PKC vs VCC

This has been Pragadeesh and myself (Rishab) for the moment. The day is only getting started as we have three more ECS games along with action from the international scene coming your way as well. Do stay tuned to catch it all and more throughout the day!

Vienna CC starting off with a four-wicket win then. They had the depth in the batting and it did show today as they managed to get over the line with two overs to spare in the end. They had a good start in the powerplay which set the tone for this chase. While they did lose a few wickets in the middle and it looked like this game could go down the wire, it was that burst from Daniel Eckstein that really took the game away from Pakistan CC. Some good batting from them to get an important win. 

Pakistan CC could not build pressure in the powerplay with the ball. They did pick wickets in the middle a few at the backend end, trying all they could but the damage was done and by then, they did not have enough runs to play with. They did well in their batting innings to finish on a good note but they would have liked a few more runs on the board. Work for them to do going into the second game as they will look to bounce back. 

A good all-round game for Vienna CC this and they will look forward to carry the momentum as the two sides meet again not too long from now. Can they make it a double or will Pakistan CC settle scores?

That is that then! Some nervy moments but Vienna CC have sealed this game quite comfortably in the end with a couple of overs to spare here. A good victory for them this and the fight Pakistan CC put up wasn't good enough in the end! 

7.5 Shadnan Khan to Navin Wijesekara, EASY PICKINGS AND NAVIN FINISHES IT OFF IN STYLE! Short delivery and Navin moves across and pulls it towards the vacant fine leg region for a boundary

7.2 Shadnan Khan to Jaweed Zadran, back of a length delivery and Zadran goes down one knee and heaves it down to deep mid-wicket for a single

7.1 Shadnan Khan to Jaweed Zadran, SIX. JUST OVER LONG-ON. Back of a length delivery and Zadran heaves it just over long-on for a six. The fielder gets his hands to right but fails to grab it

Some late drama in this contest but do Pakistan CC have enough runs to play with here? Vienna CC just need some sensible batting here as the chase is still well under control for them at the moment. They've got to hold their nerves while Pakistan CC need to keep chipping away. 11 more off 18 needed!

6.5 Muhammad Ajmal to Jaweed Zadran, length delivery angling into the right-hander, Zadran tries to tuck it on the leg side but gets hit on the pads

6.3 Muhammad Ajmal to Navin Wijesekara, length delivery outside off, Navi cuts it past backward point and gets off the mark in style. Smart batting

6.2 Muhammad Ajmal to Arasalan Arif, length delivery middle and leg, Arif swings and gets an inside edge through to the keeper
Arsalan Arif c A Naeem b Muhammad Ajmal 7 (4b, 1x4, 0x6)