FanCode ECS Spain L'Alfas del Pi sees three teams contest 12 games over three days to establish the Champions. Every game will be live streamed worldwide on the European Cricket Network and on FanCode - a multi-sport aggregator platform, from the house of Dream Sports for the Indian Sub-Continent.
European Cricket Network live broadcasts four T10 matches on Day 3 of the 2021 FanCode ECS Spain, L’alfas Del Pi on Friday 29 October.
Intellectuals and Sporting Alfas fight for top spot while Madrid United look to avoid the wooden spoon on the final day of the enthralling quadruple round robin tournament. With no knockout matches scheduled, whoever tops the standings will be crowned Champions of the FanCode ECS L’Alfas del Pi.
Teams
INT Intellectuals CC (4-2, NRR-1.416)
SPA Sporting Alfas (3-2, NRR+2.560)
MAU Madrid United (1-4, NRR-0.585)
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MATCH 9 (ECS21.804)
SPORTING ALFAS (SPA) v MADRID UNITED (MAU)
0700 GMT | 0900 CET | 1230 IST
SPA Last Five Matches: W L L W W (Avg Score For 112, Avg Score Against 87)
MAU Last Five Matches: L W L L L (Avg Score For 88, Avg Score Against 94)
SPORTING ALFAS (SPA)
Captain: Phill Pennick
Wicketkeeper: Rhys Fowler
Projected Top Four: Phill Pennick, Christian Munoz-Mills, Jack Perman, Jamie Roper
Projected Opening Bowlers: Jake Sunderland, Darren Walker
Spin Options: Jack Perman
SPORTING ALFAS Key Players:
Jack Perman, the Spanish International has been in tremendous form with the bat. Top scorer for SPA racking up 112 runs in five games. He can also roll his arm and bowl some wrist spin.
Christian Munoz-Mills, captain of Spanish National Team, a fine batter who scored over hundred runs in the ECC batting in the lower middle order. He will cherish opening the innings for SPA. Scored 47 runs in two games on Thursday.
Darren Walker, the experienced right arm off-spinner returned figures of 3-7 in the opening game vs INT on Wednesday to bag a player of the match award for his magical effort.
Waqar Ashraf, the right arm medium pacer impressed in the Dream11European Cricket Series Alicante 2020 leading the wickets column for SPA with FIVE wickets in seven games. Returned tournament best figures of 3-4 vs INT on Wednesday.
Jake Sunderland, right arm medium pacer, top wicket taker for SPA picking up FOUR wickets in five games.
MADRID UNITED (MAU)
Captain: Ittefaq Ahmad
Wicketkeeper: Sukhi Singh
Projected Top Four: Shazzad Hossain, Kamil Ahmed, Ricard Tedder, Abul Kalam Azad
Projected Opening Bowlers: Robiul Khan, Jahidul Islam
Spin Options: Shazzad Hossain, Ittefaq Ahmad, Abul Kalam Azad
MADRID UNITED Key Players:
Robiul Khan, valuable all-rounder, hits the ball clean and hard, highest scorer for MAU muscling 101 runs in five games.
Abul Kalam Azad, right handed batter and right arm off-spinner, second highest scorer for MAU racking up 83 runs in four innings. He has also picked up FOUR wickets.
Kamil Ahmed, valuable all-rounder, top wicket taker in the tournament scalping SIX wickets in five games with a best return of 3-11. He also scored 62 runs.
With a much better NRR, Sporting Alfas will have a chance to move to top of the standings if they can beat MAU for the second time in the tournament.
Last time they met: ECS21.801 | SPA 109(9.1) def MAU 108 (28 Oct 2021)
Match Prediction: Sporting Alfas (SPA) to win at a canter.
