Malta Vs Portugal Match 1 04 May 2023

1st T20I • Europa Sports Complex • Gibraltar

Portugal

160/6 (20)

Malta

76/10 (13.3)

PORT won by 84 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Mohammad Siraj Nipo

5/17

PORT

MAL

Info

Portugal

160/6 (20)

Batters

Kuldeep Gholiya

128.57

c D Marks b F Rahman

Azher Andani

53.85

c Samuel Stanislaus b A Sharma

Miguel Machado

100.00

lbw b F Rahman

Amir Zaib

100.00

runout (V Prasath)

Najam Shahzad

151.72

c Basil George b A Bishnoi

Anthony Chambers

63.64

c R Bastiansz b F Mughal

Rana-Zohaib Sarwar

164.29

Not out

Francoise Stoman

125.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 3, W: 16)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8)

160/6

Did not Bat

Suman Ghimire, Junaid Khan II, Mohammad Siraj Nipo

Bowlers

EXT

7.00

8.75

6.50

8.00

9.00

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kuldeep Gholiya

c D Marks b F Rahman

1-33

5.1

Miguel Machado

lbw b F Rahman

2-37

5.5

Amir Zaib

runout (V Prasath)

3-68

9.6

Azher Andani

c Samuel Stanislaus b A Sharma

4-96

12.2

Anthony Chambers

c R Bastiansz b F Mughal

5-122

15.5

Najam Shahzad

c Basil George b A Bishnoi

6-141

18.2

Malta

76/10 (13.3)

Batters

Darshit Patankar

36.36

c K Gholiya b MS Nipo

Fanyan Mughal

100.00

b J Khan II

Basil George

90.00

c A Zaib b J Khan II

Samuel Stanislaus

0.00

c K Gholiya b J Khan II

Varun Prasath

77.78

c RZ Sarwar b MS Nipo

Jaspal Singh

40.00

c N Shahzad b MS Nipo

Ryan Bastiansz

100.00

c RZ Sarwar b MS Nipo

Amar Sharma *

90.91

st K Gholiya b MS Nipo

Ashok Bishnoi

0.00

lbw b A Zaib

Fazil Rahman

0.00

b A Zaib

David Marks

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 5, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(13.3 Ov, RR: 5.63)

76/10

Bowlers

EXT

Junaid Khan II

4.50

Najam Shahzad

7.50

Mohammad Siraj Nipo

3.3

4.86

Francoise Stoman

6.00

Amir Zaib

2.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Darshit Patankar

c K Gholiya b MS Nipo

1-25

4.3

Fanyan Mughal

b J Khan II

2-28

5.4

Samuel Stanislaus

c K Gholiya b J Khan II

3-28

5.5

Basil George

c A Zaib b J Khan II

4-42

7.5

Varun Prasath

c RZ Sarwar b MS Nipo

5-52

9.1

Jaspal Singh

c N Shahzad b MS Nipo

6-53

9.4

Ryan Bastiansz

c RZ Sarwar b MS Nipo

7-71

11.5

Ashok Bishnoi

lbw b A Zaib

8-74

12.3

Fazil Rahman

b A Zaib

9-74

12.6

Amar Sharma

st K Gholiya b MS Nipo

10-76

13.3

Match Info

Date & Time

04 May, 06:15 PM IST

Venue

Europa Sports Complex, Gibraltar

Match

1st T20I,

Gibraltar T20I Tri-Series

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Sebastian Maynard (Spain), Richard Cunningham( United Kingdom)

Toss

Malta elected to bowl

Player of the Match Mohammad Siraj Nipo

5/17

Commentary

Thanks for tuning in today. This is Mohul Bhowmick signing off on behalf of Pradeep. Join us at Sportskeeda in a short while when Portugal return to face the hosts Gibraltar in their second match of this tri-nation competition. They will be on a high after this big victory over Malta. Until next time, ciao!

Portugal beat Malta by 84 runs!

