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David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steven Smith (), George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood Chamu Chibhabha, Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza (), Peter Moor, Hamilton Masakadza, Sikandara Raza, Richmond Mutumambi, Graeme Cremer, Luke Jongwe, Neviller Madziva, Tinashe PanyangaraFIRST INNINGS:
0.1 Pat Cummins to Chamu Chibhabha, Sharp reflexes, excellent catch! That's certainly going to be on the highlight reel.
Chamu Chibhabha c & b Pat Cummins
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
0.2 Pat Cummins to Hamilton Masakadza, Slog-sweep time! He's executed that quite well too, and...yes, it's six! Nice job son! (6)
0.3 Pat Cummins to Hamilton Masakadza, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
0.4 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, 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 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
0.6 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, 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 1
Zimbabwe 13/1 (RR : 13)
Vusi Sibanda 6 (3b)
Hamilton Masakadza 7 (2b)
Pat Cummins 1-0-13-1
1.1 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
1.2 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, , No Ball. 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)
1.2 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, 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)
1.3 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
1.4 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Very well bowled. (0)
1.5 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
1.6 Mitchell Starc to Vusi Sibanda, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
End of over 2
Zimbabwe 33/1 (RR : 16.5)
Vusi Sibanda 10 (4b)
Hamilton Masakadza 22 (8b)
Mitchell Starc 1-0-20-0
2.1 Pat Cummins to Hamilton Masakadza, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
2.2 Pat Cummins to Hamilton Masakadza, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
2.3 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, Splendid shot for four! (4)
2.4 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
2.5 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
2.6 Pat Cummins to Hamilton Masakadza, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
End of over 3
Zimbabwe 45/1 (RR : 15)
Hamilton Masakadza 29 (11b)
Vusi Sibanda 15 (7b)
Pat Cummins 2-0-25-1
3.1 Mitchell Starc to Vusi Sibanda, I don't think he'll be attempting any more bouncers after that. The batsman has hooked that away magnificently for six! (6)
3.2 Mitchell Starc to Vusi Sibanda, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
3.3 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
3.4 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
3.5 Mitchell Starc to Vusi Sibanda, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
3.6 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Oh, that's a juicy full tossand the batsman has nailed it! 6 runs! (6)
End of over 4
Zimbabwe 60/1 (RR : 15)
Hamilton Masakadza 36 (14b)
Vusi Sibanda 23 (10b)
Mitchell Starc 2-0-35-0
4.1 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, One more to the total. (1)
4.2 Pat Cummins to Hamilton Masakadza, Very well bowled. (0)
4.3 Pat Cummins to Hamilton Masakadza, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
4.4 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
4.5 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, Very well bowled. (0)
4.6 Pat Cummins to Vusi Sibanda, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
End of over 5
Zimbabwe 68/1 (RR : 13.6)
Vusi Sibanda 30 (14b)
Hamilton Masakadza 37 (16b)
Pat Cummins 3-0-33-1
5.1 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
5.2 Mitchell Starc to Vusi Sibanda, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
5.3 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Beautiful shot! Down the ground, easy four for the batsman. (4)
5.4 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
5.5 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Low fulltoss, the batsman drives it down the ground for six! Great shot! The bowler is distraught! (6)
5.6 Mitchell Starc to Hamilton Masakadza, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 6
Zimbabwe 83/1 (RR : 13.8)
Vusi Sibanda 31 (15b)
Hamilton Masakadza 51 (21b)
Mitchell Starc 3-0-50-0
6.1 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
6.2 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
6.3 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
6.4 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, No shot offered. (0)
6.5 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
6.6 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
End of over 7
Zimbabwe 92/1 (RR : 13.1)
Vusi Sibanda 31 (15b)
Hamilton Masakadza 60 (27b)
Josh Hazlewood 1-0-9-0
7.1 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
7.2 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
7.3 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Easy single. (1)
7.4 Glenn Maxwell to Vusi Sibanda, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
7.5 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
7.6 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
End of over 8
Zimbabwe 98/1 (RR : 12.3)
Hamilton Masakadza 65 (32b)
Vusi Sibanda 32 (16b)
Glenn Maxwell 1-0-6-0
8.1 Josh Hazlewood to Vusi Sibanda, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
8.2 Josh Hazlewood to Vusi Sibanda, 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)
8.3 Josh Hazlewood to Vusi Sibanda, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
8.4 Josh Hazlewood to Vusi Sibanda, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
8.5 Josh Hazlewood to Vusi Sibanda, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
8.6 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, Easy single. (1)
End of over 9
Zimbabwe 106/1 (RR : 11.8)
Vusi Sibanda 39 (21b)
Hamilton Masakadza 66 (33b)
Josh Hazlewood 2-0-17-0
9.1 Shane Watson to Hamilton Masakadza, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
9.2 Shane Watson to Hamilton Masakadza, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
9.3 Shane Watson to Hamilton Masakadza, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
9.4 Shane Watson to Hamilton Masakadza, 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)
9.5 Shane Watson to Vusi Sibanda, 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 Shane Watson to Vusi Sibanda, 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 10
Zimbabwe 113/1 (RR : 11.3)
Vusi Sibanda 45 (23b)
Hamilton Masakadza 67 (37b)
Shane Watson 1-0-7-0
10.1 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, 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)
10.2 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
10.3 Glenn Maxwell to Vusi Sibanda, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
10.4 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Very well bowled. (0)
10.5 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, 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)
10.6 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
End of over 11
Zimbabwe 119/1 (RR : 10.8)
Hamilton Masakadza 72 (42b)
Vusi Sibanda 46 (24b)
Glenn Maxwell 2-0-12-0
11.1 Josh Hazlewood to Vusi Sibanda, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
11.2 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
11.3 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
11.4 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
11.5 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, Very well bowled. (0)
11.6 Josh Hazlewood to Hamilton Masakadza, Easy single. (1)
End of over 12
Zimbabwe 125/1 (RR : 10.4)
Vusi Sibanda 47 (25b)
Hamilton Masakadza 77 (47b)
Josh Hazlewood 3-0-23-0
12.1 James Faulkner to Hamilton Masakadza, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
12.2 James Faulkner to Vusi Sibanda, 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)
12.3 James Faulkner to Hamilton Masakadza, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
12.4 James Faulkner to Hamilton Masakadza, Very well bowled. (0)
12.5 James Faulkner to Hamilton Masakadza, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
12.6 James Faulkner to Hamilton Masakadza, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
End of over 13
Zimbabwe 136/1 (RR : 10.5)
Vusi Sibanda 50 (26b)
Hamilton Masakadza 85 (52b)
James Faulkner 1-0-11-0
13.1 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, 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)
13.2 Glenn Maxwell to Vusi Sibanda, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
13.3 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, That's a single. (1)
13.4 Glenn Maxwell to Vusi Sibanda, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
13.5 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
13.6 Glenn Maxwell to Vusi Sibanda, 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 14
Zimbabwe 144/1 (RR : 10.3)
Hamilton Masakadza 88 (55b)
Vusi Sibanda 55 (29b)
Glenn Maxwell 3-0-20-0
14.1 Shane Watson to Vusi Sibanda, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
14.2 Shane Watson to Vusi Sibanda, Beautiful shot! Down the ground, easy four for the batsman. (4)
14.3 Shane Watson to Vusi Sibanda, 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)
14.4 Shane Watson to Vusi Sibanda, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
14.5 Shane Watson to Vusi Sibanda, Very well bowled. (0)
14.6 Shane Watson to Vusi Sibanda, 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 15
Zimbabwe 154/1 (RR : 10.3)
Vusi Sibanda 65 (35b)
Hamilton Masakadza 88 (55b)
Shane Watson 2-0-17-0
15.1 Glenn Maxwell to Hamilton Masakadza, Full, wide, the batsman slashes hard at it and edges it straight to second slip! Out!
