Mechelen Eagles Crowned Champions at ECS Belgium Challenger, 2026

ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026 delivered five packed match days of T10 club cricket in Brussels, with Mechelen Eagles finishing as champions. Across a completed 24-match event, the batters went big, the bowlers struck often, and the fielders stayed busy from Monday 17 August 2026 to Friday 21 August 2026.

Mechelen Eagles Fly Highest in Brussels

ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026 is complete, and congratulations go to Mechelen Eagles, winners of the tournament.

Played in Belgium at the Vrijbroek Cricket Ground in Brussels, the ECS T10 club competition brought together 5 teams in the senior men’s category for 5 match days of fast-moving action. By the end of a packed 24-match tournament, the numbers told the story of a week where scoring was rapid, wickets came regularly, and every discipline had its moments.

Teams batting first had the narrowest of edges in the results pattern, with sides setting targets winning 52% of the 23 matches counted in that split, leaving chasers only just behind in a nicely balanced event.

A huge thank you goes to the Belgium Cricket Federation, the clubs involved, and all the players who helped make ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026 such an entertaining completed event.

The Tournament in Numbers

The scoring tempo was pure T10. The event produced 5,368 runs at an average of 12.8 runs per over, with scoring moving at 1.86 runs per ball and 186.0 runs per 100 balls.

Power-hitting shaped the tournament throughout. There were 438 Maximos, coming at a rate of 10.4 per 10 overs, with a Maximo arriving every 5.8 balls. The batters also struck 324 fours, at 7.7 per 10 overs. Put together, fours and Maximos accounted for 3,924 runs, which was 73% of all runs scored.

It was not all one-way traffic for the batters, though. There were 261 dismissals across the event, with wickets falling at 6.2 per 10 overs and a dismissal arriving every 20.6 runs. Dot balls made up 37% of deliveries, giving bowlers just enough grip on a tournament otherwise packed with scoring bursts.

Batting Fireworks

Omid Rahimi of Ostend CC was the standout run-maker of ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026, piling up 406 runs in 10 matches. They also topped the Maximo charts, striking 43 Maximos for Ostend CC across 8 matches.

Rahimi’s biggest statement came in Match 11, when they blasted 109 not out from 35 balls for Ostend CC against International CC Brussels. That same match also produced the highest team total of the event, as Ostend CC surged to 183-1 from 10 overs against International CC Brussels.

Ostend CC were at the heart of another eye-catching batting moment too, smashing 32 runs in Over 8 of Match 16 against International CC Brussels — the most productive over of the tournament.

Chasing was not easy, but Brugge produced the event’s highest successful pursuit in Match 4, reaching 150 to beat International CC Brussels by 4 wickets with 3 balls to spare.

And amid all the big totals, one low-scoring defence stood out: International CC Brussels successfully defended 68 in Match 15, beating Mechelen Eagles by 32 runs.

Bowling Bite in a Batter-Friendly Week

Even in a tournament where runs flowed, there were bowlers who made serious impact.

Mashal Mazhar of Gent finished as the leading wicket-taker, claiming 14 wickets in 7 matches. The best individual bowling figures of ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026 came from Ravi Choudhary of Mechelen Eagles, who produced a brilliant 4/6 from 2.0 overs against International CC Brussels in Qualifier 2.

Abdul Rehman of Mechelen Eagles also delivered with the ball during a strong all-round event, taking 10 wickets. Their best match return was 4/13 from 2.1 overs for Mechelen Eagles against Gent on Friday 21 August 2026, while their overall bowling economy rate was 11.0, with 99 runs conceded from 54 balls. They bowled in 6 matches and struck at 5.4 with the ball.

Fielding and Keeping Sharpness

The fielders had plenty to do, with 261 dismissals in total across ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026.

Hamza Munir of Mechelen Eagles led the fielding charts, completing 7 dismissals in 6 matches — all 7 of them catches, with 0 run outs.

Behind the stumps, Surjit Gujjar of Brugge topped the wicketkeeping table with 6 dismissals in 5 matches. That haul included 2 wicketkeeping catches, 4 stumpings, and 0 run outs.

Abdul Rehman’s All-Round Impact

Mechelen Eagles had major contributions throughout their title-winning campaign, and Abdul Rehman’s all-round numbers were among the most valuable of the event.

Playing for Mechelen Eagles in the completed ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026 tournament in Brussels, Abdul Rehman scored 264 runs from 126 balls across 10 matches batted, striking at 209.5 with a batting average of 26.4. They hit 27 Maximos at a rate of 12.9 per 10 overs, with 61.0% of their runs coming through fours and Maximos.

Their top batting performance was 78 from 33 balls for Mechelen Eagles against Ostend CC on Thursday 20 August 2026, a match in which they also struck their tournament-best 10 Maximos.

Rehman’s event tally also included 10 wickets, 642 fantasy points, and appearances in 10 matches overall. They were listed as yet to play for a national team and had 1 player event played, making their senior men’s ECS impact for Mechelen Eagles all the more notable within the data from this tournament.

A Completed ECS Week to Remember

From the 183-1 posted by Ostend CC to Mechelen Eagles lifting the ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026 title, this was a tournament full of momentum swings and standout numbers.

The Vrijbroek Cricket Ground in Brussels saw 5 teams, 24 completed matches, 5,368 runs, 438 Maximos, 324 fours, and 261 dismissals — exactly the kind of rapid-fire cricket fans expect from ECS T10.

Congratulations once again to Mechelen Eagles, and thanks to the Belgium Cricket Federation, every club involved, and all the players who made ECS Belgium (Challenger), 2026 a completed and memorable week of cricket.