Swieqi United Vs Gozo Zalmi 2nd Semi Final 25 February 2023

2nd Semi-Final • Marsa Sports Club • Malta

Gozo Zalmi

112/4 (10)

Swieqi United

62 (8)

GZZ won by 50 runs

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Gozo Zalmi

112/4 (10)

Batters

Zeeshan Khan

33.33

c Shah b yadav

Mehboob Ali

233.33

b yadav

Michael Das

115.38

c Krishnan-l b Qadir

Fazil Rahman

280.00

c Krishnan-l b Ajmal

Bilal Khan

33.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(10 Ov, RR: 11.2)

112/4

Did not Bat

Ijaz Ahmed-I, Talib Shamraiz, Glenn Tavilla, Sawab Afridi, Majid Javed, Shakir Afridi

Bowlers

EXT

Waqar Afridi

6.50

Vibhor yadav

8.00

Muhammad Ajmal

14.00

Arslan Ahmed

12.00

Asif Shah

17.00

Bilal Qadir

13.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Zeeshan Khan

c Shah b yadav

1-4

1.1

Michael Das

c Krishnan-l b Qadir

2-65

6.2

Fazil Rahman

c Krishnan-l b Ajmal

3-98

8.3

Mehboob Ali

b yadav

4-112

9.6

Swieqi United

62/10 (8)

Batters

Vibhor yadav

157.14

c Ahmed-b Ali

Anil Qadir

0.00

c Ahmed-b Rahman

Qasim Muhammad

125.00

c Ahmed-b Afridi

Muhammad Ajmal

150.00

c Das b Afridi

Imran Ameer

170.00

c Khan b Afridi

Waqar Afridi

0.00

c Ahmed-b Afridi

Hari Krishnan-l

50.00

c Ahmed-b Afridi

Asif Shah

175.00

c Ahmed-b Rahman

Arslan Ahmed

50.00

Not out

Bilal Qadir

157.14

b Ali

Extras

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

TOTAL

(8 Ov, RR: 7.75)

62/10

Did not Bat

Umar Ullah

Bowlers

EXT

Bilal Khan

4.00

Mehboob Ali

8.50

Fazil Rahman

6.50

Shakir Afridi

6.50

Sawab Afridi

15.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Vibhor yadav

c Ahmed-b Ali

1-12

1.5

Anil Qadir

c Ahmed-b Rahman

2-12

2.1

Muhammad Ajmal

c Das b Afridi

3-24

3.1

Qasim Muhammad

c Ahmed-b Afridi

4-25

3.3

Waqar Afridi

c Ahmed-b Afridi

5-25

3.4

Hari Krishnan-l

c Ahmed-b Afridi

6-34

4.3

Asif Shah

c Ahmed-b Rahman

7-43

5.4

Imran Ameer

c Khan b Afridi

8-49

6.3

Bilal Qadir

b Ali

9-62

7.6

Match Info

Date & Time

25 Feb, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Marsa Sports Club, Malta

Match

2nd Semi-Final,

ECS Malta

Umpires

Abhishek Prajapati (India), Eranga Jayawardhana (Malta), Joy Ghose Roy (Malta, TV)

Referee

Steffan Gooch (Europe )

Toss

Gozo Zalmi elected to bat

6 1 W 1 1 6

Over 5

Runs: 15

0 1 0 W 0 0

Over 6

Runs: 1

6 0 W 0 4 0

Over 7

Runs: 10

1 1 1 0 6 W

Over 8

Runs: 9

All Overs

Commentary

So, the stage is set for the last two games of the season. The bronze final begins at 6:30 PM, with the final scheduled for 8:30 PM. Make sure you join us for the coverage of this game, but for now, this is Pratyush signing off on behalf of my partner, Pragadeesh. Buh bye!

Gozo Zalmi beat Swieqi United by 50 runs!

Mehboob Ali - 77 (33) | Shakir Afridi - 4/13
Imran Ameer - 17 (10) | Vibhor Yadav - 2/16

The absolute scenes at the ground. Not many gave Gozo Zalmi a chance to overcome Swieqi United in this game but they've done the impossible. United's winning streak is put to an end and it's happened at the worst possible time for them. They're knocked out of the tournament and will have to settle for third place, if at all, when they come up against the Royal Strikers later today.

It's all about Gozo Zalmi and their side though. They were a one-man show with the bat with Mehboob Ali making sure they post a good total on the board. The bowlers were superb throughout, with Shakir Afridi leading the way with his four-wicket haul. After the openers were dismissed cheaply, he bagged three wickets in his first over to completely dismantle this United middle order.

Mehboob Ali, Fazil Rahman, and Fawab Afridi kept contributing too to finish up the rest of the job and restrict Sweiqi United to a miserly total of 62. So, the finals are set up with Gozo Zalmi going up against the Southern Crusaders later today. Before that, Sweiqi United will take on Royal Strikers in the bronze final.

Umar Khan is injured and won't walk out to bat, so that will be that. After being unbeaten throughout the tournament, United have stumbled at the last hurdle and how.

7.6 Mehboob Ali to Bilal Qadir, BOWLED! Response with a fuller one, Qadir tries to give room and carve this on the off-side but couldn't quite get underneath the ball and the stumps are rattled. Umar Khan is injured and he won't come out to bat, so Gozo cause a massive upset and book their spot in the finals. Swieqi United dominated the league phase but they couldn't deliver their best when it mattered the most and have to play the bronze medal match against Royal Strikers

7.5 Mehboob Ali to Bilal Qadir, SIX! Short of a length angling in, Qadir hacks this over deep mid-wicket and gets a maximum

7.4 Mehboob Ali to Bilal Qadir, back of a length angling in, Qadir gives room and cuts but didn't get any contact

7.3 Mehboob Ali to Arslan Ahmed, full angling on middle stump, Ahmed drags it to the leg-side and takes another single

7.2 Mehboob Ali to Bilal Qadir, slow delivery and it's been dabbed down to backward point for one

7.1 Mehboob Ali to Arslan Ahmed, slow delivery on a good length, Ahmed jabs it in front of square on the off-side for a single

overs

53 /8 score

runs

Bilal Qadir *

4 (3)

Arslan Ahmed

0 (2)

Shakir Afridi

4 /13

6.6 Shakir Afridi to Bilal Qadir, back of a length sliding across off-stump, Qadir swings hard but didn't get any contact

6.5 Shakir Afridi to Bilal Qadir, FOUR! Pitched up angling on middle stump, Qadir works it between backward point and short third for a boundary

6.4 Shakir Afridi to Bilal Qadir, good length outside leg-stump, Qadir swings and misses

Bilal Qadir, RHB, walks in at no.10

6.3 Shakir Afridi to Imran Ameer, IN THE AIR...TAKEN! Pitched up angling on off-stump, Ameer couldn't connect the slog this time and the fielder at long-on moves to his right and gobbles it up

6.2 Shakir Afridi to Imran Ameer, full sliding across off-stump, Ameer swings and misses

6.1 Shakir Afridi to Imran Ameer, SIX! Back of a length, Ameer swipes this across and the ball clears deep mid-wicket comfortably and goes over the ropes

overs

43 /7 score

runs

Arslan Ahmed *

0 (2)

Imran Ameer

11 (7)

Fazil Rahman

2 /13

5.6 Fazil Rahman to Arslan Ahmed, full toss and it's been skewed to the leg-side. Ahmed wants a single and he's been sent back. He just drags his bat over the line

5.5 Fazil Rahman to Arslan Ahmed, low full toss on middle stump, Ahmed drags it to mid-wicket

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