Hamilton Masakadza c Steven Smith b Glenn Maxwell
Runs : 88 Balls : 56 S/R : 157.1
(0)
15.2 Glenn Maxwell to Peter Moor, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
15.3 Glenn Maxwell to Peter Moor, , No Ball. Down the track and driven through midwicket. There is no fielder in the deep so Long On has to run around to field it, and so in the meanwhile the batsmen get three. Poor bowling but good placement. (3)
15.3 Glenn Maxwell to Vusi Sibanda, Low fulltoss, the batsman lines up for the big shot, and misses completely! LBW! Gosh that's rubbish batting, the batsman is kicking himself!
Vusi Sibanda lbw Glenn Maxwell
Runs : 65 Balls : 36 S/R : 180.6
(0)
15.4 Glenn Maxwell to Malcom Waller, 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)
15.5 Glenn Maxwell to Malcom Waller, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
15.6 Glenn Maxwell to Peter Moor, Full, wide, the batsman slashes hard at it and edges it straight to second slip! Out!
Peter Moor c Mitchell Starc b Glenn Maxwell
Runs : 7 Balls : 3 S/R : 233.3
(0)
End of over 16
Zimbabwe 167/4 (RR : 10.4)
Sikandar Raza 0 (0b)
Hamilton Masakadza 5 (2b)
Glenn Maxwell 4-0-33-3
16.1 Josh Hazlewood to Malcom Waller, Very well bowled. (0)
16.2 Josh Hazlewood to Malcom Waller, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
16.3 Josh Hazlewood to Malcom Waller, 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)
16.4 Josh Hazlewood to Malcom Waller, Slog-sweep time! He swings, and misses! Clean bowled. Aw shucks.
Malcom Waller b Josh Hazlewood
Runs : 9 Balls : 6 S/R : 150
(0)
16.5 Josh Hazlewood to Richmond Mutumbami, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
16.6 Josh Hazlewood to Richmond Mutumbami, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
End of over 17
Zimbabwe 173/5 (RR : 10.2)
Richmond Mutumbami 2 (2b)
Sikandar Raza 0 (0b)
Josh Hazlewood 4-0-29-1
17.1 James Faulkner to Sikandar Raza, Very well bowled. (0)
17.2 James Faulkner to Sikandar Raza, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
17.3 James Faulkner to Sikandar Raza, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
17.4 James Faulkner to Sikandar Raza, 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)
17.5 James Faulkner to Sikandar Raza, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
17.6 James Faulkner to Sikandar Raza, 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 18
Zimbabwe 179/5 (RR : 9.94)
Sikandar Raza 6 (6b)
Richmond Mutumbami 2 (2b)
James Faulkner 2-0-17-0
18.1 Pat Cummins to Richmond Mutumbami, Very well bowled. (0)
18.2 Pat Cummins to Richmond Mutumbami, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
18.3 Pat Cummins to Richmond Mutumbami, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
18.4 Pat Cummins to Richmond Mutumbami, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
18.5 Pat Cummins to Richmond Mutumbami, 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)
18.6 Pat Cummins to Richmond Mutumbami, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
End of over 19
Zimbabwe 187/5 (RR : 9.84)
Richmond Mutumbami 10 (8b)
Sikandar Raza 6 (6b)
Pat Cummins 4-0-41-1
19.1 Mitchell Starc to Sikandar Raza, 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)
19.2 Mitchell Starc to Richmond Mutumbami, Very well bowled. (0)
19.3 Mitchell Starc to Richmond Mutumbami, Splendid shot for four! (4)
19.4 Mitchell Starc to Richmond Mutumbami, Nice yorker! The batsmen gets a thin inside edge, but the ball still finds legstump! Gone!
Richmond Mutumbami b Mitchell Starc
Runs : 14 Balls : 11 S/R : 127.3
(0)
19.5 Mitchell Starc to Graeme Cremer, , Wide, one run (1)
19.5 Mitchell Starc to Graeme Cremer, Bah, that was poor umpiring. Pitched outside leg, going over the top, and an inside edge! That's what you get for sleeping with the umpire's wife!
