Otaniemi United, making their debut this week in all formats, cruised serenely to a win against a flagging Empire in the Finnish Ten10 League on Sunday.
Batting first after winning the toss, Mahesh Tambe hit six boundaries in his classy 36 off 27 balls as Empire posted a mediocre 82 on the large Kerava National Cricket Ground (KNCG) in Finland.
In reply, Muhammad Naveed Tabassum, Otaniemi United’s all-time leading run scorer, made batting look especially easy with an effortless 48 off 28 (6x 4 1x6) as Otaniemi romped to the target with 8 balls to spare.
Match Details Sunday, 07 June 2020 from Kerava National Cricket Ground in Kerava, Finland
Match Times: 15:00:00 CEST | 18:30:00 IST Pitch Type: Astro Weather Conditions: Cloudy
Scores and Statistics ----Empire CC won the toss and elected to bat first ----Empire CC 82/2 (10 overs, RR: 8.2) Captain: Raghavendra Sathyanarayana ----Otaniemi United 83/2 (8.4 overs, RR: 9.4) Captain: Waqar Ahmad
Player of the Match: Mahesh Tambe from Empire CC Runs: 36 | Balls: 27 | 4s: 6 | S/R: 133.33 Wickets: 1 | Runs Against: 18 | Overs: 1.5
Empire CC Batting Mahesh Tambe | Runs: 36 | Balls: 27 | 4s: 6 | S/R: 133.3
Raghavendra Sathyanarayana | Runs: 16 | Balls: 21 | 6s: | 4s: 1 | S/R: 76.2
Yasir Ali | Runs: 14 | Balls: 11 | 4s: 1 | S/R: 127.3
Empire CC Bowling Mahesh Tambe 1/18 (1.5 Overs, RR: 7.71) Raghavendra Sathyanarayana 1/20 (2 Overs, RR: 10) Raaz Mohammad 0/12 (2 Overs, RR: 6)
Otaniemi United Batting
Md Naveed Tabassum | Runs: 48 | Balls: 28 | 6s: 1 | 4s: 6 | S/R: 171.4
Waleed Iftikhar | Runs: 20 | Balls: 20 | 6s: 1 | 4s: 1 | S/R: 100
Otaniemi United Bowling
Waqar Ahmad 1/11 (2 Overs, RR: 5.5)
Saad Akram 1/15 (2 Overs, RR: 7.5)
Ghaffar Khan 0/12 (2 Overs, RR: 6)
Umpires: Shumantha Shumantha | Sushil Chaudhary
Otaniemi United Wins by 8 wickets
