0.1 Nathan Smith to Armaan Jaffer, Low fulltoss, the batsman lines up for the big shot, and misses completely! LBW! Gosh that's rubbish batting, the batsman is kicking himself!
Armaan Jaffer lbw Nathan Smith
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
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0.2 Nathan Smith to Mahipal Lomror, 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)
0.3 Nathan Smith to Mahipal Lomror, No shot offered. (0)
0.4 Nathan Smith to Mahipal Lomror, 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 Nathan Smith to Vishva Chathuranga, 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)
0.6 Nathan Smith to Vishva Chathuranga, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
End of over 1
Western Lions 3/1 (RR : 3)
Vishva Chathuranga 0 (2b)
Mahipal Lomror 3 (3b)
Nathan Smith 1-0-3-1
1.1 Yash Thakur to Mahipal Lomror, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
1.2 Yash Thakur to Mahipal Lomror, 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)
1.3 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, No shot offered. (0)
1.4 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
1.5 Yash Thakur to Mahipal Lomror, Very well bowled. (0)
1.6 Yash Thakur to Mahipal Lomror, Oooh! Good ball, yorker length delivery on the legstump. The batsman just barely gets his bat down on time, and the non striker urges him through for a quick single. (1)
End of over 2
Western Lions 6/1 (RR : 3)
Vishva Chathuranga 1 (4b)
Mahipal Lomror 5 (7b)
Yash Thakur 1-0-3-0
2.1 Nathan Smith to Mahipal Lomror, Reverse sweep, and he's missed completely! Boy that's humiliating!
Mahipal Lomror b Nathan Smith
Runs : 5 Balls : 8 S/R : 62.5
(0)
2.2 Nathan Smith to Washington Sundar, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
2.3 Nathan Smith to Washington Sundar, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
2.4 Nathan Smith to Washington Sundar, Very well bowled. (0)
2.5 Nathan Smith to Washington Sundar, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
2.6 Nathan Smith to Washington Sundar, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 3
Western Lions 8/2 (RR : 2.67)
Washington Sundar 2 (5b)
Vishva Chathuranga 1 (4b)
Nathan Smith 2-0-5-2
3.1 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
3.2 Yash Thakur to Washington Sundar, 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)
3.3 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, That's a single. (1)
3.4 Yash Thakur to Washington Sundar, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
3.5 Yash Thakur to Washington Sundar, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
3.6 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, , Wide, one run (1)
3.6 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, 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 4
Western Lions 15/2 (RR : 3.75)
Vishva Chathuranga 3 (7b)
Washington Sundar 6 (8b)
Yash Thakur 2-0-10-0
4.1 Nathan Smith to Washington Sundar, That was a very good delivery. (0)
4.2 Nathan Smith to Washington Sundar, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
4.3 Nathan Smith to Vishva Chathuranga, Very well bowled. (0)
4.4 Nathan Smith to Vishva Chathuranga, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
4.5 Nathan Smith to Washington Sundar, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
4.6 Nathan Smith to Vishva Chathuranga, That's a single. (1)
End of over 5
Western Lions 19/2 (RR : 3.8)
Washington Sundar 8 (11b)
Vishva Chathuranga 5 (10b)
Nathan Smith 3-0-9-2
5.1 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, That was a very good delivery. (0)
5.2 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
5.3 Yash Thakur to Washington Sundar, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! The fielder dives to his right, and snaffles the catch! Gone!
Washington Sundar c & b Yash Thakur
Runs : 8 Balls : 12 S/R : 66.67
(0)
5.4 Yash Thakur to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
5.5 Yash Thakur to Sarfaraz Khan, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
5.6 Yash Thakur to Sarfaraz Khan, No shot offered. (0)
End of over 6
Western Lions 28/3 (RR : 4.67)
Sarfaraz Khan 8 (3b)
Vishva Chathuranga 6 (12b)
Yash Thakur 3-0-19-1
6.1 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, 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)
6.2 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
6.3 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, That was a very good delivery. (0)
6.4 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
6.5 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
6.6 Rahul Chahar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
End of over 7
Western Lions 40/3 (RR : 5.71)
Vishva Chathuranga 15 (17b)
Sarfaraz Khan 11 (4b)
Rahul Chahar 1-0-12-0
7.1 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
7.2 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Very well bowled. (0)
7.3 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Easy single. (1)
7.4 Mohammad Asghar to Vishva Chathuranga, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
7.5 Mohammad Asghar to Vishva Chathuranga, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
7.6 Mohammad Asghar to Vishva Chathuranga, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 8
Western Lions 45/3 (RR : 5.63)
Vishva Chathuranga 19 (20b)
Sarfaraz Khan 12 (7b)
Mohammad Asghar 1-0-5-0
8.1 Nazmul Hossain to Sarfaraz Khan, Good running, two runs. (2)
8.2 Nazmul Hossain to Sarfaraz Khan, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
8.3 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, 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)
8.4 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
8.5 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
8.6 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Gorgeous square drive, placed perfectly past point. There isn't a lot of power in the shot though, and third man cuts it off while the batsmen run hard for three. (3)
End of over 9
Western Lions 55/3 (RR : 6.11)
Sarfaraz Khan 15 (9b)
Vishva Chathuranga 26 (24b)
Nazmul Hossain 1-0-10-0
9.1 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
9.2 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Very well bowled. (0)
9.3 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
9.4 Rahul Chahar to Sarfaraz Khan, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
9.5 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
