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Durham Wildcats won the Toss, and they have decided to bowl first.
0.1 Mark Wood to Hashim Amla, (0) Missed a straight ball. He missed a straight ball. The stumps are broken, his ego even more so.
Hashim Amla b Mark Wood
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
0.2 Mark Wood to Aaron Finch, Slog-sweep time! He's executed that quite well too, and...yes, it's six! Nice job son! (6)
0.3 Mark Wood to Aaron Finch, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
0.4 Mark Wood to Aaron Finch, , Leg Byes, another 1 run(s) (1)
0.5 Mark Wood to Aaron Finch, No shot offered. (0)
0.6 Mark Wood to Aaron Finch, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
End of over 1
London Broncos 11/1 (RR : 11)
Aaron Finch 10 (4b)
Dawid Malan 0 (0b)
Mark Wood 1-0-10-1
1.1 James Anderson to Dawid Malan, , No Ball. Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
1.1 James Anderson to Aaron Finch, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
1.2 James Anderson to Aaron Finch, (0) The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and gets his partner run out! Oh dear!
Aaron Finch run out Scott Borthwick
Runs : 10 Balls : 6 S/R : 166.7
1.3 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
1.4 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
1.5 James Anderson to Dawid Malan, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! But the ball flies between the keeper and slip, who just stare at each other as the ball runs away for four! Unlucky! (4)
1.6 James Anderson to Dawid Malan, , Wide, one run (1)
1.6 James Anderson to Dawid Malan, 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)
End of over 2
London Broncos 21/2 (RR : 10.5)
Dawid Malan 7 (2b)
Kevin Pietersen 1 (2b)
James Anderson 1-0-10-0
2.1 Mark Wood to Kevin Pietersen, That was a very good delivery. (0)
2.2 Mark Wood to Kevin Pietersen, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
2.3 Mark Wood to Kevin Pietersen, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
2.4 Mark Wood to Dawid Malan, 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)
2.5 Mark Wood to Dawid Malan, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
2.6 Mark Wood to Dawid Malan, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
End of over 3
London Broncos 28/2 (RR : 9.33)
Dawid Malan 11 (5b)
Kevin Pietersen 4 (5b)
Mark Wood 2-0-17-1
3.1 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
3.2 James Anderson to Dawid Malan, (0) Perfect yorker, and he's gone!
Dawid Malan b James Anderson
Runs : 11 Balls : 6 S/R : 183.3
3.3 James Anderson to Gary Ballance, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
3.4 James Anderson to Gary Ballance, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
3.5 James Anderson to Gary Ballance, (0) Fantastic catch! Brilliant one handed effort! Even the batsman has to applaud that one!
Gary Ballance c Mark Wood b James Anderson
Runs : 2 Balls : 3 S/R : 66.67
3.6 James Anderson to Ben Stokes, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
End of over 4
London Broncos 31/4 (RR : 7.75)
Ben Stokes 0 (1b)
Kevin Pietersen 5 (6b)
James Anderson 2-0-13-2
4.1 Mark Wood to Kevin Pietersen, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
4.2 Mark Wood to Kevin Pietersen, 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)
4.3 Mark Wood to Ben Stokes, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
4.4 Mark Wood to Ben Stokes, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
4.5 Mark Wood to Ben Stokes, Very well bowled. (0)
4.6 Mark Wood to Ben Stokes, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
End of over 5
London Broncos 32/4 (RR : 6.4)
Ben Stokes 0 (5b)
Kevin Pietersen 6 (8b)
Mark Wood 3-0-18-1
5.1 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, , Byes, another 1 run(s) (1)
5.2 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
5.3 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, And the batsman pulls out the sweep shot! Takes a lot of skill to play that, and he has enough to place it for two. (2)
5.4 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
5.5 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
5.6 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, Driven beautifully into the gap. A sprawling effort in the deep keeps it down to three. (5)
End of over 6
London Broncos 46/4 (RR : 7.67)
Ben Stokes 0 (5b)
Kevin Pietersen 19 (13b)
James Anderson 3-0-26-2
6.1 Scott Borthwick to Kevin Pietersen, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
6.2 Scott Borthwick to Kevin Pietersen, 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)
6.3 Scott Borthwick to Kevin Pietersen, , No Ball. Slapped away through the offside for a glorious boundary! Lovely shot. The captain's fuming now and removes a man from third slip to cover that region. (4)
6.3 Scott Borthwick to Kevin Pietersen, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
6.4 Scott Borthwick to Kevin Pietersen, 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)
6.5 Scott Borthwick to Kevin Pietersen, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
6.6 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
End of over 7
London Broncos 59/4 (RR : 8.43)
Kevin Pietersen 30 (18b)
Ben Stokes 1 (6b)
Scott Borthwick 1-0-13-0
7.1 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
7.2 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
7.3 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
7.4 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
7.5 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, 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)
7.6 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
End of over 8
London Broncos 73/4 (RR : 9.13)
Ben Stokes 14 (11b)
Kevin Pietersen 31 (19b)
Khurram Khan 1-0-14-0
8.1 Ravi Ashwin to Kevin Pietersen, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
8.2 Ravi Ashwin to Kevin Pietersen, Very well bowled. (0)
8.3 Ravi Ashwin to Kevin Pietersen, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
8.4 Ravi Ashwin to Kevin Pietersen, That's a single. (1)
8.5 Ravi Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
8.6 Ravi Ashwin to Kevin Pietersen, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 9
London Broncos 76/4 (RR : 8.44)
Ben Stokes 15 (12b)
Kevin Pietersen 33 (24b)
Ravi Ashwin 1-0-3-0
9.1 JP Duminy to Kevin Pietersen, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
9.2 JP Duminy to Kevin Pietersen, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
9.3 JP Duminy to Kevin Pietersen, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
9.4 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, The batsman lines up for a big slog over cow corner, but gets an inside edge, which scoots past the stumps and the keeper for four runs! The bowler has a wry smile, if the batsman keeps that up, it won't be too long till he's back in the pavillion... (4)
9.5 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
9.6 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 10
London Broncos 89/4 (RR : 8.9)
Ben Stokes 19 (15b)
Kevin Pietersen 42 (27b)
JP Duminy 1-0-13-0
10.1 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, The run the first hard, they come for two, the fielder has the ball, they call for the third...will they get there!?! The throw is in, it's wide, the batsman makes the dive...and he's in! Excellent running, and poor fielding. 3 more! (3)
10.2 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
10.3 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, That was a very good delivery. (0)
10.4 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
10.5 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
10.6 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, 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)
End of over 11
London Broncos 93/4 (RR : 8.45)
Kevin Pietersen 45 (30b)
Ben Stokes 20 (18b)
Khurram Khan 2-0-18-0
11.1 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, 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)
11.2 JP Duminy to Kevin Pietersen, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
11.3 JP Duminy to Kevin Pietersen, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
11.4 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
11.5 JP Duminy to Kevin Pietersen, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
11.6 JP Duminy to Kevin Pietersen, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
End of over 12
London Broncos 98/4 (RR : 8.17)
Kevin Pietersen 48 (34b)
Ben Stokes 22 (20b)
JP Duminy 2-0-18-0
12.1 Ravi Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
12.2 Ravi Ashwin to Kevin Pietersen, Splendid shot for four! (4)
12.3 Ravi Ashwin to Kevin Pietersen, That's a single. (1)
12.4 Ravi Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
12.5 Ravi Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
12.6 Ravi Ashwin to Kevin Pietersen, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
End of over 13
London Broncos 109/4 (RR : 8.38)
Kevin Pietersen 53 (37b)
Ben Stokes 28 (23b)
Ravi Ashwin 2-0-14-0
13.1 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
13.2 Scott Borthwick to Kevin Pietersen, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
13.3 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
13.4 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
13.5 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
13.6 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 14
London Broncos 111/4 (RR : 7.93)
Ben Stokes 29 (28b)
Kevin Pietersen 54 (38b)
Scott Borthwick 2-0-15-0
14.1 JP Duminy to Kevin Pietersen, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
14.2 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, 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)
14.3 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, 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)
14.4 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
14.5 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
14.6 JP Duminy to Ben Stokes, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 15
London Broncos 120/4 (RR : 8)
Ben Stokes 37 (33b)
Kevin Pietersen 55 (39b)
JP Duminy 3-0-27-0
15.1 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, Easy single. (1)
15.2 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
15.3 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
15.4 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
15.5 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
15.6 Khurram Khan to Ben Stokes, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 16
London Broncos 130/4 (RR : 8.13)
Kevin Pietersen 56 (40b)
Ben Stokes 46 (38b)
Khurram Khan 3-0-28-0
16.1 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Very well bowled. (0)
16.2 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
16.3 Scott Borthwick to Kevin Pietersen, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
16.4 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Going, Going, Gone! Six Runs! (6)
16.5 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
16.6 Scott Borthwick to Ben Stokes, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
End of over 17
London Broncos 144/4 (RR : 8.47)
Ben Stokes 59 (43b)
Kevin Pietersen 57 (41b)
Scott Borthwick 3-0-29-0
17.1 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
17.2 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
17.3 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
17.4 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, Very well bowled. (0)
17.5 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
17.6 Khurram Khan to Kevin Pietersen, My GOD that's massive! 6 runs! (6)
End of over 18
London Broncos 162/4 (RR : 9)
Kevin Pietersen 75 (47b)
Ben Stokes 59 (43b)
Khurram Khan 4-0-46-0
18.1 Mark Wood to Ben Stokes, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
18.2 Mark Wood to Ben Stokes, (0) EDGED AND TAKEN! Safe pair of hands there behind the stumps, he doesn't drop many of those!