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MATCH 10 (ECS21.805)
SPORTING ALFAS (SPA) v INTELLECTUALS (INT)
0900 GMT | 1100 CET | 1430 IST
SPA Last Five Matches: W L L W W (Avg Score For 112, Avg Score Against 87)
INT Last Five Matches: W W W L W (Avg Score For 86, Avg Score Against 100)
SPORTING ALFAS (SPA)
Captain: Phill Pennick
Wicketkeeper: Rhys Fowler
Projected Top Four: Phill Pennick, Christian Munoz-Mills, Jack Perman, Jamie Roper
Projected Opening Bowlers: Jake Sunderland, Darren Walker
Spin Options: Jack Perman
SPORTING ALFAS Key Players:
Jack Perman, the Spanish International has been in tremendous form with the bat. Top scorer for SPA racking up 112 runs in five games. He can also roll his arm and bowl some wrist spin.
Christian Munoz-Mills, captain of Spanish National Team, a fine batter who scored over hundred runs in the ECC batting in the lower middle order. He will cherish opening the innings for SPA. Scored 47 runs in two games on Thursday.
Darren Walker, the experienced right arm off-spinner returned figures of 3-7 in the opening game vs INT on Wednesday to bag a player of the match award for his magical effort.
Waqar Ashraf, the right arm medium pacer impressed in the Dream11European Cricket Series Alicante 2020 leading the wickets column for SPA with FIVE wickets in seven games. Returned tournament best figures of 3-4 vs INT on Wednesday.
Jake Sunderland, right arm medium pacer, top wicket taker for SPA picking up FOUR wickets in five games.
INTELLECTUALS (INT)
Captain: Husnain Akram
Wicketkeeper: Javed Iqbal
Projected Top Four: Javed Iqbal, Shakeel Sultan, Furqan Muhammad, Nadeem Muhammad
Projected Opening Bowlers: Faisal Rehman, Ibtisam Ahmad
Spin Options: Furqan Muhammad
INTELLECTUALS Key Players:
Shakeel Sultan, right handed opening batter, second highest scorer for INT racking up 81 runs in six games. He was involved in an unbeaten opening stand of 105 with Javed Iqbal taking his side to victory vs SPA.
Javed Iqbal, wicket keeper batter, has played First Class cricket and List A games in Pakistan. Top scorer in the tournament racking up 139 runs in six games including an unbeaten 54 off 30 balls vs SPA to take his side to a first ever ECS victory.
Husnain Akram, the skipper is the joint leading wicket taker for his side picking up FIVE wickets in six games with a best return of 2-9.
Abbas Toseef, a very handy all-rounder, the left hander has mustered 51 runs and is the joint leading wicket taker for INT scalping FIVE wickets.
If Sporting Alfas win their earlier game against MAU, both SPA and INT will be locked on eight points. SPA will be ahead of INT on superior NRR and a win here will almost seal their top spot and the victory.
Last time they met: ECS21.802 | SPA 77(5.3) def INT 76 (28 Oct 2021)
Match Prediction: Sporting Alfas (SPA) to edge a narrow win.
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MATCH 11 (ECS21.806)
INTELLECTUALS (INT) v MADRID UNITED (MAU)
1100 GMT | 1300 CET | 1630 IST
INT Last Five Matches: W W W L W (Avg Score For 86, Avg Score Against 100)
MAU Last Five Matches: L W L L L (Avg Score For 88, Avg Score Against 94)
INTELLECTUALS (INT)
Captain: Husnain Akram
Wicketkeeper: Javed Iqbal
Projected Top Four: Javed Iqbal, Shakeel Sultan, Furqan Muhammad, Nadeem Muhammad
Projected Opening Bowlers: Faisal Rehman, Ibtisam Ahmad
Spin Options: Furqan Muhammad
INTELLECTUALS Key Players:
Shakeel Sultan, right handed opening batter, second highest scorer for INT racking up 81 runs in six games. He was involved in an unbeaten opening stand of 105 with Javed Iqbal taking his side to victory vs SPA.
Javed Iqbal, wicket keeper batter, has played First Class cricket and List A games in Pakistan. Top scorer in the tournament racking up 139 runs in six games including an unbeaten 54 off 30 balls vs SPA to take his side to a first ever ECS victory.
Husnain Akram, the skipper is the joint leading wicket taker for his side picking up FIVE wickets in six games with a best return of 2-9.
Abbas Toseef, a very handy all-rounder, the left hander has mustered 51 runs and is the joint leading wicket taker for INT scalping FIVE wickets.
