0.1 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Wide, one run. (1)
0.1 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Low full toss, the batsman drives it down the ground for six! Great shot! The bowler is distraught! (6)
0.2 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Beautiful shot! Down the ground, easy four for the batsman. (4)
0.3 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
0.4 Justin Kemp to John Sadler, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
0.5 Justin Kemp to John Sadler, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
0.6 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Tries to work it off his legs, misses, and the fielders go up in appeal! It has to be out, it HAS to be out! NOOOOO! The umpire is unmoved! Gosh that must have been close. (0)
End of over 1
Leicestershire Foxes 13/0 (RR : 13.00)
Darren Stevens 11 (4b)
John Sadler 1 (2b)
Justin Kemp 1-0-13-0
1.1 Alfonso Thomas to John Sadler, He's slogged that down to cow corner. Long on runs in to field, and the batsmen get two. The captain is clearly not very happy with his fielder's effort there. (2)
1.2 Alfonso Thomas to John Sadler, Oh boy what a catch that was! Incredible reflexes, he caught it one handed diving to his left, the batsman can't believe it!
J. Sadler c Kemp b Thomas
Runs : 3 Balls : 4 S/R : 75
1.3 Alfonso Thomas to Brad Hodge, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
1.4 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Stevens, He's hit that high and hard...the fielder is coming underneath it...will he catch it? NOOOO! He spills the chance! And to add insult to injury, the ball rolls away for four runs. The bowler is fuming! (4)
1.5 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Stevens, He's slogged that down to cow corner. Long on runs in to field, and the batsmen get two. The captain is clearly not very happy with his fielder's effort there. (2)
1.6 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Stevens, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper DROPS IT! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
End of over 2
Leicestershire Foxes 23/1 (RR : 11.50)
Brad Hodge 1 (1b)
Darren Stevens 18 (7b)
Alfonso Thomas 1-0-10-1
2.1 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
2.2 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
2.3 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and it misses the stumps by a whisker! The keeper tidies up and there is no run. Phew that was close. (0)
2.4 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
2.5 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Tries to work it off his legs, misses, and the fielders go up in appeal! It has to be out, it HAS to be out! NOOOOO! The umpire is unmoved! Gosh that must have been close. (0)
2.6 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
End of over 3
Leicestershire Foxes 25/1 (RR : 8.33)
Darren Stevens 20 (13b)
Brad Hodge 1 (1b)
Justin Kemp 2-0-15-0
3.1 Alfonso Thomas to Brad Hodge, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and the stumps are rattled!
B. Hodge b Thomas
Runs : 1 Balls : 2 S/R : 50
3.2 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Maddy, That's a single. (1)
3.3 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Stevens, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
3.4 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Maddy, One more to the total. (1)
3.5 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Stevens, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
3.6 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Stevens, Oooh! Good ball, yorker length delivery on the legstump. The batsman just barely gets his bat down on time, and the non striker urges him through for a quick single. (1)
End of over 4
Leicestershire Foxes 29/2 (RR : 7.25)
Darren Maddy 2 (2b)
Darren Stevens 22 (16b)
Alfonso Thomas 2-0-14-2
4.1 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Driven for four! (4)
4.2 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
4.3 Justin Kemp to Darren Maddy, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and it misses the stumps by a whisker! The keeper tidies up and there is no run. Phew that was close. (0)
4.4 Justin Kemp to Darren Maddy, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
4.5 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, He walks across his stumps trying to paddle it away, but misses it. And the keeper's appealing! There was a sound as the ball passed the batsman, and the umpire is unmoved. Replays show it was off the pad. Good call. (0)
4.6 Justin Kemp to Darren Stevens, Easy single. (1)
End of over 5
Leicestershire Foxes 36/2 (RR : 7.20)
Darren Maddy 3 (4b)
Darren Stevens 28 (20b)
Justin Kemp 3-0-22-0
5.1 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Stevens, , No Ball. Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
5.1 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Maddy, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
5.2 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Maddy, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and it misses the stumps by a whisker! The keeper tidies up and there is no run. Phew that was close. (0)
5.3 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Maddy, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
5.4 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Maddy, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
5.5 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Maddy, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
5.6 Alfonso Thomas to Darren Maddy, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 6
Leicestershire Foxes 42/2 (RR : 7.00)
Darren Maddy 7 (10b)
Darren Stevens 29 (20b)
Alfonso Thomas 3-0-20-2
6.1 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, No Ball. Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
6.1 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
6.2 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
6.3 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Very well bowled. (0)