Ben Stokes c Daryl Mitchell b Mark Wood
Runs : 63 Balls : 45 S/R : 140
18.3 Mark Wood to John Simpson, Very well bowled. (0)
18.4 Mark Wood to John Simpson, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
18.5 Mark Wood to Kevin Pietersen, Easy single. (1)
18.6 Mark Wood to John Simpson, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 19
London Broncos 168/5 (RR : 8.84)
John Simpson 1 (3b)
Kevin Pietersen 76 (48b)
Mark Wood 4-0-24-2
19.1 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, The batsman lines up for a big slog over cow corner, but gets an inside edge, which scoots past the stumps and the keeper for four runs! The bowler has a wry smile, if the batsman keeps that up, it won't be too long till he's back in the pavillion... (4)
19.2 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
19.3 James Anderson to Kevin Pietersen, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
19.4 James Anderson to John Simpson, Oh my, he has absolutely hammered that down the ground! That'll be one of the flattest sixes you'll ever see! (6)
19.5 James Anderson to John Simpson, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
19.6 James Anderson to John Simpson, , No Ball. Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
19.6 James Anderson to John Simpson, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
End of over 20
London Broncos 183/5 (RR : 9.15)
Kevin Pietersen 83 (51b)
John Simpson 8 (6b)
James Anderson 4-0-41-2
The final scorecard was :
Score: 183
Wickets : 5
Overs : 20.0
London Broncos Innings
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Hashim Amla b Mark Wood 0 1 0 0 0
Dawid Malan b James Anderson 11 6 1 0 183.3
Aaron Finch run out Scott Borthwick 10 6 0 1 166.7
Kevin Pietersen not out 83 51 9 1 162.7
Gary Ballance c Mark Wood b James Anderson 2 3 0 0 66.67
Ben Stokes c Daryl Mitchell b Mark Wood 63 45 10 1 140
John Simpson not out 8 6 0 1 133.3
John Mooney dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Zafar Ansari dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Sunil Narine dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Jade Dernbach dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 183 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.15
Extras : 6 No Balls : 3 Wides : 1 Leg Byes : 1 Byes : 1
Durham Wildcats Bowling
Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
JP Duminy 3.0 0 27 0 9
Khurram Khan 4.0 0 46 0 11.5
Ravi Ashwin 2.0 0 14 0 7
Scott Borthwick 3.0 0 29 0 9.667
Mark Wood 3.5 0 24 2 6.261
James Anderson 3.5 0 41 2 10.7
Total: 183 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.15
Extras : 6 No Balls : 3 Wides : 1 Leg Byes : 1 Byes : 1
0.1 Dawid Malan to David Warner, 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)
0.2 Dawid Malan to David Warner, Full delivery outside off-stump, the batsman clears his left leg and swings, and inside edges the ball into his off-stump! Well, that's what you get for trying to slog across the line! I hope he's learnt his lesson.
David Warner b Dawid Malan
Runs : 0 Balls : 2 S/R : 0
(0)
0.3 Dawid Malan to Daryl Mitchell, Very well bowled. (0)
0.4 Dawid Malan to Daryl Mitchell, Excellent bowling, catches the batsman off-guard with a vicious bouncer! The batsman top edges it high in the air, and the catch is taken!
Daryl Mitchell c & b Dawid Malan
Runs : 0 Balls : 2 S/R : 0
(0)
0.5 Dawid Malan to Phil Mustard, Going, Going, Gone! Six Runs! (6)
0.6 Dawid Malan to Phil Mustard, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
End of over 1
Durham Wildcats 7/2 (RR : 7) Required RR(9.26)
Joe Root 0 (0b)
Phil Mustard 7 (2b)
Dawid Malan 1-0-7-2
1.1 John Mooney to Phil Mustard, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and gets his partner run out! Oh dear!
Phil Mustard run out Jade Dernbach
Runs : 7 Balls : 3 S/R : 233.3
(0)
1.2 John Mooney to JP Duminy, Plumb!
JP Duminy lbw John Mooney
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
1.3 John Mooney to Khurram Khan, 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)
1.4 John Mooney to Khurram Khan, Very well bowled. (0)
1.5 John Mooney to Khurram Khan, Plumb!
Khurram Khan lbw John Mooney
Runs : 0 Balls : 3 S/R : 0
(0)
1.6 John Mooney to Tom Fell, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
End of over 2
Durham Wildcats 9/5 (RR : 4.5) Required RR(9.67)
Tom Fell 2 (1b)
Joe Root 0 (0b)
John Mooney 1-0-2-2
2.1 Dawid Malan to Joe Root, The batsman has a wild slog, and gets enough to send the ball to the fence for four! Not the best looking shot, but it certainly was effective. (4)
2.2 Dawid Malan to Joe Root, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
2.3 Dawid Malan to Tom Fell, Very well bowled. (0)
2.4 Dawid Malan to Tom Fell, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
2.5 Dawid Malan to Joe Root, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
2.6 Dawid Malan to Tom Fell, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
End of over 3
Durham Wildcats 17/5 (RR : 5.67) Required RR(9.76)
Joe Root 6 (3b)
Tom Fell 4 (4b)
Dawid Malan 2-0-15-2
3.1 John Mooney to Tom Fell, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! But the ball flies between the keeper and slip, who just stare at each other as the ball runs away for four! Unlucky! (4)
3.2 John Mooney to Tom Fell, Very well bowled. (0)
3.3 John Mooney to Tom Fell, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
3.4 John Mooney to Tom Fell, And the batsman pulls out the sweep shot! Takes a lot of skill to play that, and he has enough to place it for two. (2)
3.5 John Mooney to Tom Fell, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
3.6 John Mooney to Tom Fell, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 4
Durham Wildcats 27/5 (RR : 6.75) Required RR(9.75)
Tom Fell 14 (10b)
Joe Root 6 (3b)
John Mooney 2-0-12-2
4.1 Dawid Malan to Joe Root, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
4.2 Dawid Malan to Joe Root, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
4.3 Dawid Malan to Joe Root, 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)
4.4 Dawid Malan to Joe Root, Easy single. (1)
4.5 Dawid Malan to Tom Fell, Down the track, and BOOM! Six Runs! Great batting! (6)
4.6 Dawid Malan to Tom Fell, The batsman lines up for a big slog over cow corner, but gets an inside edge, which scoots past the stumps and the keeper for four runs! The bowler has a wry smile, if the batsman keeps that up, it won't be too long till he's back in the pavillion... (4)
End of over 5
Durham Wildcats 40/5 (RR : 8) Required RR(9.53)
Tom Fell 24 (12b)
Joe Root 9 (7b)
Dawid Malan 3-0-28-2
5.1 John Mooney to Joe Root, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
5.2 John Mooney to Joe Root, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
5.3 John Mooney to Tom Fell, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
5.4 John Mooney to Tom Fell, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
5.5 John Mooney to Tom Fell, That's a single. (1)
5.6 John Mooney to Joe Root, The batsman lines up for a big slog over cow corner, and misses completely! Gone!
Joe Root b John Mooney
Runs : 10 Balls : 10 S/R : 100
(0)
End of over 6
Durham Wildcats 48/6 (RR : 8) Required RR(9.64)
Ravi Ashwin 0 (0b)
Tom Fell 31 (15b)
John Mooney 3-0-20-3
6.1 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
6.2 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
6.3 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
6.4 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
6.5 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
6.6 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, The run the first hard, they come for two, the fielder has the ball, they call for the third...will they get there!?! The throw is in, it's wide, the batsman makes the dive...and he's in! Excellent running, and poor fielding. 3 more! (4)
End of over 7
Durham Wildcats 56/6 (RR : 8) Required RR(9.77)
Ravi Ashwin 2 (2b)
Tom Fell 37 (19b)
Sunil Narine 1-0-8-0
7.1 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
7.2 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Very well bowled. (0)
7.3 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! But the ball flies between the keeper and slip, who just stare at each other as the ball runs away for four! Unlucky! (4)
7.4 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
7.5 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, No shot offered. (0)
7.6 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
End of over 8
Durham Wildcats 66/6 (RR : 8.25) Required RR(9.75)
Tom Fell 46 (23b)
Ravi Ashwin 3 (4b)
Jade Dernbach 1-0-10-0
8.1 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
8.2 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, Very well bowled. (0)
8.3 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, That was a very good delivery. (0)
8.4 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
8.5 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
8.6 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, 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)
End of over 9
Durham Wildcats 71/6 (RR : 7.89) Required RR(10.2)
Tom Fell 49 (27b)
Ravi Ashwin 5 (6b)
Sunil Narine 2-0-13-0
9.1 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
9.2 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
9.3 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Lofted drive, falls into the gap. The ball gets stuck in the outfield meaning the batsmen get only two. (2)
9.4 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
9.5 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
9.6 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, 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 10
Durham Wildcats 76/6 (RR : 7.6) Required RR(10.7)
Tom Fell 51 (31b)
Ravi Ashwin 8 (8b)
Jade Dernbach 2-0-15-0
10.1 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
10.2 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
10.3 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
10.4 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
10.5 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, That's a single. (1)
10.6 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
End of over 11
Durham Wildcats 84/6 (RR : 7.64) Required RR(11)
Ravi Ashwin 11 (10b)
Tom Fell 56 (35b)
Sunil Narine 3-0-21-0
11.1 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
11.2 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
11.3 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
11.4 Jade Dernbach to Tom Fell, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
11.5 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, 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)
11.6 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, Slapped away through the offside for a glorious boundary! Lovely shot. The captain's fuming now and removes a man from third slip to cover that region. (4)
End of over 12
Durham Wildcats 91/6 (RR : 7.58) Required RR(11.5)
Ravi Ashwin 15 (12b)
Tom Fell 59 (39b)
Jade Dernbach 3-0-22-0
12.1 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
12.2 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, 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)
12.3 Sunil Narine to Tom Fell, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
12.4 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, Very well bowled. (0)
12.5 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
12.6 Sunil Narine to Ravi Ashwin, That's a single. (1)
End of over 13
Durham Wildcats 97/6 (RR : 7.46) Required RR(12.3)
Tom Fell 64 (42b)
Ravi Ashwin 16 (15b)
Sunil Narine 4-0-27-0
13.1 Ben Stokes to Ravi Ashwin, That was a very good delivery. (0)
13.2 Ben Stokes to Ravi Ashwin, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
13.3 Ben Stokes to Tom Fell, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
13.4 Ben Stokes to Ravi Ashwin, Very well bowled. (0)
13.5 Ben Stokes to Ravi Ashwin, One more to the total. (1)
13.6 Ben Stokes to Tom Fell, Edged and through the vacant gully region for four! And just after the captained had removed a man from there! Don't you just hate it when that happens? (4)
End of over 14
Durham Wildcats 104/6 (RR : 7.43) Required RR(13.2)
Tom Fell 69 (44b)
Ravi Ashwin 18 (19b)
Ben Stokes 1-0-7-0
14.1 Zafar Ansari to Ravi Ashwin, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
14.2 Zafar Ansari to Ravi Ashwin, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
14.3 Zafar Ansari to Ravi Ashwin, , No BallHammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
14.3 Zafar Ansari to Ravi Ashwin, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
14.4 Zafar Ansari to Ravi Ashwin, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
14.5 Zafar Ansari to Tom Fell, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
14.6 Zafar Ansari to Tom Fell, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
End of over 15
Durham Wildcats 118/6 (RR : 7.87) Required RR(13)
Tom Fell 75 (46b)
Ravi Ashwin 25 (23b)
Zafar Ansari 1-0-14-0
15.1 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
15.2 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, Very well bowled. (0)
15.3 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, 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)
15.4 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, Nice. Length ball, clobbered down the ground for six. Superb batting. (6)
15.5 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, Very well bowled. (0)
15.6 Jade Dernbach to Ravi Ashwin, That's smashed hard into the crowd, its six! (6)
End of over 16
Durham Wildcats 132/6 (RR : 8.25) Required RR(12.8)
Ravi Ashwin 39 (29b)
Tom Fell 75 (46b)
Jade Dernbach 4-0-36-0
16.1 Zafar Ansari to Tom Fell, Easy single. (1)
16.2 Zafar Ansari to Ravi Ashwin, For all the Americans out there, that's the cricketing equivalent of a Home-Run. Nice stuff. Six. (6)
16.3 Zafar Ansari to Ravi Ashwin, 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)
16.4 Zafar Ansari to Ravi Ashwin, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
16.5 Zafar Ansari to Tom Fell, Excellent bowling, catches the batsman off-guard with a vicious bouncer! Unfortunately for the bowler, the batsmen top edges it over the head of the keeper for six! Tough luck son, maybe you'll get him next time. (6)
16.6 Zafar Ansari to Tom Fell, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
End of over 17
Durham Wildcats 147/6 (RR : 8.65) Required RR(12)
Ravi Ashwin 46 (32b)
Tom Fell 83 (49b)
