European Cricket Network live broadcasts four T10 matches on Day 8 of the 2021 FanCode ECS Germany, Kiel on Tuesday 8 June.
FanCode ECS Germany Kiel favourites Kummerfelder Sportverein have cruised to four straight wins to steam ahead at the top of Group B. Despite losing to VFB Fallersleben, SC Europa sit nicely in second with three wins from four. PSV Hann-Munden enter the fray on Wednesday, when newcomers THCC Hamburg will look to finally get off the mark against VFB.
Group B
KSV Kummerfelder Sportverein (4-0, NRR+6.175)
SCESC Europa (3-1, NRR-0.207)
VFBVFB Fallersleben (1-3, NRR-1.325)
PSV PSV Hann-Munden (0-0, NRR+0.000)
THCCTHCC Hamburg (0-4, NRR-4.699)
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MATCH 29 (ECS21.416)
THCC HAMBURG (THCC) v VFB FALLERSLEBEN (VFB)
0700 GMT | 0900 CET | 1230 IST
MATCH 30 (ECS21.417)
THCC HAMBURG (THCC) v VFB FALLERSLEBEN (VFB)
0900 GMT | 1100 CET | 1430 IST
THCC Last Five Matches: L L L L (Avg Score For 70, Avg Score Against 115)
VFB Last Five Matches: W L L W L (Avg Score For 83, Avg Score Against 92)
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 49 runs from three innings, 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 five wickets and is leading run scorer for THCC with 92 runs from three innings.
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.
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, can score quick runs, will open the innings for VFB, scored an unbeaten 41 in the first match against KSV, joint top scorer for VFB with 67 runs from four matches.
Ram Bhumireddy, top wicket taker for VFB scalping six wickets from four games with a best return of 3-9.
Kumar Muthyala, solid middle order batsman who will look to provide stability to the VFB batting lineup, joint top scorer for VFB with 67 runs at a healthy strike rate of 156.
Sunny Rai, all-rounder, man of the match in VFB’s only win so far, contributing with bat and ball. Has racked up 61 runs and picked up five wickets.
THCC Hamburg have looked good in patches until being completely steamrolled by KSV in their last outing, while VFB picked up their first win of the campaign against SCE . Both these sides will view these as winnable clashes. Whoever comes out on top will fancy their chances of making the knockout stages.
Match Prediction: Both these sides have struggled so far and are likely to share the spoils with a win a piece in this double header.
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MATCH 31 (ECS21.418)
SC EUROPA (SCE) v PSV HANN-MUNDEN (PSV)
1100 GMT | 1300 CET | 1630 IST
MATCH 32 (ECS21.419)
SC EUROPA (SCE) v PSV HANN-MUNDEN (PSV)
1300 GMT | 1500 CET | 1830 IST
SCE Last Five Matches: L W W L W (Avg Score For 85, Avg Score Against 88)
PSV Last Five Matches: L W W L L (Avg Score For 93, Avg Score Against 93)
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 can score quick runs giving his team good starts, top scorer for his side at ECS Kummerfeld 2020 amassing 144 runs including 10 sixes.
Bilal Shinwari, valuable all-rounder, scored a 24-ball 44 and picked up a wicket in the last game earning a first man of the match award.
Dawood Aruyubi is a very promising youngster, 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 113 runs from four innings top scoring for SCE, also picked up four wickets, adjudged man of the match for his all-round showing in the second game on Saturday.
PSV HANN-MUNDEN (PSV)
Captain: Gulraiz Mustafa
Wicketkeeper: Asad Sangari
Projected Top Four: Asadullah Sangari, Gulraiz Mustafa, Imran Hafiz, Adeel Ahmad
Projected Opening Bowlers: Amin Zadran, Awalkhan Safi
Spin Options: Gulraiz Mustafa, Vinod Joshi, Hiren Patel
PSV HANN-MUNDEN Key Players:
Adeel Ahmad is an explosive hitter, mustered 93 runs in four knocks, including a best of 86 not out at ECN Hannover Hitout last summer. He backed it up at Dream11 European Cricket Series Kummerfeld ending second leading run scorer in the whole tournament with 203 in seven knocks, including a magnificent 119 not out at a strike rate of just over 236.
Amin Zadran, tidy all-rounder who consistently makes an impact with bat and ball. Particularly impressive last summer at ECN Hannover Hitout taking 6-58 with a best of 3-7.
Awalkhan Safi , talented all-rounder, leading wicket taker at ECN Hannover Hitout with 7 wickets (7-83) and a best of 3-8, also racked up 95 in six innings. At Dream11 European Cricket Series Kummerfeld he took eight wickets.
Matiullah Yousafzai, all-rounder, mustered 43 runs at a strike rate of 195 at ECN Hannover Hitout, has picked up seven wickets from six matches at the European Cricket stage with a best return of 3-15.
PSV Hann-Munden enter the fray on the third day of Group B action. PSV boast a good record in group stage action, winning five out of eight matches across two tournaments last summer. SCE's best chance of beating PSV will be in their first meeting on Tuesday afternoon while PSV get used to the playing conditions and the vagaries of the pitch.
Last time they met: PSV 99 def SCE 94 (30 Jun 2020)
Match Prediction: PSV Hann-Munden and SC Europa to share a win a piece.