FanCode ECS Sweden Stockholm provides an opportunity for ten teams to showcase their skills, contesting 48 games over 12 days. 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.

Day 5 PREVIEW: FanCode ECS Sweden Stockholm – Matches 17 to 20

European Cricket Network live broadcasts four T10 matches on Day 5 of the 2021 FanCode ECS Sweden, Stockholm on Friday 23 July.

 

Reigning champions Pakistanska Forening’s unbeaten run came to a surprising end against improving Forenom Royals. PF play the same opponent again in the final Group A matchups. Newcomers Umea remain winless and will exit the competition, while all other four teams can still move up or down the ladder based on their results on Friday.

 

Group A

PF  Pakistanska Forening (6-1, NRR+1.886)

BOT  Botkyrka (4-2, NRR+0.115)

STO  Stockholm (3-4, NRR+0.396)

FOR  Forenom Royals (3-3, NRR-1.188)

UME  Umea (0-6, NRR-1.719)



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MATCH 17  (ECS21.572)

STOCKHOLM (STO) v FORENOM ROYALS (FOR)

0700 GMT | 0900 CET | 1230 IST

 

STO Last Five Matches: L L W W L (Avg Score For 103, Avg Score Against 108) 

FOR Last Five Matches: L W W L W (Avg Score For 84, Avg Score Against 98) 

 

STOCKHOLM (STO)

Captain: Chenna Nali

Wicketkeeper: Chenna Nali

Projected Top Four: Ankit Tiwari, Vinod Chalindra, Shiva Arsi, Archan Vaidya

Projected Opening Bowlers: Deepjagan Singh, Harlagan Sandhu

Spin Option(s): Rakesh Kumar, Archan Vaidya

 

STOCKHOLM Key Players:

Vinod Chalindra, the hard hitting batsman has hammered 141 runs in seven games at a strike rate of 183. He has scored almost 70% of his runs in boundaries!

Shiva Arsi, the right hander has looked good with the batracking up 76 runs in five innings.

Deepjagan Singh, right arm fast bowler, looked impressive on the opening day picking up three wickets. Is top wicket taker for STO with SIX wickets from six matches.

Manoj Tomar, right arm medium pacer, has scalped SIX wickets and is joint highest wicket taker for STO.

Archan Vaidya is a quality all-rounder and a gun fielder. He will be looking to make an impact in all three departments in his debut ECS season. Highest run scorer in the tournament racking up 159 runs in just four innings. The left hander scored a blistering 77* off just 28 balls vs UME and bagged man of the match honours for his effort.



FORENOM ROYALS (FOR)

Captain: Rohit Juneja

Wicketkeeper: Srinivas Manem

Projected Top Four: Rohit Juneja, Anirudh Ram, Sahil Prashar, Srini Jettiboyina

Projected Opening Bowlers: Rohit Juneja, Sahil Prashar

Spin Option(s): Arpit Tiwari, Ameya Bendre

 

FORENOM ROYALS Key Players:

Rohit Juneja, captain and opening bat. Led the way against UME mustering a 21-ball 42. Top scorer and wicket taker for FOR racking up 125 runs and picking SIX wickets in six games.

Sahil Prashar, returned figures of 3-9 vs BOT on his ECS debut. Golden Ball hero taking FOR to their first ever ECS victory vs Umea.

Anirudh Ram, the opener bagged his first man of the match award this season scoring a brilliant 36-ball 64 vs UME yesterday. Has scored a total of 95 runs.

Ameya Bendre, the spinner has been impressive with the ball and is joint leading wicket taker for Forenom Royals with SIX scalps to his name.

Arpit Tiwari, bowling all-rounder, is a tidy off-spin bowler. Was impressive on the opening day bagging a man of the match award in the first game for scoring 25 runs and picking up 3-14 vs BOT. Second highest run scorer for FOR racking up 108 runs in six innings. Has picked up FOUR wickets as well.

 

Forenom Royals beat reigning champions PF on Thursday ending their 12-match unbeaten streak in ECS. FOR will take that confidence and momentum into this game with Stockholm. STO have enjoyed a mixed tournament, but would like to end the group stages on a high note and defend third spot on the points table.

 

Last time they met: ECS21.559 | STO 131 def FOR 63 (19 Jul 2021)

 

Match Prediction: Stockholm (STO) to edge a narrow win.

