European Cricket Network live broadcasts five T10 matches on Day 9 of the 2021 FanCode ECS Spain, Barcelona on Thursday 17 February. Tune into the live action from 0730 GMT | 0830 CET | 1300 IST from the Montjuïc Cricket Ground in Barcelona, Spain.
Five Group D matchups follow on Thursday with in-form Falco in control at the top of the group. Badalona Shaheen will have to recover from a poor start, while newcomers Punjab Warriors and Trinitat Royal Stars have both shown moments of promise. Hawks and Black Panthers are both winless and have serious work to do to remain in contention.
FAL Falco (2-0, NRR+2.750)
TRS Trinitat Royal Stars (1-0, NRR+3.500)
BSH Badalona Shaheen (1-1, NRR+0.253)
PUW Punjab Warriors (1-1, NRR-0.275)
HAW Hawks (0-2, NRR-3.307)
BLP Black Panthers (0-1, NRR-3.500)
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MATCH 41 (ECS21.041)
BLACK PANTHERS (BLP) v PUNJAB WARRIORS (PUW)
0730 GMT | 0830 CET | 1300 IST
BLP Last Five Matches: L (Avg Score For 55, Avg Score Against 90)
PUW Last Five Matches: L W (Avg Score For 109, Avg Score Against 112)
BLACK PANTHERS (BLP)
Captain: Puneet Shrimali
Wicketkeeper: Bikramjit Singh
Projected Top Four: Puneet Shrimali, Sourav Singh, Balwinder Singh, Ajay Rawat
Projected Opening Bowlers: Balwinder Singh, Ajay Rawat
BLACK PANTHERS Key Players:
Balwinder Singh, all rounder, picked up two wickets for 14 runs in his two overs.
Puneet Shrimali, captain,scored the first runs for Black Panthers with a thunderous boundary on the off side.
Ajay Rawat is a hard hitting batsman who likes to use his feet even against pacers.
PUNJAB WARRIORS (PUW)
Captain: Gagandeep Singh
Wicketkeeper: Jagdeep Singh
Projected Top Four: Tejpal Singh, Yuvrajpal Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Mohsin Ali
Projected Opening Bowlers: Gagandeep Singh, Mohsin Ali
Spin Options: Tejpal Singh
PUNJAB WARRIORS Key Players:
Tejpal Singh missed out on a first ever ECS fifty by just one run in a tremendous knock of 49.
Gagandeep Singh, captain, all rounder, played a nice little cameo in the first game and returned with figures of 2-8 in the second.
Mohsin Ali hits the ball hard and long, showed glimpses of what he can do if he gets going hitting two LONG sixes in five balls against Hawks.
Punjab Warriors showed a lot of character and promise on the opening day of Group D action going down fighting against a powerful Falco side and then recovering strongly to register their first-ever ECS win over Hawks. Black Panthers will be searching for that elusive first ECS victory as well.
Match Prediction: PUNJAB WARRIORS (PUW) to effortlessly storm past the Black Panthers.
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MATCH 42 (ECS21.042)
PUNJAB WARRIORS (PUW) v TRINITAT ROYAL STARS (TRS)
0930 GMT | 1030 CET | 1500 IST
PUW Last Five Matches: L W (Avg Score For 109, Avg Score Against 112)
TRS Last Five Matches: W (Avg Score For 90, Avg Score Against 55)
PUNJAB WARRIORS (PUW)
Captain: Gagandeep Singh
Wicketkeeper: Jagdeep Singh
Projected Top Four: Tejpal Singh, Yuvrajpal Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Mohsin Ali
Projected Opening Bowlers: Gagandeep Singh, Mohsin Ali
Spin Options: Tejpal Singh
PUNJAB WARRIORS Key Players:
Tejpal Singh missed out on a first ever ECS fifty by just one run in a tremendous knock of 49.
Gagandeep Singh, captain, all rounder, played a nice little cameo in the first game and returned figures of 2-8 in the second.
Mohsin Ali hits the ball hard and long, showed glimpses of what he can do if he gets going hitting two LONG sixes in five balls against Hawks.
TRINITAT ROYAL STARS (TRS)
Captain: Mohsin Raza
Wicketkeeper: Ali Raza
Projected Top Four: Muhammad Fiaz Haider, Mudassar Ali, Sufian Ansar, Shujat Ali
Projected Opening Bowlers: Mohsin Raza, Sufian Ansar
Spin Options: Aqeel Ansar
TRINITAT ROYAL STARS Key Players:
Sufian Ansar was mighty impressive with both bat and ball picking up 2-12 and scoring an unbeaten 18-ball 26 to take his side to victory.
Aqeel Ansar, young leg spinner, ran through the BLP middle order bagging three wickets for just seven runs in a man of the match performance.
Mudassar Ali made a solid start, blistering his way to 21 off just 10 balls.
Having won their debut game quite convincingly against fellow debutants Black Panthers, Trinitat Royal Stars face another newcomer in their second ECS game. Both teams performed remarkably well and would want to keep their winning streak going.
Match Prediction: PUNJAB WARRIORS (PUW) to triumph in the clash of the newcomers.
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MATCH 43 (ECS21.043)
FALCO (FAL) v BLACK PANTHERS (BLP)
1130 GMT | 1230 CET | 1700 IST
FAL Last Five Matches: W W L W W (Avg Score For 117, Avg Score Against 91)
BLP Last Five Matches: L (Avg Score For 55, Avg Score Against 90)
FALCO (FAL)
Captain: Rehman Ullah
Wicketkeeper: Muhammad Yaseen
Projected Top Four: Adeel Sarwar, Ijaz Ahmad, Muhammad Yaseen, Rehman Ullah
Projected Opening Bowlers: Muhammad Sheraz, Khawar Javed
Spin Options: Moazzam Rafique, Adeel Sarwar
FALCO Key Players:
Adeel Sarwar started the day with a magnificent 58 off 33 balls including five HUGE maximos!
