European Cricket Network live broadcasts four T10 matches on Day 8 of the 2021 FanCode ECS Germany, Krefeld on Tuesday 25 May.
Group B is wide open and looks like going down to the wire with Koln CC sneaking past group leaders Dusseldorf Blackcaps to register their second win. DJK SG Solingen entered the fray on Monday, but were twice hunted down by improving Bayer Uerdingen Wolves.
Group B
DBDüsseldorf Blackcaps (3-1, NRR+1.541)
BUW Bayer Uerdingen Wolves (2-2, NRR+2.150)
KCC Köln CC (2-2, NRR-0.821)
BBSBonn Blue Star (1-1, NRR+0.506)
DSSDJK SG Solingen (0-2, NRR-6.250)
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MATCH 29 (ECS21.368)
BAYER UERDINGEN WOLVES (BUW) v KÖLN CC (KCC)
0700 GMT | 0900 CET | 1230 IST
MATCH 30 (ECS21.369)
BAYER UERDINGEN WOLVES (BUW) v KÖLN CC (KCC)
0900 GMT | 1100 CET | 1430 IST
BUW Last Five Matches: L L W W (Avg Score For 110, Avg Score Against 88)
KCC Last Five Matches: W L L W (Avg Score For 82, Avg Score Against 90)
BAYER UERDINGEN WOLVES (BUW)
Captain: Waqas Fatmi
Wicketkeeper: Humayun Butt
Projected Top Four: Waqas Fatmi, Muhammad Rizwan, Shamil Niyas, Humayun Butt
Projected Opening Bowlers: Taha Hassan, Raj Bhushan
Spin Options: Raj Bhushan, Zain Alam, Abdul Haseeb
BAYER UERDINGEN WOLVES Players:
Humayun Butt is a clean striker of the ball and likes to go hard straight down the ground. Top scorer for BUW racking up 147 runs at a strike rate of 188 including a man of the match performance of 54 off 23 balls.
Taha Hassan, right arm medium fast bowler, bowls tight lines, is joint top wicket taker for BUW picking up five victims from four matches.
Shamil Niyas, hard hitting opening batsman who loves to hit lofted shots and is good at flicking the ball off his pads. Finally hit form with an unbeaten 48 off just 19 balls including five sixes and three fours.
Raj Bhushan, the spinner bowled a record two maidens in the last game picking up two wickets in the process. He is joint top wicket taker for BUW with five wickets at an economy rate of just 5.50.
KÖLN CC (KCC)
Captain: Dhruv Patel
Wicketkeeper: Satya Srinivas
Projected Top Four: Irfan Ahmed, Satya Srinivas, Tejas Morbagal, Dhruv Patel
Projected Opening Bowlers: Prateek Dabholkar, Ameya Deshpande
Spin Options: Sandheep Ravishankar, Tejas Morbagal, Dhruv Patel
KÖLN CC Key Players:
Irfan Ahmed, explosive opening batsman with 20 years of German cricket experience, age is just a number for him, has racked up 113 runs from four innings at a SR of 164.
Dhruv Patel, calm and composed Captain who shows abundance of steel with his batting and shoulders the responsibility of the side with same elegance. Scored an unbeaten 25 of 21 balls to steer his side to victory against leaders Dusseldorf.
Tejas Morbagal, an excellent top order batsman and a handy off-spinner, and a great team man. Instrumental in Koln’s first win and is heading the wicket taking charts for KCC scalping five wickets with a best return of 2-5.
Satya Srinivas, former German wicket-keeper batsman, lightning quick behind the stumps and can be a match winner with the bat.
Wolves are a fledgling team compared to two-time Bundesliga champions Koln CC who managed to sneak past leaders Dusseldorf Blackcaps in their last game. But BUW are a much-improved side since their opening games. Incidentally, both teams are level on two wins and two losses each and this double header promises to be the deciding factor of where they finish in the standings.
Match Prediction: Koln CC and Bayer Uerdingen Wolves to share the spoils with a win each.
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MATCH 31 (ECS21.370)
BONN BLUE STAR (BBS) v DJK SG SOLINGEN (DSS)
1100 GMT | 1300 CET | 1630 IST
MATCH 32 (ECS21.371)
BONN BLUE STAR (BBS) v DJK SG SOLINGEN (DSS)
1300 GMT | 1500 CET | 1830 IST
BBS Last Five Matches: L W (Avg Score For 79, Avg Score Against 73)
DSS Last Five Matches: L L (Avg Score For 73, Avg Score Against 135)
BONN BLUE STAR (BBS)
Captain: Khurram Ilyas
Wicketkeeper: Zaheer Abbas
Projected Top Four: Zaheer Abbas, Dilshan Rajudeen, Sahir Naqash, Naeem Akhtar
Projected Opening Bowlers: Ranjith Singh, Haron Khan
Spin Options: Jawad Azizi, Dilshan Rajudeen, Bryan Rattan, Karanjit Brar
BONN BLUE STAR Key Players:
Dilshan Rajudeen, former national team player, all-time leading run scorer for Bonn Blue Star, looked good with the bat on Saturday scoring an unbeaten 50 off 24 balls to take his side to victory.
Haron Khan, the hat-trick hero, bowls with good pace and extracts decent bounce from the pitch, returned figures of 3-13 against Koln CC.
Jawad Azizi, a consistent performer with the ball, has picked up 34 wickets for BBS in the last two years and is a handy batsman down the order, bowled exceedingly well on Saturday picking up two wickets and conceding at just 3.75 runs an over.
Sahir Naqash, current member of the German national team, has racked up 78 runs and picked up four wickets in eight T20Is for Germany.
DJK SG SOLINGEN (DSS)
Captain: Venkatesh Reddy
Wicketkeeper: Vinay Gari
Projected Top Four: Vinay Gari, Chaitanya Puttaparthi, Venkatesh Reddy, Sisindri Dasari
Projected Opening Bowlers: Veeru Kolla, Sisindri Dasari
Spin Options: Bala Mavillapalli, Ramsai Vishnubhotla
DJK SG SOLINGEN Key Players:
Sisindri Dasari, young talented all-rounder, is a serious hitter of the ball and targets the toes with the ball. He is also very energetic in the field, scored 21 runs from two innings including a 5-ball 16 in the second game, also picked up a wicket.
Veeru Kolla is the most experienced player in the Solingen lineup and leads their bowling attack, top scorer for DSS on Monday scoring 43 runs from two innings.
Venkatesh Reddy, leading the side for the first time, looked good with the ball scalping two wickets from two matches, would love to make contributions with the bat as well.
Chandramohan Sivala, right arm medium pacer, has the golden arm with the canny knack of breaking partnerships.
If you can get through the top order then sides have a good chance of restricting BBS to an ordinary total, but this DSS side looks short of firepower with the unfortunate absence of their supremo Murali Prasad taking a heavy toll.
Match Prediction: Bonn Blue Star (BBS) to win both games comfortably.