The average score yesterday was 119 runs, goes to show you the batting-friendlines of the track. It's a cemetery for bowlers and if they want to get away, then bowling short of length is the only viable option. We saw that the ball rose up really high from the three-quarter length and batsmen found it difficult to put away. As for the batsmen, they just need to hold their posture and hit through the line to score runs on this strip.
The weather will be simmering hot in Dubai. The maximum temperature is expected to reach 40 degree Celsius and the bowlers and the batsmen will have to battle the gruelling heat on top of the heat of the intense competition going between the two set od sticks.
Chirag Suri, Vritiya Aravind and other youngsters of the ECB side have so far been the fnd of the tournament. Aravind smasjed 83 runs in the opening match whereas Chirag Suri clobberted the bowlers en route his 81 run inning against the TAD side. So far, ECB Blues have looked the most compact team of the tournament. Contrary to their name, the ECB side has given blues to the other teams and they will be looking to continue the winning momentum.
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Prasen Moudgal
Final game of the day and no two better teams to sign off on an entertaining day of cricket here in ICC Academy at Dubai. ECB Blues lit up the T10 league with their 164 runs total against an insipid TAD bowling lineup. The batters will be looking to emulate a similar performance today against a depleted SBK side.
ECB Blues defeat the Sharjah Bukhatir XI by 16 runs and thus now are on top of the points table with no loss yet in the tournament!!!
What an amazing contest it turned out to be between the table-toppers which in the end was won by ECB Blues. The Sharjah Bukhatir XI had a decent start to chase due to Khalil Shah taking charge in the 1st over and could score only 20 runs. Unfortunately, though ECB did a brilliant bowling change and brought on the spinners who bowled quick overs through the middle which built pressure on Sharjah Bukhatir XI. A regular fall of wickets through the innings led them to their demise as they could not create partnerships in the middle.
Thus with this game, the 2nd day at the Emirates D10 tournament comes to an end. We hope that you enjoyed this amazing contest of the top 2 teams of this league. Stay tuned on Sportskeeda for all the live cricketing action, this is Navjeevan Rajput and alongside me, Nikhil Kulkarni signing off till then take care and stay safe!!
9.6 Matiullah to Ali Anwaar, fuller length ball, smashed it to the cover boundary. An easy win for the ECB team.
9.5 Matiullah to Ali Anwaar, short ball, pulls it away to deep fine boundary. This came little late in the over and it won't help them to chase this score.
9.4 Matiullah to Ali Anwaar, full length wide on the offside, Ali tries to smash it to the offside but was not able to connect.
9.3 Matiullah to Junaid Shamzu, full-length delivery on middle and leg, tries to smash it to the leg side but gets hit on the body and they take a single. 25 needed in 3 balls!! An error from the bowler can give them a slight chance now
9.2 Matiullah to Ali Anwaar, full-length delivery, worked away to legside for a single.
9.1 Matiullah to Junaid Shamzu, full-length delivery on the leg, tries to smash it to the leg side but gets a leading edge and the third man fielder drops an easy catch. This is the 3rd drop catch by the ECB in the field today!!
At the end of the 9th over SBK is 85/6. They now need 28 runs in the last 6 balls!! Pretty much 5 balls should hit he fence out of 6!!
8.6 Rohan Mustafa to Junaid Shamzu, full length ball on the offside, driven to long off for a single. Last over coming up.
8.6 Rohan Mustafa to Junaid Shamzu, wide ball on the offside.
8.5 Rohan Mustafa to Junaid Shamzu, full length ball, swing and a miss.
8.4 Rohan Mustafa to Junaid Shamzu, full-length ball, driven back to the bowler. 30 runs needed in 8 balls!!
8.3 Rohan Mustafa to Ali Anwaar, full-length ball, taps it to square leg for a single. 30 runs needed in 9 balls!!
8.2 Rohan Mustafa to Junaid Shamzu, full length ball, worked away for a single.
8.1 Rohan Mustafa to Junaid Shamzu, full length delivery, hit to legside for two runs.
At the end of the 8th over SBK is 79/6. The target is now getting stepper and stepper as they need 34 runs in 12 balls. Need more boundaries the SBK And for ECB all the need is a couple of dot balls and giving no boundaries.
7.6 Matiullah to Ali Anwaar, full length delivery on the offside, tries to smash it straight down the ground but gets an edge. The ball races down to the boundary.
7.5 Matiullah to Shyam Ramesh, short ball, goes for the pull shot but gets an edge behind keeper who takes an easy catch one handed. Big wicket!.
7.4 Matiullah to Junaid Shamzu, short of a length ball, worked away for a single.
7.3 Matiullah to Junaid Shamzu, short ball, pulls it away to deep midwicket, the fielder intercepts it.
