Absolutely imperious so far with five wins from five in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante, Sporting Alfas face the Pinatar Pirates with a place in the final on the line.
Absolutely imperious so far with five wins from five in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante, Sporting Alfas face the Pinatar Pirates with a place in the final on the line.
The all-conquering hosts and favourites Sporting Alfas have looked utterly supreme so far in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante with Eddie Ballard making history by blasting the first century (off 31 balls).
History-maker Ballard is the highest scoring batsman in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante and Sporting Alfas even had the temerity to drop him down the order for their final group game.
Ballard, a brutal batsman on both sides of the wickets, is set to return to the top of the order against Pinatar along with Faran Afzal who has amassed a series of tidy scores as well. Lurking in the wings are the likes of 18-year-old talent Jack Perman, Spanish-born Christian Munoz-Mills to further bolster a sound batting line up. In fact, it’s hard to see a weakness in their line-up as left-armer Kamran Muhammad has been the epitome of miserly with the ball and can bludgeon the ball to all parts when needed with the bat too.
Having hung onto fourth spot on run rate ahead of La Manga, the Pinatar Pirates are definitely the weaker side on paper following two wins in five games. But Pinatar possess almost a team of Singhs at their disposal in a tightly-knit squad. Wicket keeper Sukhpal “Sukhi” Singh performs competently behind the stumps and can be a match winner with the bat on his day. However, the Pirates will especially look to Kuldeep Lal, a Spanish international all-rounder to shoulder the burden with bat and ball. Pinatar skipper Gopi Singh has been a most consistent wicket taker for his side so far, while all-rounders Jassie Jagdeep and Lovejit Singh have both made some useful contributions.
When all is said and done, given the two sides form ahead of the crunch semi-final, anything other than a comfortable Sporting Alfas win would be HUGE surprise, but anything can happen in T10 cricket with scoreboard pressure abounding and the loss of early wickets.
