MSC Frankfurt have to be considered one of the favourites on account of their cricketing talent and tournament pedigree. In fact, the European Cricket Series Frankfurt champions are the only side featuring at the FanCode ECS Germany Krefeld to boast any previous ECS experience. MSF also won the state T20 competition in Hessen last season and will be full of confidence going into their first ECS of the year.
Captain: Sekandar Khan
Wicketkeeper: Habib Rahman
Projected Top Four: Adel Khan, Shahid Afridi, Sekandar Khan, Nafees Buttar
Projected Opening Bowlers: Waheed Ahmed, Shahid Afridi
Spin Options: Adel Khan, Nafees Buttar
MSC FRANKFURT Key Players:
Shahid Afridi, hard hitting opening batsman, mustered 168 runs from eight matches in ECS at a strike rate of 218, bagging six wickets as well.
Sekandar Khan, captain, big hitter, all-time club leading run scorer has amassed 148 runs in ECS from eight matches including an unbeaten 53 off 22 balls.
Hamza Syed - useful batsman on his day.
Nafees Buttar - All-time club leading wicket taker, wily left-armer who can vary his pace well and contribute with the bat too.
Adel Khan has racked up 156 runs for MSF in ECS from eight matches including a fifty and has scalped five wickets with his deceptive spin bowling.
Daud Muhammad - big hitter who can also chip in with vital wickets.