A rather comfortable and convincing victory for Vienna Afghan in the end as they made light work of the chase, romping home in just 7 overs with eight wickets at their disposal as well. The openers came all guns blazing to ensure that Vienna Danube had absolutely no chance whatsoever to defend this total as they made a mockery of the bowlers smashing them all over the park for fun.
It was Shenwari to started the assault smashing Malyar for over twenty runs in the first over that made the intentions clear and set the ball rolling for Vienna Afghan in this chase. His quickfire 30 off just 13 deliveries along with Utmanzai's 45 off a mere 23 deliveries dictated terms right from the word go. The duo put together 80 runs for the opening stand chasing 106 and it was a clear no brainer as to which side this game was going from there on.
Poor bowling from Vienna Danube as their bowlers kept getting mercilessly smashed and before they could even figure out what was happening, the game was as good as over for them. They did manage to pick up a couple of wickets towards the end but all the damage was very well done by then. A disappointing show with the ball for them as they crashed to a thumping defeat at the hands of Vienna Afghan in the final encounter of the day!
Utmanzai missing out on a well deserved fifty. A good over by Zadran but they will not be able to avoid the inevitable as Vienna Afghan have chased the target down with eight wickets and three overs to spare. One-sided chase for them courtesy the blast from their openers at the top for a comprehensive performance!
Over: 7 |
Summary: 0 0 0 2 W 1w 4
Bowler: Ahmed Zadran
Score: 108/2
6.6 Ahmed Zadran to Noor Ahmadzai, FOUR! VIENNA AFGHAN DO IT EASILY! Tossed up ball on the offstump. Noor deep in the crease, waits for the ball to come to him and slog sweeps it behind square for a boundary to kill the chase and reach the victory shores
6.6 Ahmed Zadran to Noor Ahmadzai, length ball sprayed down the legside. WIDE siganlled by the umpire
6.5 Ahmed Zadran to Qadargul Utmanzai, OUT STUMPED! Fuller length ball bowled wide outside off. Qadargul comes down the track, tries to go over the top but fails to get underneath the ball which sneaks under his bat as the keeper behind quickly collects it and whips the bails off
6.4 Ahmed Zadran to Qadargul Utmanzai, fuller length ball on the fifth stump line. Qadargul sits on one knee and sweeps the ball to deep backward square leg and comes back for a couple. A tighter throw and he could have been struggling
6.3 Ahmed Zadran to Qadargul Utmanzai, tossed up ball bowled outside off. Qadargul tries to go inside out but fails to make any contact
6.2 Ahmed Zadran to Qadargul Utmanzai, length delivery on legstump. The batsman taps it away to deep long on for no run as Qadargul wants his fifty
6.1 Ahmed Zadran to Qadargul Utmanzai, low fulltoss bowled outside off. Qadargul tries to go over the top but fails to make any contact
Well, Vienna Afghan are in a hurry to wrap this up and Sadiq Mohamad has joined the party as well from the word go. Runs continue to flow in a flurry for them as they get past 100 in just 6 overs. Just a hit or two away now and what a magnificent chase this has been!
5.6 Mohammaed Safi to Sadiq Mohamad, EDGED! FOUR! Back of length delivery dug into the pitch. Sadiq heaves across the line violently, gets a top edge which flies over the keeper to third man for a boundary
5.5 Mohammaed Safi to Sadiq Mohamad, short of good length ball bowled on the sixth stump line. Sadiq tries to go down town but fails to make any contact
5.4 Mohammaed Safi to Sadiq Mohamad, SIX! TWO IN TWO! Fuller length ball bowled outside off. Sadiq moves across, fetches the ball from outside off and clatters it over deep square leg for a MAXIMUM
5.3 Mohammaed Safi to Sadiq Mohamad, SIX! DEPOSITED! Overpitched ball sprayed down the legside. Sadiq clears his front leg and deposits the ball over long leg for a maximum
5.2 Mohammaed Safi to Qadargul Utmanzai, fuller length ball on the offstump as the batsman toe ends it to short point for a single
5.1 Mohammaed Safi to Sadiq Mohamad, low fulltoss angling down the leg. Sadiq tries to sweep the ball but gets its horribly wrong as the ball crawls to short square for a single
Half-way mark and Vienna Afghan are in touching distance of victory after this terrific opening stand. They have done the job and it should be an easy win for them from here. Finally some success for Vienna Danube but it clearly seems to be too late now. Utmanzai on the charge for Vienna Afghan in the chase!
