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Gozo - 65/2, beat American University of Malta - 63/6, by 2 runs.
Mehboob Ali 17 (11) | Cindu Jen - 1/14 Indika Perera 32* (31) | Stivey Roy - 2/10
Gozo win under the most extreme of circumstances! They have been able to defend 65 runs and pick up yet another close victory. But this was a game for American University of Malta to win. Their batting was way below par on the whole, and in the end, all the mistakes they made in the innings, came back to haunt them!
The start was good for AUM, but from the moment the wickets started falling, things changed. The runs were not coming, the extra runs on offer were not taken, the batting was not crafty enough and the big hitting was missing. Add to that, some impressive bowling from Stivey Roy and company and Gozo were able to put the big squeeze on AUM.
Gozo themselves were untidy in the field, dropping catches, missing run out opportunities and misfielding, but even then, managed to get the job done, thanks to some indifferent batting from their opponents.
It was a nail-biting game for sure and one that swung from one side to the other in the second innings, but this means that the next T10 match between these very sides will only add to the excitement! Do join us for that one. For now, this is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto, saying good bye, keep following Sportskeeda!
10
overs
63/6score
1
0
1b
0
4
1w
1w
1W
runs
Jitesh Kumar Patel*
17(15)
Cindu Jen
5(7)
Josemon Paulson
0/15
9.6 Josemon Paulson to Jitesh Patel, length delivery on the off-stump, Patel slammed it straight down the ground, long-off gathers and fires the throw to the bowler's end, they manage to grab just one in the end with a run out at the non-striker's end and Gozo held their nerve to win this thriller, what a game it turned out to be in the end!
Cindu Jen run out (Abhi Abhilash/Josemon Paulson) 5 (7b, 0x4, 0x6)
Four runs to get off one ball!
9.6 Josemon Paulson to Jitesh Patel, WIDE! Another wide, Paulson is losing it, full and goes outside the tramline, another wide has been called.
Five runs to win off the last ball now!
9.6 Josemon Paulson to Jitesh Patel, WIDE! Short and down the leg-side, Patel looks to pull but misses, bad bounce for the keeper but they don't pick up the bye.
Six runs to get off one ball!
9.5 Josemon Paulson to Jitesh Patel, FOUR! SHOT! Full toss on the outside off, Patel slammed it to deep extra-cover region, lands safely and goes past the fence for a boundary.