Graeme Cremer lbw Mitchell Starc
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
19.6 Mitchell Starc to Luke Jongwe, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
End of over 20
Zimbabwe 197/7 (RR : 9.85)
Luke Jongwe 2 (1b)
Sikandar Raza 9 (7b)
Mitchell Starc 4-0-60-2
The final scorecard for first innings was :
Score: 197
Wickets : 7
Overs : 20.0
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Chamu Chibhabha c & b Cummins 0 1 0 0 0
Vusi Sibanda lbw b Maxwell 65 36 8 1 180.6
Hamilton Masakadza c Smith b Maxwell 88 56 8 3 157.1
Peter Moor c Starc b Maxwell 7 3 1 0 233.3
Malcom Waller b Hazlewood 9 6 1 0 150
Sikandar Raza not out 9 7 1 0 128.6
Richmond Mutumbami b Starc 14 11 1 0 127.3
Graeme Cremer lbw b Starc 0 1 0 0 0
Luke Jongwe not out 2 1 0 0 200
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DNB: N Madziva, T Panyangara
Total: 197 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.85
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Glenn Maxwell 4.0 0 33 3 8.25
Shane Watson 2.0 0 17 0 8.5
James Faulkner 2.0 0 17 0 8.5
Mitchell Starc 4.0 0 60 2 15
Pat Cummins 4.0 0 41 1 10.25
Josh Hazlewood 4.0 0 29 1 7.25
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Extras : 3 No Balls : 2 Wides : 1 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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0.1 Tinashe Panyangara to David Warner, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
0.2 Tinashe Panyangara to David Warner, Going, Going, Gone! Six Runs! (6)
0.3 Tinashe Panyangara to David Warner, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
0.4 Tinashe Panyangara to David Warner, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
0.5 Tinashe Panyangara to Aaron Finch, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
0.6 Tinashe Panyangara to Aaron Finch, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
End of over 1
Australia 17/0 (RR : 17) Required RR(9.47)
Aaron Finch 4 (2b)
David Warner 13 (4b)
Tinashe Panyangara 1-0-17-0
1.1 Chamu Chibhabha to David Warner, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
1.2 Chamu Chibhabha to David Warner, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
1.3 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
1.4 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, 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)
1.5 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
1.6 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, 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)
End of over 2
Australia 26/0 (RR : 13) Required RR(9.5)
Aaron Finch 8 (6b)
David Warner 18 (6b)
Chamu Chibhabha 1-0-9-0
2.1 Tinashe Panyangara to David Warner, Top edge...and gone!
David Warner c Vusi Sibanda b Tinashe Panyangara
Runs : 18 Balls : 7 S/R : 257.1
(0)
2.2 Tinashe Panyangara to Steven Smith, That six has cleared the car park! (6)
2.3 Tinashe Panyangara to Steven Smith, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
2.4 Tinashe Panyangara to Steven Smith, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
2.5 Tinashe Panyangara to Steven Smith, 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)
2.6 Tinashe Panyangara to Aaron Finch, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
End of over 3
Australia 36/1 (RR : 12) Required RR(9.47)
Steven Smith 9 (4b)
Aaron Finch 9 (7b)
Tinashe Panyangara 2-0-27-1
3.1 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, 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)
3.2 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, 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)
3.3 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
3.4 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, Good running, two runs. (2)
3.5 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, 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)
3.6 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, 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)
End of over 4
Australia 44/1 (RR : 11) Required RR(9.56)
Aaron Finch 17 (13b)
Steven Smith 9 (4b)
Chamu Chibhabha 2-0-17-0
4.1 Tinashe Panyangara to Steven Smith, 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)
4.2 Tinashe Panyangara to Steven Smith, Ahhh that's poor fielding. The batsman taps it away for a single, and the fielder fires in an over-eager throw well wide of the stumps. No one is backing up and some the batsmen run two more in overthrows! The captain isn't happy! (3)
4.3 Tinashe Panyangara to Aaron Finch, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
4.4 Tinashe Panyangara to Steven Smith, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
4.5 Tinashe Panyangara to Steven Smith, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
4.6 Tinashe Panyangara to Aaron Finch, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
End of over 5
Australia 56/1 (RR : 11.2) Required RR(9.4)
Steven Smith 19 (8b)
Aaron Finch 19 (15b)
Tinashe Panyangara 3-0-39-1
5.1 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
5.2 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, 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)
5.3 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, 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)
5.4 Chamu Chibhabha to Aaron Finch, Easy single. (1)
5.5 Chamu Chibhabha to Steven Smith, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
5.6 Chamu Chibhabha to Steven Smith, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
End of over 6
Australia 74/1 (RR : 12.3) Required RR(8.79)
Aaron Finch 32 (19b)
Steven Smith 24 (10b)
Chamu Chibhabha 3-0-35-0
6.1 Luke Jongwe to Steven Smith, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
6.2 Luke Jongwe to Steven Smith, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
6.3 Luke Jongwe to Steven Smith, 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)
6.4 Luke Jongwe to Steven Smith, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
6.5 Luke Jongwe to Aaron Finch, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
6.6 Luke Jongwe to Aaron Finch, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
End of over 7
Australia 86/1 (RR : 12.3) Required RR(8.54)
Steven Smith 31 (14b)
Aaron Finch 37 (21b)
Luke Jongwe 1-0-12-0
7.1 Graeme Cremer to Aaron Finch, Flicked off his hips through the vacant square leg region for two runs. The captain decides to remove a man from gully to cover up that spot. (2)
7.2 Graeme Cremer to Aaron Finch, 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)
7.3 Graeme Cremer to Aaron Finch, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
7.4 Graeme Cremer to Steven Smith, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
7.5 Graeme Cremer to Steven Smith, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
7.6 Graeme Cremer to Steven Smith, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
End of over 8
Australia 97/1 (RR : 12.1) Required RR(8.33)
Steven Smith 39 (17b)
Aaron Finch 40 (24b)
Graeme Cremer 1-0-11-0
8.1 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, , No Ball. Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
8.1 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
8.2 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
8.3 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, Beautiful shot! Down the ground, easy four for the batsman. (4)
8.4 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, , No Ball. Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
8.4 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, 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)
8.5 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, 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)
8.6 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
End of over 9
Australia 116/1 (RR : 12.9) Required RR(7.36)
Steven Smith 52 (23b)
Aaron Finch 44 (26b)
Sikandar Raza 1-0-19-0
9.1 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
9.2 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
9.3 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
9.4 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
9.5 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
9.6 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, 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 10
Australia 133/1 (RR : 13.3) Required RR(6.4)
Steven Smith 52 (23b)
Aaron Finch 61 (32b)
Neville Madziva 1-0-17-0
10.1 Graeme Cremer to Aaron Finch, 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! (3)
10.2 Graeme Cremer to Steven Smith, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
10.3 Graeme Cremer to Steven Smith, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
10.4 Graeme Cremer to Aaron Finch, 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)