9.6 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Lofted drive, falls into the gap. The ball gets stuck in the outfield meaning the batsmen get only two. (2)
End of over 10
Western Lions 63/3 (RR : 6.3)
Vishva Chathuranga 33 (29b)
Sarfaraz Khan 16 (10b)
Rahul Chahar 2-0-20-0
10.1 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
10.2 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
10.3 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, He walks across his stumps trying to paddle it away, but misses it. And the keeper's appealing! There was a sound as the ball passed the batsman, and the umpire is unmoved. Replays show it was off the pad. Good call. (0)
10.4 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
10.5 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
End of over 11
Western Lions 72/3 (RR : 6.55)
Vishva Chathuranga 33 (29b)
Sarfaraz Khan 25 (16b)
Mohammad Asghar 2-0-14-0
11.1 Nazmul Hossain to Sarfaraz Khan, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
11.2 Nazmul Hossain to Sarfaraz Khan, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
11.3 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
11.4 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, 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)
11.5 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
11.6 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
End of over 12
Western Lions 75/3 (RR : 6.25)
Vishva Chathuranga 35 (33b)
Sarfaraz Khan 26 (18b)
Nazmul Hossain 2-0-13-0
12.1 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
12.2 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
12.3 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
12.4 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
12.5 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
12.6 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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 13
Western Lions 82/3 (RR : 6.31)
Vishva Chathuranga 35 (33b)
Sarfaraz Khan 33 (24b)
Mohammad Asghar 3-0-21-0
13.1 Rahul Chahar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
13.2 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Very well bowled. (0)
13.3 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, 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)
13.4 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
13.5 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, 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)
13.6 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
End of over 14
Western Lions 93/3 (RR : 6.64)
Vishva Chathuranga 45 (38b)
Sarfaraz Khan 34 (25b)
Rahul Chahar 3-0-31-0
14.1 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
14.2 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, That was a very good delivery. (0)
14.3 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
14.4 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
14.5 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
14.6 Mohammad Asghar to Sarfaraz Khan, Easy single. (1)
End of over 15
Western Lions 96/3 (RR : 6.4)
Vishva Chathuranga 45 (38b)
Sarfaraz Khan 37 (31b)
Mohammad Asghar 4-0-24-0
15.1 Nazmul Hossain to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
15.2 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
15.3 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Very well bowled. (0)
15.4 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
15.5 Nazmul Hossain to Sarfaraz Khan, , Wide, one run (1)
15.5 Nazmul Hossain to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
15.6 Nazmul Hossain to Vishva Chathuranga, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
End of over 16
Western Lions 100/3 (RR : 6.25)
Vishva Chathuranga 46 (42b)
Sarfaraz Khan 39 (33b)
Nazmul Hossain 3-0-17-0
16.1 Shubham Gill to Sarfaraz Khan, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
16.2 Shubham Gill to Sarfaraz Khan, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
16.3 Shubham Gill to Sarfaraz Khan, Very well bowled. (0)
16.4 Shubham Gill to Sarfaraz Khan, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
16.5 Shubham Gill to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
16.6 Shubham Gill to Sarfaraz Khan, , Byes, another 2 run(s) (2)
End of over 17
Western Lions 112/3 (RR : 6.59)
Vishva Chathuranga 46 (42b)
Sarfaraz Khan 49 (38b)
Shubham Gill 1-0-10-0
17.1 Rahul Chahar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
17.2 Rahul Chahar to Sarfaraz Khan, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
17.3 Rahul Chahar to Sarfaraz Khan, No shot offered. (0)
17.4 Rahul Chahar to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
17.5 Rahul Chahar to Vishva Chathuranga, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
17.6 Rahul Chahar to Sarfaraz Khan, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
End of over 18
Western Lions 117/3 (RR : 6.5)
Vishva Chathuranga 47 (43b)
Sarfaraz Khan 53 (43b)
Rahul Chahar 4-0-36-0
18.1 Yash Thakur to Sarfaraz Khan, , Leg Byes, another 2 run(s) (2)
18.2 Yash Thakur to Vishva Chathuranga, 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)
18.3 Yash Thakur to Sarfaraz Khan, 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)
18.4 Yash Thakur to Sarfaraz Khan, Short ball outside offstump, the batsman rocks back to cut it and sends it up and over point for six! (6)
18.5 Yash Thakur to Sarfaraz Khan, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
18.6 Yash Thakur to Sarfaraz Khan, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! The fielder dives to his right, and snaffles the catch! Gone!
Sarfaraz Khan c Himanshu Rana b Yash Thakur
Runs : 63 Balls : 47 S/R : 134
(0)
End of over 19
Western Lions 132/4 (RR : 6.95)
Ankul Roy 0 (0b)
Vishva Chathuranga 50 (44b)
Yash Thakur 4-0-32-1
19.1 Nathan Smith to Vishva Chathuranga, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
19.2 Nathan Smith to Vishva Chathuranga, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
19.3 Nathan Smith to Vishva Chathuranga, 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)
19.4 Nathan Smith to Ankul Roy, 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)
19.5 Nathan Smith to Ankul Roy, Very well bowled. (0)
19.6 Nathan Smith to Ankul Roy, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
End of over 20
Western Lions 138/4 (RR : 6.9)
Vishva Chathuranga 55 (47b)
Ankul Roy 1 (3b)
Nathan Smith 4-0-15-2
The final scorecard for first innings was :
Score: 138
Wickets : 4
Overs : 20.0