Zafar Ansari 2-0-29-0
17.1 Ben Stokes to Tom Fell, Hit straight to long on, and that's caught!
Tom Fell c Gary Ballance b Ben Stokes
Runs : 83 Balls : 50 S/R : 166
(0)
17.2 Ben Stokes to Scott Borthwick, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
17.3 Ben Stokes to Scott Borthwick, He takes a step down the track and turns an attempted yorker into a full-toss, and dispatches it over long-on for six! (6)
17.4 Ben Stokes to Scott Borthwick, And that's been caught, by a man in the crowd! Six Runs! (6)
17.5 Ben Stokes to Scott Borthwick, 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)
17.6 Ben Stokes to Scott Borthwick, Easy single. (1)
End of over 18
Durham Wildcats 162/7 (RR : 9) Required RR(10.5)
Ravi Ashwin 46 (32b)
Scott Borthwick 15 (5b)
Ben Stokes 2-0-22-1
18.1 Dawid Malan to Scott Borthwick, Very well bowled. (0)
18.2 Dawid Malan to Scott Borthwick, Nice. Length ball, clobbered down the ground for six. Superb batting. (6)
18.3 Dawid Malan to Scott Borthwick, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
18.4 Dawid Malan to Ravi Ashwin, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
18.5 Dawid Malan to Scott Borthwick, That was a very good delivery. (0)
18.6 Dawid Malan to Scott Borthwick, 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 19
Durham Wildcats 170/7 (RR : 8.95) Required RR(13)
Scott Borthwick 22 (10b)
Ravi Ashwin 47 (33b)
Dawid Malan 4-0-36-2
19.1 John Mooney to Ravi Ashwin, 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)
19.2 John Mooney to Ravi Ashwin, Hit straight to long on, and that's caught!
Ravi Ashwin c Ben Stokes b John Mooney
Runs : 51 Balls : 35 S/R : 145.7
(0)
19.3 John Mooney to Mark Wood, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
19.4 John Mooney to Mark Wood, 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)
19.5 John Mooney to Mark Wood, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
19.6 John Mooney to Mark Wood, Excellent bowling, catches the batsman off-guard with a vicious bouncer! The batsman top edges it high in the air, and the catch is taken!
Mark Wood c Aaron Finch b John Mooney
Runs : 4 Balls : 4 S/R : 100
(0)
End of over 20
Durham Wildcats 178/9 (RR : 8.9) Required RR(1.#J)
James Anderson 0 (0b)
Scott Borthwick 22 (10b)
John Mooney 4-0-28-5
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 178
Wickets : 9
Overs : 20.0
Durham Wildcats Innings
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
David Warner b Dawid Malan 0 2 0 0 0
Joe Root b John Mooney 10 10 1 0 100
Daryl Mitchell c & b Dawid Malan 0 2 0 0 0
Phil Mustard run out Jade Dernbach 7 3 0 1 233.3
JP Duminy lbw John Mooney 0 1 0 0 0
Khurram Khan lbw John Mooney 0 3 0 0 0
Tom Fell c Gary Ballance b Ben Stokes 83 50 9 2 166
Ravi Ashwin c Ben Stokes b John Mooney 51 35 2 3 145.7
Scott Borthwick not out 22 10 0 3 220
Mark Wood c Aaron Finch b John Mooney 4 4 1 0 100
James Anderson not out 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 178 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 8.9
Extras : 1 No Balls : 1 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
London Broncos Bowling
Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Dawid Malan 4.0 0 36 2 9
Ben Stokes 2.0 0 22 1 11
John Mooney 4.0 0 28 5 7
Zafar Ansari 2.0 0 29 0 14.5
Sunil Narine 4.0 0 27 0 6.75
Jade Dernbach 4.0 0 36 0 9
Total: 178 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 8.9
Extras : 1 No Balls : 1 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
London Broncos - 183/5 in 20.0 overs.
Durham Wildcats - 178/9 in 20.0 overs.
London Broncos wins the match by 5 runs
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Nottingham Dragons won the Toss, and they have decided to bat first.
0.1 Ben Raine to Rohit Sharma, Easy single. (1)[/CENTER]
0.2 Ben Raine to Luke Ronchi, For all the Americans out there, that's the cricketing equivalent of a Home-Run. Nice stuff. Six. (6)
0.3 Ben Raine to Luke Ronchi, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
0.4 Ben Raine to Luke Ronchi, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
0.5 Ben Raine to Rohit Sharma, That was a very good delivery. (0)
0.6 Ben Raine to Rohit Sharma, 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)
End of over 1
Nottingham Dragons 12/0 (RR : 12)
Rohit Sharma 3 (3b)
Luke Ronchi 9 (3b)
Ben Raine 1-0-12-0
1.1 Roelof van der Merwe to Luke Ronchi, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
1.2 Roelof van der Merwe to Luke Ronchi, 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)
1.3 Roelof van der Merwe to Luke Ronchi, That six has cleared the car park! (6)
1.4 Roelof van der Merwe to Luke Ronchi, Very well bowled. (0)
1.5 Roelof van der Merwe to Luke Ronchi, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
1.6 Roelof van der Merwe to Rohit Sharma, (0) He shuffles across the stumps, and paddles the ball straight into his legstump! Ouch, that's tough luck, but he has to go!
Rohit Sharma b Roelof van der Merwe
Runs : 3 Balls : 4 S/R : 75
End of over 2
Nottingham Dragons 19/1 (RR : 9.5)
Micheal Lumb 0 (0b)
Luke Ronchi 16 (8b)
Roelof van der Merwe 1-0-7-1
2.1 Ben Raine to Luke Ronchi, 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)
2.2 Ben Raine to Luke Ronchi, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
2.3 Ben Raine to Luke Ronchi, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
2.4 Ben Raine to Micheal Lumb, , No Ball. EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
2.4 Ben Raine to Luke Ronchi, 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)
2.5 Ben Raine to Luke Ronchi, (0) That's gone high...really high...very very very high...it's lost in the sky...will someone catch this? The fielders all come under it...someone has to take it...oh yes he has! Splendid effort!
