SWZ vs LUX

ECI Switzerland T10 · Match 4

Recent overs

Ov 10
01064W4
15 runs
Ov 9
1wdW6W010
8 runs
Ov 8
166W61wd1
21 runs
Ov 7
6W1610
14 runs

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Sooryanarayanan Seshadri as we wrap up the coverage of this fixture. Do switch over to the West Indies vs India 4th T20I coverage. There is a lot more cricket going on too in the form of the ECI Switzerland event, LPL and so on. Enjoy all these action while we bid adieu for now!
MATCH OVER!

Switzerland won by 48 runs!

Switzerland 172/3 (10)
Luxembourg 124/5 (10)

Vivek Dixit 52 (27) | Asghar Khan 36 (22)

Asad Mahmood 1-0-9-2 | Osama Mahmood 1-0-11-1

A pretty comfortable 48-run victory for Switzerland as they register their third consecutive win in this tournament. One has to say this result was evident as soon as Switzerland batted first and posted a huge 172/3 on the board. To their credit, the Luxembourg openers started decently as they made 43 runs in the three-over Powerplay.

16 runs came off the fourth over too as Luxembourg continued to fight but the duo of Musa Ahmadzai and Jai Sinh followed it up with two economical overs. In the very next over, Aneesh Kumar castled Asghar Khan to take the first wicket. The Luxembourg skipper Edmund Packard batted aggressively by striking two consecutive maximums but Sinh had the final laugh. In the penultimate over, Asad Mahmood added a couple of scalps as Luxembourg's innings came down to a quiet end. However, VIvek Dixit ensured he got to his fifty before holing out off Osama Mahmood's bowling. There was some drama as the two teams shook hands and started to walk off but they were made to play an extra ball with the injured Mayank Nagayach striking a boundary!
10Ov124/5Score
01064W11 runs
Vivek Dixit*52 (27)
Sambhav Puri2 (4)
Osama Mahmood1/11
9.6 Osama Mahmood to Mayank Nagayach, FOUR! WELL WELL! Four slips in place but Nagayach reaches for this full one outside the off stump and slices it up and over the full lot. Leading edge that flies towards the third man fence but it doesn't matter. Three in three for Switzerland as they wrap up a 44-run win!
Mayank Nagayach, LHB, is into the middle
Some confusion here as the players shook hands thinking the game was over but there is still a ball left
9.5 Osama Mahmood to Vivek Dixit, TAKEN! Slower back of a length delivery on off stump as Dixit backs away and hacks it towards the mid-wicket fence. Doesn't get enough on it though as the boundary rider gobbles it up.

Vivek Dixit c Idrees Haque b Osama Mahmood 52 (27b, 2x4, 6x6)
9.4 Osama Mahmood to Vivek Dixit, FOUR! FIFTY FOR DIXIT! Shortened length outside the off stump and he goes through with a heave. The edge evades the stumps and races down to the fence
9.3 Osama Mahmood to Vivek Dixit, SIX! Full on off stump as Dixit makes room and launches it up and over extra cover. Travels way back for a maximum
9.3 Osama Mahmood to Vivek Dixit, dug short at the stumps. Dixit backs away attempting a pull but is undone by the extra bounce on this one
9.2 Osama Mahmood to Sambhav Puri, full and angling into the stumps. Gets behind it and offers a straight bat down the ground for a single to long on
9.1 Osama Mahmood to Sambhav Puri, OH! Full outside the off stump as Puri swings hard across the line. He plays all around it as it pings him sharply on the grill of his helmet!
Superb bowling from Asad Mahmood to take two wickets. A slightly tame end to the game as Luxembourg need an impossible 60 off the last six balls
9Ov113/4Score
1wdW6W01wd109 runs
Vivek Dixit*37 (21)
Sambhav Puri1 (2)
Asad Mahmood2/9
8.6 Asad Mahmood to Vivek Dixit, full outside the off stump. Dixit makes room looking to slice it over the infield but can't connect
8.5 Asad Mahmood to Sambhav Puri, drills it down the ground to long on for a solitary run to get off the mark
8.4 Asad Mahmood to Sambhav Puri, full outside the off stump. Puri swings hard but without putting bat on ball
Sambhav Puri, RHB, is into the middle
8.3 Asad Mahmood to Jatin Madan, GONE THIS TIME! Shortens his length and it pays off instantly as Madan hangs back and cloughs it up while attempting a pull. Long on settles under it and makes no mistake to hold on.

Jatin Madan c Ashwin Vinod b Asad Mahmood 6 (2b, 0x4, 1x6)
8.2 Asad Mahmood to Jatin Madan, SIX! JUST OVER! In the slot around the off stump and Madan makes room to launch it a mile into the sky. Long off is interested as the ball takes its own time to drop down but it clears him in the end