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Edex Knights win by 9 wickets with 4 overs to spare!
Basil George 39 (12) | Nithin Babu - 2/11 (2) Michael Nazir 39* (27) | Amar Sharma - 1/22 (2)
This definitely did not look like an easy defense and it wasn't possible for Mater Dei to win it in the end but Edex Knights made sure to finish it off well within 10 overs! In fact, in 6 overs with only 1 wicket lost!
Basil George got stuck into the bowling with a strike rate of 325! There were 7 wides and 2 no-balls bowled that helped immensely. Samuel Stanislaus and Yadav Manu made sure of knocking the remaining runs easily, with strike rates of 155.55 and 275, respectively.
The bowling hardly had much to talk about. Just a consolation wicket to Amar Sharma and an over that went for only 10 runs from Suhrid Roy. We say only because of the carnage elsewhere!
So, with this thumping win, the Knights continue their winning run in the tournament but Mater Dei stay on 10 points.
6
overs
98/1score
1
1
4
1
1
6
runs
Yadav Manu*
22(8)
Samuel Stanislaus
28(18)
Manuel Antony
0/14
5.6 Manuel Antony to Yadav Manu, SIX RUNS TO FINISH THE MATCH! EDEX KNIGHTS WIN AT A CANTER! Length ball on off-stump. A slog-sweep this time that flies over the rope at deep mid-wicket for a maximum!
5.5 Manuel Antony to Samuel Stanislaus, good length ball on off-stump. Turned around to the square-leg position off the pads for a single.
5.4 Manuel Antony to Yadav Manu, full toss around off-stump. Pulled away to deep mid-on from the front foot for a single.
5.3 Manuel Antony to Yadav Manu, FOUR RUNS! Length ball on off-stump. Flicked away to the right of deep mid-wicket off the front foot for a boundary!
5.2 Manuel Antony to Samuel Stanislaus, short around off-stump. Pulled over the top to the wide mid-on position off the back foot for a single.
5.1 Manuel Antony to Yadav Manu, full toss outside off-stump. Pushed down to long-on off the front foot for a single.
5
overs
84/1score
1
6
4
0
0
0
runs
Samuel Stanislaus*
26(16)
Yadav Manu
10(4)
Amar Sharma
1/22
4.6 Amar Sharma to Samuel Stanislaus, good length ball on off-stump. Defended to the short-leg region off the back foot, no run.
4.5 Amar Sharma to Samuel Stanislaus, short on off-stump. Knocked to the short mid-wicket region off the back foot, no run.
4.4 Amar Sharma to Samuel Stanislaus, short outside off-stump. Cut away to point off the back foot. The non-striker wanted a run, the striker didn't and that created a mix-up! The throw to the bowler's end brings about a dive and that saves Manu!
4.3 Amar Sharma to Samuel Stanislaus, FOUR RUNS! Short on middle-stump. Pulled away off the back foot to deep mid-wicket's right for a boundary!
4.2 Amar Sharma to Samuel Stanislaus, SIX RUNS! Short on leg-and-middle. Pulled well over fine-leg off the top edge actually, for a maximum!
4.1 Amar Sharma to Yadav Manu, good length ball on off-stump. Heaved to the right of the mid-wicket region on the charge for a single.
4
overs
73/1score
0
6
4
0
0
0
runs
Samuel Stanislaus*
16(11)
Yadav Manu
9(3)
Suhrid Roy
0/10
3.6 Suhrid Roy to Samuel Stanislaus, short and wide outside off-stump. Dabbed down to short third man off the back foot, no run.
3.5 Suhrid Roy to Samuel Stanislaus, good length ball around off-stump. A swing across the line and a miss! No run.
3.4 Suhrid Roy to Samuel Stanislaus, short around off-stump. A leave this time on the back foot to let it go!