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That is all from this encounter. Rain player spoilsport and we couldn't get a game in. For now, this is me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) biding adieu.
02:10 PM IST- The first quarter final has been abandoned without a ball being bowled. Swieqi United goes through to the semi-finals on the virtue of finishing higher in the group stage.
01:57 PM IST: The wait continues for now. No further updates from the ground so we can assume that it's still raining.
Update 01:17 PM IST: We should have started by now but it's raining at Marsa and we are set for a brief delay. Stay tuned for further updates.
Lineups are out: Marsa (Playing XI): Noman Mehar(wk), Fanyan Mughal, Haroon Mughal, Nowell Khosla(c), Muhammad Suleman, Venkatesh Pakalapati, Faisal Bin Mahrose, Umair Saleem, Abhishek Singh, Farhan Masih, Adnan Hassan
Swieqi United (Playing XI): Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Ajmal, Anil Qadir(c&wk), Asif Sha, Vidhu Krishnan, Imran Ameer, Hari Krishnan, Umar Khan, Bilal Khan, Arun Ramesan, Peyas Bepari
Toss update: Swieqi United won the toss and elected to field.
Hello and Welcome to Sportskeeda's coverage for the 1st quarter-final of ECS Malta, Encore slated to be played between the Swieqi United and Marsa. After some intense action over the last 10 days, we have got our eight quarter-finalists. For this encounter, it will be me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) who will take us through everything that unravels during the course of the contest.
We have had an intense tournament so far and both these teams have made an indifferent impact in the tournament. While the Swieqi United qualifier at the No 2 spot in Group A with 7 wins from 10 matches, Marsa could only muster 5 wins from their 10 matches but also finished at the 3rd position. The Swieqi United looks stronger on paper and it will be interesting to see how the match pans out.