Najam Shahzad 44 (29) | Md Siraj Nipo 5/17
Kuldeep Gholiya 27 (21) | Junaid Khan 3/18

Quite surprisingly, the Maltese batting folded and handed Portugal a comfortable victory. Md Siraj Nipo was the star for Portugal with the ball in hand, and made sure that the Maltese batters could not quite free their hands indiscriminately.

The likes of Junaid Khan and Amir Zaib too managed to get into the act and made sure that Malta were not even able to reach the 100-run mark. A lot was expected of the likes of Basil George, Ryan Bastiansz and skipper Varun Prasath, but they all flattered to deceive.

Malta will be very displeased with the way they batted today, although left-arm spinner Md Siraj of Portugal will be happy with the fact that he managed to bag a five-wicket haul. Doing so in a Twenty20 game is not easy, but he spun a web against the Maltese batters.

All in all, Portugal will be happy with the way they performed today. Earlier in the day, it was batter Najeem Shahzad who had given them the luxury to express themselves freely on the field. Portugal come back in a while to take Gibraltar on in their second game of this tri-nation competition.

13.3 Md Siraj Nipo to Amar Sharma, OUT! STUMPED! That's it, it's all over as Portugal humble Malta in this first game. Md Siraj Nipo picks up a fifer, what a remarkable spell of bowling it has been. Length delivery on the fourth stump. Amar lunges to drive but he's dragged his backfoot outside the crease as the keeper does the rest. Umpire is checking this one upstairs, it's been given OUT!

Amar Sharma st Kuldeep Gholiya b Md Siraj Nipo 10 (11b 0x4 1x6)

13.2 Md Siraj Nipo to David Marks, short on the stumps. Marks swipes it to deep square-leg for a single.

13.1 Md Siraj Nipo to Amar Sharma, length delivery on he fifth stump. Amar leans and pushes it to covers for a quick single.

David Marks, RHB, is the last batter.

It seems all but over for Malta now! Portugal are just one wicket away from victory here.

overs

74 /9 score

1wd

runs

Fazil Rahman *

0 (3)

Amar Sharma

9 (9)

Amir Zaib

2 /2

12.6 Amir Zaib to Fazil Rahman, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Done him with a slower one, takes all the pace off and completely deceives Fazil there. He has another wild swing too early and misses, through to rattle the stumps.

12.5 Amir Zaib to Fazil Rahman, back of a length delivery, outside the off-stump. Fazil has another ugly swing across the line and misses.

12.4 Amir Zaib to Fazil Rahman, back of a length on the off-stump. Fazil has a wild swing but ends up dragging it into the on-side.

Fazil Rahman, RHB, is the new batter.

12.3 Amir Zaib to Ashok Bishnoi, OUT! BIG APPEAL FOR LBW, UP GOES THE FINGER! That looked like it was sliding down leg but umpire gives it out. Back of a length delivery on the leg-stump line, Bishnoi gets inside the line and looks to clip it but misses, raps on the pad.

Ashok Bishnoi lbw b Amir Zaib 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)

12.2 Amir Zaib to Ashok Bishnoi, back of a length on the off-stump. Bishnoi on the backfoot pushes it to the cover fielder for another dot.

12.1 Amir Zaib to Amar Sharma, back of a length on the off-stump. Amar on the backfoot drops it into the off-side for a quick single.

12.1 Amir Zaib to Amar Sharma, WIDE! Too straight as he strays it down the leg-side, called a wide.

Siraj has spun a web across all the batters of Malta. It is only a matter of time before they get all out and provide Portugal with a rather well-deserved win.

overs

72 /7 score

2nb

1wd

runs

Ashok Bishnoi *

0 (1)

Amar Sharma

8 (8)

Mohammad Siraj Nipo

4 /15

11.6 Md Siraj Nipo to Ashok Bishnoi, full delivery on the stumps, Bishnoi chips it in to the off-side as Nipo sprints to his left but falls well short.

11.6 Md Siraj Nipo to Ashok Bishnoi, WIDE! Drops it short but drifts it way outside the off-stump, called a wide.