European Cricket Series Barcelona provided an opportunity for 16 Catalonian teams to showcase their skills at the Montjuic Cricket Ground (MCG) adjacent to the 1992 Olympic baseball venue. Badalona Shaheen CC, Bengali CC, Catalunya CC, Catalunya Tigers CC, Falco CC, Fateh CC, Hira CC Sabadell, Joves Units CC, Gracia CC, Hawks CC, Kings CC, Men in Blue CC, Pak Montcada CC, Pakcelona CC, Raval Sporting CC and United CC Girona contested four matches a day, over three weeks culminating in 60 exciting T10 matches. Every game was live streamed worldwide on the European Cricket Network and on FanCode - a multi-sport aggregator platform, from the house of Dream Sports for the Indian Sub-Continent.

REPORT: Catalunya CC crowned European Cricket Series Barcelona Champions

Catalunya CC crowned an exceptional three weeks and SIXTY exciting T10 games at the European Cricket Series Barcelona by beating Falco in the Final.

Catalunya CC had cruised to the showcase final, winning all of their eight matches en route in emphatic fashion. In the final against Falco, who they had thumped in the group stages, Catalunya posted an imposing 132 with main man Armghan Khan batting through for an unbeaten 57 off 21 balls, well supported by wicket keeper Rauf Zaman with 43 off 21 balls. Only a second hat trick of the tournament from Falco seamer Shahbaz Ahmed in the final over of the innings restricted the total further.

Catalunya looked in trouble with Player of the tournament Awais Ahmed (36) and Adeel Sarwar (46) going strong in pursuit of the target. However, at crunch-time, quick wickets after the halfway mark changed the game and Catalunya edged to a precious 11 run victory.

 

SCORECARDS

European Cricket Series Barcelona | T10 ---- Catalunya CC Wins by 11 runs in Sunny Conditions in Barcelona ---- Player of the Match: Armghan Khan from Catalunya CC Batting | Runs: 57* | Balls Faced: 21 | 4s: 4 | 6s: 5 | S/R: 271 ----

Friday, 30/10/20 from Montjuïc Ground in Barcelona Match Times: 15:30 CEST | 19:00 IST Pitch: Astro Weather Conditions: Sunny ---- Catalunya CC Won the Toss and Elected to Bat First ---- Catalunya CC 132/7 (10 overs, RR: 13.2) Captain: Armghan Khan ---- Falco CC 121/5 (10 overs, RR: 12.1) Captain: Kamran Raja ---- Catalunya CC Batting Armghan Khan | Runs: 57* | Balls Faced: 21 | 4s: 4 | 6s: 5 | S/R: 271 Rauf Zaman | Runs: 43 | Balls Faced: 21 | 4s: 2 | 6s: 5 | S/R: 205 ---- Catalunya CC Bowling Shahbaz Shaukat | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 21 | Wickets: 2 | E/R: 10.5 Syed Khawar | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 9 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 9 Yasir Ali | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 20 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 10 ---- Falco CC Batting Adeel Sarwar | Runs: 46 | Balls Faced: 18 | 4s: 2 | 6s: 5 | S/R: 256 Awais Ahmed | Runs: 36 | Balls Faced: 19 | 4s: 2 | 6s: 3 | S/R: 189 Kamran Raja | Runs: 27* | Balls Faced: 14 | 4s: 0 | 6s: 3 | S/R: 193 ---- Falco CC Bowling Shahbaz Ahmed | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 19 | Wickets: 3 | E/R: 9.5 Naeem Shah | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 25 | Wickets: 2 | E/R: 12.5 Yasir Razzak | Overs: 1 | Runs Against: 14 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 14 ---- Umpires: Adriaan van den Dries | Steffan Gooch | Nilkesh Patel Match Referee: Robert Kemming

Catalunya CC wins the European Cricket Series Barcelona Oct 2020

REPORT | Kings CC vs. United CC Girona | Bronze Final European Cricket Series Barcelona | T10 ---- United CC Girona Wins by 51 runs in Sunny Conditions in Barcelona ---- Player of the Match: Muhammad Kamran from United CC Girona Batting | Runs: 55 | Balls Faced: 19 | 4s: 6 | 6s: 4 | S/R: 289 ----

Friday, 30/10/20 from Montjuïc Ground in Barcelona Match Times: 13:30 CEST | 17:00 IST Pitch: Astro Weather Conditions: Sunny ---- United CC Girona Won the Toss and Elected to Bat First ---- United CC Girona 134/4 (10 overs, RR: 13.4) Captain: Imtiaz Asghar ---- Kings CC 83/5 (10 overs, RR: 8.3) Captain: Moshiur Rahman ---- United CC Girona Batting Muhammad Kamran | Runs: 55 | Balls Faced: 19 | 4s: 6 | 6s: 4 | S/R: 289 Muhammad Jafri | Runs: 20 | Balls Faced: 8 | 4s: 2 | 6s: 2 | S/R: 250 ---- United CC Girona Bowling Safdar Khan | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 24 | Wickets: 3 | E/R: 12 Muhammad Jafri | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 7 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 3.5 ---- Kings CC Batting Moshiur Rahman | Runs: 23* | Balls Faced: 12 | 4s: 1 | 6s: 2 | S/R: 192 ---- Kings CC Bowling | Overs: | Runs Against: | Wickets: | E/R: Saqib Muhammad | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 28 | Wickets: 2 | E/R: 14 Shahedur Rahman | Overs: 1 | Runs Against: 13 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 13 ---- Umpires: Adriaan van den Dries | Safwan Naeem | Abdul Khan Match Referee: Robert Kemming ---- United CC Girona wins the Bronze Final and secure 3rd place