6.4 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
6.5 Albie Morkel to Darren Maddy, That was a very good delivery. (0)
6.6 Albie Morkel to Darren Maddy, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 7
Leicestershire Foxes 48/2 (RR : 6.86)
Darren Maddy 7 (12b)
Darren Stevens 34 (24b)
Albie Morkel 1-0-6-0
7.1 Dale Steyn to Darren Stevens, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
7.2 Dale Steyn to Darren Stevens, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
7.3 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
7.4 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
7.5 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Flicked off his hips through the vacant square leg region for two runs. The captain decides to remove a man from gully to cover up that spot. (2)
7.6 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 8
Leicestershire Foxes 55/2 (RR : 6.88)
Darren Maddy 11 (16b)
Darren Stevens 37 (26b)
Dale Steyn 1-0-7-0
8.1 Paul Harris to Darren Stevens, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
8.2 Paul Harris to Darren Maddy, Full and on the toes, the batsman just flicks it past the now-vacant short fine leg region for four runs! The captain is fuming, and it's right after he took the fielder out of there! (4)
8.3 Paul Harris to Darren Maddy, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
8.4 Paul Harris to Darren Maddy, Tries to work it off his legs, misses, and the fielders go up in appeal! It has to be out, it HAS to be out! NOOOOO! The umpire is unmoved! Gosh that must have been close. (0)
8.5 Paul Harris to Darren Maddy, No shot offered. (0)
8.6 Paul Harris to Darren Maddy, That was a very good delivery. (0)
End of over 9
Leicestershire Foxes 60/2 (RR : 6.67)
Darren Maddy 15 (21b)
Darren Stevens 38 (27b)
Paul Harris 1-0-5-0
9.1 Morne Morkel to Darren Stevens, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
9.2 Morne Morkel to Darren Maddy, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
9.3 Morne Morkel to Darren Stevens, He didn't middle that, but there is enough power on it to get the batsmen three. (4)
9.4 Morne Morkel to Darren Maddy, And time for the reverse-sweep! Quite a daring and often needless shot if you ask me, but the batsman pulls it off well enough to get two more. (2)
9.5 Morne Morkel to Darren Maddy, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
9.6 Morne Morkel to Darren Stevens, The batsman looks surprised that that ball wasn't called a wide. The bowler's grinning as he makes his way back to his mark. (0)
End of over 10
Leicestershire Foxes 69/2 (RR : 6.90)
Darren Stevens 43 (30b)
Darren Maddy 19 (24b)
Morne Morkel 1-0-9-0
10.1 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
10.2 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
10.3 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, He walks across his stumps trying to paddle it away, but misses it. And the keeper's appealing! There was a sound as the ball passed the batsman, and the umpire is unmoved. Replays show it was off the pad. Good call. (0)
10.4 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
10.5 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
10.6 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, No Ball. The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
10.6 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 11
Leicestershire Foxes 74/2 (RR : 6.73)
Darren Maddy 23 (30b)
Darren Stevens 43 (30b)
Dale Steyn 2-0-12-0
11.1 Paul Harris to Darren Stevens, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
11.2 Paul Harris to Darren Maddy, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
11.3 Paul Harris to Darren Stevens, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
11.4 Paul Harris to Darren Stevens, Very well bowled. (0)
11.5 Paul Harris to Darren Stevens, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
11.6 Paul Harris to Darren Stevens, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
End of over 12
Leicestershire Foxes 78/2 (RR : 6.5)
Darren Stevens 46 (35b)
Darren Maddy 24 (31b)
Paul Harris 2-0-9-0
12.1 Albie Morkel to Darren Maddy, Easy single. (1)
12.2 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
12.3 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
12.4 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
12.5 Albie Morkel to Darren Maddy, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
12.6 Albie Morkel to Darren Maddy, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
End of over 13
Leicestershire Foxes 82/2 (RR : 6.31)
Darren Maddy 25 (34b)
Darren Stevens 49 (38b)
Albie Morkel 2-0-10-0
13.1 Dale Steyn to Darren Stevens, Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
13.2 Dale Steyn to Darren Stevens, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
13.3 Dale Steyn to Darren Stevens, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
13.4 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
13.5 Dale Steyn to Darren Stevens, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
13.6 Dale Steyn to Darren Stevens, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
End of over 14
Leicestershire Foxes 91/2 (RR : 6.50)
Darren Maddy 26 (35b)
Darren Stevens 57 (43b)
Dale Steyn 3-0-21-0
14.1 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
14.2 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Short and pulled away for a single (2)
14.3 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
14.4 Albie Morkel to Darren Maddy, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
14.5 Albie Morkel to Darren Maddy, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
14.6 Albie Morkel to Darren Maddy, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
End of over 15
Leicestershire Foxes 101/2 (RR : 6.73)
Darren Stevens 64 (46b)
Darren Maddy 29 (38b)
Albie Morkel 3-0-20-0
15.1 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Nice. Length ball, clobbered down the ground for six. Superb batting. (6)
15.2 Dale Steyn to Darren Maddy, Oh that was a dolly of a catch, and the fielder makes no mistake. Back to the nets for the batsman.