10.5 Graeme Cremer to Aaron Finch, Very well bowled. (0)
10.6 Graeme Cremer to Aaron Finch, That was a very good delivery. (0)
End of over 11
Australia 143/1 (RR : 13) Required RR(6)
Aaron Finch 68 (36b)
Steven Smith 55 (25b)
Graeme Cremer 2-0-21-0
11.1 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
11.2 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, That was a very good delivery. (0)
11.3 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
11.4 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
11.5 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
11.6 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
End of over 12
Australia 149/1 (RR : 12.4) Required RR(6)
Steven Smith 56 (28b)
Aaron Finch 73 (39b)
Sikandar Raza 2-0-25-0
12.1 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, 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)
12.2 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
12.3 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, Great stop! Saved a run there he did! (3)
12.4 Neville Madziva to Steven Smith, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
12.5 Neville Madziva to Steven Smith, No shot offered. (0)
12.6 Neville Madziva to Steven Smith, That's a single. (1)
End of over 13
Australia 157/1 (RR : 12.1) Required RR(5.71)
Aaron Finch 80 (42b)
Steven Smith 57 (31b)
Neville Madziva 2-0-25-0
13.1 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, 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)
13.2 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
13.3 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
13.4 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
13.5 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, He didn't middle that, but there is enough power on it to get the batsmen three. (3)
13.6 Sikandar Raza to Steven Smith, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
End of over 14
Australia 167/1 (RR : 11.9) Required RR(5)
Steven Smith 61 (34b)
Aaron Finch 86 (45b)
Sikandar Raza 3-0-35-0
14.1 Neville Madziva to Aaron Finch, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
14.2 Neville Madziva to Steven Smith, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
14.3 Neville Madziva to Steven Smith, No shot offered. (0)
14.4 Neville Madziva to Steven Smith, No shot offered. (0)
14.5 Neville Madziva to Steven Smith, 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)
14.6 Neville Madziva to Steven 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)
End of over 15
Australia 174/1 (RR : 11.6) Required RR(4.6)
Steven Smith 67 (39b)
Aaron Finch 87 (46b)
Neville Madziva 3-0-32-0
15.1 Luke Jongwe to Aaron Finch, Good running, two runs. (2)
15.2 Luke Jongwe to Aaron Finch, Great stop! Saved a run there he did! (3)
15.3 Luke Jongwe to Steven Smith, Very well bowled. (0)
15.4 Luke Jongwe to Steven Smith, Low fulltoss, the batsman drives it down the ground for six! Great shot! The bowler is distraught! (6)
15.5 Luke Jongwe to Steven Smith, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
15.6 Luke Jongwe to Aaron Finch, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
End of over 16
Australia 187/1 (RR : 11.7) Required RR(2.5)
Steven Smith 74 (42b)
Aaron Finch 93 (49b)
Luke Jongwe 2-0-25-0
16.1 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, Oh, that's a juicy full tossand the batsman has nailed it! 6 runs! (6)
16.2 Sikandar Raza to Aaron Finch, Oh my, he has absolutely hammered that down the ground! That'll be one of the flattest sixes you'll ever see! (6)
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 199
Wickets : 1
Overs : 16.2
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
David Warner c Sibanda b Panyangara 18 7 2 1 257.1
Aaron Finch not out 105 51 11 2 205.9
Steven Smith not out 74 42 8 2 176.2
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DNB: G Bailey, G Maxwell, S Watson, J Faulkner, M Wade, M Starc, P Cummins
J Hazlewood
Total: 199 Overs: 16.2 Run Rate: 12.44
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Chamu Chibhabha 3.0 0 35 0 11.67
Sikandar Raza 3.2 0 47 0 14.1
Graeme Cremer 2.0 0 21 0 10.5
Luke Jongwe 2.0 0 25 0 12.5
Neville Madziva 3.0 0 32 0 10.67
Tinashe Panyangara 3.0 0 39 1 13
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Extras : 2 No Balls : 2 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (), Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam Tilakaratne Dilshan, Danushk Gunathilaka, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews (), Thisara Perera, Chamara Kapugedara, Upul Tharanga, Rangana Herath, Sachitra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith MalingaFIRST INNINGS:
0.1 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne 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)
0.2 Taskin Ahmed to Danushka Gunathilaka, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
0.3 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, , Wide, one run (1)
0.3 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, 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)
0.4 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
0.5 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
0.6 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, The batsman looks surprised that that ball wasn't called a wide. The bowler's grinning as he makes his way back to his mark. (0)
End of over 1
Sri Lanka 9/0 (RR : 9)
Tilakaratne Dilshan 7 (5b)
Danushka Gunathilaka 1 (1b)
Taskin Ahmed 1-0-9-0
1.1 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, For all the Americans out there, that's the cricketing equivalent of a Home-Run. Nice stuff. Six. (6)
1.2 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
1.3 Mashrafe Mortaza to Tilakaratne Dilshan, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
1.4 Mashrafe Mortaza to Tilakaratne Dilshan, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
1.5 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
1.6 Mashrafe Mortaza to Tilakaratne Dilshan, 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 2
Sri Lanka 20/0 (RR : 10)
Tilakaratne Dilshan 10 (8b)
Danushka Gunathilaka 9 (4b)
Mashrafe Mortaza 1-0-11-0
2.1 Taskin Ahmed to Danushka Gunathilaka, 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)
2.2 Taskin Ahmed to Danushka Gunathilaka, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
2.3 Taskin Ahmed to Danushka Gunathilaka, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
2.4 Taskin Ahmed to Danushka Gunathilaka, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
2.5 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, 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)
2.6 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
End of over 3
Sri Lanka 23/0 (RR : 7.67)
Tilakaratne Dilshan 10 (10b)
Danushka Gunathilaka 12 (8b)
Taskin Ahmed 2-0-12-0
3.1 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, He didn't middle that, but there is enough power on it to get the batsmen three. (3)
3.2 Mashrafe Mortaza to Tilakaratne Dilshan, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
3.3 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, That's smashed hard into the crowd, its six! (6)
3.4 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, , Leg Byes, another 1 run(s) (1)
3.5 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
3.6 Mashrafe Mortaza to Tilakaratne Dilshan, , No Ball. Easy single. (1)
3.6 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, 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 4
Sri Lanka 41/0 (RR : 10.3)
Danushka Gunathilaka 26 (12b)
Tilakaratne Dilshan 12 (12b)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2-0-28-0
4.1 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, 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)
4.2 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne Dilshan, 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)
4.3 Taskin Ahmed to Danushka Gunathilaka, , Byes, another 1 run(s) (1)
4.4 Taskin Ahmed to Danushka Gunathilaka, No shot offered. (0)
4.5 Taskin Ahmed to Danushka Gunathilaka, Easy single. (1)
4.6 Taskin Ahmed to Tilakaratne 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)
End of over 5
Sri Lanka 51/0 (RR : 10.2)
Danushka Gunathilaka 27 (14b)
Tilakaratne Dilshan 20 (15b)
Taskin Ahmed 3-0-21-0
5.1 Mashrafe Mortaza to Tilakaratne Dilshan, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
5.2 Mashrafe Mortaza to Tilakaratne Dilshan, 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)
5.3 Mashrafe Mortaza to Tilakaratne Dilshan, He defends with the bat and pad tucked together, and the bowler goes up in appeal. Hard to tell if it was bat first or pad first, but the umpire thinks it was off the bat and he's got to go!
