ALZ vs UA

Alby Zalmi - 91/7 in 10 overs (Zia Alozai 26 off 16 balls, Gopinathan Manavalan 2/16 in 2 overs) beat Umea - 76/7 in 10 overs (Sohail Adnan 38 off 16 balls, Azam Khalil 3/2 in 2 overs) by 15 runs and qualify for the semi-finals.

Sohail Adnan batted so well that Alby Zalmi were in sixes and sevens after four overs and were staring down the barrel. But then came two overs of Azam Khalil and Qudratullah Mir Afzal that changed the course of the match. Qudratullah got Sohail out and then started a procession of wickets and a drying up of runs. 

There was a bit of a flurry in the ninth over from Pardeep Singh that brought interest back into the contest but finally it was too little too late as Alby Zalmi held on to their nerves and produced a champion-like performance to book a semi-final spot tomorrow. 

Undoubtedly, Azam Khalil's two overs proved to be the difference. Every other team up against Alby Zalmi will be aware of that and the experience they have to contend with is something that makes this team very hard to beat - the experience of handling pressure that is.

Umea did give a good account of themselves and they will look to improve themselves going forward. 

That is all that we have for this T10 match from the Norsborg Cricket Ground in Stockholm. This is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto, saying good bye! Keep following Sportskeeda for the finals day of ECS Sweden, 2022, Stockholm! 

9.6 Zia Alozai to Dharmesh Sabharwal, THAT'S IT! Alby Zalmi once again showing why they are the team to beat here, they advance to the semi-finals with this win here. Back of the hand slower one, Dharmesh had to wait and sweeps it to mid-wicket for a single.

9.4 Zia Alozai to Dharmesh Sabharwal, change of pace, back of a length on the outside off, Dharmesh backs away and looks to heave but misses.

9.2 Zia Alozai to Pardeep Singh, RUN-OUT! Length delivery on the off-stump, Pardeep clears his front foot hoick but mistimes it to mid-wicket, they decide to come back for a brace but Gopi is well short of the crease and have to go back here.

Pardeep Singh run out (Azam Khalil/Ismaeel Zia) 13 (12) (2x4)

Zia Alozai [1.0-0-20-0] is back to bowl.

Gopinathan Manavalan, RHB, is at the crease.

Lemar Momand has to work on his extras here, he gives too many of them, giving the batters more balls to get going. Umea are mathematically still in this but they need some big strikes right from the start of the last over to win this. 19 runs required now off 6 balls. 

8.6 Lemar Momand to Pardeep Singh, RUN-OUT! Yorker length on the middle and off, Pardeep gets a leading edge to point, they take off for a sharp single but Tahir might be short here as he slides his bat in with a dive.

Tahir Mujtaba run out (Qudratullah Mir Afzal/Ismaeel Zia) 5 (7)

8.5 Lemar Momand to Pardeep Singh, FOUR MORE! Is it too little too late this for Umea? back of a length on the outside off, Pardeep has a big swipe across the line but he gets a top edge, flew to third-man fence for a boundary.

8.3 Lemar Momand to Pardeep Singh, FOUR! Length delivery on the off-stump, Pardeep lofts it down to deep mid-wicket, the fielder comes around and gets to it but he spills it and even worse, it goes past him for a boundary.

8.2 Lemar Momand to Tahir Mujtaba, WIDE! A bit harsh that from the umpire, it lands inside the tramline on the outside off but still umpire signals that a wide.