REPORT | Catalunya CC vs. Kings CC | 2nd Semi Final European Cricket Series Barcelona | T10 ---- Catalunya CC Wins by 10 runs in Sunny Conditions in Barcelona ---- Player of the Match: Naveed Aslam from Catalunya CC Batting | Runs: 73* | Balls Faced: 27 | 4s: 5 | 6s: 7 | S/R: 270

Friday, 30/10/20 from Montjuïc Ground in Barcelona Match Times: 10:30 CEST | 14:00 IST Pitch: Astro Weather Conditions: Sunny ---- Catalunya CC Won the Toss and Elected to Bat First ---- Catalunya CC 142/1 (10 overs, RR: 14.2) Captain: Armghan Khan ---- Kings CC 132/4 (10 overs, RR: 13.2) Captain: Moshiur Rahman ---- Catalunya CC Batting Naveed Aslam | Runs: 73* | Balls Faced: 27 | 4s: 5 | 6s: 7 | S/R: 270 Muhammad Yasin | Runs: 33* | Balls Faced: 20 | 4s: 1 | 6s: 3 | S/R: 165 Armghan Khan | Runs: 23 | Balls Faced: 15 | 4s: 5 | 6s: 0 | S/R: 153 ---- Catalunya CC Bowling Ali Azam | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 25 | Wickets: 2 | E/R: 12.5 Gurdit Singh | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 14 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 7 Shahbaz Shaukat | Overs: 1 | Runs Against: 19 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 19 ---- Kings CC Batting Jubed Miah | Runs: 87 | Balls Faced: 35 | 4s: 2 | 6s: 11 | S/R: 249 Saqib Muhammad | Runs: 31 | Balls Faced: 16 | 4s: 1 | 6s: 3 | S/R: 194 ---- Kings CC Bowling Moshiur Rahman | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 32 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 16 ---- Umpires: Adriaan van den Dries | Nilkesh Patel | Safwan Naeem Match Referee: Robert Kemming ---- Catalunya CC wins the 2nd Semi Final and advance to the Final

REPORT | Falco CC vs. United CC Girona | 1st Semi Final European Cricket Series Barcelona | T10 ---- Falco CC Wins by 21 runs in Sunny Conditions in Barcelona ---- Player of the Match: Kamran Raja from Falco CC Batting | Runs: 37* | Balls Faced: 18 | 4s: 1 | 6s: 3 | S/R: 206 Bowling | Overs: 2 | Maidens: 0 | Runs Against: 14 | Wickets: 4 | E/R: 7

Friday, 30/10/20 from Montjuïc Ground in Barcelona Match Times: 08:30 CEST | 12:00 IST Pitch: Astro Weather Conditions: Sunny ---- Falco CC Won the Toss and Elected to Bat First ---- Falco CC 101/7 (10 overs, RR: 10.1) Captain: Kamran Raja ---- United CC Girona 80/9 (10 overs, RR: 8) Captain: Imtiaz Asghar ---- Falco CC Batting Kamran Raja | Runs: 37* | Balls Faced: 18 | 4s: 1 | 6s: 3 | S/R: 206 Adeel Sarwar | Runs: 22 | Balls Faced: 12 | 4s: 1 | 6s: 2 | S/R: 183 ---- Falco CC Bowling Kamran Raja | Overs: 4 | Runs Against: 14 | Wickets: 2 | E/R: 3.5 Yasir Razzak | Overs: 4 | Runs Against: 15 | Wickets: 4 | E/R: 7.5 Nadeem Shahzad | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 20 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 10 ---- United CC Girona Batting Muhammad Ehsan | Runs: 21 | Balls Faced: 15 | 4s: 2 | 6s: 1 | S/R: 140 ---- United CC Girona Bowling Muhammad Kamran | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 15 | Wickets: 2 | E/R: 7.5 Shafaat Ali | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 24 | Wickets: 2 | E/R: 12 Safdar Khan | Overs: 2 | Runs Against: 16 | Wickets: 1 | E/R: 8 ---- Umpires: Adriaan van den Dries | Abdul Khan | Nilkesh Patel Match Referee: Robert Kemming ---- Falco CC wins the 1st Semi Final and advance to the Final

MVP Awais Ahmed
Main Man Armghan Khan pictured with ECS Founder Daniel Weston
Runners-up Falco