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Portugal beat Romania by 6 wickets and 16 balls to spare
What we all expected to pan out, did happen- which was Portugal triumphing over Romania, like they did yesterday, but it wasn't as simple, with the Romanian bowlers putting on a good fight with the ball!
In all fairness, there was absolutely no contribution from the top and even to some extent the middle order from Portugal's point of view, but the way Najam Shahzad counter attacked and stole the game from them in the span of just 2 overs, shows how destructive a better he can be!
Shahzad, who played some shots of the greatest caliber, took Janitha Fernando, who had been exceptionally good over the past two games, to task. It appears it backfired badly for Romania, as he had held crucial to their prospects of winning.
Overall, it was a good game of cricket permeated by ups and downs in both halves of the game and the better team took the label of victory along with them, which was Portugal today!
7.2 Mahesh Prasanna to Najam Shahzad, SIX! Game, set and match! Too short outside the off stump and Shahzad picks the bones out of it as he rocks back to club a pull over mid-wicket. Such a fitting end to this contest and it was only fair that Shahzad had the final say in it. Portugal win their third game of the ECI Spain 2023 by six wickets!
7.1 Mahesh Prasanna to Francoise Stoman, back of a length delivery outside the off stump. Stoman stands tall to flat-bat it down the ground to long off for one
WHAT AN OVER! NAJAM SHAHZAD YOU BEAUTY! He definitely was in a hurry! Some serious power hitting on display here! A true captain's knock! Only 3 needed now, with 3 overs to spare! Truly phenomenal!
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110/4score
6
6
6
6
2
4
runs
Najam Shahzad*
45(13)
Francoise Stoman
17(8)
Janitha Fernando
0/47
6.6 Janitha Fernando to Najam Shahzad, FOUR! 30 runs off the over! Throws the kitchen sink at this full one outside the off stump and swings wildly across the line. The leading edge flies over the third man region en route to the fence
6.5 Janitha Fernando to Najam Shahzad, DROPPED! AND AN OVERTHROW! Sums up Romania's misery! Full outside the off stump from around the wicket. Shahzad shanks it wildly into the sky off the leading edge before cover point runs in and makes a mess of it. He has a shy at the stumps too but it goes awfully wrong as the batters return for the second
6.4 Janitha Fernando to Najam Shahzad, MAKE THAT FOUR ON THE BOUNCE! Another slot delivery around the off stump. Shahzad brings out another slog sweep and clobbers it over mid-wicket for another six. Is he going for six in six here?
6.3 Janitha Fernando to Najam Shahzad, THREE IN A ROW! This is really poor bowling from Janitha as he dishes out a pie in the slot at the stumps. Shahzad clears his front leg and pumps it effortlessly over the mid-wicket fence for six
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Montjuic Olympic Ground, Barcelona
Najam Shahzad
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Janitha Fernando
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