Switzerland and Czech Republic Eagles (Development Team) registered victories on the opening day of action in 2018 Central Europe Cup at two venues in Vinor.
While Switzerland defended their total against Czech Republic Lions Team, Luxembourg were involved in a high scoring game against the Eagles Team, which eventually they lost by 3 wickets.
Luxembourg managed to post 276/6 in their 50 overs, which Czech Republic Eagles reached in the 50th over of the chase, scoring 277/7. There were notable performances in the Eagles top-order with Sabavoon Davizi (90), Mukesh Gupta (43), Kushal Mendon (37) and the match-winning 8th wicket partnership between Harsha Chaganty (24 n.o) & Kyle Gilham (29).
Sumit Pokhriyal from Czech Republic Lions and Shaun Franklin from Switzerland were the stars for their teams with contributions from both bat and ball.
#Cricket (men): Final scores from Day 1 of the Central Europe ODI Cup:
Luxembourg 276-6 (50.0) Czech Eagles 277-7 (49.1)
Switzerland 238 (45.4) Czechia 181 (41.2)Czech Eagles contains players who are not eligible to play for Czechia under ICC rules.
— The Roon Ba (@TheRoonBa) June 15, 2018
The tournament provides ample opportunity to Czech Republic players to perform and stake a claim in the National set-up, before the squad gets picked for the 6-nation Euro Twenty20 Cup in Warsaw, Poland in Jul 2018.
Brief Scores:
Switzerland 238 all out in 45.4 overs (Ahman Hassan 46, Assad Mahmood 46, Sajid Safiyat 33, Shaun Franklin 28, Sumit Pokhriyal 3/41, Paul Taylor 2/21, Sameera Maduranga 2/27, Javed Iqbal 2/50) beat Czech Republic Lions 181 all out in 41.2 overs (Suditha Udugalage 36, Sumit Pokhriyal 26, Hilal Ahmad 20, Faheem Nazir 4/52, Shaun Franklin 3/19, Afzal Sikander 2/42) by 57 runs
Match score card for Luxembourg vs Czech Republic Eagles unavailable as of now due to some technical glitches. Action continues on Day 2 of the 2018 CE Cup with Lions set to take on Luxembourg and Eagles set to play against Switzerland at Chateau Field and Banks Field respectively at Vinor.
