T20 world cup 2016 tenth match will be played between HK v Scot today. At Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur (India). Both teams played two matches each of them and lost both of them yet. Today’s match will be their third match. Scotland is out of the tournament, and so are Hong Kong.
Scotland has not won any of their previous 20 ICC global events matches dating back to the 1999 World Cup. The losing run hung around their necks like Coleridge’s albatross. They were trying their hardest to ignore it. They eventually succeeded in their twenty-first match, an eight-wicket victory against Hong Kong on an impromptu wet night in Nagpur, which was enabled by a brilliant bowling display.
The signs were evident from the third ball of the game forward. Mark Watt, a left-arm spinner, challenged Jamie Atkinson with a slow turn and ample flight as the ball clutched the broken pitch. That was how some balls twisted, how some dragged on, and how some halted on the batters. With combined statistics of 12-0-66-4, Watt, Con de Lange, and Matt Machan sent Hong Kong into a tailspin.
Rain provided a temporary reprieve for Hong Kong, but Scotland easily overcame the amended aim of 76 when the match was reduced to a 10-over shootout. George Munsey opened the chase with a series of four-pointers. More over a quarter of Scotland’s objective had been eliminated by the time he holed out. And by the sixth over, Scotland had quickly reached 50 runs, and a number of its players were gathering to celebrate near the boundary line.
With 12 balls remaining, Machan hit Nadeem Ahmed for a six over midwicket to seal the victory. Moments thereafter, he was greeted by veteran Kyle Coetzer, who scored 20 runs without conceding a wicket, while captain Preston Mommsen received an emotional high-five from coach Grant Bradburn. After Hong Kong decided to bat, the pattern of spin inflicting the damage persisted in Nagpur.
But the seamers also contributed by bowling cutters and sapping the speed off the ball. Despite a few missed opportunities, Scotland, looking stunning and formidable in pink, had also shown their might in the field by diving and throwing themselves around. Thanks to Scotland’s efforts, Hong Kong was limited to 127 for 7. When he sliced a catch to third man off Gavin Main.
44-year-old Ryan Campbell—possibly playing in his final match at an ICC global event—went first, for a duck. With a flourish, Babar Hayat drove hard and fast to pierce the off-side ring in different degrees before nicking Main in the rear. Umpire Ian Gould, however, failed to notice it, giving the batting a lifeline. Due to the pitch’s slowness, Hayat was unable to capitalize and holed out to deep midwicket for 15.
Josh Davey deceived Atkinson with a cross-seamer in the interval, and on his follow-through, he made a diving return grab. After Hayat was removed from the game, Scotland amassed 25 runs off of no boundaries until Mark Chapman struck gold with a sweeping six over deep square leg. After that, the spinners gave Chapman leg-stump balls to eat while he attempted to recover.
Before a failed swipe reduced the fourth-wicket partnership to 49, Anshuman Rath kept him company well. Soon after, Tanwir Afzal and Chapman himself came as Hong Kong was reduced to 98 for 6. However, Nizakat Khan delivered consecutive sixes to give Hong Kong a late surge. Scotland was relishing a much-needed victory until the last over was marred by an odd super-sopper delay that added to the rain delay.
Hong Kong team: 1 Jamie Atkinson (wk), 2 Ryan Campbell, 3 Babar Hayat, 4 Mark Chapman, 5 Anshuman Rath, 6 Nizakat Khan, 7 Kinchit Shah/Waqas Barkat, 8 Tanwir Afzal (capt), 9 Aizaz Khan/Adil Mehmood, 10 Haseeb Amjad/Tanveer Ahmed, 11 Nadeem Ahmed
Scotland team: 1 George Munsey, 2 Kyle Coetzer, 3 Mark Cross (wk), 4 Matt Machan, 5 Richie Berrington, 6 Preston Mommsen (capt), 7 Michael Leask/Calum Macleod, 8 Josh Davey/Rob Taylor, 9 Safyaan Sharif, 10 Alasdair Evans, 11 Mark Watt/Con de Lange
