Although Hardikkumar Patel tried his best to get Punjab over the line, he fell short of a ton by six runs and his team lost the game by a margin of 38 runs. The bowlers of Lisbon tried their best to prevent Patel from scoring freely, but they could not do so quite easily.
Punjab CC know that they were the better side in this game and won it fair and square by defeating their opponents in all three departments of the game. Lisbon have a lot of reflection to do in the dressing room and decode for themselves what went wrong.
Punjab will take the momentum they have gained from this game into their next game in the tournament and hope that they do not falter anymore. As for Lisbon, they will have to look in the mirror and find out their mistakes and not repeat them in their next game.
That will be that!
10
overs
128/5score
2
W
0
1
0
4
runs
Harinder Singh*
8(3)
Giridhar Manjunath
1(2)
Adnan Ali-I
1/13
9.6 Adnan Ali to Ronak Patel, FOUR MORE BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER! IT'S VICTORY TO PUNJAB CC! Length ball around off-stump. Outside edged away to the third man area off the back foot for a boundary!
9.5 Adnan Ali to Ronak Patel, length ball around off-stump. A swing and a miss through the line of the ball this time. No run.
9.4 Adnan Ali to Giridhar Manjunath, back of a length on off-and-middle. Pulled away to the deep square-leg area on the charge for one.
9.3 Adnan Ali to Giridhar Manjunath, full around off-stump. A swing and a miss from the crease through the line.
Giridhar Manjunath, RHB, is the new batter.
9.2 Adnan Ali to Hardikkumar Patel, GOT HIM! Full on off-and-middle. Hardikkumar lofted it with the flick of the wrists from the back foot but ended up getting caught at deep square-leg! The hundred is not to be for now!
Hardikkumar Patel c Simranjeet Singh b Adnan Ali 94 (38b 5x4 11x6)
9.1 Adnan Ali to Hardikkumar Patel, length ball around off-stump. Punched over cover on the back foot to the man out in the deep for a couple.
With just one over to go, this game is as good as won by Punjab. Lisbon are getting nowhere close to the total that they are chasing.
9
overs
121/4score
1
6
2W
4
0
1
4
runs
Harinder Singh*
4(1)
Hardikkumar Patel
92(36)
Parveen Singh
0/25
8.6 Parveen Singh to Harinder Singh, OH HO! FOUR MORE! Back of a length on middle-and-off. Edged off the back foot past the right of the keeper for a boundary!
8.5 Parveen Singh to Hardikkumar Patel, AH! Full and slow outside off-stump. A miscued hoick across the line that gets top edged. Mid-off tried his best to catch it with a dive but failed to! One run.
8.4 Parveen Singh to Hardikkumar Patel, good length slower ball outside off-stump. A swing across the line on the back foot and a miss! Dot ball.
8.3 Parveen Singh to Hardikkumar Patel, FREE HIT! FOUR RUNS! Full on middle-stump. Lofted from deep in the crease out towards the vacant deep mid-wicket region for a boundary!
8.3 Parveen Singh to Hardikkumar Patel, NO BALL FOR HEIGHT AND A WICKET! Full toss outside off-stump. Slapped down to the wide long-off area for a couple of runs here. Or is it? Ronak is RUN OUT at the non-striker's end in coming back for the second!
Hardikkumar Patel run out (Adnan Ali/Parveen Singh) 8 (11b 1x4 0x6)
8.2 Parveen Singh to Hardikkumar Patel, SIX RUNS! Good length ball around off-stump. Hoisted well over deep square-leg from down on one knee for a maximum!
Punjab are getting close. Lisbon, despite having got some momentum in the last few overs, seem to have thrown it away.