#Latest news with #MansoorMalangzaiBBC News16-03-2025SportBBC NewsIndependents knocked out of European Cricket LeagueGuernsey champions Independents have been knocked out of the European Cricket League in islanders - who finished fourth in their rain-affected five-team group - were beaten by 50 runs Belgian side Beveren in the first knockout hit an impressive 195-7 off their 10 overs, led by Mansoor Malangzai's 55 off 14 balls that included eight was supported by Abdul Rashid's 45 off 13 balls and knocks of 36 by openers Hadisullah Tarakhel and Jamshed Stokes was the pick of the Guernsey bowlers with 3-36 while Ryan Harris had figures of reply Independents started well as openers Tom Nightingale and Stokes each hit 37 as they put on 53 for the first they quickly began to slip behind the run rate as Nathan Le Tissier's 29 not out off 17 balls was the only other score in double figures as Independents ended on 137-4 off their 10 overs. Mixed fortunes in group games Independents made the knockout stages having finished fourth in the group the first day washed out all 10 games were reduced to five overs per side and played on began with an eight-wicket loss to Italian side Roma as their score of 52-3 was chased down in under three recovered to beat Portuguese side Malo by 24 runs as Nightingale hit 42 off just 10 balls as they made crushed Independents by 10 wickets in their third game before beating Gibraltar's Mediterranean Vikings by 14 runs in their final game.
BBC News16-03-2025SportBBC NewsIndependents knocked out of European Cricket LeagueGuernsey champions Independents have been knocked out of the European Cricket League in islanders - who finished fourth in their rain-affected five-team group - were beaten by 50 runs Belgian side Beveren in the first knockout hit an impressive 195-7 off their 10 overs, led by Mansoor Malangzai's 55 off 14 balls that included eight was supported by Abdul Rashid's 45 off 13 balls and knocks of 36 by openers Hadisullah Tarakhel and Jamshed Stokes was the pick of the Guernsey bowlers with 3-36 while Ryan Harris had figures of reply Independents started well as openers Tom Nightingale and Stokes each hit 37 as they put on 53 for the first they quickly began to slip behind the run rate as Nathan Le Tissier's 29 not out off 17 balls was the only other score in double figures as Independents ended on 137-4 off their 10 overs. Mixed fortunes in group games Independents made the knockout stages having finished fourth in the group the first day washed out all 10 games were reduced to five overs per side and played on began with an eight-wicket loss to Italian side Roma as their score of 52-3 was chased down in under three recovered to beat Portuguese side Malo by 24 runs as Nightingale hit 42 off just 10 balls as they made crushed Independents by 10 wickets in their third game before beating Gibraltar's Mediterranean Vikings by 14 runs in their final game.