boy was Pearce pumped and why not! A real good game nonetheless between two quality sides this!

8.5 Shariz Ahmad to Sam Pearce, SIX! PEARCE FINISHES IT OFF IN STYLE AND HE IS PUMPED! He's gone about punching the air in delight, looks towards his dressing room and lifts the spirits of his side. In the slot again, Pearce crunches it over long-on to seal the deal for England XI. England XI beat Netherlands XI by 4 wickets.

8.4 Shariz Ahmad to Sam Pearce, SIX! Tossed up in the slot, Pearce stands his ground and hammers this over the mid-wicket fences for a crushing blow!

8.3 Shariz Ahmad to Arthur Godsal, loopy delivery outside off-stump, beats Godsal in the flight but a fumble by the keeper allows the batters to sneak through for a single 

8.1 Shariz Ahmad to Sam Pearce, SIX! DISMISSIVE! In the slot as it was tossed up, stand and deliver stuff from Pearce, tonks this over cow corner for a massive blow to the Dutch hopes!

This has been a terrific over from Clayton Floyd under pressure. Just two runs from it and a couple of wickets as well. Excellent spell and this game is just not over yet. Netherlands-XI have kept themselves alive and this could go anywhere from here! 18 off 12 needed!

7.5 Clayton Floyd to Arthur Godsal, tossed up on the off-stump line, shouts of catch it as Godsal's leaning edge balloons towards extra-cover, just short of the fielder, no run

7.4 Clayton Floyd to Zaman Akhter, OUT! HE'S GOT ANOTHER ONE! Full loopy delivery around off, Zaman plays a nothing shot, wafts it towards long-on and he's picked out the fielder at long-on, who makes no mistake again! Which way is this one going to go?
Zaman Akhter c J Mey b C Floyd 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)

7.2 Clayton Floyd to Alex Mellor, OUT! HOLES OUT AT LONG-OFF! Tossed and full and wider of off-stump, Mellor looks for the heave downtown but he's got the top-edge, simple catch for the fielder in the deep and he makes no mistake! Alex Mellor c J Mey b C Floyd 27 (24b 1x4 2x6)