REPORT: MATCHDAY 3 – Linköping lay down marker at European Cricket Series Gothenburg with three straight wins

Linköping, making their tournament bow, cruised to three wins on Wednesday to lay down a marker in the European Cricket Series Gothenburg.

First up, Watan Zalmi were able to post 85 thanks to Imran Khan’s 40 off 29 balls. Linköping lost early wickets and were wise to pay Watan Zalmi’s decent bowling attack much respect. However, Muhammad Moeez’s useful 32 off 16 got the chase down to managebale proportions and ultimiately a 5 wicket win with 10 balls to spare got Linköping’s campaign off to a good start.

Linköping had less trouble with Hisingen in their next game. Batting first after winning the toss, Linköping racked up 113, the highest score of the day, despite Sabtharishiswaran Natrajan taking a couple of wickets in his only over. Saad Khan, Adeel Asghar and Bhushan Patil all scored above 20 to launch the Linköping total. In reply, Hisingen were never in the hunt and closed on a distant 70.

Last up, Linköping left it late against Kristianstad in their final game of the day. Kristianstad knocked up a challenging 98 with the unconventional Ihsanullah Wafa impressing with 54 off 25.

Needing 14 to win from the last over, wicket keeper batsman Bhushan Patil was able to preserve his side’s unblemished record with some lusty late hitting as Linköping made it three from three.

Kristianstad CC, another side making their first appearance, took on unbeaten Seaside CC in an extremely tough introduction to the competition. Already safely into the semi-finals following four straight wins, there was no let up from Seaside against the newcomers. Kristianstad knocked up a respectable 87 on the back of Ihsanullah Wafa’s lively 28 off 18. In reply, Seaside wasted no time in racing to a 10-wicket victory, reaching the target with 25 balls to spare with Mokhtar Ghulami 49 off 19 and Arfan Arif 33 off 17 especially enjoying their task.

Watan Zalmi were able to return to winning ways against Kristianstad, despite only posting an ordinary looking 71, with Fahd Omair Zafar contributing over half the runs. In reply, Kristianstad misjudged the chase and fell 20 runs short in the face of Taimur Khan’s tally of 3/15 and skipper Abdul Haq claiming another two wickets.

Kristianstad did enjoy improved fortunes against Hisingen who could only post 58 after winning the toss and batting first. Faridullah Khawri (2/15) and Ihsanullah Wafa had the Hisingen batting line up under control. In reply, Kristianstad certainly took their time in tackling the task in hand, reaching the paltry target with four balls to spare. Ibrahim Zahiri impressed with 24 as Kristianstad chalked up a first win.

Tune in to the live action Thursday on ecn.cricket from 9am CEST * 8am UK * 7am GMT * 12:30pm IST from the Kviberg ground in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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MATCH SCORECARDS – MATCHDAY 3 –  European Cricket Series Gothenburg

REPORT | Seaside CC vs. Kristianstad CC | Group Match 10 European Cricket Series Gothenburg | T10 ----- Seaside CC 10 wickets in Overcast Conditions in Gothenburg

Player of the Match: Mokhtar Ghulami from Seaside CC Runs: 49 | Balls: 19 | 6s: 5 | 4s: 2 | S/R: 257.89 Wickets: 0 | Runs Against: 4 | Overs: 1

Mokhtar makes runs

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 from Kviberg Cricket Ground in Gothenburg, Sweden Match Times: 09:00:00 CEST | 12:30:00 IST Pitch Type: Astro Weather Conditions: Overcast ----- Kristianstad CC won the toss and elected to bat first ----- Kristianstad CC 87/4 (10 overs, RR: 8.7) Captain: Faridullah Khawri ----- Seaside CC 88/0 (5.5 overs, RR: 15.09) Captain: Umair Chaudary ----- Kristianstad CC Batting Ihsanullah Wafa | Runs: 28 | Balls: 18 | 6s: 2 | S/R: 155.6 Akmal Popal | Runs: 15 | Balls: 12 | 6s: 1 | 4s: 1 | S/R: 125 ----- Seaside CC Batting Mokhtar Ghulami | Runs: 49 | Balls: 19 | 6s: 5 | 4s: 2 | S/R: 257.9 Arfan Arif | Runs: 33 | Balls: 17 | 6s: 3 | 4s: 2 | S/R: 194.1 ----- Seaside CC Bowling Arfan Arif 1/12 (1 Overs, RR: 12) Imam Shaik 1/13 (2 Overs, RR: 6.5) Ashiq Hussain 1/16 (2 Overs, RR: 8) ----- Umpires: Gulab Khan | Santos Nagle Match Referee: Max Hoeck

Seaside CC wins and earn 2 points

REPORT | Watan Zalmi CC vs. Kristianstad CC | Group Match 11 European Cricket Series Gothenburg | T10

Watan Zalmi CC won by 20 runs in Overcast Conditions in Gothenburg

Player of the Match: Taimur Khan from Watan Zalmi CC Wickets: 3 | Runs Against: 15 | Overs: 2

