Malta vs France, 1st Match
Mdina Cup 2023 · T20I · · Marsa Sports Club, Malta
France won by 9 runs (Malta 106, France 115).
Match report
Malta (MLT) faced France (FRA) in the 1st Match of Mdina Cup 2023, a T20I match, at Marsa Sports Club, Malta. Play began on Monday, 10 July 2023 at 06:30 UTC. Each side bats for up to 20 overs, so a full match takes about three hours.
Malta won the toss and chose to bowl. The on-field umpires were Sunil Gowda and Djiewan Kalloe, with Vinay Malhotra as match referee.
France made 115 in 19.4 overs, with Usman Khan top-scoring on 58 from 43 balls. Justin Shaju was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 17. Malta made 106 in 17.1 overs, with Waqar Afridi top-scoring on 27 not out from 15 balls. Rohullah Mangal was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 2.
Result: France won by 9 runs. Usman Khan was named player of the match.
The full scorecard, fall of wickets and every ball of the commentary are on the Scorecard and Commentary tabs, and the Crease Cam replays each delivery as an animation.
France · 1st innings: 115 (19.4 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustav Mckeon | b Fanyan Mughal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hevit Alodin Jackson | c Zeeshan Khan b Fanyan Mughal | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 122.22 |
| Mukhtar Ghulami | run out (Waqar Afridi) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Lingeswaran Canessane | c Varun Prasath Thamotharam b Justin Shaju | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 69.23 |
| Dawood Ahmadzai | c Zeeshan Khan b Fanyan Mughal | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Usman Khan | c Waqar Afridi b Waseem Abbas | 58 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 134.88 |
| Noman Amjad | c & b Justin Shaju | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 125 |
| Zain Ahmad | c Eldhose Mathew b Justin Shaju | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Shayam Warnakulasuriya | c Chanjal Sudarsanan b Waseem Abbas | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Rahmatullah Mangal | c Waqar Afridi b Justin Shaju | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Rohullah Mangal | not out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
Extras: 5
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fanyan Mughal | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3.75 |
| Waqar Afridi | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 |
| Waseem Abbas | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7.5 |
| Imran Ameer | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 |
| Justin Shaju | 3.4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4.64 |
Malta · 1st innings: 106 (17.1 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imran Ameer | c Usman Khan b Shayam Warnakulasuriya | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Zeeshan Khan | c Mukhtar Ghulami b Noman Amjad | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 233.33 |
| Jaspal Singh | c Rohullah Mangal b Usman Khan | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 52.17 |
| Eldhose Mathew | b Dawood Ahmadzai | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 72 |
| Bikram Arora | c Hevit Alodin Jackson b Usman Khan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Varun Prasath Thamotharam | c Dawood Ahmadzai b Usman Khan | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 110 |
| Chanjal Sudarsanan | run out (Usman Khan) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Waqar Afridi | not out | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 180 |
| Fanyan Mughal | c Gustav Mckeon b Rohullah Mangal | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Justin Shaju | st Hevit Alodin Jackson b Rohullah Mangal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waseem Abbas | c Shayam Warnakulasuriya b Rohullah Mangal | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Extras: 9
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shayam Warnakulasuriya | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6.33 |
| Noman Amjad | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 11.5 |
| Rahmatullah Mangal | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Usman Khan | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.5 |
| Dawood Ahmadzai | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8.67 |
| Rohullah Mangal | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.71 |
Latest overs
- Over 18 (MLT, Rohullah Mangal): 0 runs, 107/10 – W
- Over 17 (MLT, Rahmatullah Mangal): 8 runs, 107/9 – 4 • • • 4 •
- Over 16 (MLT, Rohullah Mangal): 2 runs, 99/9 – 1 1 • • W W
- Over 15 (MLT, Dawood Ahmadzai): 7 runs, 97/7 – 1 1 4 1 • •
- Over 14 (MLT, Usman Khan): 10 runs, 90/7 – 1 1 6 wd • • W
- Over 13 (MLT, Dawood Ahmadzai): 8 runs, 80/6 – 6 • W 1 • 1