D. Maddy c & b Steyn
Runs : 35 Balls : 40 S/R : 87.50
15.3 Dale Steyn to Jeremy Snape, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
15.4 Dale Steyn to Jeremy Snape, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
15.5 Dale Steyn to Jeremy Snape, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
15.6 Dale Steyn to Jeremy Snape, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
End of over 16
Leicestershire Foxes 115/3 (RR : 7.19)
Jeremy Snape 8 (4b)
Darren Stevens 64 (46b)
Dale Steyn 4-0-35-1
16.1 Albie Morkel to Darren Stevens, Caught!
D. Stevens c K van Wyk b A Morkel
Runs : 64 Balls : 47 S/R : 136.2
16.2 Albie Morkel to Paul Nixon, The batsman looks surprised that that ball wasn't called a wide. The bowler's grinning as he makes his way back to his mark. (0)
16.3 Albie Morkel to Paul Nixon, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
16.4 Albie Morkel to Paul Nixon, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
16.5 Albie Morkel to Paul Nixon, The bowler appeals, and the finger of death has lifted.
P. Nixon lbw b A Morkel
Runs : 2 Balls : 4 S/R : 50
16.6 Albie Morkel to Phil DeFreitas, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
End of over 17
Leicestershire Foxes 119/5 (RR : 7.00)
Phil DeFreitas 2 (1b)
Jeremy Snape 8 (4b)
Albie Morkel 4-0-24-2
17.1 Morne Morkel to Jeremy Snape, EDGED AND TAKEN! Safe pair of hands there behind the stumps, he doesn't drop many of those!
J. Snape c K van Wyk b M Morkel
Runs : 8 Balls : 5 S/R : 160
17.2 Morne Morkel to Damian Brandy, Gorgeous square drive, placed perfectly past point. There isn't a lot of power in the shot though, and third man cuts it off while the batsmen run hard for three. (3)
17.3 Morne Morkel to Phil DeFreitas, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
17.4 Morne Morkel to Damian Brandy, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
17.5 Morne Morkel to Damian Brandy, And time for the reverse-sweep! Quite a daring and often needless shot if you ask me, but the batsman pulls it off well enough to get two more. (2)
17.6 Morne Morkel to Damian Brandy, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
End of over 18
Leicestershire Foxes 129/6 (RR : 7.17)
Damian Brandy 9 (4b)
Phil DeFreitas 3 (2b)
Morne Morkel 2-0-19-1
18.1 Alfonso Thomas to Phil DeFreitas, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
18.2 Alfonso Thomas to Damian Brandy, Very well bowled. (0)
18.3 Alfonso Thomas to Damian Brandy, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
18.4 Alfonso Thomas to Phil DeFreitas, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
18.5 Alfonso Thomas to Phil DeFreitas, Tries to work it off his legs, misses, and the fielders go up in appeal! It has to be out, it HAS to be out! NOOOOO! The umpire is unmoved! Gosh that must have been close. (0)
18.6 Alfonso Thomas to Phil DeFreitas, , Wide, one run (1)
18.6 Alfonso Thomas to Phil DeFreitas, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
End of over 19
Leicestershire Foxes 136/6 (RR : 7.16)
Phil DeFreitas 8 (6b)
Damian Brandy 10 (6b)
Alfonso Thomas 4-0-27-2
19.1 Justin Kemp to Damian Brandy, Wide, no run. (1)
19.0 Justin Kemp to Damian Brandy, Caught!
D. Brandy c K van Wyk b Kemp
Runs : 10 Balls : 6 S/R : 166.7
19.1 Justin Kemp to David Masters, Flicked off his hips through the vacant square leg region for two runs. The captain decides to remove a man from gully to cover up that spot. (2)
19.2 Justin Kemp to David Masters, Nice yorker! The batsmen gets a thin inside edge and the ball flies past the legstump and the keeper. Fine leg fields to keep it down to two. (2)
19.3 Justin Kemp to David Masters, He's hit that high and hard...the fielder is coming underneath it...will he catch it? NOOOO! He spills the chance! And to add insult to injury, the ball rolls away for four runs. The bowler is fuming! (4)
19.4 Justin Kemp to David Masters, No shot offered, and the off-stump is sent tumbling! That's a poor, poor leave...
D. Masters b Kemp
Runs : 8 Balls : 3 S/R : 266.7
19.4 Justin Kemp to Charl Willoughby, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
19.6 Justin Kemp to Charl Willoughby, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
End of over 20
Leicestershire Foxes 147/8 (RR : 7.35)
Charl Willoughby 0 (2b)
Phil DeFreitas 8 (6b)
Justin Kemp 4-0-33-2
Leicestershire Foxes 147/8 (RR : 7.35)
Overs: 20.0