No taming Taimur

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 from Kviberg Cricket Ground in Gothenburg, Sweden Match Times: 11:00:00 CEST | 14:30:00 IST Pitch Type: Astro Weather Conditions: Overcast ----- Watan Zalmi CC won the toss and elected to bat first ----- Watan Zalmi CC 71/5 (10 overs, RR: 7.1) Captain: S Abdul Haq ----- Kristianstad CC 51/7 (10 overs, RR: 5.1) Captain: Faridullah Khawri ----- Watan Zalmi CC Batting Fahd Omair Zafar | Runs: 36 | Balls: 30 | 6s: 2 | S/R: 120 Mohammad Askari | Runs: 10 | Balls: 7 | 6s: | 4s: | S/R: 142.9 ----- Watan Zalmi CC Bowling Taimur Khan 3/15 (2 Overs, RR: 7.5) S Abdul Haq 2/14 (2 Overs, RR: 7) ----- Kristianstad CC Batting Ihsanullah Wafa | Runs: 11 | Balls: 8 | 6s: 1 | S/R: 137.5 ----- Kristianstad CC Bowling Khushhal Khawri 2/13 (2 Overs, RR: 6.5) Hafizullah Shinwari 1/10 (2 Overs, RR: 5) ----- Umpires: Gulab Khan | Santos Nagle Match Referee: Max Hoeck

Watan Zalmi CC wins and earn 2 points

REPORT | Watan Zalmi CC vs. Linköping CC | Group Match 12 European Cricket Series Gothenburg | T10

Linköping CC 5 wickets in Overcast Conditions in Gothenburg

Player of the Match: Imran Khan from Watan Zalmi CC Runs: 40 | Balls: 29 | 6s: 1 | 4s: 4 | S/R: 137.93 Wickets: 1 | Runs Against: 12 | Overs: 1

Imran Khan still got it

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 from Kviberg Cricket Ground in Gothenburg, Sweden Match Times: 13:00:00 CEST | 16:30:00 IST Pitch Type: Astro Weather Conditions: Overcast ----- Watan Zalmi CC won the toss and elected to bat first ----- Watan Zalmi CC 85/3 (10 overs, RR: 8.5) Captain: S Abdul Haq ----- Linköping CC 89/5 (8.2 overs, RR: 10.68) Captain: Ankit Naik ----- Watan Zalmi CC Batting Imran Khan | Runs: 40 | Balls: 29 | 6s: 1 | S/R: 137.9 Taimur Khan | Runs: 23 | Balls: 16 | 6s: 1 | 4s: 2 | S/R: 143.8 ----- Watan Zalmi CC Bowling Sabaun Shirzad 2/15 (2 Overs, RR: 7.5) Waleed Ilyas 1/10 (1 Overs, RR: 10) Imran Khan 1/12 (1 Overs, RR: 12) ----- Linköping CC Batting Muhammad Moeez | Runs: 32 | Balls: 16 | 6s: 3 | 4s: 1 | S/R: 200 Saad Khan | Runs: 11 | Balls: 12 | 6s: 1 | S/R: 91.7 Ankit Naik | Runs: 10 | Balls: 10 | 6s: | 4s: 1 | S/R: 100 ----- Linköping CC Bowling Muhammad Musab 1/13 (2 Overs, RR: 6.5) Muhammad Arshad 1/14 (2 Overs, RR: 7) Muhammad Nawaz 1/15 (2 Overs, RR: 7.5) ----- Umpires: Vikram Pimpalkhare | Santos Nagle Match Referee: Max Hoeck

Linköping CC wins and earn 2 points

REPORT | Linköping CC vs. Hisingen CC | Group Match 13 European Cricket Series Gothenburg | T10

Linköping CC 43 runs in Overcast Conditions in Gothenburg

Player of the Match: Sabtharishiswaran Natrajan from Hisingen CC Wickets: 2 | Runs Against: 3 | Overs: 1

Natrajan magic

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 from Kviberg Cricket Ground in Gothenburg, Sweden Match Times: 15:00:00 CEST | 18:30:00 IST Pitch Type: Astro Weather Conditions: Overcast ----- Linköping CC won the toss and elected to bat first Linköping CC 113/5 (10 overs, RR: 11.3) Captain: Ankit Naik ----- Hisingen CC 70/3 (10 overs, RR: 7) Captain: Gokul Seenivasan ----- Linköping CC Batting Saad Khan | Runs: 29 | Balls: 16 | 6s: 3 | S/R: 181.3 Adeel Asghar | Runs: 25 | Balls: 13 | 6s: 3 | 4s: 1 | S/R: 192.3 Bhushan Patil | Runs: 22 | Balls: 13 | 6s: 1 | 4s: 2 | S/R: 169.2 ----- Linköping CC Bowling Muhammad Musab 2/19 (2 Overs, RR: 9.5) Puneeth Ballakuraya 1/6 (2 Overs, RR: 3) ----- Hisingen CC Batting Sukavanesh Mathisekaran | Runs: 21 | Balls: 21 | S/R: 100 Muqadar Saleem | Runs: 14 | Balls: 15 | 6s: 2 | S/R: 93.3 Fareed Mohammed | Runs: 14 | Balls: 15 | 6s: | 4s: 1 | S/R: 93.3 ----- Hisingen CC Bowling Sabtharishiswaran Natrajan 2/3 (1 Overs, RR: 3) Shankar Padmanabhan 2/19 (1 Overs, RR: 19) Sukavanesh Mathisekaran 1/23 (2 Overs, RR: 11.5) ----- Umpires: Gulab Khan | Janardhanareddy Kakarla Match Referee: Max Hoeck

