An excellent win for Falco with their all-round performance to outplay the Punjab Warriors in all departments. They set up a strong target of 121 and then came out to defend it handsomely winning by a massive margin in the end! Completely one-sided as it got and they will be pretty happy with the way they bowled, keeping the runs down, picking wickets and not once did it look like the Warriors were in this chase! Just going nowhere for them as they failed to get any close to the total they were after! They needed to start the chase well which they didn't as they also lost an early wicket. They could not capitalize in the powerplay overs and the going just got tougher and tougher from there with the required rate mounting and building pressure that they succumbed to.
Falco started brilliantly with the ball in the powerplay and continued to bowl well throughout the game, not letting the batsmen get on top at any stage. Couple of wickets for Adeel and it was an all-round display from him as he did well earlier with the bat too. Ijaz Ahmed with two wickets as well and the rest chipped in with economical bowling to get the job done.
Usama Tariq was the only batsmen who looked good but it was never going to be enough whatsoever. None of the batsmen could get going and it was a batting failure to sum it up. Big win for Falco and this will give them tons of confidence as they needed a win, and one in this fashion only lifts you up as a team! Great performance and they will look to carry this momentum in the games to come for the day and ahead as well!
Falco have done extremely well to keep the Warriors way below of the target, bowling tight, picking wickets and keeping the pressure through-out the innings. Just not happening for Warriors and an average batting performance from them this! Even as we come to the end, they continued to lose wickets and Falco will be pretty happy with the margin of this victory! Much-needed for them and well deserved with the all-round display here. A big win for Falco!
9.6 Ijaz Ahmad to Rishabh, a dot ball, full and outside off, the batsman just blocks that and does not take a run. Falco wins this match by 51 runs!!
9.5 Ijaz Ahmad to Jujhar Singh, OUT!! Back of a length delivery, the batsman rocks back and pulls that one towards the mid-wicket region and the fielder this time completes the catch.
9.4 Ijaz Ahmad to Umair Raza, full and straight, the batsman just works that ball along the ground and takes a single
9.3 Ijaz Ahmad to Jujhar Singh, bowled on the full and on the legs, the batsman just works that ball towards square leg region and takes as single
9.3 Ijaz Ahmad to Jujhar Singh, WIDE BOWLED Down the leg
9.2 Ijaz Ahmad to Gagandeep Singh, THAT'S IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT!!! Back of a length, the batsman looks to go for the maximum fails to get the distance and is caught
9.1 Ijaz Ahmad to Umair Raza,full and the batsman just works that ball along the ground and takes a single
Seems pretty clear as to who is winning this game from here! Falco have done a really good job with the ball to keep it tight, keep the pressure on and the scoring down with the Warriors not any close to the target at the moment! Wickets continue to tumble as the batsmen have no option but to go for the big hits at this stage. All the drama happening for Falco with wickets coming and two catches being put down as well! They won't mind it now though but they will need to look into it for the games ahead. 58 off 6 needed now. Just a formality for Falco now this!
Over: 9 |
Summary: 1 1 2 W W 3
Bowler: Khawar Javed
Score: 65/5
8.6 Khawar Javed to Gagandeep Singh, IN THE AIR, AGAIN AND DROPPED THIS TIME!! Bowled full, the batsman whacks that ball high in the air but the square leg fielder is unable to pouch that one!!
8.5 Khawar Javed to Hardeep Singh Jr, IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT!! Bowled full, the batsman rocks back and belts that ball towards leg-side, he does not get the distance and is caught in the deep
8.4 Khawar Javed to Usama Tariq, RUN OUT!! Bowled full, the batsman pushes that ball towards off-side and tries to come back for a second a bit of sloppy as he does not ground his bat and has to go back into the hut
8.3 Khawar Javed to Usama Tariq, full and straight, the batsman pushes that ball towards deep mid-wicket region and comes back for a second
8.2 Khawar Javed to Gagandeep Singh, full and outside off, the batsman pushes that ball towards off-side and takes a single
8.1 Khawar Javed to Usama Tariq, DROPPED!! Bowled short, the batsman takes on the short ball and hits it straight to the cow-corner fielder and he drops a dolly!
This has been some really good bowling in the blockhole not giving anything away to the batsmen at all! They need the big hits but they just don't seem to be coming from anywhere courtesy some great bowling! Falco on top and it looks like they are going to finish this game with a win, unless we see some carnage hitting from here! Looks pretty tough though
