FINALS DAY | MORNING | 2nd INNINGS
...Nottingham Dragons need 191 to win
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0.1 Benjamin Frazer to Rohit Sharma, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
0.2 Benjamin Frazer to Rohit Sharma, Very well bowled. (0)
0.3 Benjamin Frazer to Rohit Sharma, 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)
0.4 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, 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)
0.5 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, One more to the total. (1)
0.6 Benjamin Frazer to Rohit Sharma, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
End of over 1
Nottingham Dragons 10/0 (RR : 10) Required RR(9.47)
Rohit Sharma 5 (4b)
Luke Ronchi 5 (2b)
Benjamin Frazer 1-0-10-0
1.1 Bradley Wadlan to Luke Ronchi, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
1.2 Bradley Wadlan to Luke Ronchi, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
1.3 Bradley Wadlan to Luke Ronchi, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
1.4 Bradley Wadlan to Luke Ronchi, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
1.5 Bradley Wadlan to Luke Ronchi, 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)
1.6 Bradley Wadlan to Rohit Sharma, 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)
End of over 2
Nottingham Dragons 19/0 (RR : 9.5) Required RR(9.5)
Rohit Sharma 11 (5b)
Luke Ronchi 8 (7b)
Bradley Wadlan 1-0-9-0
2.1 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, Oh my, he has absolutely hammered that down the ground! That'll be one of the flattest sixes you'll ever see! (6)
2.2 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
2.3 Benjamin Frazer to Rohit Sharma, That was a very good delivery. (0)
2.4 Benjamin Frazer to Rohit Sharma, Full, wide, the batsman slashes hard at it and edges it straight to second slip! Out!
Rohit Sharma c & b Benjamin Frazer
Runs : 11 Balls : 7 S/R : 157.1
(0)
2.5 Benjamin Frazer 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)
2.6 Benjamin Frazer to Micheal Lumb, Beautiful shot! Down the ground, easy four for the batsman. (4)
End of over 3
Nottingham Dragons 34/1 (RR : 11.3) Required RR(9.18)
Micheal Lumb 8 (2b)
Luke Ronchi 15 (9b)
Benjamin Frazer 2-0-25-1
3.1 Bradley Wadlan to Luke Ronchi, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
3.2 Bradley Wadlan to Micheal Lumb, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
3.3 Bradley Wadlan 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)
3.4 Bradley Wadlan to Luke Ronchi, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
3.5 Bradley Wadlan to Micheal Lumb, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
3.6 Bradley Wadlan to Luke Ronchi, Easy single. (1)
End of over 4
Nottingham Dragons 39/1 (RR : 9.75) Required RR(9.44)
Micheal Lumb 10 (4b)
Luke Ronchi 18 (13b)
Bradley Wadlan 2-0-14-0
4.1 Benjamin Frazer 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)
4.2 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
4.3 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
4.4 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, Very well bowled. (0)
4.5 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, , No BallOh my, he has absolutely hammered that down the ground! That'll be one of the flattest sixes you'll ever see! (6)
4.5 Benjamin Frazer to Luke Ronchi, Yes! No! Yes! No! Too late, you've gotta go! Runout!
Luke Ronchi run out Chris Gayle
Runs : 28 Balls : 18 S/R : 155.6
(0)
4.6 Benjamin Frazer to William Porterfield, One more to the total. (1)
End of over 5
Nottingham Dragons 51/2 (RR : 10.2) Required RR(9.27)
Micheal Lumb 10 (4b)
William Porterfield 1 (1b)
Benjamin Frazer 3-0-37-1
5.1 Bradley Wadlan 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)
5.2 Bradley Wadlan to William Porterfield, Fantastic slower ball, the batsman swings twice and still misses it, and is caught plumb in front!
William Porterfield lbw Bradley Wadlan
Runs : 5 Balls : 3 S/R : 166.7
(0)
