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Raiders vs Warriors, Eliminator at Lahore, PJL, Oct 19 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
Eliminator (N), Lahore, October 19, 2022, Pakistan Junior League
(18.4/20 ov, T:122) 122/4

Warriors won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
3/17
abidullah
New
MW
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Another low-scoring affair as Mardan Warriors coast home with six wickets and eight balls to spare. The Warriors put up a disciplined bowling performance and they kept breaking partnerships, never allowing the Raiders to tee off. Captain Habibullah held things together with his 65 but there was no other innings of substance.

Warriors' pacer Abidullah and dextrous legspinner Haseeb Khan stemmed the flow of runs, conceding less than five runs per over which proved to be a major turning point in the match. In reply, with no scoreboard pressure, the southpaw Shahzaib Khan went all guns blazing in the powerplay while Mohammad Farooq made a quickfire 32 off 20 deliveries to break the back of the chase. Thereon, Olly Cox made sure there was no hiccup and helped his side book a spot in the Qualifer.

Thanks for joining us today. Please do join us tomorrow for Qualifier 2 between Bahawalpur Royals and Mardan Warriors. Till then, good night from Rvel Zahid.

18.4
4
Hassan Eisakhil to Cox, FOUR runs

Nicely done, deft touch earns him a boundary behind square on off side. Mardan Warriors have been superb tonight in all departments of the game.

18.3
1
Hassan Eisakhil to Abbas Ali, 1 run

Worked to the on side and pinches a run

18.2
2
Hassan Eisakhil to Abbas Ali, 2 runs

Hares for a couple and gets it, only five runs left to get over the line

18.1
Hassan Eisakhil to Abbas Ali, no run

Half-tracker, angled in and straightening down the line outside off, the ball kept very low and wasn't far away from rearranging the stumps

end of over 184 runs • 1 wicket
MW: 115/4CRR: 6.38 RRR: 3.50
Olly Cox22 (31b 2x4)
Abbas Ali1 (1b)
Aseer Mughal 4-0-20-1
Afnan Khan 4-0-20-1
17.6
Aseer Mughal to Cox, no run

On a length, ghosts past the edge, that's a lovely line, with a hint of movement

17.5
1
Aseer Mughal to Abbas Ali, 1 run

On a length, curving away outside off, leans out and stabs it towards cover

17.4
W
Aseer Mughal to Haseeb Khan, OUT

Straight down mid-on's throat! Mistimes it straight to the fielder as he looked to finish this off in a hurry, just didn't get underneath this time. Credit to the bowler who hit the hard length and cramped him up for room

Haseeb Khan c Hassan Eisakhil b Aseer Mughal 12 (15b 0x4 0x6) SR: 80
17.3
1
Aseer Mughal to Cox, 1 run

Back of a length, gets a bit of inward seam movement off the track and he pushes it down the ground, hit through the line

17.2
2
Aseer Mughal to Cox, 2 runs

Slower one on a slightly shorter length, just outside off, hacked away off the backfoot behind square on the leg side, third man rushes to his right and cuts it off

17.1
Aseer Mughal to Cox, no run

Short of a length, angled into off stump, punches it back to the bowler

end of over 173 runs
MW: 111/3CRR: 6.52 RRR: 3.66
Olly Cox19 (27b 2x4)
Haseeb Khan12 (14b)
Afnan Khan 4-0-20-1
Ziaullah 4-0-26-0
16.6
1
Afnan Khan to Cox, 1 run

Gave a lot of air on this occasion and almost caught by the bowler in his follow-through

16.5
1
Afnan Khan to Haseeb Khan, 1 run

Again goes back in the crease and drives it on the rise towards mid-off

16.4
Afnan Khan to Haseeb Khan, no run

Lobbed up on a shorter length, angled into leg stump, follow the batter who ends up defending it back to the bowler

16.3
1
Afnan Khan to Cox, 1 run

Change of pace from Afnan, bunted down the ground

16.2
Afnan Khan to Cox, no run

Length, turning from middle, walks across and slices it away towards cover-point

16.1
Afnan Khan to Cox, no run

Inverses his stance to play a switch hit, it thuds him on the pads as Afnan shrieks for an lbw, they take the review but the on-field decision stands

end of over 166 runs
MW: 108/3CRR: 6.75 RRR: 3.50
Olly Cox17 (23b 2x4)
Haseeb Khan11 (12b)
Ziaullah 4-0-26-0
Aseer Mughal 3-0-16-0
15.6
1
Ziaullah to Cox, 1 run

Down the track to create his own length and punches it to the left of long-off

15.5
1
Ziaullah to Haseeb Khan, 1 run

Swats it away in his favorite region again, ball skittles away into the covers, protection in the deep

15.4
1
Ziaullah to Cox, 1 run

Too short and width on offer, leans back and hacks it away off the backfoot into the covers

15.3
Ziaullah to Cox, no run

Tossed up from round the wicket on a length, drifts down the leg side, clipped with the spin

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