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Having lost Bikram Arora early on, the runs for the Malta Super Kings came off the blades of Gopal Chaturvedi and Fanyan Mughal. While Chaturvedi departed at the halfway point of the innings, Mughal kept grinding out the runs. Unfortunately, he found no support from the middle-order. The last five overs of the Super Kings innings saw only two sixes being hit, one of them being off the last ball. The Super Kings had their task cut out in defending a total of 81. It certainly did not help them that Shahed Ali helped himself to some very ordinary bowling from Ashok Bishnoi in the first over, which went for a total of 19 runs. Malta Super Kings then pulled things back to an extent, as they kept the Zalmi to 49 in the first five overs. And when Fanyan Mughal got both a well-set Azam Khalil and then Ziakhan Alozai, it seemed as if there was a little more left in the game. But a six from Rahel Khan off Amar Sharma off the first ball next over turned things back in Alby Zalmi's favour. Even though he was dismissed next ball, the duo of Ismaeel Zia and Qudratullah Mir Afzal, a difference of 16 years between them, kept cool heads and nurdled the ball around for singles and slowly closed the target down. Once it was down to single digits, Zia got two very good balls to hit, and he deposited both of them in the stands to seal the deal for the Alby Zalmi.
Ismaeel Zia puts the icing on the cake for the Zalmi with a couple of sixes! The situation was getting a bit tense in the middle overs, it felt like the Super Kings were still in the game, courtesy a super couple of overs from Fanyan Mughal and Amar Sharma. The duo only gave 6 runs away, but the boundaries kept on coming all along for the Alby Zalmi. The 13-ball 16 from Rahel Khan proved to be a contribution of immense value for the Zalmi, as it helped them keep the scoreboard moving in the middle-overs.
9.0
8.5 Muhammad Ajmal to Ismaeel Zia, SIX! Does it in style! What a hit! Dances down the track and smothers the ball straight back over the long-off fence. A mighty hit to book their places in the next eliminator
8.4 Muhammad Ajmal to Ismaeel Zia, SIX! Right out of the screws! In the slot, Zia takes the front leg away and mows it over the mid-wicket fence. All the way into the grass banks
8.3 Muhammad Ajmal to Qudratullah Mir Afzal, full ball angling in on the off-stump. Digs it out towards mid-on. A single is all they can get
8.2 Muhammad Ajmal to Qudratullah Mir Afzal, good length on top of the off-stump. Punches it off the back foot but can't get past the fielder at cover
8.1 Muhammad Ajmal to Ismaeel Zia, fuller ball outside off. Slices it over covers. Falls well short of the fielder in the deep
Muhammad Ajmal, left-arm medium, is back into the attack
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72/5score
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Qudratullah Mir Afzal
2(2)
Ismaeel Zia*
2(2)
Amar Sharma
1/15
7.6 Amar Sharma to Ismaeel Zia, good length around the sixth stump channel. Steers it late to thirdman for one
7.5 Amar Sharma to Qudratullah Mir Afzal, length ball outside the off-stump. Pushes it in front of point and takes one
7.4 Amar Sharma to Ismaeel Zia, fuller ball on the stumps. Drags it across to the vacant mid-wicket region
7.3 Amar Sharma to Qudratullah Mir Afzal, length ball outside the off-stump. Swings and gets the outside edge to thirdman for one
Qudratullah Mir Afzal, right-handed bat, comes to the crease
7.2 Amar Sharma to Rahel Khan, OUT! Holes out this time. Floats it up outside off. Khan tries to take it on but connects with the toe end of the bat. Comfortable catch for the fielder at long-off
Rahel Khan c Justin Shaju b Amar Sharma 16(13)
7.1 Amar Sharma to Rahel Khan, SIX! BOOM! Fractionally short from Sharma. And that's all that Khan needs. He goes back and pulls it away over the mid-wicket fence. Magnificent hit
Ismaeel Zia, right-handed bat, comes to the crease
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Malta Super Kings
Qudratullah Mir Afzal
Amar Sharma
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