LUX vs BEL

European Cricket Championship · Match 17

Recent overs

Ov 10
1000W0
1 runs
Ov 9
4wd111606
19 runs
Ov 8
1001W0
2 runs
Ov 7
611124
15 runs

Commentary

That's all from this contest, but the battle for the top two spots in the group continues as Malta take on France in the next game, which will get underway in around 10 minutes' time. Just switch tabs to catch all the action from that one. For now, this is the duo of Pratyush and Pradeep, taking your leave. Bye bye!
Belgium win by 61 runs

Muhammad Sulaiman - 63 (19) | Murid Ekrami - 2/18
Shiv Karan Gill - 34 (22) and 1/11

Right then. It was one of the most one-sided contests you'll see between the top two sides of the group. What was expected to be a close contest left plenty to be desired in the end, especially for Luxembourg as a team. They conceded two many runs in the first half of the game and could never really recover from there on.

It was Sulaiman's knock that set the tone for Belgium, while there were healthy contributions from the other batters as well. In the second innings, their bowlers took responsibility to close the game out without much of a fuss too. Ekrami got the ball rolling in the powerplay and once Luxembourg were at 34/3, it was tough to see a way back for them.

Tony Whiteman did his best to keep the fight on, as did Shiv Karan Gill, but neither batter could go on to play the long innings that was required. The Belgium bowling unit ensured that they keep chipping away to eventually seal a mammoth 61-run victory to seal their spot into the next round.
10Ov101/5Score
1000W01 run
Shiv Karan34 (22)
Eliyas Jabarkhel*0 (1)
Raja-Waqas Ali1/16
9.6 Waqas Raja to Eliyas Jabarkhel, THAT'S IT! Belgium continue their supremacy in Group C as Luxembourg were a no match to them in this game. Back of a length on the outside off, Jabarkhel on the backfoot has a big swing across the line and misses.
Eliyas Jabarkhel, RHB, comes to the crease
9.5 Waqas Raja to Anoop Orsu, OUT! STRAIGHT TO DEEP COVERS AND GONE! Short on the outside off, Orsu down the track, cuts it straight to the hands of the fielder at deep covers and Orsu has to go.
Anoop Orsu c Omid Malik Khel b Waqas Raja 13 (9b 0x4 2x6)
9.4 Waqas Raja to Anoop Orsu, length delivery on the fourth stump, Orsu has a big swipe across the line as he goes down on one knee and misses.
9.3 Waqas Raja to Anoop Orsu, yorker length on the outside off, Orsu tries to jams his bat to it but misses.
9.2 Waqas Raja to Anoop Orsu, low full toss on the outside off, Orsu misses out as he fails to make the connection, through to the keeper on the bounce.
9.1 Waqas Raja to Shiv Karan Gill, short on the off-stump, Gill backing away, pulls it to long-on for an easy single.
Waqas Raja [1.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
Final over to go then. Luxembourg need 63 to get. Only one winner in this contest. This last over is a mere formality.
9Ov0/0Score
5w1116060 runs
8.6 Reyhan Faiz to Anoop Orsu, SIX MORE! Length delivery on the off-stump, Orsu advances down the track and PUMMELS it handsomely over long-off fielder for another maximum.
8.5 Reyhan Faiz to Anoop Orsu, short on the outside off, Orsu gives himself some room, throws his bat at it and misses.
8.4 Reyhan Faiz to Anoop Orsu, SIX! BOOM! Drops it short into Orsu, goes deep inside the crease and MUSCLED it for a humongous maximum.
8.3 Reyhan Faiz to Shiv Karan Gill, length delivery on the outside off, Gill skips down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball, swipes it to deep square-leg for one.
8.2 Reyhan Faiz to Anoop Orsu, short and turning into Gill on the off-stump, on the backfoot, swipes it to deep square-leg for just one.
8.1 Reyhan Faiz to Shiv Karan Gill, floated a full delivery on the outside off, Gill drills it to deep covers for just one.
8.1 Reyhan Faiz to Shiv Karan Gill, FIVE WIDES! Full delivery but strays it down the leg-side, Gill misses the sweep, down to fine-leg for a boundary, called a wide.