PLZ vs BRN

That's it from us, Pradeep and Rajarshi, as we sign off having completed our coverage of this match. There's still another game to go, Plzen Guardians take on Prague CC in a dead rubber shortly. Meanwhile, to enjoy our coverage of the 1st Test between England and New Zealand, switch tabs as Pratyush and Maanas bring you the action from the second session. Ciao!

Match summary:

Plzen Guardians 87/6 (10 Overs)
Dijo Vincent 27(23), Kashif Ali 2/7 (1 over)

Brno 91/1 (6.3 Overs)
Riaz Afridi 53*(25), Narendar Padmanaban 1/32 (2 overs)

Brno win by 9 wickets with 21 balls to spare

That does it! It was Riaz Afridi with the ball for Brno early on, it's him again with the bat to give Brno a lifeline in this competition! He and Janaka Ihalage set on their quest to chase 88 with minimum fuss, and the powerplay overs itself decided the course of the match. The opening pair raised a 50-run partnership before Plzen Guardians could break through, Ihalage went for 13, playing a secondary role for the most part of his stay in the middle. Out came Dylan Steyn, and he and Riaz Afridi combined to get Brno past the line. The Plzen Guardians bowlers didn't help themselves with the plethora of extras they conceded, all of which came off wides. They are out of the competition now with one match left to play. Brno have managed to keep that fourth spot, and they're heading for the quarter-finals!

6.3 Jatin Kumar to Riaz Afridi, FOUR! DONE AND DUSTED! Fittingly Afridi gets to his FIFTY as well with that. Brno finish the game in a canter and pick up the crucial two points. Short on the wide of off-stump, Afridi thrashes it over the backward point region and picks up a boundary to finish the game.

6.2 Jatin Kumar to Dylan Steyn, WIDE! Bangs the short delivery, goes way over the batter's head and eventually keeper, they take just a single in the end. 

6.1 Jatin Kumar to Dylan Steyn, FOUR! Too short and asking to be punished. Short and down the leg-side, Steyn swivels to hammer it to deep backward square-leg fence for a boundary.

5.6 Narendar Padmanaban to Riaz Afridi, full delivery into Afridi on the leg-stump, he goes down on one knee to sweep and misses, goes between his legs to the keeper.

5.5 Narendar Padmanaban to Riaz Afridi, FOUR! Afridi is in real hurry to finish things off here. Full toss and down the leg-side, Afridi down on one knee hammers it to fine-leg fence for another boundary. Just 7 needed now!

5.4 Narendar Padmanaban to Riaz Afridi, SIX! BAM! Gets it in the slot this time, full on the stumps and Afridi reaches for it and CLOBBERS it over deep mid-wicket fence for a huge maximum.

5.3 Narendar Padmanaban to Riaz Afridi, FOUR! Too short and wide of off-stump, Afridi on the backfoot slams it over the backward point region, picks up a boundary.