 

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MATCH 18  (ECS21.573)

UMEA (UME) v BOTKYRKA (BOT)

0900 GMT | 1100 CET | 1430 IST

 

UME Last Five Matches: L L L L L (Avg Score For 86, Avg Score Against 98) 

BOT Last Five Matches: W W L W W (Avg Score For 96, Avg Score Against 90) 

 

UMEA (UME)

Captain: Majid Mustafa

Wicketkeeper: Majid Mustafa

Projected Top Four: Majid Mustafa, Abdullah Abrar, Pradeep Singh, Hani Hassan

Projected Opening Bowlers: Amir Husseini, Hani Hassana

Spin Option(s): Abdullah Abrar, Majid Mustafa, Syed Junaid, Mahmood Ahmad

 

UMEA Key Players:

Majid Mustafa, right handed top order batsman and wicket-keeper, is one of the most reliable batsman with sound technique. He is the all-time leading run scorer and captain of UME. Now the second highest run scorer in the tournament, with 142 runs from six matches, including an unbeaten 50 vs FOR. 

Hani Hassan, the 19-year old all-rounder is a shining star. He is one of the best batsman in Umea and is a hard bowler to get away. Picked up four wickets at an economy of 8.25. 

Kaiyum Miah, the right arm medium pacer is leading the wickets taking column for UME with SEVEN scalps from four games. He returned second best figures of the tournament picking up 4-14 vs PF on Thursday.

Abdullah Abrar, the all-rounder is the second highest run scorer for UME scoring 108 runs and has picked up two wickets as well.



BOTKYRKA (BOT)

Captain: Asad Iqbal

Wicketkeeper:  Muhammad Ali Hassani

Projected Top Four: Ahmed Zulfiqar, Tahir Tarar, Shani Khawaja, Gurpal Randhawa

Projected Opening Bowlers: Osama Qureshi, Asif Khan

Spin Option(s): Ahmed Zulfiqar, Gurpal Randhawa

 

BOTKYRKA Key Players:

Tahir Tarar, big hitting all-rounder, boasts previous ECS experience playing for Karlskroma Zalmi Cricketforening. Second highest run scorer for BOT racking up 87 runs from five games. Has been good with the ball too picking up SIX wickets with a best return of 2-5.

Gurpal Randhawa picked up SEVEN wickets from five matches, joint top wicket taker for BOT with a best return of 3-10.

Osama Qureshi, the BOT opening bowler has delivered with the new ball picking up SIX wickets in six games with a best return of 2-19.

Ahmed Zulfiqar is a classy batsman who will open the innings for BOT, can also bowl decent off-spin. Has mustered 102 runs in three games at a strike rate of 179.

 

Botkyrka are comfortably placed second with four wins from six games while Umea are yet to win a game. With FOR beating PF yesterday, Umea are officially eliminated from the knockout stages. Having nothing to lose, UME will look to spring a surprise and end the tournament on a high.

 

Match Prediction: Botkyrka (BOT) to rack up a fifth win.

 

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MATCH 19 (ECS21.574)

FORENOM ROYALS (FOR) v PAKISTANSKA FORENING (PF)

1100 GMT | 1300 CET | 1630 IST

 

FOR Last Five Matches: L W W L W (Avg Score For 84, Avg Score Against 98) 

PF Last Five Matches: W W W W L (Avg Score For 89, Avg Score Against 69) 

 

FORENOM ROYALS (FOR)

Captain: Rohit Juneja

Wicketkeeper: Srinivas Manem

Projected Top Four: Rohit Juneja, Anirudh Ram, Sahil Prashar, Srini Jettiboyina

Projected Opening Bowlers: Rohit Juneja, Sahil Prashar

Spin Option(s): Arpit Tiwari, Ameya Bendre

 

FORENOM ROYALS Key Players:

Rohit Juneja, captain and opening bat. Led the way against UME mustering a 21-ball 42. Top scorer and wicket taker for FOR racking up 125 runs and picking SIX wickets in six games.

Sahil Prashar, returned figures of 3-9 vs BOT on his ECS debut. Golden Ball hero taking FOR to their first ever ECS victory vs Umea.

Anirudh Ram, the opener bagged his first man of the match award this season scoring a brilliant 36-ball 64 vs UME yesterday. Has scored a total of 95 runs.

Ameya Bendre, the spinner has been impressive with the ball and is joint leading wicket taker for Forenom Royals with SIX scalps to his name.

Arpit Tiwari, bowling all-rounder, is a tidy off-spin bowler. Was impressive on the opening day bagging a man of the match award in the first game for scoring 25 runs and picking up 3-14 vs BOT. Second highest run scorer for FOR racking up 108 runs in six innings. Has picked up FOUR wickets as well.