Luke Ronchi c Tim Ambrose b Ben Raine
Runs : 17 Balls : 13 S/R : 130.8
2.6 Ben Raine to William Porterfield, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
End of over 3
Nottingham Dragons 24/2 (RR : 8)
William Porterfield 2 (1b)
Micheal Lumb 1 (0b)
Ben Raine 2-0-17-1
3.1 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, Very well bowled. (0)
3.2 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, 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)
3.3 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
3.4 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, , Wide, one run (1)
3.4 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, 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)
3.5 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
3.6 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 4
Nottingham Dragons 32/2 (RR : 8)
William Porterfield 2 (1b)
Micheal Lumb 8 (6b)
Roelof van der Merwe 2-0-15-1
4.1 Ben Raine to Micheal Lumb, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
4.2 Ben Raine to Micheal Lumb, Ah that's a rubbish ball, and the batsman wastest no time in putting the trash away. Six! (6)
4.3 Ben Raine to Micheal Lumb, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
4.4 Ben Raine to William Porterfield, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
4.5 Ben Raine to William Porterfield, Easy single. (1)
4.6 Ben Raine to Micheal Lumb, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 5
Nottingham Dragons 44/2 (RR : 8.8)
Micheal Lumb 17 (10b)
William Porterfield 5 (3b)
Ben Raine 3-0-29-1
5.1 Roelof van der Merwe to William Porterfield, , Wide, one run (1)
5.1 Roelof van der Merwe to William Porterfield, , Leg Byes, another 2 run(s) (2)
5.2 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
5.3 Roelof van der Merwe to William Porterfield, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
5.4 Roelof van der Merwe to William Porterfield, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
5.5 Roelof van der Merwe to William Porterfield, 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)
5.6 Roelof van der Merwe to William Porterfield, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
End of over 6
Nottingham Dragons 52/2 (RR : 8.67)
William Porterfield 9 (7b)
Micheal Lumb 18 (11b)
Roelof van der Merwe 3-0-21-1
6.1 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, Very well bowled. (0)
6.2 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
6.3 Mitchell Johnson to William Porterfield, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
6.4 Mitchell Johnson to William Porterfield, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
6.5 Mitchell Johnson to William Porterfield, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
6.6 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
End of over 7
Nottingham Dragons 60/2 (RR : 8.57)
Micheal Lumb 21 (14b)
William Porterfield 14 (10b)
Mitchell Johnson 1-0-8-0
7.1 Rob Sayer to William Porterfield, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
7.2 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
7.3 Rob Sayer to William Porterfield, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
7.4 Rob Sayer to William Porterfield, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
7.5 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
7.6 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
End of over 8
Nottingham Dragons 71/2 (RR : 8.88)
Micheal Lumb 26 (17b)
William Porterfield 20 (13b)
Rob Sayer 1-0-11-0
8.1 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Lofted drive, falls into the gap. The ball gets stuck in the outfield meaning the batsmen get only two. (2)
8.2 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, That's a single. (1)
8.3 Dale Steyn to Micheal Lumb, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
8.4 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Very well bowled. (0)
8.5 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, 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)
8.6 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
End of over 9
Nottingham Dragons 81/2 (RR : 9)
William Porterfield 29 (18b)
Micheal Lumb 27 (18b)
Dale Steyn 1-0-10-0
9.1 Chris Woakes to Micheal Lumb, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
9.2 Chris Woakes to Micheal Lumb, That's a single. (1)
9.3 Chris Woakes to William Porterfield, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
9.4 Chris Woakes to William Porterfield, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
9.5 Chris Woakes to William Porterfield, 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)
9.6 Chris Woakes to William Porterfield, He tried to go over the top but doesn't connect well. However, it's placed in the gap the ball trickles away for four. (4)
End of over 10
Nottingham Dragons 100/2 (RR : 10)
William Porterfield 43 (22b)
Micheal Lumb 32 (20b)
Chris Woakes 1-0-19-0
10.1 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
10.2 Rob Sayer to William Porterfield, That's a single. (1)
10.3 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
10.4 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
10.5 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
10.6 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
End of over 11
Nottingham Dragons 106/2 (RR : 9.64)
Micheal Lumb 37 (25b)
William Porterfield 44 (23b)
Rob Sayer 2-0-17-0
11.1 Mitchell Johnson to William Porterfield, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
11.2 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
11.3 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, 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)
11.4 Mitchell Johnson to William Porterfield, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
11.5 Mitchell Johnson to William Porterfield, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
11.6 Mitchell Johnson to William Porterfield, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
End of over 12
Nottingham Dragons 115/2 (RR : 9.58)
Micheal Lumb 42 (27b)
William Porterfield 48 (27b)
Mitchell Johnson 2-0-17-0
12.1 Rob Sayer to William Porterfield, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
12.2 Rob Sayer to William Porterfield, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
12.3 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, 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)
12.4 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, 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)
12.5 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
12.6 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
End of over 13
Nottingham Dragons 126/2 (RR : 9.69)
Micheal Lumb 52 (31b)
William Porterfield 49 (29b)
Rob Sayer 3-0-28-0
13.1 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
13.2 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
13.3 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
13.4 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
13.5 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Very well bowled. (0)
13.6 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
End of over 14
Nottingham Dragons 138/2 (RR : 9.86)
William Porterfield 61 (35b)
Micheal Lumb 52 (31b)
Dale Steyn 2-0-22-0
14.1 Chris Woakes to Micheal Lumb, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
14.2 Chris Woakes to William Porterfield, 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)
14.3 Chris Woakes to Micheal Lumb, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
14.4 Chris Woakes to Micheal Lumb, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
14.5 Chris Woakes to Micheal Lumb, Lofted drive, falls into the gap. The ball gets stuck in the outfield meaning the batsmen get only two. (2)
14.6 Chris Woakes to Micheal Lumb, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
End of over 15
Nottingham Dragons 146/2 (RR : 9.73)
Micheal Lumb 59 (36b)
William Porterfield 62 (36b)
Chris Woakes 2-0-27-0
15.1 Mitchell Johnson to William Porterfield, Good short ball, the batsman is caught off guard and top edges it high in the air! The keeper is after it...he's runs hard...and the ball lands just after him! He drops a glove and hurls the ball in to keep the batsman to just a single. (1)
15.2 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, Very well bowled. (0)
15.3 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
15.4 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, , Byes, another 3 run(s) (3)
15.5 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, , Wide, one run (1)
15.5 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
15.6 Mitchell Johnson to Micheal Lumb, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 16
Nottingham Dragons 153/2 (RR : 9.56)
Micheal Lumb 61 (40b)
William Porterfield 63 (37b)
Mitchell Johnson 3-0-21-0
16.1 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
16.2 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
16.3 Dale Steyn to William Porterfield, (0) He's skied it, too high, there's a fielder coming under it, takes it comfortably!
William Porterfield c & b Dale Steyn
Runs : 65 Balls : 40 S/R : 162.5
16.4 Dale Steyn to Nick Browne, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
16.5 Dale Steyn to Nick Browne, , Wide, one run (1)
16.5 Dale Steyn to Nick Browne, (0) Brilliant ball, and a sharp catch. Nothing the batsman could do there!
Nick Browne c & b Dale Steyn
Runs : 4 Balls : 2 S/R : 200
16.6 Dale Steyn to Ravi Bopara, One more to the total. (1)
End of over 17
Nottingham Dragons 161/4 (RR : 9.47)
Micheal Lumb 61 (40b)
Ravi Bopara 1 (1b)
Dale Steyn 3-0-30-2
17.1 Rob Sayer to Ravi Bopara, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
17.2 Rob Sayer to Ravi Bopara, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
17.3 Rob Sayer to Ravi Bopara, That's smashed hard into the crowd, its six! (6)
17.4 Rob Sayer to Ravi Bopara, Splendid shot for four! (4)
17.5 Rob Sayer to Ravi Bopara, , Byes, another 2 run(s) (2)
17.6 Rob Sayer to Micheal Lumb, 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)
End of over 18
Nottingham Dragons 177/4 (RR : 9.83)
Micheal Lumb 61 (41b)
Ravi Bopara 15 (5b)
Rob Sayer 4-0-42-0
18.1 Roelof van der Merwe to Ravi Bopara, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
18.2 Roelof van der Merwe to Ravi Bopara, Very well bowled. (0)
18.3 Roelof van der Merwe to Ravi Bopara, 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)
18.4 Roelof van der Merwe to Ravi Bopara, Good short ball, the batsman is caught off guard and top edges it high in the air! The keeper is after it...he's runs hard...and the ball lands just after him! He drops a glove and hurls the ball in to keep the batsman to just a single. (1)
18.5 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
18.6 Roelof van der Merwe to Micheal Lumb, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
End of over 19
Nottingham Dragons 186/4 (RR : 9.79)
Micheal Lumb 67 (43b)
Ravi Bopara 18 (9b)
Roelof van der Merwe 4-0-30-1
19.1 Ben Raine to Ravi Bopara, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
19.2 Ben Raine to Micheal Lumb, 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)
19.3 Ben Raine to Micheal Lumb, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
19.4 Ben Raine to Ravi Bopara, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
19.5 Ben Raine to Ravi Bopara, (0) Full and on the toes, the batsman tries to flick it away but misses completely! Leg stump is out of the ground, back to the nets for him!
Ravi Bopara b Ben Raine
Runs : 19 Balls : 12 S/R : 158.3
19.6 Ben Raine to Samit Patel, What an audacious shot! Uppercut up and over third man for six! Incredible! (6)
End of over 20
Nottingham Dragons 194/5 (RR : 9.7)
Samit Patel 6 (1b)
Micheal Lumb 68 (45b)
Ben Raine 4-0-37-2
The final scorecard was :
Score: 194
Wickets : 5
Overs : 20.0
Nottingham Dragons Innings
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Rohit Sharma b Roelof van der Merwe 3 4 0 0 75
Luke Ronchi c Tim Ambrose b Ben Raine 17 13 0 2 130.8
Micheal Lumb not out 68 45 7 1 151.1
William Porterfield c & b Dale Steyn 65 40 8 0 162.5
Nick Browne c & b Dale Steyn 4 2 1 0 200
Ravi Bopara b Ben Raine 19 12 1 1 158.3
Samit Patel not out 6 1 0 1 600
Adil Rashid dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Southee dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Reece Topley dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Aron Nijjar dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 194 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.7
Extras : 12 No Balls : 1 Wides : 4 Leg Byes : 2 Byes : 5
Leicester Foxes Bowling
Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Ben Raine 4.0 0 37 2 9.25
Roelof van der Merwe 3.5 0 30 1 7.826
Chris Woakes 2.0 0 27 0 13.5
Mitchell Johnson 2.5 0 21 0 7.412
Dale Steyn 3.0 0 30 2 10
Rob Sayer 3.5 0 42 0 10.96
Total: 194 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.7
Extras : 12 No Balls : 1 Wides : 4 Leg Byes : 2 Byes : 5
0.1 Reece Topley to Alex Hales, Short ball outside offstump, the batsman rocks back to cut it and sends it up and over point for six! (6)
