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That wraps up the day at the Santarem Cricket Ground. ECS Portugal 2024 is now inching towards its business end and hence the upcoming days are vital. Don't forget to tune in to Sportskeeda tomorrow as we bring you the descriptive details of the ball by ball action. For now, Darpan Tikiya and Sourabh Aggarwal bid you goodbye!
Another clinical performance from Oeiras to keep their streak of being undefeated in the series alive. Though, you could say that the Fighters CC lived up to their name and gave them a bit of a fight. Or you could say that perhaps, Oeiras made a match out of it by being poor in the field.
They dropped what seemed like a million catches in the field and were hence, asked to chase a very healthy score of 145. Though, they delineated that they are indeed a cut above the rest of the teams in the group when it comes to ball striking. Even though, their best batter Brendan Bradenhorst failed to get a big score, they were able to chase the target down with 7 balls to spare - and that is a very healthy margin in T10 cricket.
It was the captain who led from the front. Conrad Greenshields exhibited some powerful ball-striking and got ample support from Rahul Vishwakarma and the rest. With that win, Oeiras move one step closer to assuring themselves a top2 finish. Fighters CC, on the other hand, will have to play well in their remaining 3 matches to ensure that they end up with more points than Gorkha XI. Because remember, apart from the top 2 teams in each group, the better 3rd placed team also makes it through to the next round.
8.5 Varinder Virk to Lakshan Weerakoon, SIX RUNS AND OEIRAS WILL HAVE THE VICTORY, in the slot and Weerakoon makes no mistake this time, comes down and chips it over the long-on boundary to seal the deal
8.4 Varinder Virk to Lakshan Weerakoon, good length delivery outside off, Weerakoon tries to flirt with it tentatively but misses again
8.3 Varinder Virk to Lakshan Weerakoon, back of a length delivery, A SWING AND A MISS
8.2 Varinder Virk to Lakshan Weerakoon, into the stumps, Weerakoon flicks it deep square leg and they will get a brace, SCORES LEVEL NOW
Is that the start of the miracle???? Virk has had a great day with the bat and is now delivering the goods with the ball too. Lakshan Weerakoon, RHB, comes out to bat.
8.1 Varinder Virk to Rahul Vishwakarma, BOWLED HIM, short of a length on the stumps but not there for the pull, Vishwakarma goes for it but the ball sneaks under his bat to knock over the stumps.
Rahul Vishwakarma b Varinder Virk 31 (14b, 2x4, 3x6)
Looks like Oeiras are going to continue their undefeated streak. They only need 3 runs to win of the last two overs. Can Varinder Virk [1-0-16-1] effect a bit of a miracle here?