Published: Feb 11, 2016, 08:30 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 08:03 PM (IST)
Good evening! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the match where Gemini Arabians will take on Sagittarius Strikers in the first semi-final of the inaugural, Masters Champions League (MCL) 2016. The teams will play with great intensity as it will decide who of them move to the final. The tournament has been a great way to catch up with some of the players from the previous generations. The quality of cricket has been quite high through course of the tournament and now in the knock out stages, the players will take it up a notch further. It is tough to pick a favourite in this match.
Live Cricket Score Sagittarius Strikers 181/6 | Overs 16| Target 192| Batting: Mahela Jayawardene 48 (36), Phil Mustard 21 (6): Despite of a magnificent effort from Jayawardene and Mustard, Strikers fall short of the target, which enables Arabians to make it to the final of the inaugural edition of the MCL. OUT! Mahela Jayawardene c Rudolph b Onions 65 (52), Yasir Arafat c Harris b Onions 11 (8)
Live Cricket Score Sagittarius Strikers 132/4 | Overs 16| Target 192| Batting: Mahela Jayawardene 48 (36), Phil Mustard 21 (6): The partnership between Hameed and Jayawardene is finally broken as Hameed is stumped off the bowling of Muralitharan. Jayawardene in the meanwhile has gone past a half-century and new batsman Phil Mustard has gotten going immediately. OUT! Yasir Hameed st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 16 (21)
Live Cricket Score Sagittarius Strikers 89/3 | Overs 12| Target 192| Batting: Mahela Jayawardene 48 (36), Yasir Hameed 10 (17): Jayawardene and Hameed have built a good partnership so far but they still need to press on the accelerator and not rest as the required run rate is almost at 10 runs an over.
Live Cricket Score Sagittarius Strikers 50/3 | Overs 7| Target 192| Batting: Mahela Jayawardene 23 (21), Yasir Hameed 0 (2): Strikes have lost a couple of quick wickets and find themselves in a little bit of trouble. They will need a partnership from here, if they are to pose a challenge to the Arabians, who are in the driver’s seat at the moment. OUT! Imran Farhat c Sehwag b Mills 8 (7), Jonathan Trott c Rudolph b Muralitharan 2 (4)
Live Cricket Score Sagittarius Strikers 37/1 | Overs 4| Target 192| Batting: Imran Farhat 6 (5), Mahela Jayawardene 15 (11): The Strikers have begun their run chase a a decent pace, but have list the wicket of Adam Gilchrist in the process with Graham Onions getting the wicket. They will have to bat extremely well from here to reach their target. OUT! Adam Gilchrist b Onions 12 (8)
Live Cricket Score Gemini Arabians 191/5 in 20 overs | Batting: Naved-ul-Hasan 14(5), Brad Hodge 2(3): That wraps up a very productive innings for Gemini Arabians at 191 for 5. With his 50-ball 83 Virender Sehwag was the mastermind of the innings. Kumar Sangakkara managed to score 62 off 43 balls. Navel-ul-Hasan’s five-ball 14 gave Gemini a late surge.
Live Cricket Score Gemini Arabians 151/2 in 16 overs | Batting: Virender Sehwag 72(44), Brad Hodge : Virender Sehwag taking the Sagittarius bowlers apart. This man does not relent, he’s having a feast. Kumar Sangakkara scored a 43-ball 62 before he was dismissed by Krishmar Santokie.
Live Cricket Score Gemini Arabians 53/1 in 8 overs | Batting: Virender Sehwag 20(19), Kumar Sangakkara 17(20): The Strikers have managed to keep this prolific duo in check for quite a while now. It’s only a matter of time before Sehwag explodes (or implodes). Something’s got to give at some stage. Wickets in hand means advantage Arabians.
Live Cricket Score Gemini Arabians 24/1 in 3 overs | Batting: Virender Sehwag 10(6), Kumar Sangakkara 1(3): The Gemini Arabians won the toss and chose to wield the bat first. They have been dealt an early blow with Daniel Vettori dismissing Richard Levi, but that should not be a matter of grave concern for the Arabians as they bat long deep and brisk. Sehwag is looking his usual nonchalant self.
The Gemini Arabians have been in excellent form. Guys like Virender Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara and Brad Hodge make for a destructive batting line up. Adding to that they also have more sedate guys of the likes of Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the side to hold strings together if a collapse occurs. In bowling they boast Muralitharan who is comfortably the leading wicket-taker in the tournament so far.
The Sagittarius Strikers are similarly well-equipped in both departments. Mahela Jayawardene, Adam Gilchrist and Alviro Petersen are capable of taking on the most intimidating bowling attacks. Strikers have a great bowling attack with the likes of Shane Bond, Daniel Vettori and Krishmar Santokie ensuring cover in all departments.