0.2 Reece Topley to Alex Hales, 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)
0.3 Reece Topley to Alex Hales, 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)
0.4 Reece Topley to Alex Hales, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
0.5 Reece Topley to Alex Hales, 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)
0.6 Reece Topley to Alex Hales, That's gone high in the air, and an easy catch in the end.
Alex Hales c Luke Ronchi b Reece Topley
Runs : 10 Balls : 6 S/R : 166.667
(0)
End of over 1
Leicester Foxes 10/1 (RR : 10) Required RR(9.68)
Varun Chopra 0 (0b)
Jonathan Trott 0 (0b)
Reece Topley 1-0-10-1
1.1 Ravi Bopara to Jonathan Trott, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
1.2 Ravi Bopara to Jonathan Trott, 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)
1.3 Ravi Bopara to Jonathan Trott, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
1.4 Ravi Bopara to Jonathan Trott, My GOD that's massive! 6 runs! (6)
1.5 Ravi Bopara to Jonathan Trott, Very well bowled. (0)
1.6 Ravi Bopara to Jonathan Trott, That's a single. (1)
End of over 2
Leicester Foxes 17/1 (RR : 8.5) Required RR(9.83)
Varun Chopra 0 (0b)
Jonathan Trott 7 (6b)
Ravi Bopara 1-0-7-0
2.1 Reece Topley to Jonathan Trott, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
2.2 Reece Topley to Jonathan Trott, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
2.3 Reece Topley to Jonathan Trott, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
2.4 Reece Topley to Jonathan Trott, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
2.5 Reece Topley to Jonathan Trott, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
2.6 Reece Topley to Jonathan Trott, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
End of over 3
Leicester Foxes 29/1 (RR : 9.67) Required RR(9.71)
Jonathan Trott 19 (12b)
Varun Chopra 0 (0b)
Reece Topley 2-0-22-1
3.1 Ravi Bopara to Varun Chopra, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
3.2 Ravi Bopara to Varun Chopra, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
3.3 Ravi Bopara to Jonathan Trott, In the air, and gone!
Jonathan Trott c & b Ravi Bopara
Runs : 19 Balls : 13 S/R : 146.2
(0)
3.4 Ravi Bopara to George Bailey, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
3.5 Ravi Bopara to George Bailey, That's smashed hard into the crowd, its six! (6)
3.6 Ravi Bopara to George Bailey, For all the Americans out there, that's the cricketing equivalent of a Home-Run. Nice stuff. Six. (6)
End of over 4
Leicester Foxes 44/2 (RR : 11) Required RR(9.38)
George Bailey 14 (3b)
Varun Chopra 1 (2b)
Ravi Bopara 2-0-22-1
4.1 Reece Topley to Varun Chopra, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
4.2 Reece Topley to Varun Chopra, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
4.3 Reece Topley to Varun Chopra, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
4.4 Reece Topley to Varun Chopra, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
4.5 Reece Topley to Varun Chopra, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
4.6 Reece Topley to Varun Chopra, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 5
Leicester Foxes 46/2 (RR : 9.2) Required RR(9.87)
Varun Chopra 3 (8b)
George Bailey 14 (3b)
Reece Topley 3-0-24-1
5.1 Ravi Bopara to George Bailey, Great bowling. Lures him forward, beats him in flight, and the keeper does the rest. Excellent cricket.
George Bailey st Nick Browne b Ravi Bopara
Runs : 14 Balls : 4 S/R : 350
(0)
5.2 Ravi Bopara to Tim Ambrose, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
5.3 Ravi Bopara to Tim Ambrose, He's absolutely NAILED that one, but the man in the deep makes a fantastic save, pushing the ball back in just in time! His teammate picks up the ball and hurls it in and they save a run, good teamwork. (3)
5.4 Ravi Bopara to Varun Chopra, What? Huh? Oh right, the cricket! Well, it looks like the batsman is walking back to the pavillion! Why? Uhh...I'm sure. My colleague tells me he was dismissed stumped, so umm, there you go!
Varun Chopra st Nick Browne b Ravi Bopara
Runs : 3 Balls : 9 S/R : 33.33
(0)
5.5 Ravi Bopara to Ben Raine, 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)
5.6 Ravi Bopara to Ben Raine, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
End of over 6
Leicester Foxes 50/4 (RR : 8.33) Required RR(10.3)
Tim Ambrose 3 (2b)
Ben Raine 1 (2b)
Ravi Bopara 3-0-26-3
6.1 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
6.2 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Splendid shot for four! (4)
6.3 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! But the ball flies between the keeper and slip, who just stare at each other as the ball runs away for four! Unlucky! (4)
6.4 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
6.5 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
6.6 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 7
Leicester Foxes 63/4 (RR : 9) Required RR(10.1)
Tim Ambrose 4 (3b)
Ben Raine 13 (7b)
Tim Southee 1-0-13-0
7.1 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, 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)
7.2 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
7.3 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
7.4 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
7.5 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
7.6 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 8
Leicester Foxes 64/4 (RR : 8) Required RR(10.8)
Tim Ambrose 4 (7b)
Ben Raine 14 (9b)
Aron Nijjar 1-0-1-0
8.1 Samit Patel to Ben Raine, Good short ball, the batsman is caught off guard and top edges it high in the air! The keeper is after it...he's runs hard...and the ball lands just after him! He drops a glove and hurls the ball in to keep the batsman to just a single. (1)
8.2 Samit Patel to Tim Ambrose, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
8.3 Samit Patel to Ben Raine, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
8.4 Samit Patel to Ben Raine, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
8.5 Samit Patel to Tim Ambrose, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
8.6 Samit Patel to Ben Raine, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
End of over 9
Leicester Foxes 68/4 (RR : 7.56) Required RR(11.5)
Ben Raine 16 (13b)
Tim Ambrose 6 (9b)
Samit Patel 1-0-4-0
9.1 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
9.2 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
9.3 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, That's a single. (1)
9.4 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
9.5 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
9.6 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 10
Leicester Foxes 77/4 (RR : 7.7) Required RR(11.7)
Ben Raine 16 (16b)
Tim Ambrose 15 (12b)
Tim Southee 2-0-22-0
10.1 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, That was a very good delivery. (0)
10.2 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, Very well bowled. (0)
10.3 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
10.4 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, Very well bowled. (0)
10.5 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, 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)
10.6 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
End of over 11
Leicester Foxes 79/4 (RR : 7.18) Required RR(12.8)
Tim Ambrose 16 (15b)
Ben Raine 17 (19b)
Aron Nijjar 2-0-3-0
11.1 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
11.2 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
11.3 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
11.4 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
11.5 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, 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)
11.6 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
End of over 12
Leicester Foxes 83/4 (RR : 6.92) Required RR(13.9)
Ben Raine 21 (25b)
Tim Ambrose 16 (15b)
Adil Rashid 1-0-4-0
12.1 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
12.2 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
12.3 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
12.4 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, 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)
12.5 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
12.6 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
End of over 13
Leicester Foxes 90/4 (RR : 6.92) Required RR(14.9)
Ben Raine 24 (27b)
Tim Ambrose 20 (19b)
Aron Nijjar 3-0-10-0
13.1 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
13.2 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
13.3 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
13.4 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, 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)
13.5 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
13.6 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
End of over 14
Leicester Foxes 105/4 (RR : 7.5) Required RR(14.8)
Ben Raine 32 (30b)
Tim Ambrose 27 (22b)
Tim Southee 3-0-37-0
14.1 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
14.2 Aron Nijjar to Tim Ambrose, The run the first hard, they come for two, the fielder has the ball, they call for the third...will they get there!?! The throw is in, it's wide, the batsman makes the dive...and he's in! Excellent running, and poor fielding. 3 more! (5)
14.3 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
14.4 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
14.5 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, 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)
14.6 Aron Nijjar to Ben Raine, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
End of over 15
Leicester Foxes 120/4 (RR : 8) Required RR(14.8)
Ben Raine 40 (34b)
Tim Ambrose 34 (24b)
Aron Nijjar 4-0-25-0
15.1 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, Very well bowled. (0)
15.2 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, That's smashed hard into the crowd, its six! (6)
15.3 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, 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)
15.4 Tim Southee to Tim Ambrose, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
15.5 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
15.6 Tim Southee to Ben Raine, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 16
Leicester Foxes 130/4 (RR : 8.13) Required RR(16)
Tim Ambrose 41 (28b)
Ben Raine 43 (36b)
Tim Southee 4-0-47-0
16.1 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
16.2 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
16.3 Adil Rashid to Ben Raine, Great yorker, he's hit flush on the toe and is dead in front! In one ball he's lost his wicket and his pride, and has a broken toe to boot!
Ben Raine lbw Adil Rashid
Runs : 43 Balls : 39 S/R : 110.3
(0)
16.4 Adil Rashid to Roelof van der Merwe, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
16.5 Adil Rashid to Tim Ambrose, Full, wide, the batsman slashes hard at it and edges it straight to second slip! Out!
Tim Ambrose c Tim Southee b Adil Rashid
Runs : 41 Balls : 29 S/R : 141.4
(0)
16.6 Adil Rashid to Chris Woakes, He's absolutely NAILED that one, but the man in the deep makes a fantastic save, pushing the ball back in just in time! His teammate picks up the ball and hurls it in and they save a run, good teamwork. (3)
End of over 17
Leicester Foxes 134/6 (RR : 7.88) Required RR(20)
Roelof van der Merwe 1 (1b)
Chris Woakes 3 (1b)
Adil Rashid 2-0-8-2
17.1 Samit Patel to Chris Woakes, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
17.2 Samit Patel to Roelof van der Merwe, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
17.3 Samit Patel to Roelof van der Merwe, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! The fielder dives to his right, and snaffles the catch! Gone!
Roelof van der Merwe c Luke Ronchi b Samit Patel
Runs : 1 Balls : 3 S/R : 33.33
(0)
17.4 Samit Patel to Mitchell Johnson, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
17.5 Samit Patel to Mitchell Johnson, Slog-sweep time! He completely misses it though, and is rapped on the pads. The bowler is appealing...and yup, he's got to go! Tough luck kid, maybe you'll get it next time!