Tilakaratne Dilshan lbw Mashrafe Mortaza
Runs : 26 Balls : 18 S/R : 144.4
(0)
5.4 Mashrafe Mortaza to Dinesh Chandimal, 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)
5.5 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, 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)
5.6 Mashrafe Mortaza to Danushka Gunathilaka, GOT HIM! Clean bowled!
Danushka Gunathilaka b Mashrafe Mortaza
Runs : 31 Balls : 16 S/R : 193.8
(0)
End of over 6
Sri Lanka 62/2 (RR : 10.3)
Angelo Mathews 0 (0b)
Dinesh Chandimal 1 (1b)
Mashrafe Mortaza 3-0-39-2
6.1 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
6.2 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
6.3 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, , No Ball. Very well bowled. (0)
6.3 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
6.4 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, That was a very good delivery. (0)
6.5 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
6.6 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, Splendid shot for four! (4)
End of over 7
Sri Lanka 74/2 (RR : 10.6)
Angelo Mathews 8 (5b)
Dinesh Chandimal 4 (3b)
Shakib Al Hasan 1-0-12-0
7.1 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
7.2 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
7.3 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
7.4 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, , No Ball. GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
7.4 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
7.5 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, 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)
7.6 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
End of over 8
Sri Lanka 79/2 (RR : 9.88)
Dinesh Chandimal 5 (5b)
Angelo Mathews 11 (10b)
Taijul Islam 1-0-5-0
8.1 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, , No Ball. And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
8.1 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
8.2 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
8.3 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
8.4 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
8.5 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, One more to the total. (1)
8.6 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
End of over 9
Sri Lanka 90/2 (RR : 10)
Angelo Mathews 17 (14b)
Dinesh Chandimal 9 (8b)
Shakib Al Hasan 2-0-23-0
9.1 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
9.2 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Easy single. (1)
9.3 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
9.4 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
9.5 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
9.6 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, , No Ball. One more to the total. (1)
9.6 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 10
Sri Lanka 98/2 (RR : 9.8)
Angelo Mathews 18 (16b)
Dinesh Chandimal 15 (13b)
Taijul Islam 2-0-13-0
10.1 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Very well bowled. (0)
10.2 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, 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)
10.3 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, 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 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
10.5 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, 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)
10.6 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
End of over 11
Sri Lanka 104/2 (RR : 9.45)
Dinesh Chandimal 21 (19b)
Angelo Mathews 18 (16b)
Rubel Hossain 1-0-6-0
11.1 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, 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)
11.2 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
11.3 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, Easy single. (1)
11.4 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
11.5 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, 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)
11.6 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, 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 12
Sri Lanka 114/2 (RR : 9.5)
Angelo Mathews 23 (20b)
Dinesh Chandimal 26 (21b)
Taijul Islam 3-0-23-0
12.1 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
12.2 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
12.3 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
12.4 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
12.5 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
12.6 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 13
Sri Lanka 124/2 (RR : 9.54)
Dinesh Chandimal 36 (27b)
Angelo Mathews 23 (20b)
Rubel Hossain 2-0-16-0
13.1 Taijul Islam to Angelo Mathews, 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)
13.2 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
13.3 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
13.4 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
13.5 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, 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)
13.6 Taijul Islam to Dinesh Chandimal, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
End of over 14
Sri Lanka 138/2 (RR : 9.86)
Angelo Mathews 26 (21b)
Dinesh Chandimal 47 (32b)
Taijul Islam 4-0-37-0
14.1 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
14.2 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
14.3 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, 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)
14.4 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
14.5 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, 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)
14.6 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, One, Two, Three more added to the total. Well run! (3)
End of over 15
Sri Lanka 154/2 (RR : 10.3)
Dinesh Chandimal 52 (34b)
Angelo Mathews 37 (25b)
Rubel Hossain 3-0-32-0
15.1 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, , No Ball. Very well bowled. (0)
15.1 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
15.2 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
15.3 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, 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)
15.4 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
15.5 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Very well bowled. (0)
15.6 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
End of over 16
Sri Lanka 165/2 (RR : 10.3)
Angelo Mathews 38 (27b)
Dinesh Chandimal 61 (39b)
Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-34-0
16.1 Rubel Hossain to Dinesh Chandimal, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
16.2 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, Good running, two runs. (2)
16.3 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, Good running, two runs. (2)
16.4 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
16.5 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, 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)
16.6 Rubel Hossain to Angelo Mathews, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
End of over 17
Sri Lanka 172/2 (RR : 10.1)
Angelo Mathews 44 (32b)
Dinesh Chandimal 62 (40b)
Rubel Hossain 4-0-39-0
17.1 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
17.2 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, And time for the reverse-sweep! Quite a daring and often needless shot if you ask me, but the batsman pulls it off well enough to get two more. (2)
17.3 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Oh my, he has absolutely hammered that down the ground! That'll be one of the flattest sixes you'll ever see! (6)
17.4 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Splendid shot for four! (4)
17.5 Shakib Al Hasan to Dinesh Chandimal, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
17.6 Shakib Al Hasan to Angelo Mathews, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
End of over 18
Sri Lanka 189/2 (RR : 10.5)
Angelo Mathews 46 (33b)
Dinesh Chandimal 77 (45b)
Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-51-0
18.1 Mashrafe Mortaza to Dinesh Chandimal, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
18.2 Mashrafe Mortaza to Dinesh Chandimal, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
18.3 Mashrafe Mortaza to Dinesh Chandimal, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
18.4 Mashrafe Mortaza to Dinesh Chandimal, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
18.5 Mashrafe Mortaza to Dinesh Chandimal, , Wide, one run (1)
18.5 Mashrafe Mortaza to Dinesh Chandimal, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
18.6 Mashrafe Mortaza to Dinesh Chandimal, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
End of over 19
Sri Lanka 203/2 (RR : 10.7)
Angelo Mathews 46 (33b)
Dinesh Chandimal 90 (51b)
