England will play Sri Lanka in the semi final of the Hong Kong Sixes after beating India in the quarter final by 2 wickets.
Rory Hamilton- Brown won the toss and elected to field first. India's opening batsman were Mayank Argarwal and Dinesh Karthik and they started the innings brilliantly. They took 20 off the opening over bowled by Darren Stevens, and followed that up by taking 23 off the second, bowled by Tom Smith. The skipper came into the attack but made no difference as 22 was blasted off of his over, leaving India on 65-0 after 3 overs.
Both openers retired as they has passed 30, but Rikki Clarke pulled it back for England, going for just 10 off of his over. The last over was bowled by Josh Cobb and he claimed the only wicket off the innings when he had Manvider Bisla caught by the skipper. Raju Bhaktal took 10 off the last 2 balls to lead his side to a competitive 99-1.
As in the last group game, Darren Stevens and Chris Read opened the batting for England, knowing they had to chase down a score higher than they had in the group stage. The Kent all rounder got his side off to a brilliant start when he took 25 off of Srivastava's opening over. However, Agarwal got him at the start of the second over when he was caught by Bhaktal for 19. Hamilton- Brown started his innings off well, but with the score on 32, and after facing just 2 balls, Read was out in identical fashion to Stevens without scoring.
New batsman Josh Cobb didn't last long either when he was run out for 1 in the third over. Dinesh Karthik bowled a tight over which went for just 16 to put his side on top. However, Rikki Clarke joined Hamilton- Brown and together they helped England take 27 off of Bisla's over, leaving England needing just 15 off the last. RHB retired on 34 off 9 balls, but Tom Smith immediately found his range, hitting a succession of sixes to lead England past India's total with 2 balls remaining.
England will now play Sri Lanka in the Semi Final, so come back later for a match report of that game.
Other Quarter Final Results-
Sri Lanka (121-2) beat Woodworm All Stars (118-1) by 4 wickets
Hong Kong (101-3) beat Scotland (100-0) by 3 wickets
Pakistan (87-4) beat Ireland (86-2) by 2 wickets
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