Castle Lager CWC - June 2017 : Playoffs : Eliminator 1 : Hurricanes vs AlfaStars : 25 June : 8 PM IST

Welcome to the eliminator where the third place team - Hurricanes will take on the fourth placed team - Alfastars. Hurricanes after staying at top for most part of Castle Lager 2017 just slipped out of top two by couple of bad performances in the business end. On the other hand Alfastars has been fighting there way throughout the whole tournament. They just slip passed the mighty shadows to finish as the fourth team in the table.

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Hurricanes : Journey so far...
Won against Shadows, Targaryens, Devils United, World Dominators and Alfastars
Lost to Roaring Warriors, Dark Knights.

The MVP of Hurricanes QDK has been quite outstanding so far. He has been highest runs scorer for HR. He has put together couple of centuries and a half century so far.	The other part of deadly duo of HR - KL Rahul has been one of the pillars of HR. He has always come up with goods whenever the team needed some to stand up. So far he has scored couple of half crnturies and a big century. .	The new ball bowler of HR has been pretty neat so far piling up some good performances so far. He has picked up the initial wickets almost everytime his captain gave him the ball. His notable performances - 3W against AS and 4 wickets against Shadows.

Performances of these for players will be the key for today's game

The partner in crime for Sanjay has been decent to now. He has been economical and has been picking up wickets regularly for HR.

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Alfastars : Journey so far..
Won against Roaring warriors, Targaryens, Dark Knights and World Dominators.
Lost to Devils United, Shadows and Hurricanes.

Rishabh - He has given couple of good performance but he hasn't lived up to the expectations. He scored a blistering century in their first match but since then he hasn't played any noteworthy innings. He all round abilities will be key for them in today's game.	Gunaratne - This hard hitting batsmen of AS has been key performer for them. One of the main reasons why they ended in top four. This slogger has been playing at various position and has amassed up two centuries so far.	Sai Jagan - Their go-to man.

Talking about this tournament, they have two inform batsmen at the moment with them at the top of the order in form of Gunaratne and babar Azam. Even Rish has played some crucial knocks at times. Bowling looks strong for them now with the inclusion of Sai Jagan. 

Babar Azam - He has been consistent for Alfastars. Like GUNA he has been batting at various position and has been preryy decent at every position. He has made two brilliant half centuries so far.

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Match Information :
Time : 8:00 PM IST
Venue : Wanderers
Pitch conditions : Hard - It will be a high scoring game with the bowlers going under the hammer if they don't keep it to the right areas. Expect scores around 300 on this pitch.

Over - 37.3: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 0 RUNS
Over - 37.4: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 4 RUNS
FOUR, full toss and S.Jagan has driven it powerfully to the cover boundary.
Over - 37.5: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 0 RUNS
Over - 37.6: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 0 RUNS
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End of Over 38 (4 runs) | AlfaStars: 136/4 ( RR: 3.58 )
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Johny S.R: 31* (52b, 0x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 59.62
S.Jagan: 4* (4b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 100
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Current Partnership : 4 ( 4 )
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S.Ganesh SG: 9-1-40-1
This spell: S.Ganesh SG: 4-0-19-1
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Over - 38.1: H.Hassan to Johny S.R: 2 RUNS
Over - 38.2: H.Hassan to Johny S.R: 0 RUNS
Over - 38.3: H.Hassan to Johny S.R: 0 RUNS
Over - 38.4: H.Hassan to Johny S.R: 2 RUNS
Over - 38.5: H.Hassan to Johny S.R: OUT!
Johny S.R: c&b H.Hassan 35 (57b, 0x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 61.40
OUT, Caught and Bowled! Johny S.R backed away towards leg and tried to hit through the off, he mis-timed the shot and ended up hitting it back to the bowler at head height.

Big wicket for Hurricanes and they know it. Johhny departs

The new man in
Dhoni Raju
OD Career Matches : 11
OD Career Runs : 157
OD Highest Score : 37
OD Batting Average : 20
OD Batting Strike Rate : 67
OD 50s/100s : 0/0
OD 4s/6s : 18/0



Over - 38.6: H.Hassan to D.Raju: 0 RUNS
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End of Over 39 (4 runs) | AlfaStars: 140/5 ( RR: 3.59 )
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S.Jagan: 4* (4b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 100
D.Raju: 0* (1b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 0
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Current Partnership : 0 ( 1 )
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H.Hassan: 10-0-30-1
This spell: H.Hassan: 5-0-13-1
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Over - 39.1: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 0 RUNS
Over - 39.2: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 0 RUNS
Over - 39.3: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 0 RUNS
Over - 39.4: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 0 RUNS
Over - 39.5: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 0 RUNS
Over - 39.6: S.Ganesh SG to S.Jagan: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 40 (1 runs) | AlfaStars: 141/5 ( RR: 3.52 )
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S.Jagan: 5* (10b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 50.0
D.Raju: 0* (1b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 0
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Current Partnership : 1 ( 7 )
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S.Ganesh SG: 10-1-41-1
This spell: S.Ganesh SG: 5-0-20-1
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The bowler to bowl now is
Haseeh PP
OD Career Matches : 16
OD Career Maidens : 7
OD Career Wickets : 14
OD Career Best Bowling Figures : 3 for 26
OD Career Bowling Average : 42
OD Career Economy : 5
OD Career Bowling Strike Rate : 48
OD Career Five Wicket Hauls : 0


Alfastars really struggling as we reach the final 10