Mashrafe Mortaza 4-0-53-2
19.1 Taskin Ahmed to Dinesh Chandimal, 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)
19.2 Taskin Ahmed to Dinesh Chandimal, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
19.3 Taskin Ahmed to Dinesh Chandimal, 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!
Dinesh Chandimal run out Tamim Iqbal
Runs : 98 Balls : 54 S/R : 181.5
(0)
19.4 Taskin Ahmed to Thisara Perera, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
19.5 Taskin Ahmed to Angelo Mathews, That was a very good delivery. (0)
19.6 Taskin Ahmed to Angelo Mathews, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
End of over 20
Sri Lanka 214/3 (RR : 10.7)
Angelo Mathews 48 (35b)
Thisara Perera 1 (1b)
Taskin Ahmed 4-0-32-0
The final scorecard for first innings was :
Score: 214
Wickets : 3
Overs : 20.0Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Tilakaratne Dilshan lbw b Mortaza 26 18 3 0 144.4
Danushka Gunathilaka b Mortaza 31 16 2 2 193.8
Dinesh Chandimal run out (Iqbal) 98 54 8 2 181.5
Angelo Mathews not out 48 35 4 0 137.1
Thisara Perera not out 1 1 0 0 100
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DNB: C Kapugedara, U Tharanga, R Herathm S Senanayake, A Mendis, L Malinga
Total: 214 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 10.7
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Shakib Al Hasan 4.0 0 51 0 12.75
Mashrafe Mortaza 4.0 0 53 2 13.25
Rubel Hossain 4.0 0 39 0 9.75
Taskin Ahmed 4.0 0 32 0 8.50
Taijul Islam 4.0 0 37 0 9.25
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Extras : 10 No Balls : 6 Wides : 2 Leg Byes : 1 Byes : 1
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0.1 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
0.2 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Very well bowled. (0)
0.3 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
0.4 Lasith Malinga to Mominul Haque, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
0.5 Lasith Malinga to Mominul Haque, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
0.6 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
End of over 1
Bangladesh 6/0 (RR : 6) Required RR(10.9)
Soumya Sarkar 3 (4b)
Mominul Haque 3 (2b)
Lasith Malinga 1-0-6-0
1.1 Thisara Perera to Mominul Haque, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
1.2 Thisara Perera to Mominul Haque, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
1.3 Thisara Perera to Soumya Sarkar, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
1.4 Thisara Perera to Soumya Sarkar, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
1.5 Thisara Perera to Soumya Sarkar, Six! (6)
1.6 Thisara Perera to Soumya Sarkar, 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 2
Bangladesh 17/0 (RR : 8.5) Required RR(10.9)
Soumya Sarkar 11 (8b)
Mominul Haque 6 (4b)
Thisara Perera 1-0-11-0
2.1 Lasith Malinga to Mominul Haque, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
2.2 Lasith Malinga to Mominul Haque, 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)
2.3 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
2.4 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
2.5 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Oh, that's a juicy full tossand the batsman has nailed it! 6 runs! (6)
2.6 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Great stop! Saved a run there he did! (3)
End of over 3
Bangladesh 29/0 (RR : 9.67) Required RR(10.9)
Mominul Haque 7 (6b)
Soumya Sarkar 22 (12b)
Lasith Malinga 2-0-18-0
3.1 Thisara Perera to Soumya Sarkar, 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)
3.2 Thisara Perera to Soumya Sarkar, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
3.3 Thisara Perera to Mominul Haque, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
3.4 Thisara Perera to Mominul Haque, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
3.5 Thisara Perera to Mominul Haque, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
3.6 Thisara Perera to Mominul Haque, Slog-sweep time! He hasn't executed that quite well, and....yup, he's out caught! Tough luck kid, maybe you'll do better next time.
Mominul Haque c Ajantha Mendis b Thisara Perera
Runs : 15 Balls : 10 S/R : 150
(0)
End of over 4
Bangladesh 40/1 (RR : 10) Required RR(10.9)
Tamim Iqbal 0 (0b)
Soumya Sarkar 25 (14b)
Thisara Perera 2-0-22-1
4.1 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
4.2 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
4.3 Lasith Malinga to Soumya Sarkar, Slog-sweep time! He hasn't executed that quite well, and....yup, he's out caught! Tough luck kid, maybe you'll do better next time.