Mitchell Johnson lbw Samit Patel
Runs : 2 Balls : 2 S/R : 100
(0)
17.6 Samit Patel to Dale Steyn, My GOD that's massive! 6 runs! (6)
End of over 18
Leicester Foxes 143/8 (RR : 7.94) Required RR(25.5)
Dale Steyn 6 (1b)
Chris Woakes 4 (2b)
Samit Patel 2-0-13-2
18.1 Reece Topley to Chris Woakes, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
18.2 Reece Topley to Chris Woakes, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
18.3 Reece Topley to Chris Woakes, Slapped away through the offside for a glorious boundary! Lovely shot. The captain's fuming now and removes a man from third slip to cover that region. (4)
18.4 Reece Topley to Chris Woakes, What an audacious shot! Uppercut up and over third man for six! Incredible! (6)
18.5 Reece Topley to Chris Woakes, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
18.6 Reece Topley to Chris Woakes, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
End of over 19
Leicester Foxes 161/8 (RR : 8.47) Required RR(33)
Chris Woakes 22 (8b)
Dale Steyn 6 (1b)
Reece Topley 4-0-42-1
19.1 Ravi Bopara to Dale Steyn, Slapped away through the offside for a glorious boundary! Lovely shot. The captain's fuming now and removes a man from third slip to cover that region. (4)
19.2 Ravi Bopara to Dale Steyn, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
19.3 Ravi Bopara to Dale Steyn, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
19.4 Ravi Bopara to Chris Woakes, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
19.5 Ravi Bopara to Dale Steyn, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
19.6 Ravi Bopara to Dale Steyn, Full delivery outside off-stump, the batsman clears his left leg and swings, and cracks it up and over midwicket for six! Great shot, tremendous power! (6)
End of over 20
Leicester Foxes 177/8 (RR : 8.85) Required RR(1.#J)
Dale Steyn 21 (6b)
Chris Woakes 23 (9b)
Ravi Bopara 4-0-42-3
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 177
Wickets : 8
Overs : 20.0
Leicester Foxes Innings
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Alex Hales c Luke Ronchi b Reece Topley 10 6 1 1 166.7
Jonathan Trott c & b Ravi Bopara 19 13 2 1 146.2
Varun Chopra st Nick Browne b Ravi Bopara 3 9 0 0 33.33
George Bailey st Nick Browne b Ravi Bopara 14 4 0 2 350
Tim Ambrose c Tim Southee b Adil Rashid 41 29 3 1 141.4
Ben Raine lbw Adil Rashid 43 39 5 0 110.3
Roelof van der Merwe c Luke Ronchi b Samit Patel 1 3 0 0 33.33
Chris Woakes not out 23 9 2 1 255.6
Mitchell Johnson lbw Samit Patel 2 2 0 0 100
Dale Steyn not out 21 6 1 2 350
Rob Sayer dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 177 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 8.85
Extras : 0 No Balls : 0 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
Nottingham Dragons Bowling
Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Ravi Bopara 4.0 0 42 3 10.5
Samit Patel 2.0 0 13 2 6.5
Adil Rashid 2.0 0 8 2 4
Tim Southee 4.0 0 47 0 11.75
Reece Topley 4.0 0 42 1 10.5
Aron Nijjar 4.0 0 25 0 6.25
Total: 177 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 8.85
Extras : 0 No Balls : 0 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
Nottingham Dragons - 194/5 in 20.0 overs.
Leicester Foxes - 177/8 in 20.0 overs.
Nottingham Dragons wins the match by 17 runs
Cardiff Crusaders won the Toss, and they have decided to bowl first.
0.1 David Payne to Shane Watson, Very well bowled. (0)
0.2 David Payne to Shane Watson, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
0.3 David Payne to Luke Wright, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
0.4 David Payne to Luke Wright, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
0.5 David Payne to Luke Wright, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
0.6 David Payne to Luke Wright, He takes a step down the track and turns an attempted yorker into a full-toss, and dispatches it over long-on for six! (6)
End of over 1
Kent Cougars 11/0 (RR : 11)
Luke Wright 10 (4b)
Shane Watson 1 (2b)
David Payne 1-0-11-0
1.1 Micheal Hogan to Shane Watson, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
1.2 Micheal Hogan to Luke Wright, , No Ball. Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
1.2 Micheal Hogan to Luke Wright, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
1.3 Micheal Hogan to Shane Watson, The batsman goes for the big heave-ho, and connects fantastically! Six! (6)
1.4 Micheal Hogan to Shane Watson, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
1.5 Micheal Hogan to Luke Wright, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
1.6 Micheal Hogan to Luke Wright, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 2
Kent Cougars 29/0 (RR : 14.5)
Luke Wright 19 (7b)
Shane Watson 9 (5b)
Micheal Hogan 1-0-18-0
2.1 David Payne to Shane Watson, (0) Oh boy what a catch that was! Incredible reflexes, he caught it one handed diving to his left, the batsman can't believe it!
Shane Watson c Mohammad Nabi b David Payne
Runs : 9 Balls : 6 S/R : 150
2.2 David Payne to Suresh Raina, 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)
2.3 David Payne to Suresh Raina, Easy single. (1)
2.4 David Payne to Luke Wright, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
2.5 David Payne to Luke Wright, (0) Nice yorker! The batsmen gets a thin inside edge, but the ball still finds legstump! Gone!
Luke Wright b David Payne
Runs : 19 Balls : 9 S/R : 211.1
2.6 David Payne to Gary Wilson, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
End of over 3
Kent Cougars 32/2 (RR : 10.7)
Gary Wilson 2 (1b)
Suresh Raina 1 (2b)
David Payne 2-0-14-2
3.1 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, Short ball outside offstump, the batsman rocks back to cut it and sends it up and over point for six! (6)
3.2 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, 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)
3.3 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, 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)
3.4 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, The run the first hard, they come for two, the fielder has the ball, they call for the third...will they get there!?! The throw is in, it's wide, the batsman makes the dive...and he's in! Excellent running, and poor fielding. 3 more! (3)
3.5 Micheal Hogan to Gary Wilson, Edged and through the vacant gully region for four! And just after the captained had removed a man from there! Don't you just hate it when that happens? (4)
3.6 Micheal Hogan to Gary Wilson, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 4
Kent Cougars 45/2 (RR : 11.3)
Gary Wilson 6 (3b)
Suresh Raina 10 (6b)
Micheal Hogan 2-0-31-0
4.1 David Payne to Suresh Raina, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
4.2 David Payne to Suresh Raina, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
4.3 David Payne to Suresh Raina, 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)
4.4 David Payne to Suresh Raina, Easy single. (1)
4.5 David Payne to Gary Wilson, Slog-sweep time! He's executed that quite well too, and...yes, it's six! Nice job son! (6)
4.6 David Payne to Gary Wilson, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
End of over 5
Kent Cougars 64/2 (RR : 12.8)
Gary Wilson 16 (5b)
Suresh Raina 19 (10b)
David Payne 3-0-33-2
5.1 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
5.2 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
5.3 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
5.4 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, The batsman goes for the big heave-ho, and connects fantastically! Six! (6)
5.5 Micheal Hogan to Suresh Raina, (0) He's hit on the pads, the fielders let out a shout. The umpire has no qualms, and gives him out!
Suresh Raina lbw Micheal Hogan
Runs : 31 Balls : 15 S/R : 206.7
5.6 Micheal Hogan to Sam Billings, (0) In the air, and gone!
Sam Billings c Stuart Broad b Micheal Hogan
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
End of over 6
Kent Cougars 76/4 (RR : 12.7)
Mitchell Marsh 0 (0b)
Gary Wilson 16 (5b)
Micheal Hogan 3-0-43-2
6.1 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
6.2 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, That was a very good delivery. (0)
6.3 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
6.4 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
6.5 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, 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)
6.6 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
End of over 7
Kent Cougars 86/4 (RR : 12.3)
Gary Wilson 19 (8b)
Mitchell Marsh 7 (3b)
Imran Tahir 1-0-10-0
7.1 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
7.2 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, 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)
7.3 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, That was a very good delivery. (0)
7.4 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
7.5 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
7.6 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 8
Kent Cougars 89/4 (RR : 11.1)
Gary Wilson 21 (10b)
Mitchell Marsh 8 (7b)
Tillekaratne Dilshan 1-0-3-0
8.1 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
8.2 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, Very well bowled. (0)
8.3 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
8.4 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
8.5 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, 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)
8.6 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
End of over 9
Kent Cougars 97/4 (RR : 10.8)
Mitchell Marsh 15 (12b)
Gary Wilson 22 (11b)
Imran Tahir 2-0-18-0
9.1 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
9.2 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, Very well bowled. (0)
9.3 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
9.4 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, 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)
9.5 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
9.6 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
End of over 10
Kent Cougars 101/4 (RR : 10.1)
Gary Wilson 23 (12b)
Mitchell Marsh 18 (17b)
Tillekaratne Dilshan 2-0-7-0
10.1 Mohammad Nabi to Mitchell Marsh, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
10.2 Mohammad Nabi to Mitchell Marsh, One more to the total. (1)
10.3 Mohammad Nabi to Gary Wilson, That was a very good delivery. (0)
10.4 Mohammad Nabi to Gary Wilson, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
10.5 Mohammad Nabi to Gary Wilson, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
10.6 Mohammad Nabi to Gary Wilson, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
End of over 11
Kent Cougars 104/4 (RR : 9.45)
Gary Wilson 25 (16b)
Mitchell Marsh 19 (19b)
Mohammad Nabi 1-0-3-0
11.1 Stuart Broad to Mitchell Marsh, 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)
11.2 Stuart Broad to Mitchell Marsh, , No Ball. AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
11.2 Stuart Broad to Mitchell Marsh, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
11.3 Stuart Broad to Mitchell Marsh, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
11.4 Stuart Broad to Gary Wilson, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
11.5 Stuart Broad to Mitchell Marsh, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
11.6 Stuart Broad to Mitchell Marsh, 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)
End of over 12
Kent Cougars 119/4 (RR : 9.92)
Mitchell Marsh 32 (24b)
Gary Wilson 26 (17b)
Stuart Broad 1-0-15-0
12.1 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
12.2 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
12.3 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
12.4 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
12.5 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
12.6 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, Splendid shot for four! (4)
End of over 13
Kent Cougars 135/4 (RR : 10.4)
Gary Wilson 41 (22b)
Mitchell Marsh 33 (25b)
Tillekaratne Dilshan 3-0-23-0
13.1 Imran Tahir to Mitchell Marsh, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
13.2 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
13.3 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
13.4 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, Splendid shot for four! (4)
13.5 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, Very well bowled. (0)
13.6 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 14
Kent Cougars 144/4 (RR : 10.3)
Gary Wilson 49 (27b)
Mitchell Marsh 34 (26b)
Imran Tahir 3-0-27-0
14.1 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
14.2 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
14.3 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Mitchell Marsh, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
14.4 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
14.5 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
14.6 Tillekaratne Dilshan to Gary Wilson, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
End of over 15
Kent Cougars 149/4 (RR : 9.93)
Gary Wilson 53 (30b)
Mitchell Marsh 35 (29b)
Tillekaratne Dilshan 4-0-28-0
15.1 Stuart Broad to Mitchell Marsh, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! But the ball flies between the keeper and slip, who just stare at each other as the ball runs away for four! Unlucky! (4)
15.2 Stuart Broad to Mitchell Marsh, (0) Nice yorker! The batsmen gets a thin inside edge, but the ball still finds legstump! Gone!
