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Fighters CC have almost pulled pulled off a miracle chasing a target of 134 from 10 overs falling short by just 4 runs in the end. Deepu Mansurpuria started off the innings for his team in a great fashion scoring boundaries inside the powerplay. Imran Rao, who walked in at number 3, played a marvelous innings for his 56 from 23 balls and almost took the team home before he fell in the penultimate over. Deepu Mansurpuria also played a crucial knock of 44 runs from 24 balls but their effort just wasn't enough when the failed to score 17 runs from the final over though Balwinder Singh tried his best to help his team cross the line in that last over of the innings.
Malo bowlers kept the pressure on at all the stages of the innings and didn't look like the opponents are running away to the target. Though they couldn't pick too many wickets in the innings, the dot balls and pile of non-boundary balls helped them a lot. They managed to pick the crucial wickets at the back end of the innings that really helped them to restrict the opponent chasing the target.
With this win in the big final of ECS T10 Tournament in Portugal, Malo earn the title for 3rd straight time and that record speaks for itself about the quality of effort they have put over the years at this level.
What a contest we've had to witness in the final of ECS T10 Tournament of Cartaxo Leg here in Portugal. Malo CC prevail in the end with 4 runs of victory margin and they get the much deserved cup for the 3rd time in a row in ECS.
10
overs
129/3score
1w
0
6
0
0
0
6
runs
Balwinder Singh*
14(8)
Amir Zaib
0/33
9.6 Amir Zaib to Balwinder Singh, SIX! Slot delivery on the stumps, Balwinder goes down on one knee and dispatches the ball over long on for a maximum! Malo players couldn't care less about it as they win the match by 4 runs!
9.5 Amir Zaib to Balwinder Singh, slot delivery slashed hard to deep midwicket fielder who stops the ball from boundary, another single denied and Malo just need a legal delivery now
9.4 Amir Zaib to Balwinder Singh, length delivery on the pads again, smacked towards fine leg and Balwinder denies a run again, he wants to keep the strike! 11 required off 2 now!
9.3 Amir Zaib to Balwinder Singh, length delivery on the pads, pulled towards midwicket and the batsmen do not run again!
9.2 Amir Zaib to Balwinder Singh, SIX! Full and on the slot spraying down the leg side, Balwinder slashes it hard and lofts it over long on for a six
9.1 Amir Zaib to Balwinder Singh, slower delivery outside off stump, chipped towards mid on and Balwinder denies a single!
9.1 Amir Zaib to Balwinder Singh, wide down the leg side! 17 needed off 6 now!
Amir Zaib to bowl the final over of the innings.
That's the end of the 9th over and Fighters CC need 18 from the final over. Mandeep Singh walks in for Fighters CC and Balwinder Singh will be on strike to chase down the target.
9
overs
116/3score
1lb
6
6
W
1W
1
runs
Mandeep Mall
44(24)
Balwinder Singh*
2(2)
Najam Shahzad
1/23
8.6 Najam Shahzad to Balwinder Singh, length delivery on the pads, pushed towards mid on for a single
8.5 Najam Shahzad to Balwinder Singh, OUT! RUNOUT! 1 run completed. Full and on the pads, placed it on the leg side between deep midwicket, the batsmen push for two but the throw to the non striker has Deepu Mansupuria fall short of his crease
Balwinder Singh, right hand bat, is the new man to come in for Fighters CC.
8.4 Najam Shahzad to Imran Rao, OUT! DRAMA CONTINUES! A leg cutter from Shahzad pitching on the middle stump line, Rao tries to sweep the ball but has his stumps cartwheeling
8.3 Najam Shahzad to Imran Rao, SIX MORE! Full toss on stumps and Rao lofts it on the leg side over midwicket for another maximum!
That's the half century for Imran Rao and he is playing a scintillating innings for his team here. Can he help his team cross the line in the big final here in Cartaxo?
8.2 Najam Shahzad to Imran Rao, SIX! Length delivery on the stumps, Rao gets on his front foot and pulls it over the midwicket region for a huge six!