Soumya Sarkarc Chamara Kapugedara b Lasith Malinga
Runs : 25 Balls : 17 S/R : 147.1
(0)
4.4 Lasith Malinga to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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)
4.5 Lasith Malinga to Mushfiqur Rahim, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
4.6 Lasith Malinga to Tamim Iqbal, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
End of over 5
Bangladesh 45/2 (RR : 9) Required RR(11.3)
Tamim Iqbal 0 (1b)
Mushfiqur Rahim 5 (2b)
Lasith Malinga 3-0-23-0
5.1 Thisara Perera to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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 Thisara Perera to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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)
5.3 Thisara Perera to Tamim Iqbal, No shot offered. (0)
5.4 Thisara Perera to Tamim Iqbal, 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)
5.5 Thisara Perera to Mushfiqur Rahim, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
5.6 Thisara Perera to Mushfiqur Rahim, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
End of over 6
Bangladesh 55/2 (RR : 9.17) Required RR(11.4)
Mushfiqur Rahim 14 (6b)
Tamim Iqbal 1 (3b)
Thisara Perera 3-0-32-1
6.1 Rangana Herath to Tamim Iqbal, 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)
6.2 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
6.3 Rangana Herath to Tamim Iqbal, One more to the total. (1)
6.4 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
6.5 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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)
6.6 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 7
Bangladesh 62/2 (RR : 8.86) Required RR(11.7)
Mushfiqur Rahim 17 (10b)
Tamim Iqbal 5 (5b)
Rangana Herath 1-0-7-0
7.1 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
7.2 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, 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)
7.3 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
7.4 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
7.5 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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)
7.6 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
End of over 8
Bangladesh 73/2 (RR : 9.13) Required RR(11.8)
Mushfiqur Rahim 22 (13b)
Tamim Iqbal 11 (8b)
Angelo Mathews 1-0-11-0
8.1 Sachitra Senanayake to Tamim Iqbal, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
8.2 Sachitra Senanayake to Tamim Iqbal, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
8.3 Sachitra Senanayake to Tamim Iqbal, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
8.4 Sachitra Senanayake to Mushfiqur Rahim, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
8.5 Sachitra Senanayake to Tamim Iqbal, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
8.6 Sachitra Senanayake to Tamim Iqbal, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 9
Bangladesh 77/2 (RR : 8.56) Required RR(12.5)
Tamim Iqbal 14 (13b)
Mushfiqur Rahim 23 (14b)
Sachitra Senanayake 1-0-4-0
9.1 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, Very well bowled. (0)
9.2 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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)
9.3 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
9.4 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
9.5 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, 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)
9.6 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, 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)
End of over 10
Bangladesh 83/2 (RR : 8.3) Required RR(13.1)
Mushfiqur Rahim 24 (16b)
Tamim Iqbal 19 (17b)
Angelo Mathews 2-0-17-0
10.1 Sachitra Senanayake to Tamim Iqbal, That's a single. (1)
10.2 Sachitra Senanayake to Mushfiqur Rahim, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
10.3 Sachitra Senanayake to Mushfiqur Rahim, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
10.4 Sachitra Senanayake to Mushfiqur Rahim, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
10.5 Sachitra Senanayake to Mushfiqur Rahim, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
10.6 Sachitra Senanayake to Mushfiqur Rahim, No shot offered. (0)
End of over 11
Bangladesh 90/2 (RR : 8.18) Required RR(13.8)
Mushfiqur Rahim 30 (21b)
Tamim Iqbal 20 (18b)
Sachitra Senanayake 2-0-11-0
11.1 Rangana Herath to Tamim Iqbal, , No Ball. 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)
11.1 Rangana Herath to Tamim Iqbal, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
11.2 Rangana Herath to Tamim Iqbal, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
11.3 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, Very well bowled. (0)
11.4 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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)
11.5 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, Good running, two runs. (2)
11.6 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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 12
Bangladesh 102/2 (RR : 8.5) Required RR(14)
Mushfiqur Rahim 34 (25b)
Tamim Iqbal 27 (21b)
Rangana Herath 2-0-19-0
12.1 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, 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)
12.2 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
12.3 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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)
12.4 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
12.6 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 13
Bangladesh 113/2 (RR : 8.69) Required RR(14.4)
Mushfiqur Rahim 40 (29b)
Tamim Iqbal 32 (23b)
Angelo Mathews 3-0-28-0
13.1 Ajantha Mendis to Tamim Iqbal, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
13.2 Ajantha Mendis to Tamim Iqbal, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
13.3 Ajantha Mendis to Mushfiqur Rahim, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
13.4 Ajantha Mendis to Tamim Iqbal, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
13.5 Ajantha Mendis to Tamim Iqbal, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
13.6 Ajantha Mendis to Tamim Iqbal, 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 14
Bangladesh 121/2 (RR : 8.64) Required RR(15.5)
Tamim Iqbal 39 (28b)
Mushfiqur Rahim 41 (30b)
Ajantha Mendis 1-0-8-0
14.1 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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)
14.2 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, Very well bowled. (0)
14.3 Angelo Mathews to Mushfiqur Rahim, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
14.4 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
14.5 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
14.6 Angelo Mathews to Tamim Iqbal, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
End of over 15
Bangladesh 133/2 (RR : 8.87) Required RR(16.2)
Mushfiqur Rahim 46 (33b)
Tamim Iqbal 46 (31b)
Angelo Mathews 4-0-40-0
15.1 Rangana Herath to Tamim Iqbal, Very well bowled. (0)
15.2 Rangana Herath to Tamim Iqbal, 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)
15.3 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
15.4 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
15.5 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
15.6 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 16
Bangladesh 140/2 (RR : 8.75) Required RR(18.5)
Mushfiqur Rahim 50 (37b)
Tamim Iqbal 49 (33b)
Rangana Herath 3-0-26-0
16.1 Sachitra Senanayake to Tamim Iqbal, He's skied it, too high, there's a fielder coming under it, takes it comfortably!
Tamim Iqbal c Ajantha Mendis b Sachitra Senanayake
Runs : 49 Balls : 34 S/R : 144.1
(0)
16.2 Sachitra Senanayake to Shakib Al Hasan, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
16.3 Sachitra Senanayake to Mushfiqur Rahim, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
16.4 Sachitra Senanayake to Mushfiqur Rahim, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
16.5 Sachitra Senanayake to Shakib Al Hasan, 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)
16.6 Sachitra Senanayake to Shakib Al Hasan, Slog-sweep time! He hasn't executed that quite well, and....yup, he's out caught! Tough luck kid, maybe you'll do better next time.
Shakib Al Hasanc Ajantha Mendis b Sachitra Senanayake
Runs : 1 Balls : 3 S/R : 33.33
(0)
End of over 17
Bangladesh 146/4 (RR : 8.59) Required RR(22.7)
Mahmudullah 0 (0b)
Mushfiqur Rahim 55 (39b)
