European Cricket Network live broadcasts four T10 matches on Day 7 of the 2021 FanCode ECS Germany, Kiel on Monday 7 June.
FanCode ECS Germany Kiel Group B burst into life at the weekend with favourites Kummerfelder Sportverein starting with intent with a couple of routine victories against VFB Fallersleben, while SC Europa twice got the better of newcomers THCC Hamburg.
Group B
KSV Kummerfelder Sportverein (2-0, NRR+3.800)
SCESC Europa (2-0, NRR+0.746)
PSV PSV Hann-Munden (0-0, NRR+0.000)
THCCTHCC Hamburg (0-2, NRR-0.746)
VFBVFB Fallersleben (0-2, NRR-3.800)
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MATCH 25 (ECS21.412)
KUMMERFELDER SPORTVEREIN (KSV) v THCC HAMBURG (THCC)
0700 GMT | 0900 CET | 1230 IST
MATCH 26 (ECS21.413)
KUMMERFELDER SPORTVEREIN (KSV) v THCC HAMBURG (THCC)
0900 GMT | 1100 CET | 1430 IST
KSV Last Five Matches: L W W W W (Avg Score For 117, Avg Score Against 102)
THCC Last Five Matches: L L (Avg Score For 78, Avg Score Against 85)
KUMMERFELDER SPORTVEREIN (KSV)
Captain: Shoaib Azam
Wicketkeeper: Malith Herath
Projected Top Four: Shoaib Azam, Ahmed Musaddiq, Muhammad Samiullah, Sulaiman Kakar
Projected Opening Bowlers: Muhammad Samiullah, Victor Moyo
Spin Options: Saeied Sadat, Avi Soni, Ashish Sharma
KUMMERFELDER SPORTVEREIN Key Players:
Muhammad Samiullah, top batsman who scores at a rapid rate. 167 runs in four knocks at ECN Hannover Hitout at a not too shabby SR of almost 288. Scored a blistering 28-ball 78 in the opener against VFB. Can also turn his arm over with aplomb.
Ahmed Musaddiq, leading run scorer at Dream11 European Cricket Series Kummerfeld with 222 runs in five knocks, average 74 at a strike rate of almost 250. Also a tidy bowler, scalped two wickets in two games on Saturday.
Shoaib Azam Khan, top order batsman, 188 runs in seven kocks, best of 68, strike rate almost 198 in last summer's success. Started with intent here with a classy 64 off 30 balls.
Victor Moyo, top wicket taker for KSV on Saturday picking up three wickets from two games at an economy of 6.75.
THCC HAMBURG (THCC)
Captain: Abhik Jana
Wicketkeeper: Rahul Kumar
Projected Top Four: Abhinand Jha, Campbell Jefferys, Behram Ali, Abhik Jana
Projected Opening Bowlers: Rohan Phadke, Angus Pickering
Spin Options: Behram Ali, Mithun Jakati
THCC HAMBURG Key Players:
Abhik Jana, captain, an outstanding all-round cricketer, able to bat for long periods and bowl consistent spells, stops everything that comes his way in the field and keeps everyone's spirits high with his positive attitude.
Abhinand Jha, towering all-rounder who can bat anywhere and take key wickets with his medium-pacers moving the ball both ways, part of the cricket scene in Germany for 13 years and previously in Germany’s T20 squad in 2014. Racked up 44 runs from two games on Saturday, but could do with upping his scoring rate.
Angus Pickering, the Englishman is the newest member of THCC, boasts the rare feat of having taken 10 wickets in an innings, strikes the ball hard and is a smart pace bowler who uses a variety of slower ball variations. Picked up four wickets and scored 49 in his only innings on Saturday.
Rohan Phadke, bowling all-rounder and superb fielder, key new-ball bowler for THCC, consistently hits good lengths and can shape the ball into the batsman and move it away, has a deceptive slower one as well.
THCC twice came unstuck against an experienced SCE outfit, while KSV, as expected, proved too good for VFB. KSV will be expecting similar results against THCC, who are getting their tough fixtures out of the way early in the group stages.
Match Prediction: Kummerfelder Sportverein (KSV) to win both contests comfortably.
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MATCH 27 (ECS21.414)
VFB FALLERSLEBEN (VFB) v SC EUROPA (SCE)
1100 GMT | 1300 CET | 1630 IST
MATCH 28 (ECS21.415)
VFB FALLERSLEBEN (VFB) v SC EUROPA (SCE)
1300 GMT | 1500 CET | 1830 IST
VFB Last Five Matches: L NR W L L (Avg Score For 91, Avg Score Against 100)
SCE Last Five Matches: L L L W W (Avg Score For 92, Avg Score Against 101)
VFB FALLERSLEBEN (VFB)
Captain: Shivaray Jan
Wicketkeeper: Rohit Khoul
Projected Top Four: Vedant Shetye, Sunny Rai, Jatinder Singh, Satish Kumar
Projected Opening Bowlers: Mahesh Badhe, Ram Bhumireddy
Spin Options: Satish Kumar, Sandeep Vasisth
VFB FALLERSLEBEN Key Players:
Vedant Shetye, batting all-rounder, will be opening the innings for VFB, can score quick runs and will be hoping to provide good starts, scored an unbeaten 41 in the first match against KSV.
Jatinder Singh, an able top order batsman, will be looking to shine on the grand European Cricket stage, can roll his arm too.
Yogesh Pai, finished top wicket taker for VFB on Saturday picking up three wickets from two matches and a best return of 2-14.
Mahesh Badhe, right arm fast bowler, will lead the VFB bowling attack, scalped two victims from two games against KSV on Saturday, can bat too!
SC EUROPA (SCE)
Captain: Sahel Darwish
Wicketkeeper: Mohsin Muhammad
Projected Top Four: Sahel Darwish, Dawood Aruyubi, Wahidullah Amini, Istafeel Aryubi
Projected Opening Bowlers: Israfeel Aryubi, Bilal Shinwari
Spin Options: Abdul Wajid Khan, Dawood Aruyubi
SC EUROPA Key Players:
Sahel Darwish, captain, opening batsman who looks to score quick runs giving his team good starts, was top scorer for his side at ECS Kummerfeld 2020 amassing 144 runs including 10 sixes.
Hikman Shinwari scored 77 runs in five knocks at ECS Kummerfeld 2020, also leading the wicket taking charts with six scalps, typical for SCE all-time leading wicket taker.
Dawood Aruyubi is a very promising youngster and ex under-19 player, when on song can take the match away from any opposition, also a very good spinner who is normally economical, was man of the match in the opening game of SCE scoring 28 off 22 balls steering his team to a respectable total.
Israfeel Aryubi, leader of the SCE bowling attack, can trouble batsmen with his pace and swing, smacked 79 runs from two innings top scoring for SCE, also picked up two wickets and returned man of the match for his all-round show in the second game.
SCE started with intent with two thrilling wins against newcomers THCC. VFB will be looking to get off the mark in a meeting between two evenly matched sides. VFB beat SCE to win the Shield Final last summer at ECS Kummerfeld, so SCE will be keen to avenge that loss.
Last time they met: VFB 99 def SCE 89 (2 Jul 2020)
Match Prediction: SC Europa (SCE) to win both games and continue their good run.