5.3 Bradley Wadlan to Nick Browne, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
5.4 Bradley Wadlan to Micheal Lumb, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
5.5 Bradley Wadlan to Nick Browne, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
5.6 Bradley Wadlan to Nick Browne, 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!
Nick Browne run out Bradley Wadlan
Runs : 3 Balls : 3 S/R : 100
(0)
End of over 6
Nottingham Dragons 59/4 (RR : 9.83) Required RR(9.36)
Ravi Bopara 0 (0b)
Micheal Lumb 11 (5b)
Bradley Wadlan 3-0-22-1
6.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Micheal Lumb, Easy single. (1)
6.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
6.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Micheal Lumb, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
6.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, 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)
6.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 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)
6.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Micheal Lumb, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 7
Nottingham Dragons 63/4 (RR : 9) Required RR(9.77)
Micheal Lumb 13 (9b)
Ravi Bopara 2 (2b)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1-0-4-0
7.1 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
7.2 Alex Osmond to Micheal Lumb, 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)
7.3 Alex Osmond to Micheal Lumb, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
7.4 Alex Osmond to Micheal Lumb, Very well bowled. (0)
7.5 Alex Osmond to Micheal Lumb, 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)
7.6 Alex Osmond to Micheal Lumb, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
End of over 8
Nottingham Dragons 68/4 (RR : 8.5) Required RR(10.2)
Micheal Lumb 17 (14b)
Ravi Bopara 3 (3b)
Alex Osmond 1-0-5-0
8.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
8.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
8.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
8.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Micheal Lumb, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
8.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Micheal Lumb, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
8.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
End of over 9
Nottingham Dragons 73/4 (RR : 8.11) Required RR(10.6)
Micheal Lumb 20 (16b)
Ravi Bopara 5 (7b)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2-0-9-0
9.1 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
9.2 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, 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)
9.3 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, 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)
9.4 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, 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)
9.5 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, 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)
9.6 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, Easy single. (1)
End of over 10
Nottingham Dragons 82/4 (RR : 8.2) Required RR(10.8)
Micheal Lumb 20 (16b)
Ravi Bopara 14 (13b)
Christian Purchase 1-0-9-0
10.1 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, Good running, two runs. (2)
10.2 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
10.3 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, 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)
10.4 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
10.5 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, 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)
10.6 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, , No BallGOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
10.6 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
End of over 11
Nottingham Dragons 91/4 (RR : 8.27) Required RR(11)
Ravi Bopara 22 (19b)
Micheal Lumb 20 (16b)
Moeen Ali 1-0-9-0
11.1 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, 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)
11.2 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, Very well bowled. (0)
11.3 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
11.4 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
11.5 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
11.6 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, One more to the total. (1)
End of over 12
Nottingham Dragons 101/4 (RR : 8.42) Required RR(11.1)
Micheal Lumb 29 (21b)
Ravi Bopara 23 (20b)
Christian Purchase 2-0-19-0
12.1 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
12.2 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, One, Two, Three more added to the total. Well run! (5)
12.3 Alex Osmond to Micheal Lumb, No shot offered. (0)
12.4 Alex Osmond to Micheal Lumb, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
12.5 Alex Osmond to Micheal Lumb, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
12.6 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 13
Nottingham Dragons 111/4 (RR : 8.54) Required RR(11.3)
Ravi Bopara 30 (23b)
Micheal Lumb 32 (24b)
Alex Osmond 2-0-15-0
13.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Micheal Lumb, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
13.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Micheal Lumb, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
13.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, 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)
13.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
13.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Micheal Lumb, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
13.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravi Bopara, 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 14
Nottingham Dragons 122/4 (RR : 8.71) Required RR(11.3)
Ravi Bopara 37 (26b)
Micheal Lumb 36 (27b)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3-0-20-0
14.1 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
14.2 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
14.3 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, Very well bowled. (0)
14.4 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
14.5 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
14.6 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
End of over 15
Nottingham Dragons 130/4 (RR : 8.67) Required RR(12)
Micheal Lumb 39 (29b)
Ravi Bopara 42 (30b)
Christian Purchase 3-0-27-0
15.1 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, 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)
15.2 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
15.3 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, That was a very good delivery. (0)
15.4 Moeen Ali to Ravi Bopara, 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)
15.5 Moeen Ali to Micheal Lumb, Short ball outside offstump, the batsman rocks back to cut it and sends it up and over point for six! (6)
15.6 Moeen Ali to Micheal Lumb, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
End of over 16
Nottingham Dragons 142/4 (RR : 8.88) Required RR(12)
Ravi Bopara 47 (34b)
Micheal Lumb 46 (31b)
Moeen Ali 2-0-21-0
16.1 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
16.2 Christian Purchase to Micheal Lumb, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard Lumb, wants his fifty, and the batsman slips and falls! The throw is in, he tries to get back in time, but it's in vain and he's out runout! Oh that's just bad luck. Micheal Lumb misses his fifty to Jack Burnham
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16.3 Christian Purchase to Samit Patel, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
16.4 Christian Purchase to Samit Patel, Good running, two runs. (2)
16.5 Christian Purchase to Samit Patel, Easy single. (1)
16.6 Christian Purchase to Ravi Bopara, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 17
Nottingham Dragons 147/5 (RR : 8.65) Required RR(14.3)
Ravi Bopara 47 (35b)
Samit Patel 3 (3b)
Christian Purchase 4-0-32-0
17.1 Alex Osmond to Samit Patel, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
17.2 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, 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! Ravi Bopara gets a much needed fifty!
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17.3 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, For all the Americans out there, that's the cricketing equivalent of a Home-Run. Nice stuff. Six. (6)
17.4 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, , No BallScorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
17.4 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, 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 Alex Osmond to Ravi Bopara, 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)
17.6 Alex Osmond to Samit Patel, Wrong call, this could be trouble, and out!
Samit Patel run out Bradley Wadlan
Runs : 4 Balls : 5 S/R : 80
(0)
End of over 18
Nottingham Dragons 164/6 (RR : 9.11) Required RR(13)
Adil Rashid 0 (0b)
Ravi Bopara 62 (39b)
Alex Osmond 3-0-32-0
18.1 Bradley Wadlan to Ravi Bopara, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
18.2 Bradley Wadlan to Ravi Bopara, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
18.3 Bradley Wadlan to Ravi Bopara, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
18.4 Bradley Wadlan to Ravi Bopara, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
18.5 Bradley Wadlan to Ravi Bopara, 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)
18.6 Bradley Wadlan to Ravi Bopara, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 19
Nottingham Dragons 168/6 (RR : 8.84) Required RR(22)
Ravi Bopara 66 (45b)
Adil Rashid 0 (0b)
Bradley Wadlan 4-0-26-1
Nottingham Dragons need 23 runs off 6 balls to win the title...