Belgium v Norway – European Championship Division One - Match Recap
Norway managed to earn a 3 wickets win over Belgium with just 4 balls to spare by the close of the 32nd fixture of the European Championship Division One Twenty20 (T20) Series, staged at the Les Quennevais, St Brelade, on Saturday, July 23, 2011.
By winning the game, the Norwegian side managed to earn a spot on the 5th position play off, scheduled to be staged on Sunday, July 24, 2011.
The bout however, began with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nirvam-Shah-c79684 and Sheraz Sheikh as the opening batsmen, stepping on to field to face the Norwegian bowlers Waheed Aamir and Mofassar
Saeed.
With just a few runs into the innings, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 being bowled out off Saeed’s delivery. The player made his exit on a disappointing duck.
Opener Shah also made his return a few minutes later after producing a silly edge off Aamir’s delivery, landing the ball in wicket keeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adeel-Ibrar-c41975’s gloves.
In quick succession, the side suffered an early blow to its top order, as the Norwegian bowlers kept attacking the Belgium batsmen. By the time the side crossed the 30-run mark, two more players had made their return to the pavilion with single digits added
to the total.
The crease was then taken over by the middle-order, which too failed to pave a safe total for the following batsmen. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-Newport-c90411 (24) were the next players to be declared out.
The skipper’s wicket came as the 6th for the bowling side, and by then Belgium had managed to post a paltry sum of 64 runs.
With the close of the opening session, Belgium suffered two more losses, wrapping up the innings with a total of 119 runs.
As for the Norwegian batsmen, the much confident side responded with a slightly competitive batting start, earning some swift runs as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Safir-Hayat-c87895 and Adeel Ibrar took to the crease.
Hayat was the first batsman for Norway to be declared out, followed by Ibrar and Ali http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saleem-c88077 who too left the crease, not much time into the game. With three quick losses for the side, the team came under fire with just 21 runs earned on the scoreboard.
However, the side made a swift recovery as skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zaheer-Ashiq-c98447.
The duo added some valuable runs to their side’s total before parting ways near the first half of the innings.
With the lower order now left to cover the chase, the team managed to clinch the fixture after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Hussain-c64081 and Babar Shahzad led their side into victory with just 4 deliveries to spare.
The win came in the final over of the day, with Norway having lost a total of 7 wickets.
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