Mitchell Marsh b Stuart Broad
Runs : 39 Balls : 31 S/R : 125.8
15.3 Stuart Broad to Chris Jordan, 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)
15.4 Stuart Broad to Chris Jordan, 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)
15.5 Stuart Broad to Chris Jordan, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
15.6 Stuart Broad to Chris Jordan, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
End of over 16
Kent Cougars 156/5 (RR : 9.75)
Gary Wilson 53 (30b)
Chris Jordan 3 (4b)
Stuart Broad 2-0-22-1
16.1 Imran Tahir to Chris Jordan, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
16.2 Imran Tahir to Chris Jordan, 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 Imran Tahir to Chris Jordan, 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)
16.4 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
16.5 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
16.6 Imran Tahir to Gary Wilson, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
End of over 17
Kent Cougars 167/5 (RR : 9.82)
Gary Wilson 61 (33b)
Chris Jordan 6 (7b)
Imran Tahir 4-0-38-0
17.1 Stuart Broad to Chris Jordan, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
17.2 Stuart Broad to Chris Jordan, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
17.3 Stuart Broad to Chris Jordan, (0) Great bowling, catching the batsman off guard with the quicker ball. He's stuck in his crease, rapped on the pads, and thoroughly beaten.
Chris Jordan lbw Stuart Broad
Runs : 12 Balls : 10 S/R : 120
17.4 Stuart Broad to Steven Finn, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
17.5 Stuart Broad to Steven Finn, Beautiful shot! Down the ground, easy four for the batsman. (4)
17.6 Stuart Broad to Steven Finn, (0) Wrong call, this could be trouble, and out!
Steven Finn run out Micheal Hogan
Runs : 6 Balls : 3 S/R : 200
End of over 18
Kent Cougars 179/7 (RR : 9.94)
Adam Riley 0 (0b)
Gary Wilson 61 (33b)
Stuart Broad 3-0-34-2
18.1 Micheal Hogan to Gary Wilson, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
18.2 Micheal Hogan to Gary Wilson, , 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)
18.2 Micheal Hogan to Gary Wilson, , Wide, one run (1)
18.2 Micheal Hogan to Gary Wilson, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
18.3 Micheal Hogan to Adam Riley, The batsman sees the juicy half-volley outside off-stump, and decided that it deserved more than a spanking through the covers, and so thrashes it into the stands instead! 6 runs. (6)
18.4 Micheal Hogan to Adam Riley, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
18.5 Micheal Hogan to Gary Wilson, That's smashed hard into the crowd, its six! (6)
18.6 Micheal Hogan to Gary Wilson, (0) He's skied it, too high, there's a fielder coming under it, takes it comfortably!
Gary Wilson c Eoin Morgan b Micheal Hogan
Runs : 68 Balls : 37 S/R : 183.8
End of over 19
Kent Cougars 195/8 (RR : 10.3)
Fabian Cowdrey 0 (0b)
Adam Riley 7 (2b)
Micheal Hogan 4-0-59-3
19.1 David Payne to Adam Riley, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
19.2 David Payne to Adam Riley, Nice. Length ball, clobbered down the ground for six. Superb batting. (6)
19.3 David Payne to Adam Riley, That six has cleared the car park! (6)
19.4 David Payne to Adam Riley, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
19.5 David Payne to Fabian Cowdrey, , Leg Byes, another 2 run(s) (2)
19.6 David Payne to Adam Riley, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
End of over 20
Kent Cougars 211/8 (RR : 10.6)
Fabian Cowdrey 0 (0b)
Adam Riley 21 (7b)
David Payne 4-0-47-2
The final scorecard was :
Score: 211
Wickets : 8
Overs : 20.0
Kent Cougars Innings
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Shane Watson c Mohammad Nabi b David Payne 9 6 0 1 150
Luke Wright b David Payne 19 9 2 1 211.1
Suresh Raina lbw Micheal Hogan 31 15 2 2 206.7
Gary Wilson c Eoin Morgan b Micheal Hogan 68 37 9 2 183.8
Sam Billings c Stuart Broad b Micheal Hogan 0 1 0 0 0
Mitchell Marsh b Stuart Broad 39 31 5 0 125.8
Chris Jordan lbw Stuart Broad 12 10 1 0 120
Steven Finn run out Micheal Hogan 6 3 1 0 200
Adam Riley not out 21 7 0 3 300
Fabian Cowdrey not out 0 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Claydon dnb 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 211 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 10.55
Extras : 6 No Balls : 3 Wides : 1 Leg Byes : 2 Byes : 0
Cardiff Crusaders Bowling
Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Tillekaratne Dilshan 4.0 0 28 0 7
Mohammad Nabi 1.0 0 3 0 3
Stuart Broad 3.0 0 34 2 11.33
David Payne 3.5 0 47 2 12.26
Micheal Hogan 4.0 0 59 3 14.75
Imran Tahir 4.0 0 38 0 9.5
Total: 211 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 10.55
Extras : 6 No Balls : 3 Wides : 1 Leg Byes : 2 Byes : 0
0.1 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
0.2 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, No shot offered. (0)
0.3 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, 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)
0.4 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Good short ball, the batsman is caught off guard and top edges it high in the air! The keeper is after it...he's runs hard...and the ball lands just after him! He drops a glove and hurls the ball in to keep the batsman to just a single. (1)
0.5 Shane Watson to Colin Ingram, He comes on the front foot to drive it, and is beaten for bounce! But instead of checking his shot, he follows through with it and sends it sailing into the pavillion! 6 runs, excellent batting! (6)
0.6 Shane Watson to Colin Ingram, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
End of over 1
Cardiff Crusaders 15/0 (RR : 15) Required RR(10.3)
Colin Ingram 8 (2b)
Tillekaratne Dilshan 7 (4b)
Shane Watson 1-0-15-0
1.1 Mitchell Claydon to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Splendid shot for four! (4)
1.2 Mitchell Claydon to Tillekaratne Dilshan, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
1.3 Mitchell Claydon to Tillekaratne Dilshan, 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)
1.4 Mitchell Claydon to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
1.5 Mitchell Claydon to Colin Ingram, Lofted drive, falls into the gap. The ball gets stuck in the outfield meaning the batsmen get only two. (2)
1.6 Mitchell Claydon to Colin Ingram, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
End of over 2
Cardiff Crusaders 24/0 (RR : 12) Required RR(10.4)
Colin Ingram 10 (4b)
Tillekaratne Dilshan 14 (8b)
Mitchell Claydon 1-0-9-0
2.1 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Very well bowled. (0)
2.2 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, 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)
2.3 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
2.4 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, That six has cleared the car park! (6)
2.5 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
2.6 Shane Watson to Colin Ingram, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 3
Cardiff Crusaders 35/0 (RR : 11.7) Required RR(10.4)
Colin Ingram 10 (5b)
Tillekaratne Dilshan 25 (13b)
Shane Watson 2-0-26-0
3.1 Mitchell Claydon to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
3.2 Mitchell Claydon to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
3.3 Mitchell Claydon to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Easy single. (1)
3.4 Mitchell Claydon to Colin Ingram, He takes a step down the track and turns an attempted yorker into a full-toss, and dispatches it over long-on for six! (6)
3.5 Mitchell Claydon to Colin Ingram, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
3.6 Mitchell Claydon to Colin Ingram, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
End of over 4
Cardiff Crusaders 48/0 (RR : 12) Required RR(10.2)
Colin Ingram 20 (8b)
Tillekaratne Dilshan 28 (16b)
Mitchell Claydon 2-0-22-0
4.1 Shane Watson to Tillekaratne Dilshan, Top edge...and gone!
Tillekaratne Dilshan c & b Shane Watson
Runs : 28 Balls : 17 S/R : 164.7
(0)
4.2 Shane Watson to Steve Smith, 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)
4.3 Shane Watson to Steve Smith, 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)
4.4 Shane Watson to Steve Smith, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
4.5 Shane Watson to Colin Ingram, Struck in front, All fielders appealing, and Got him!
Colin Ingram lbw Shane Watson
Runs : 20 Balls : 9 S/R : 222.2
(0)
4.6 Shane Watson to Eoin Morgan, 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)
End of over 5
Cardiff Crusaders 51/2 (RR : 10.2) Required RR(10.7)
Eoin Morgan 0 (1b)
Steve Smith 3 (3b)
Shane Watson 3-0-29-2
5.1 Mitchell Claydon to Steve Smith, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
5.2 Mitchell Claydon to Steve Smith, The batsman drops the ball at his feet and sets off for a quick single, but the bowler pounces on it, turns around, and knocks the stumps down in one quick effort to send him packing! Brilliant effort.
