Swieqi United make it eighteen out of eighteen here. They have been on a rollercoaster ride, and will be extremely proud of the way that they have gone about things. Marsa were treated to an absolute rout, and will be unhappy with the way that they capitulated against United.
Qasim Muhammad did well with the bat for United, staying there till the end and ensuring that the winning runs came through. For Marsa, however, it was skipper Nowell Khosla, who made himself proud with the bat in hand.
Interestingly, Marsa played three games today, and Khosla remained unbeaten in all three. Marsa will take a lot of learnings from this game while United will be happy that they can now focus on the knockouts. This did turn out to be a rather lopsided contest in the end!
8.2 Nowell Khosla to Muhammad Ajmal, FOUR! IT'S ALL OVER! United pick up another win, they remain unbeaten here with 18 wins in a row, what a team and they are the one to beat in the tournament now. Short into Ajmal, swivels and pulls it behind square, runs away and finds the ropes as United seal another win.
8.1 Nowell Khosla to Qasim Muhammad, short and wide of off-stump, Qasim on the backfoot slaps it down to long-off for a single.
Nowell Khosla, right arm medium, comes into the attack.
Just two overs to go now, but United need 3 runs. They should get there soon.
8
overs
87/3score
W
1
0
1
2nb
1
0
runs
Muhammad Ajmal*
2(3)
Qasim Muhammad
32(19)
Fanyan Mughal
1/25
7.6 Fanyan Mughal to Muhammad Ajmal, length delivery on the fourth stump, Ajmal has a big swing to finish things off but misses, through to the keeper.
7.5 Fanyan Mughal to Qasim Muhammad, short and well outside the off-stump, Qasim slashes it over the covers but gets just one.
7.5 Fanyan Mughal to Muhammad Ajmal, NO-BALL! Full toss, above waist height, Ajmal taps it into the off-side, they pick up a single and it's called a no-ball as well.
7.4 Fanyan Mughal to Qasim Muhammad, back of a length into Qasim on the middle and leg, swivels to swipe but gets the inside edge on to the pad and they sneak in a quick single.