Tour Match # 3
VS
Result:
win by 44 runs
The Match in a tweet: Runs on the board, runs on the board. Win the toss, bat big, win.
Man of the Match: Silida Warnapura
(he made 175 off 157 balls including 10 4s and 2 6s) [let’s not mention that he was dropped ball after drinks on 67]
Our best:
Kaliq Aziz - 3/52 and a resilient run a ball 31.
Aziz took three wickets in an over and was on a hattrick.
The pick of the bowlers taking 3 of the 7 wickets and only the Haqq was more economical (0/49) of his 10. Then contributed with the bat, a nice 100 run partnership with Zakiyy made the chase look plausible. At the end of the 36th over the required run rate was just over 7 and the lads were going at 6.66 with 5 wickets in hand. Unfortunately both set batsmen get out and the tail crumble.
Mujahid Zakiyy - A well paced 80 of 70 balls including 7 fours and 2 maximums.
Aden Talib - bounced back with the bat to make a handy 64. Not his day with the gloves, a dropped catch and a missed stumping.
Sharad Hossein - 52 off 53 balls for the opener and a catch.
Missed chances lose big games. Drops, missed stumpings all hurt at this level. Basically have to take every opportunity and we haven’t done that this week. A few bats got going but no one was able to post that big score to really backbone the chase.
Avoiding the drop gets tricky here but it’s doable.
Need to beat Ireland tomorrow - that’s not negotiable.
Need West Indies to lose to Sri Lanka tomorrow.
Then need to either have the biggest of big upsets against Australia OR hope Ireland beat West Indies and we scrape through on superior NRR.
Around the grounds:
Netherlands won by 83 runs. Surprise surprise batted first on the Dry, made a decent total then squeezed West Indies who were bowled out within 45 overs.
Australia held on to win by 13 runs. Ireland bowled the Aussies out for 139 before themselves got skittled for 126. Leggies on both sides having a field day on the dry wicket.
Australia and Netherlands look set to take out the two promotions. Their game tomorrow will decide the winner.
Tune in at 1500 tomorrow as we take on the Irish.
Trust in the process
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