PCC vs LCA

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Match summary:

Punjab CC Amadora win by 3 runs

Rao Imran 38(22) | Lovepreet Singh 1/14 (2)
Rahul Hudda 39(21) | Mitul Patel 3/23 (2)

Well well! Lisbon Capitals were in with a good chance of going through, but they've made a meal of what seemed like a gettable target. They needed a big over sometime around overs 3-7, but that over just didn't come. Danish Siddique and Rahul Hudda's partnership kept them well and truly in the hunt, but once the partnership was broken, the Capitals began losing their way.

Dikshit Patel's struggles in the mind compounded to the Capitals' troubles towards the back end of the innings. While Hudda was still around, Dikshit's inability to strike the cricket ball more often caused him pressure, but that could not have been an excuse for the Capitals to not chase down 7 in the last over. Lovepreet Singh delivered a brilliant last over, and so, Punjab CC Amadora march on!

9.6 Lovepreet Singh to Shahan Khan, LOVEPREET SINGH HOLDS ON TO HIS NERVE! Punjab CC Amadora got out of the jail here and have stormed into the finals of ECSN Portugal, they are ecstatic and it's agony for Lisbon Capitals who capitulated in the end. Back of a length on the stumps, Shahan mistimes it down to long-off for just one.

9.5 Lovepreet Singh to Shahan Khan, back of a length on the middle and leg. Shahan swings hard but mistimes it to mid-wicket. Shocker from the batter, turns down the single as Dikshit hares back to the bowler's end!

9.4 Lovepreet Singh to Rahul Hudda, OUT! CUTS IT STRAIGHT TO BACKWARD POINT AND GONE! What a huge moment in the game this. Pendulum keeps swinging in this game. Slower one, back of a length on the fifth stump. Hudda waits and cuts it hard, but straight to the fielder at backward point.

Rahul Hudda c Gurjit Singh b Lovepreet Singh 39 (21b 3x4 3x6)

9.3 Lovepreet Singh to Dikshit Patel, short into the batter. Dikshit swings big across the line but jabs it to extra-cover for another single.

9.2 Lovepreet Singh to Rahul Hudda, OH! Length delivery but follows the batter with a slower one. Hudda steps down the track, misses and it pings on the pad. They pick up a quick leg-bye though.

This was turning out to be a nightmarish stay for Dikshit in the middle until he swung at one and somehow managed to slice it over deep third. Just 7 needed off the last over!

8.6 Gurjit Singh to Dikshit Patel, SIX! This one goes all the way for a maximum, brings down the equation and it's a pressure release shot from Dikshit. Length delivery outside the off-stump, brings out the helicopter, takes the outside edge and sails all the way over third-man ropes.

8.5 Gurjit Singh to Dikshit Patel, back of a length outside the off-stump. Dikshit swings and misses, now he's struggling to make contact with the ball here.

8.4 Gurjit Singh to Dikshit Patel, OH! That's what he should've done. Nails the yorker in the channel. Dikshit can't dig it out and it's a dot ball.

8.4 Gurjit Singh to Dikshit Patel, WIDE! Gurjit is struggling here, three bonus runs for Lisbon. Short and goes outside the tramline again, another wide is called.

8.4 Gurjit Singh to Dikshit Patel, WIDE! Can't afford to bowl so many wides now Punjab! Full and goes outside the tramline, another wide has been called.