Steve Smith run out Suresh Raina
Runs : 5 Balls : 5 S/R : 100
(0)
5.3 Mitchell Claydon to Mohammad Nabi, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
5.4 Mitchell Claydon to Eoin Morgan, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
5.5 Mitchell Claydon to Eoin Morgan, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
5.6 Mitchell Claydon to Eoin Morgan, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
End of over 6
Cardiff Crusaders 55/3 (RR : 9.17) Required RR(11.1)
Mohammad Nabi 1 (1b)
Eoin Morgan 1 (4b)
Mitchell Claydon 3-0-26-0
6.1 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single.Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
6.2 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
6.3 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
6.4 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
6.5 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
6.6 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 7
Cardiff Crusaders 63/3 (RR : 9) Required RR(11.4)
Eoin Morgan 8 (9b)
Mohammad Nabi 2 (2b)
Suresh Raina 1-0-8-0
7.1 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
7.2 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
7.3 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, He tried to go over the top but doesn't connect well. However, it's placed in the gap the ball trickles away for four. (4)
7.4 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
7.5 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
7.6 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
End of over 8
Cardiff Crusaders 77/3 (RR : 9.63) Required RR(11.2)
Mohammad Nabi 9 (5b)
Eoin Morgan 15 (12b)
Mitchell Marsh 1-0-14-0
8.1 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
8.2 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
8.3 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
8.4 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
8.5 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
8.6 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
End of over 9
Cardiff Crusaders 84/3 (RR : 9.33) Required RR(11.5)
Mohammad Nabi 12 (7b)
Eoin Morgan 19 (16b)
Suresh Raina 2-0-15-0
9.1 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
9.2 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
9.3 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
9.4 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
9.5 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
9.6 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, Good running, two runs. (2)
End of over 10
Cardiff Crusaders 93/3 (RR : 9.3) Required RR(11.8)
Mohammad Nabi 15 (10b)
Eoin Morgan 25 (19b)
Mitchell Marsh 2-0-23-0
10.1 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
10.2 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, Good short ball, the batsman is caught off guard and top edges it high in the air! The keeper is after it...he's runs hard...and the ball lands just after him! He drops a glove and hurls the ball in to keep the batsman to just a single. (1)
10.3 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
10.4 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
10.5 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, Very well bowled. (0)
10.6 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, 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)
End of over 11
Cardiff Crusaders 96/3 (RR : 8.73) Required RR(12.8)
Mohammad Nabi 15 (14b)
Eoin Morgan 28 (21b)
Suresh Raina 3-0-18-0
11.1 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
11.2 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, No shot offered. (0)
11.3 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
11.4 Mitchell Marsh to Eoin Morgan, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
11.5 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
11.6 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
End of over 12
Cardiff Crusaders 101/3 (RR : 8.42) Required RR(13.8)
Mohammad Nabi 19 (16b)
Eoin Morgan 29 (25b)
Mitchell Marsh 3-0-28-0
12.1 Luke Wright to Eoin Morgan, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
12.2 Luke Wright to Eoin Morgan, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
12.3 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Good running, two runs. (2)
12.4 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Very well bowled. (0)
12.5 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
12.6 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
End of over 13
Cardiff Crusaders 109/3 (RR : 8.38) Required RR(14.6)
Eoin Morgan 34 (27b)
Mohammad Nabi 22 (20b)
Luke Wright 1-0-8-0
13.1 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, Very well bowled. (0)
13.2 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, 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)
13.3 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, No shot offered. (0)
13.4 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
13.5 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, 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)
13.6 Mitchell Marsh to Mohammad Nabi, Good running, two runs. (2)
End of over 14
Cardiff Crusaders 113/3 (RR : 8.07) Required RR(16.3)
Mohammad Nabi 26 (26b)
Eoin Morgan 34 (27b)
Mitchell Marsh 4-0-32-0
14.1 Suresh Raina to Eoin Morgan, That's gone high...really high...very very very high...it's lost in the sky...will someone catch this? The fielders all come under it...someone has to take it...NOOOOOOO! It's been dropped! And the batsmen manage to come back for a third in all the chaos! (5)
14.2 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, 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)
14.3 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, 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)
14.4 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
14.5 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
14.6 Suresh Raina to Mohammad Nabi, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
End of over 15
Cardiff Crusaders 119/3 (RR : 7.93) Required RR(18.4)
Eoin Morgan 39 (28b)
Mohammad Nabi 27 (31b)
Suresh Raina 4-0-24-0
15.1 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
15.2 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
15.3 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Very well bowled. (0)
15.4 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
15.5 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
15.6 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Good running, two runs. (2)
End of over 16
Cardiff Crusaders 127/3 (RR : 7.94) Required RR(21)
Mohammad Nabi 35 (37b)
Eoin Morgan 39 (28b)
Luke Wright 2-0-16-0
16.1 Fabian Cowdrey to Eoin Morgan, Slog-sweep time! He's executed that quite well too, and...yes, it's six! Nice job son! (6)
16.2 Fabian Cowdrey to Eoin Morgan, Going, Going, Gone! Six Runs! (6)
16.3 Fabian Cowdrey to Eoin Morgan, Great bowling. Lures him forward, beats him in flight, and the keeper does the rest. Excellent cricket.
Eoin Morgan st Gary Wilson b Fabian Cowdrey
Runs : 51 Balls : 31 S/R : 164.5
(0)
16.4 Fabian Cowdrey to Geraint Jones, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
16.5 Fabian Cowdrey to Geraint Jones, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, who fires a throw back in immediately. The batsmen try to scrable through for a single, but they're caught short! Brilliant fielding, and a wicket for the fielding side!
Geraint Jones run out Shane Watson
Runs : 2 Balls : 2 S/R : 100
(0)
16.6 Fabian Cowdrey to Gareth Roderick, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
End of over 17
Cardiff Crusaders 142/5 (RR : 8.35) Required RR(23)
Mohammad Nabi 35 (37b)
Gareth Roderick 1 (1b)
Fabian Cowdrey 1-0-15-1
17.1 Luke Wright to Gareth Roderick, Great bowling, poor shot, and a regulation catch. Soft dismissal there.
Gareth Roderick c Fabian Cowdrey b Luke Wright
Runs : 1 Balls : 2 S/R : 50
(0)
17.2 Luke Wright to Stuart Broad, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
17.3 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, , No BallAh that's a rubbish ball, and the batsman wastest no time in putting the trash away. Six! (6)
17.3 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, 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)
17.4 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, And the batsman pulls out the sweep shot! Takes a lot of skill to play that, and he has enough to place it for two. (2)
17.5 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, No shot offered. (0)
17.6 Luke Wright to Mohammad Nabi, Excellent bowling, catches the batsman off-guard with a vicious bouncer! Unfortunately for the bowler, the batsmen top edges it over the head of the keeper for six! Tough luck son, maybe you'll get him next time. (6)
End of over 18
Cardiff Crusaders 158/6 (RR : 8.78) Required RR(26.5)
Mohammad Nabi 49 (41b)
Stuart Broad 1 (1b)
Luke Wright 3-0-32-1
18.1 Shane Watson to Stuart Broad, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
18.2 Shane Watson to Mohammad Nabi, He's hit on the pads, the fielders let out a shout. The umpire has no qualms, and gives him out!
Mohammad Nabi lbw Shane Watson
Runs : 49 Balls : 42 S/R : 116.7
(0)
18.3 Shane Watson to David Payne, He walks down the track, but does it too early, and the bowler fires the ball wide. The batsman tries to reach it but fails, and the keeper does the rest. Clever bowling.
David Payne st Gary Wilson b Shane Watson
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
18.4 Shane Watson to Micheal Hogan, That wasn't a bad ball, but the batsmen went at it with everything except the kitchen sink, and got enough on it to send it over the fence! 6 more! (6)
18.5 Shane Watson to Micheal Hogan, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
18.6 Shane Watson to Micheal Hogan, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
End of over 19
Cardiff Crusaders 169/8 (RR : 8.89) Required RR(42)
Micheal Hogan 10 (3b)
Stuart Broad 2 (2b)
Shane Watson 4-0-40-4
19.1 Mitchell Claydon to Stuart Broad, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
19.2 Mitchell Claydon to Micheal Hogan, Ooooh, he's not going to be a happy man after that dismissal. His partner called him through for a suicidical single there! If I were him I'd stay far, far away...
Micheal Hogan run out Adam Riley
Runs : 10 Balls : 4 S/R : 250
(0)
19.3 Mitchell Claydon to Imran Tahir, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
19.4 Mitchell Claydon to Imran Tahir, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
19.5 Mitchell Claydon to Stuart Broad, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
19.6 Mitchell Claydon to Stuart Broad, For all the Americans out there, that's the cricketing equivalent of a Home-Run. Nice stuff. Six. (6)
End of over 20
Cardiff Crusaders 183/9 (RR : 9.15) Required RR(1.#J)
Stuart Broad 11 (5b)
Imran Tahir 5 (2b)
Mitchell Claydon 4-0-40-0
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 183
Wickets : 9
Overs : 20.0
Cardiff Crusaders Innings
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Tillekaratne Dilshan c & b Shane Watson 28 17 2 1 164.7
Colin Ingram lbw Shane Watson 20 9 0 2 222.2
Steve Smith run out Suresh Raina 5 5 0 0 100
Eoin Morgan st Gary Wilson b Fabian Cowdrey 51 31 3 2 164.5
Mohammad Nabi lbw Shane Watson 49 42 2 2 116.7
Geraint Jones run out Shane Watson 2 2 0 0 100
Gareth Roderick c Fabian Cowdrey b Luke Wright 1 2 0 0 50
Stuart Broad not out 11 5 0 1 220
David Payne st Gary Wilson b Shane Watson 0 1 0 0 0
Micheal Hogan run out Adam Riley 10 4 1 1 250
Imran Tahir not out 5 2 1 0 250
Total: 183 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.15
Extras : 1 No Balls : 1 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
Kent Cougars Bowling
Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Shane Watson 4.0 0 40 4 10
Luke Wright 3.0 0 32 1 10.67
Suresh Raina 4.0 0 24 0 6
Mitchell Marsh 4.0 0 32 0 8
Fabian Cowdrey 1.0 0 15 1 15
Mitchell Claydon 4.0 0 40 0 10
Total: 183 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.15
Extras : 1 No Balls : 1 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
Kent Cougars - 211/8 in 20.0 overs.
Cardiff Crusaders - 183/9 in 20.0 overs.
Kent Cougars wins the match by 28 runs