European Championship Division Three Twenty20 - Bulgaria v Slovenia - Live Score and Update
Slovenia 197 v Bulgaria 166 - Slovenia won by 31 runs
In the European Championship Division Three Twenty20 between Bulgaria and Slovenia, the latter won the match by 31 runs at Hippodrome, Tallinn (neutral venue) by successfully defending a total of 197 runs.
After winning the toss, Slovenia chose to bat first as with the strength in their bowling department they had more confidence in their bowlers to get them through than their batting later in the match.
Openers KWDTL Karunatilake and MH Oman played out the bowlers confidently as they knew that a well tamed opening stand would be vital in putting pressure on the fielding side.
On the other hand, it was imperative for Bulgaria to stop the openers from getting carried away as it would hamper their chances in restricting the team batting first on a meagre total.
Nonetheless, Bulgaria’s bowling attack was just not equipped enough to threaten their opponents as the Bulgarian bowlers got bulldozed for 60 runs by Slovenia’s opening pair.
Finally I Katzarski broke the shackles as he caught and bowled KWDTL Karunatilake on a tally of 36, grabbing his team the first wicket of the day.
The demise of the opener, brought middle-order batsman, C Bishop, on the crease and he also proved a vital tool in the batting line-up as he jabbed a resounding innings of 58 runs before his demise at a time when his side had managed to rally a total of 151 runs on the board.
After the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bishop-c48135, P Pustoslemsek was the next man in, but he failed to impress anyone as he perished after scoring only seven runs.
However, the next man, MG Charlesworth, proved himself by belting an innings of 31 runs, as he helped the side amass a decent total alongside http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Oman-c2975, who remained unbeaten on 33 runs.
Needing 198 runs to win in 20 overs, Bulgaria lost their first wicket with 18 runs on the board as DL Trenev perished after scoring an innings of 13 runs off 18 deliveries.
The side batted intensely slow and left everyone astonished as they lost only two wickets but still failed to reach the target, bolstering a total of 166 runs with MJ http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stewart-c91370 unbeaten on 61 and Clarkson on 31.
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