VOCR vs ALZ

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Rotterdam - 94/4 in 9 overs, win by six wickets and with six balls to spare. (Arnav Jain 29 off 18. Td Kok 23 off 13. Faseeh Chaudhary 2 for 16 in two overs, Mir Afzal 2 for 9 in one over.)

What a win, what a win for Rotterdam. They have come out on top and chased this total down in 9 overs. They were off to a flyer scoring 37 runs in the powerplay itself. The target was not a big one and they did the required damage in the first half. Despite losing both openers in the fifth over, the run flow never dried up.

Faseeh Choudhary and Mir Azfal bagged two scalps each but they weren't enough as Rotterdam always looked ahead in the chase. They did have some obstacles when they gave away a late maiden over. With 15 needed off the last two overs, a dramatic penultimate over meant Rotterdam were to chase it down with six balls to spare as no balls and poor fielding let down Zalmi today. 

8.6 Faseeh Choudhary to Pierce Fletcher ROTTERDAM GET OVER THE LINE! Tossed up ball wide outside off that keeps extremely low. Pierce leaves it be. However, the keeper surprisngly doesn't even bother collecting it as the ball rolls down to the third man fence for a boundary off a bye. What a tame ending to the game!

8.5 Faseeh Choudhary to Pierce Fletcher, length ball angling down the leg. WIDE signaled by the umpire as the batters steal a single as well 

8.5 Faseeh Choudhary to Pierce Fletcher, OUT! CAUGHT! Tossed up ball with a low trajectory on wide offstump. Pierce gets the toe end of the bat as he clunks the ball straight to Alozai at long on where he takes a smart catch!

OH WAIT A MINUTE! The third umpire has a look at his computer screen and he calls back the batter! Don't know for what! It is called a NO BALL! Reportedly, the keeper had dislodged the stumps 

8.4 Faseeh Choudhary to Pierce Fletcher, SIX! EASES THE NERVES! Short in length and angling down the leg. Pierce goes deep inside and smothers the ball high over long leg fence for a MAXIMUM

8.3 Faseeh Choudhary to Jelte Schoonheim, DRAMA AT CARTAMA! Flighted ball that pitches on middle and leg and turns away from the batter. Jelte runs down the track and is stranded in the middle. Niazy behind the stumps, collects the ball calmly and whips the bails off. is there a late twist in the tale?

Jelte Schoonheim st Niazy b Faseeh Choudhary 20 (12b 2x4 1x6)

8.2 Faseeh Choudhary to Jelte Schoonheim, dropped short on offstump. Jelte rocks back and powers the ball straight to extra cover for no run 

8.1 Faseeh Choudhary to Jelte Schoonheim, FOUR! Low fulltoss on the legstump. Jelte sits on one knee and slog sweeps the ball between long leg and midwicket for a boundary 

The game is now going down to the wire. 15 off 12 is the equation. The dropped catches have certainly made things worse for Zalmi. The equation wouldn't have been as close if not for the catches being put to down.

7.6 Ziakhan Alozai to Burhan Niaz, length ball on stumps. Niaz on the frontfoot dabbles the ball straight to the bowler. Alozai, in anger throws the ball at the non striker's end. Niaz sets off for a single, only to be sent back by his partner

7.5 Ziakhan Alozai to Burhan Niaz, FOUR! FINALLY! Low fulltoss bowled near the tramlines. Niaz latches onto it and crashes he ball past sweeper at third man for a boundary 

7.4 Ziakhan Alozai to Jelte Schoonheim, DROPPED AGAIN! Back of length ball bowled wide outside. Jelte mistimes it straight to extra cover where the fielder lets it slip through his fingers and allows the single 

7.3 Ziakhan Alozai to Jelte Schoonheim, SKIED! DROPPED! Fuller length ball bowled on the stumps. The pressure gets to Jelte who thumps it straight up in the air to long off where the fielder drops a sitter and allows a couple 

7.2 Ziakhan Alozai to Jelte Schoonheim, slower, back of hand delivery bowled near the tramlines. Jelte runs down the track but fails to get anywhere near the ball. Eighth dot!

7.1 Ziakhan Alozai to Jelte Schoonheim, SEVEN IN TROT! Good length ball on middle and off. Jelte on the backfoot opens face of the bat and dabs the ball straight to backward point

MAIDEN! Where was Faseeh Choudhary all this while? Can Zalmi sniff a victory here? A couple of wickets or a few more dots means its game back on!