Linköping CC wins and earn 2 points

REPORT | Kristianstad CC vs. Hisingen CC | Group Match 14 European Cricket Series Gothenburg | T10

Kristianstad CC 8 wickets in Overcast Conditions in Gothenburg

Player of the Match: Faridullah Khawri from Kristianstad CC Wickets: 2 | Runs Against: 15 | Overs: 2

Faridullah fancies some wickets

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 from Kviberg Cricket Ground in Gothenburg, Sweden Match Times: 17:00:00 CEST | 20:30:00 IST Pitch Type: Astro Weather Conditions: Overcast ----- Hisingen CC won the toss and elected to bat first Hisingen CC 58/6 (10 overs, RR: 5.8) Captain: Gokul Seenivasan ----- Kristianstad CC 59/2 (9.2 overs, RR: 6.32) Captain: FaridullaH Khawri ----- Hisingen CC Batting Praveen Kumar | Runs: 16 | Balls: 15 | S/R: 106.7 Tafheem Masoodi | Runs: 13 | Balls: 14 | 6s: 1 | 4s: | S/R: 92.9 ----- Hisingen CC Bowling Chaitanya Kilari 1/9 (2 Overs, RR: 4.5) Praveen Kumar 1/10 (2 Overs, RR: 5) ----- Kristianstad CC Batting Ibrahim Zahiri | Runs: 24 | Balls: 22 | 4s: 2 | S/R: 109.1 Waheedullah Musleh | Runs: 13 | Balls: 24 | 6s: | S/R: 54.2 Ihsanullah Wafa | Runs: 12 | Balls: 8 | 6s: 1 | 4s: 1 | S/R: 150 ----- Kristianstad CC Bowling Faridullah Khawri 2/15 (2 Overs, RR: 7.5) Ihsanullah Wafa 1/7 (2 Overs, RR: 3.5) ----- Umpires: Premchand Potdar | Janardhanareddy Kakarla Match Referee: Max Hoeck

Kristianstad CC wins and earn 2 points

REPORT | Linköping CC vs. Kristianstad CC | Group Match 15 European Cricket Series Gothenburg | T10 ----- Linköping CC 6 wickets in Clear Conditions in Gothenburg

Player of the Match: Ihsanullah Wafa from Kristianstad CC Runs: 54 | Balls: 25 | 6s: 4 | 4s: 5 | S/R: 216 Wickets: 0 | Runs Against: 29 | Overs: 1.4

Wafa waving the bat

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 from Kviberg Cricket Ground in Gothenburg, Sweden Match Times: 19:00:00 CEST | 22:30:00 IST Pitch Type: Astro Weather Conditions: Clear ----- Kristianstad CC won the toss and elected to bat first Kristianstad CC 98/6 (10 overs, RR: 9.8) Captain: Faridullah Khawri ----- Linköping CC 101/4 (9.4 overs, RR: 10.45) Captain: Ankit Naik ----- Kristianstad CC Batting Ihsanullah Wafa | Runs: 54 | Balls: 25 | 6s: 4 | S/R: 216 Niamatullah Musleh | Runs: 15 | Balls: 18 | 6s: | 4s: | S/R: 83.3 ----- Kristianstad CC Bowling Hafizullah Shinwari 2/16 (2 Overs, RR: 8) Azim Shinwari 1/11 (2 Overs, RR: 5.5) Faridullah Khawri 1/26 (2 Overs, RR: 13) ----- Linköping CC Batting Adeel Asghar | Runs: 29 | Balls: 20 | 6s: 2 | 4s: 2 | S/R: 145 Bhushan Patil | Runs: 23 | Balls: 9 | 6s: 2 | 4s: 1 | S/R: 255.6 Saad Khan | Runs: 19 | Balls: 11 | 6s: 2 | 4s: | S/R: 172.7 ----- Linköping CC Bowling Puneeth Ballakuraya 2/14 (2 Overs, RR: 7) Muhammad Arshad 1/20 (2 Overs, RR: 10) Ankit Naik 1/25 (2 Overs, RR: 12.5) ----- Umpires: Gulab Khan | Vaibhav Joshi Match Referee: Max Hoeck

Linköping CC wins and earn 2 points