Royal Strikers Vs Southern Crusaders Cc 1st Semi Final 25 February 2023

1st Semi-Final • Marsa Sports Club • Malta

Royal Strikers

140/3 (10)

Southern Crusaders CC

141/2 (9)

SOC won by 8 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

RST

SOC

Info

Royal Strikers

140/3 (10)

Batters

Ashwin Raju

75.00

c A Khan b Gulfraz Masih

Chamkaur Singh

0.00

c R Bastiansz b Gulfraz Masih

Kushlesh Koppaka

175.00

c R Bastiansz b Gulfraz Masih

Priyan Pushparajan

276.92

Not out

Chanjal Sudarsanan

245.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(10 Ov, RR: 13.8)

140/3

Did not Bat

Manuel Augustine, Thanseer Thahir, Anil Alocious, Jaison Jerome, Savio Thomas, Jais Mathew

Bowlers

EXT

Gulfraz Masih

9.50

Adeel Latheef

13.50

Ishantha Kariyawasam

13.00

Basil George

10.50

Zeshan Yousaf

23.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Chamkaur Singh

c R Bastiansz b Gulfraz Masih

1-2

0.3

Kushlesh Koppaka

c R Bastiansz b Gulfraz Masih

2-18

2.1

Ashwin Raju

c A Khan b Gulfraz Masih

3-29

2.6

Southern Crusaders CC

141/2 (9)

Batters

Basil George *

212.12

Not out

Adeel Latheef

109.09

lbw b Priyan Pushparajan

Mithila Avishka

216.67

b Anil Alocious

Affy Khan

300.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 6, W: 5)

TOTAL

(9 Ov, RR: 15.11)

141/2

Did not Bat

Ryan Bastiansz, Gopal Thakur, MIchael Goonetilleke, Zeshan Yousaf, Mahabub Rahman, Ishantha Kariyawasam, Gulfraz Masih

Bowlers

EXT

8.00

20.00

16.50

16.50

17.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Adeel Latheef

lbw b Priyan Pushparajan

1-50

4.3

Mithila Avishka

b Anil Alocious

2-77

5.5

Match Info

Date & Time

25 Feb, 01:30 PM IST

Venue

Marsa Sports Club, Malta

Match

1st Semi-Final,

ECS Malta

Umpires

Eranga Jayawardhana (Malta), Abhishek Prajapati (India), Subhas Roy (Malta, TV)

Referee

Steffan Gooch (Europe)

Toss

Southern Crusaders CC elected to bowl

Commentary

So, that is it from this exciting semi-final from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Bidipto Datta. The second semi-final is about to start in a little over ten minutes' time. The Bronze Final and the Grand Final are also set to take place later today. Apart from the ECS Malta matches, there are also games lined up in the Zimbabwe domestic T20 and the ECIW Gibraltar event. So, there is no gap at all for avid cricket fans. Do join us and enjoy all these fixtures!

MATCH RESULT

Southern Crusaders win by eight wickets

Royal Strikers 140/3 (10)
Southern Crusaders 141/2 (9)

Basil George 70* (33) | Affy Khan 30* (10)

Oh!! Southern Crusaders win with an over to spare as they are awarded five penalty points for Royal Strikers' slow over-rate. Just a stunning match here as the Crusaders advance to the final! It was always going to be a heist to chase 141 in a knock-out match but the Crusaders have done it with Basil George leading the charge.

Basil went hard from the word go as the asking rate required an attacking intent. His opening partner Adeel Latheef, however, struggled as he chew up a lot of dot balls before being trapped in front by Priyan Pushparajan in the fifth over. Mithila Avishka was promoted to No.3 but his 13-run cameo was cut shot by Anil Alocious who castled him in the sixth over. Thereafter, the duo of George and Affy Khan wrecked havoc as they started to smash the Royal Strikers' bowlers to all parts of the ground. The Strikers didn't help themselves as they were not disciplined at all with extras accounting for 16. This also included the five penalty runs which was awarded at the end of the ninth over when the Crusaders required five runs off the last six balls.

overs

136 /2 score

7nb

runs

Basil George *

70 (33)

Affy Khan

30 (10)

Kushlesh Koppaka

0 /27

8.6 Kushlesh Koppaka to Basil George, fuller on middle. Swung around to deep square-leg from the crease, for a single to keep strike. Five penalty runs have been awarded to the Crusaders due to slow over rate from the Strikers! Which means, Southern Crusaders have won the match by 8 wickets! They are in the Final!

8.5 Kushlesh Koppaka to Basil George, FOUR RUNS! Full toss on the leg-stump. George steps out and pulls it around to deep backward square-leg, for a boundary!

8.4 Kushlesh Koppaka to Affy Khan, low full toss outside off. Hit down to long-off from the crease, for a single.

8.3 Kushlesh Koppaka to Affy Khan, THIRD SIX! Full outside off. Slog-swept over the top, through the hands off long-on, for another maximum here!

8.2 Kushlesh Koppaka to Affy Khan, FREE HIT! SIX MORE! Short over middle. Hooked away hard, over deep square-leg, off the back foot, for a maximum!

8.2 Kushlesh Koppaka to Affy Khan, NO BALL FOR HEIGHT AGAIN! Full toss outside off. Clobbered over wide long-off from the back foot, for SIX!

8.1 Kushlesh Koppaka to Basil George, full on leg-stump. Swept around to deep square-leg, for a single.

What a poor over from the Royal Strikers skipper Priyan Pushparajan. 24 runs off it as Southern Crusaders require 31 runs off the last 12 balls for a place in the final

overs

111 /2 score

1nb

1wd

2nb

runs

Basil George *

64 (31)

Affy Khan

11 (6)

Priyan Pushparajan

1 /33

7.6 Priyan Pushparajan to Basil George, good length ball on off. Late cut, down to third man from the back foot, for a single to retain strike.

7.5 Priyan Pushparajan to Basil George, FOUR MORE! Short on leg-stump. Pulled away to deep backward square-leg, for another boundary from the middle of the bat!

7.4 Priyan Pushparajan to Basil George, SIX! Low full toss outside off. Carved well over the top of deep backward point, for another maximum!

7.3 Priyan Pushparajan to Affy Khan, fuller on off. A mishit here, down to long-on from the crease, for a single again.

7.2 Priyan Pushparajan to Affy Khan, FREE HIT! Short and wide outside off. Upper cut away off the back foot, for a SIX over third man!

7.2 Priyan Pushparajan to Basil George, NO BALL FOR HEIGHT! Full toss outside off. A mishit to third man, and this is a single.

7.2 Priyan Pushparajan to Basil George, NO BALL! This lands outside the cut strip of the pitch! Free-hit coming up now.