STT vs HAM

Stockholm Tigers 100/6 in 10 overs
Rizvi Hoque 31(18) | Aftab Ahmed 4/13
Kaiser Azad 18(17) | Essa Farooq 2/21

Right so the Tigers have finished off on exactly 100 and they've fallen short by 20 runs here! They were in the hunt for the major part of the innings and were even ahead at the halfway stage but fell off the radar from the 8th over where they lost both their set batters Hoque and Azad! Both these batters were carrying their innings on their shoulders and once they were gone, the rest of the middle order failed to accelerate and surrendered meekly! 

The Hammarby bowlers took a pat early on in the innings but they held their nerves to come back towards the back end especially in the final three overs! Essa Farooq redeemed himself with a couple of wickets in the 8th over and that set the platform for Aftab Ahmed to come in and run through the lower middle order! The duo picked up all the six wickets between themselves and ensured that their side gets home comfortably in the end .

Overall, this has been a brilliant win for the Hammarby and they've opened their account in the competition! The Tigers will be disappointed though as they lost a game which they should have won! 

9.6 Khalid Mehmood to Shahdatul Islam, full length delivery on the line of the middle and the leg stump. Shahdatul Islam flicks it down the ground for a single to end the chase. Stockholm Tigers end this innings on 100/6 but Hammarby win by 20 runs

9.4 Khalid Mehmood to Shahdatul Islam, FOUR! Length delivery on the line of the off stump. Shahdatul hits that one hard and down the ground for a four

9.2 Khalid Mehmood to Shahdatul Islam, SIX! Full toss on the pads, Shahdatul hits that one all the way flat over deep midwicket for a maximum

9.1 Khalid Mehmood to Ashraful Alam, full and wide outside the off stump Alam misses and the pair sneak in a bye owing to some shabby keeping

9.1 Khalid Mehmood to Shahdatul Islam, length delivery going down the legside. Mehmood concedes a wide and the keeper fumbles so the pair take a single

This has been a remarkable collapse for the Tigers and they're now out of the game! Ahmed picked up two more wickets in that over and that turned out to be the final nail in the coffin! The Tigers need 36 from the final over now.

8.6 Aftab Ahmed to Abdul Mannan, BOWLED HIM! Slower ball on the off stump, Mannan looked to go for a hit but misses it and his stumps are gone for a toss

Abdul Mannan b Aftab Ahmed 4(4b, 1x4, 0x6)

8.3 Aftab Ahmed to Abdul Mannan, FOUR! Length delivery on the line of the leg stump. Mannan guides the ball and it runs away to the boundary for a four

8.2 Aftab Ahmad to Akash Islam, BOWLED HIM! Full length delivery on the line of the middle and the off stump. Akash looked to hit that one big but misses and his stumps as a miss. You miss, I hit for Aftab Ahmad

Akash Islam b Aftab Ahmed 2(4b, 0x4, 0x6)

8.1 Aftab Ahmad to Akash Islam, full length delivery outside the off stump. Hint of shape away from the right hander on that occasion and Akash has a swing and a miss

Aftab Ahmed [1.0-0-9-2] comes back into the attack.

Essa Farooq went for 18 runs in his first over but he has turned the tables around and has broken the backbone of the Tigers middle order! They're struggling now and need another 40 from the final two overs now.