Abid Shahzad saved the day for Falco with a brilliant all-round performance with his 17-ball 47 with the bat and 2-13 with the ball against BSH.
Ijaz Ahmad, opener, helped Falco get off to solid starts in both games, racking up 64 runs in the process.
BLACK PANTHERS (BLP)
Captain: Puneet Shrimali
Wicketkeeper: Bikramjit Singh
Projected Top Four: Puneet Shrimali, Sourav Singh, Balwinder Singh, Ajay Rawat
Projected Opening Bowlers: Balwinder Singh, Ajay Rawat
BLACK PANTHERS Key Players:
Balwinder Singh, all rounder, picked up two wickets for 14 runs in his two overs.
Puneet Shrimali, captain,scored the first runs for Black Panthers with a thunderous boundary on the off side.
Ajay Rawat is a hard hitting batsman who likes to use his feet even against pacers.
Falco are coming into this match on the back of two outstanding performances. Having beaten group favourites Badalona Shaheen quite comprehensively, FAL will look to cement top spot to qualify for Finals day.
Match Prediction: Group leaders FALCO (FAL) to outclass Black Panthers.
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MATCH 44 (ECS21.044)
HAWKS (HAW) v TRINITAT ROYAL STARS (TRS)
1330 GMT | 1430 CET | 1900 IST
HAW Last Five Matches: L L L L L (Avg Score For 89, Avg Score Against 120)
TRS Last Five Matches: W (Avg Score For 90, Avg Score Against 55)
HAWKS (HAW)
Captain: Kamran Zia
Wicketkeeper: Kamran Zia
Projected Top Four: Kamran Zia, Mirza Imtiaz Asghar, Aamir Javid, Umar Latif
Projected Opening Bowlers: Shakil Ahmed, Shahbaz Muhammad
Spin Options: MuhammadSanaullah, Shahbaz Muhammad
HAWKS Key Players:
Umar Latif finished the day as leading run scorer (42) for Hawks without being dismissed once. He also picked up a wicket.
Aamir Javid played cameos in both the games scoring at a crushing strike rate of over 220!
Shakil Ahmed led the bowling attack with great aplomb picking up three wickets in two matches.
TRINITAT ROYAL STARS (TRS)
Captain: Mohsin Raza
Wicketkeeper: Ali Raza
Projected Top Four: Muhammad Fiaz Haider, Mudassar Ali, Sufian Ansar, Shujat Ali
Projected Opening Bowlers: Mohsin Raza, Sufian Ansar
Spin Options: Aqeel Ansar
TRINITAT ROYAL STARS Key Players:
Sufian Ansar was mighty impressive with both bat and ball picking up 2-12 and scoring an unbeaten 18-ball 26 to take his side to victory.
Aqeel Ansar, young leg spinner, ran through the BLP middle order bagging three wickets for just seven runs in a man of the match performance.
Mudassar Ali made a solid start, blistering his way to 21 off just 10 balls.
With six straight losses on the European Cricket stage, Hawks will be desperate to finally secure a win. Can HAW overcome a spirited Trinitat Royal Stars side to end this miserable run?
Match Prediction: TRINITAT ROYAL STARS (TRS) to edge a win.
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MATCH 45 (ECS21.045)
FALCO (FAL) v HAWKS (HAW)
1530 GMT | 1630 CET | 2100 IST
FAL Last Five Matches: W W L W W (Avg Score For 117, Avg Score Against 91)
HAW Last Five Matches: L L L L L (Avg Score For 89, Avg Score Against 120)
FALCO (FAL)
Captain: Rehman Ullah
Wicketkeeper: Muhammad Yaseen
Projected Top Four: Adeel Sarwar, Ijaz Ahmad, Muhammad Yaseen, Rehman Ullah
Projected Opening Bowlers: Muhammad Sheraz, Khawar Javed
Spin Options: Moazzam Rafique, Adeel Sarwar
FALCO Key Players:
Adeel Sarwar started the day with a magnificent 58 off 33 balls including five HUGE maximos!
Abid Shahzad saved the day for Falco with a brilliant allround performance with his 17-ball 47 with the bat and 2-13 with the ball against BSH.
Ijaz Ahmad, opener, helped Falco get off to solid starts in both games, racking up 64 runs in the process.
HAWKS (HAW)
Captain: Kamran Zia
Wicketkeeper: Kamran Zia
Projected Top Four: Kamran Zia, Mirza Imtiaz Asghar, Aamir Javid, Umar Latif
Projected Opening Bowlers: Shakil Ahmed, Shahbaz Muhammad
Spin Options: MuhammadSanaullah, Shahbaz Muhammad
HAWKS Key Players:
Umar Latif finished the day as leading run scorer (42) for Hawks without being dismissed even once. He also picked up a wicket.
Aamir Javid played cameos in both the games scoring at a strike rate of over 220!
Shakil Ahmed led the bowling attack with great aplomb picking up three wickets in two matches.
Group Leaders Falco will probably be looking to make it four wins in a row against the hapless Hawks. Can Hawks turn things around and deliver a HUGE upset?
Match Prediction: Hawks will have no answer to in-form Falco (FAL).