PAKISTANSKA FORENING (PF)

Captain: Bilal Muhammad

Wicketkeeper: Usama Chaudhry

Projected Top Four: Faraan Chaudhry, Sameer Ali Khan, Muhammad Vajjih Ali, Khalil Jalali

Projected Opening Bowlers: Bilal Muhammad, Khalil Jalali

Spin Option(s): Sameer Ali Khan, Waqar Hassan

 

PAKISTANSKA FORENING Key Players:

Sameer Ali Khan, MVP last term, the right hander racked up 106 runs in five innings in the previous edition and was the joint highest wicket taker for PF with EIGHT scalps. Has scored 96 runs in seven games and has picked up FIVE wickets as well.

Bilal Muhammad, captain, medium pacer, leading wicket taker for PF last summer with EIGHT wickets at an economy rate of just 5.75. Has scalped EIGHT wickets at an economy of 6.15 and a best return of 2-5.

Faraan Chaudhry played for Alby Zalmi last term racking up 94 runs from five innings. Has been selected for the Swedish U19 team. Is currently the second highest run scorer for PF with 93 runs from seven matches and has picked up a couple of wickets.

Zubair Aslam, the right arm pacer is leading the wicket taking charts so far with 10 scalps from six games at an impressive economy of 4.72 and tournament best figures of 4-11.

 

Forenom Royals ended Pakistanska Forening’s unbeaten run in ECS in a low scoring encounter on Thursday, becoming the only team to beat the reigning champions. PF seemed invincible until their last game and like a wounded lion will be looking to come back stronger. 

 

Last time they met: ECS21.571 | FOR 78 def PF 67 (22 Jul 2021)

 

Match Prediction: Pakistanska Forening (PF) to avenge that shock loss.

 

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MATCH 20  (ECS21.575)

UMEA (UME) v BOTKYRKA (BOT)

1300 GMT | 1500 CET | 1830 IST

 

UME Last Five Matches: L L L L L (Avg Score For 86, Avg Score Against 98) 

BOT Last Five Matches: W W L W W (Avg Score For 96, Avg Score Against 90) 

 

UMEA (UME)

Captain: Majid Mustafa

Wicketkeeper: Majid Mustafa

Projected Top Four: Majid Mustafa, Abdullah Abrar, Pradeep Singh, Hani Hassan

Projected Opening Bowlers: Amir Husseini, Hani Hassana

Spin Option(s): Abdullah Abrar, Majid Mustafa, Syed Junaid, Mahmood Ahmad

 

UMEA Key Players:

Majid Mustafa, right handed top order batsman and wicket-keeper, is one of the most reliable batsman with sound technique. He is the all-time leading run scorer and captain of UME. Racked up a total of 82 runs on Wednesday including an unbeaten 50 vs FOR. Is now the second highest run scorer in the tournament with 142 runs from six matches.

Hani Hassan, the 19-year old all-rounder is a shining star. He is one of the best batsman in Umea and is a hard bowler to get away. Picked up four wickets at an economy of 8.25. 

Kaiyum Miah, the right arm medium pacer is leading the wickets taking column for UME with SEVEN scalps from four games. He returned with second best figures of the tournament picking up 4-14 vs PF on Thursday.

Abdullah Abrar, the all-rounder is the second highest run scorer for UME scoring 108 runs and has picked up two wickets as well.



BOTKYRKA (BOT)

Captain: Asad Iqbal

Wicketkeeper:  Muhammad Ali Hassani

Projected Top Four: Ahmed Zulfiqar, Tahir Tarar, Shani Khawaja, Gurpal Randhawa

Projected Opening Bowlers: Osama Qureshi, Asif Khan

Spin Option(s): Ahmed Zulfiqar, Gurpal Randhawa

 

BOTKYRKA Key Players:

Tahir Tarar, big hitting all-rounder, boasts previous ECS experience playing for Karlskroma Zalmi Cricketforening. Second highest run scorer for BOT racking up 87 runs from five games. Has been good with the ball too picking up SIX wickets with a best return of 2-5.

Gurpal Randhawa picked up SEVEN wickets from five matches finishing joint top wicket taker for BOT with a best return of 3-10.

Zeeshan Mehmood, the all-rounder has racked up 113 runs and is leading the scoring sheets for BOT. He has also leading the wicket taking column for BOT picking up SEVEN wickets in six games.

Osama Qureshi, the BOT opening bowler has delivered with the new ball picking up SIX wickets in six games with a best return of 2-19.

Ahmed Zulfiqar is a classy batsman who will open the innings for BOT, can also bowl decent off-spin. Has mustered 102 runs in three games at a strike rate of 179.

 

The two sides meet for the second time in the day. Ultimately, the result of this match will be irrelevant to the group standings, especially if BOT win the earlier encounter. 

 

Last time they met: ECS21.573 | UME 108(9.2) def BOT 107 (23 Jul 2021)

 

Match Prediction: Botkyrka (BOT) to win at a canter.

 

 

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