MADRID UNITED (MAU)
Captain: Ittefaq Ahmad
Wicketkeeper: Sukhi Singh
Projected Top Four: Shazzad Hossain, Kamil Ahmed, Ricard Tedder, Abul Kalam Azad
Projected Opening Bowlers: Robiul Khan, Jahidul Islam
Spin Options: Shazzad Hossain, Ittefaq Ahmad, Abul Kalam Azad
MADRID UNITED Key Players:
Robiul Khan, valuable all-rounder, hits the ball clean and hard, highest scorer for MAU muscling 101 runs in five games.
Abul Kalam Azad, right handed batter and right arm off-spinner, second highest scorer for MAU racking up 83 runs in four innings. He has also picked up FOUR wickets.
Kamil Ahmed, valuable all-rounder, top wicket taker in the tournament scalping SIX wickets in five games with a best return of 3-11. He also scored 62 runs.
Defending Champions Madrid United have struggled without their star players and are reeling at the bottom of the table. With the last spot being certain, MAU will look to spoil INT’s dream run.
Last time they met: ECS21.803 | INT 93 def MAU 84 (28 Oct 2021)
Match Prediction: Intellectuals CC (INT) to win and keep their hopes alive of topping the standings.
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MATCH 12 (ECS21.807)
SPORTING ALFAS (SPA) v MADRID UNITED (MAU)
1300 GMT | 1500 CET | 1830 IST
SPA Last Five Matches: W L L W W (Avg Score For 112, Avg Score Against 87)
MAU Last Five Matches: L W L L L (Avg Score For 88, Avg Score Against 94)
SPORTING ALFAS (SPA)
Captain: Phill Pennick
Wicketkeeper: Rhys Fowler
Projected Top Four: Phill Pennick, Christian Munoz-Mills, Jack Perman, Jamie Roper
Projected Opening Bowlers: Jake Sunderland, Darren Walker
Spin Options: Jack Perman
SPORTING ALFAS Key Players:
Jack Perman, the Spanish International has been in tremendous form with the bat. Top scorer for SPA racking up 112 runs in five games. He can also roll his arm and bowl some wrist spin.
Christian Munoz-Mills, captain of Spanish National Team, a fine batter who scored over hundred runs in the ECC batting in the lower middle order. He will cherish opening the innings for SPA. Scored 47 runs in two games on Thursday.
Darren Walker, the experienced right arm off-spinner returned figures of 3-7 in the opening game vs INT on Wednesday to bag a player of the match award for his magical effort.
Waqar Ashraf, the right arm medium pacer impressed in the Dream11European Cricket Series Alicante 2020 leading the wickets column for SPA with FIVE wickets in seven games. Returned tournament best figures of 3-4 vs INT on Wednesday.
Jake Sunderland, right arm medium pacer, top wicket taker for SPA picking up FOUR wickets in five games.
MADRID UNITED (MAU)
Captain: Ittefaq Ahmad
Wicketkeeper: Sukhi Singh
Projected Top Four: Shazzad Hossain, Kamil Ahmed, Ricard Tedder, Abul Kalam Azad
Projected Opening Bowlers: Robiul Khan, Jahidul Islam
Spin Options: Shazzad Hossain, Ittefaq Ahmad, Abul Kalam Azad
MADRID UNITED Key Players:
Robiul Khan, valuable all-rounder, hits the ball clean and hard, highest scorer for MAU muscling 101 runs in five games.
Abul Kalam Azad, right handed batter and right arm off-spinner, second highest scorer for MAU racking up 83 runs in four innings. He has also picked up FOUR wickets.
Kamil Ahmed, valuable all-rounder, top wicket taker in the tournament scalping SIX wickets in five games with a best return of 3-11. He also scored 62 runs.
The two sides meet for the second time in the day. Last placed MAU will be looking to end with a flourish, SPA will be keen to win this game to finish at the top of the ladder.
Last time they met: ECS21.804 | SPA 52(5) def MAU 51 (29 Oct 2021)
Match Prediction: Sporting Alfas (SPA) to be crowned champions of the FanCode ECS L’Alfas del Pi.
