Pakistan CC 72/9 (10) loses to Austrian Cricket Tigers by 47 runs
Mohammed Qasim 20(13) | Ahsan Yousuf 3-9(2)
Imran Asif 2-5(2) | Adal Afzal 2-6(1)
A gruesome batting performance by the Pakistan CC breaks up their undefeated streak in this edition of the ECS. The Tigers won the game and in a big way. Almost a perfect outing for them, both with the bat and the ball. After a massive first over, the chase went nowhere as the skipper took responsibility and immediately impressed after going over the attack in the second. Pakistan CC continued to lose wickets in groups and in the end it proved too big a mountain for them to climb as they succumbed to 47 runs. Spin was the best choice on this pitch, with the Tigers’ spinners splitting 4 wickets. Imran Asif’s spell also played an integral part and iii was only Balwinder Singh missing a wicket in this game. A huge defeat and it will hurt their net run rate quite a bit. They will have to go back to the drawing board before the next game against this opposition and come up with a better plan to deal with the threat from the Tigers. Meanwhile, after taking their first win yesterday, the Tigers have moved on to another win and might as well have pushed it to the top of the table. They will now be trying to gain some winning momentum as they try to consolidate their position in the top half of the table.