Sachitra Senanayake 3-0-17-2
17.1 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
17.2 Rangana Herath to Mushfiqur Rahim, 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!
Mushfiqur Rahim run out Ajantha Mendis
Runs : 57 Balls : 41 S/R : 139
(0)
17.3 Rangana Herath to Nasir Hossain, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
17.4 Rangana Herath to Nasir Hossain, 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)
17.5 Rangana Herath to Nasir Hossain, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
17.6 Rangana Herath to Nasir Hossain, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
End of over 18
Bangladesh 162/5 (RR : 9) Required RR(26)
Nasir Hossain 14 (4b)
Mahmudullah 0 (0b)
Rangana Herath 4-0-42-0
18.1 Lasith Malinga to Mahmudullah, Oh my, he has absolutely hammered that down the ground! That'll be one of the flattest sixes you'll ever see! (6)
18.2 Lasith Malinga to Mahmudullah, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
18.3 Lasith Malinga to Mahmudullah, Very well bowled. (0)
18.4 Lasith Malinga to Mahmudullah, 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)
18.5 Lasith Malinga to Nasir Hossain, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
18.6 Lasith Malinga to Mahmudullah, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
End of over 19
Bangladesh 174/5 (RR : 9.16) Required RR(40)
Mahmudullah 11 (5b)
Nasir Hossain 15 (5b)
Lasith Malinga 4-0-35-0
19.1 Thisara Perera to Nasir Hossain, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
19.2 Thisara Perera to Nasir Hossain, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
19.3 Thisara Perera to Nasir Hossain, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
19.4 Thisara Perera to Nasir Hossain, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
19.5 Thisara Perera to Mahmudullah, 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)
19.6 Thisara Perera to Nasir Hossain, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
End of over 20
Bangladesh 186/5 (RR : 9.3) Required RR(1.#J)
Nasir Hossain 24 (10b)
Mahmudullah 14 (6b)
Thisara Perera 4-0-44-1
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 186
Wickets : 5
Overs : 20.0Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Soumya Sarkar c Kapugedara b Malinga 25 17 0 2 147.1
Mominul Haque c Mendis b Perera 15 10 1 0 150
Tamim Iqbal c Mendis b Senanayake 49 34 3 0 144.1
Mushfiqur Rahim run out (Mendis) 57 41 6 0 139
Shakib Al Hasan c Mendis b Senanayake 1 3 0 0 33.33
Mahmudullah not out 14 6 0 1 233.3
Nasir Hossain not out 24 10 2 1 240
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DNB: M Mortaza, R Hossain, T Ahmed, T Islam
Total: 186 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.3
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Angelo Mathews 4.0 0 40 0 10
Thisara Perera 4.0 0 44 1 11
Rangana Herath 4.0 0 42 0 10.5
Sachithra Senanayake 3.0 0 17 2 5.67
Ajantha Mendis 1.0 0 8 0 8
Lasith Malinga 4.0 0 35 1 8.75
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Extras : 1 No Balls : 1 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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Ahmed Shehzad, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan, Shahid Afridi, Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz, :Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfa Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Brendon McCullum (), Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghanFIRST INNINGS:
0.1 Mitchell McClenaghan to Ahmed Shehzad, Full, wide, the batsman slashes hard at it and edges it straight to second slip! Out!
Ahmed Shehzad c Ross Taylor b Mitchell McClenaghan
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
0.2 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Hafeez, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
0.3 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Hafeez, 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!
Mohammad Hafeez c Martin Guptill b Mitchell McClenaghan
Runs : 2 Balls : 2 S/R : 100
(0)
0.4 Mitchell McClenaghan to Shoaib Malik, That's a single. (1)
0.5 Mitchell McClenaghan to Sarfaraz Ahmed, That was a very good delivery. (0)
0.6 Mitchell McClenaghan to Sarfaraz Ahmed, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
End of over 1
Pakistan 4/2 (RR : 4)
Shoaib Malik 1 (1b)
Sarfaraz Ahmed 1 (2b)
Mitchell McClenaghan 1-0-4-2
1.1 Trent Boult to Sarfaraz Ahmed, , Leg Byes, another 2 run(s) (2)
1.2 Trent Boult to Shoaib Malik, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
1.3 Trent Boult to Shoaib Malik, , Wide, one run (1)
1.3 Trent Boult to Shoaib Malik, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
1.4 Trent Boult to Shoaib Malik, 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.
Shoaib Malik run out Martin Guptill
Runs : 9 Balls : 4 S/R : 225
(0)
1.5 Trent Boult to Umar Akmal, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
1.6 Trent Boult to Umar Akmal, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
End of over 2
Pakistan 18/3 (RR : 9)
Sarfaraz Ahmed 1 (2b)
Umar Akmal 3 (2b)
Trent Boult 1-0-12-0
2.1 Mitchell McClenaghan to Umar Akmal, Someone should really tell him what that bat is for. Rapped dead in front, the umpire has no hesistation.
Umar Akmal lbw Mitchell McClenaghan
Runs : 3 Balls : 3 S/R : 100
(0)
2.2 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Rizwan, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
2.3 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Rizwan, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
2.4 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Rizwan, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
2.5 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Rizwan, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
2.6 Mitchell McClenaghan to Sarfaraz Ahmed, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
End of over 3
Pakistan 22/4 (RR : 7.33)
Mohammad Rizwan 3 (4b)
Sarfaraz Ahmed 2 (3b)
Mitchell McClenaghan 2-0-8-3
3.1 Trent Boult to Sarfaraz Ahmed, Fantastic slower ball, the batsman swings twice and still misses it, and is caught plumb in front!
Sarfaraz Ahmed lbw Trent Boult
Runs : 2 Balls : 4 S/R : 50
(0)
3.2 Trent Boult to Shahid Afridi, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
3.3 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
3.4 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
3.5 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
3.6 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
End of over 4
Pakistan 27/5 (RR : 6.75)
Mohammad Rizwan 7 (8b)
Shahid Afridi 1 (1b)
Trent Boult 2-0-17-1
4.1 Mitchell McClenaghan to Shahid Afridi, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
4.2 Mitchell McClenaghan to Shahid Afridi, 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)
4.3 Mitchell McClenaghan to Shahid Afridi, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
4.4 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Rizwan, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
4.5 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Rizwan, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
4.6 Mitchell McClenaghan to Shahid Afridi, 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 5
Pakistan 33/5 (RR : 6.6)
Shahid Afridi 4 (5b)
Mohammad Rizwan 10 (10b)
Mitchell McClenaghan 3-0-14-3
5.1 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
5.2 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
5.3 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
5.4 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
5.5 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
5.6 Trent Boult to Mohammad Rizwan, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 6
Pakistan 43/5 (RR : 7.17)
Mohammad Rizwan 20 (16b)
Shahid Afridi 4 (5b)
Trent Boult 3-0-27-1
6.1 Corey Anderson to Shahid Afridi, 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 Corey Anderson to Mohammad Rizwan, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
6.3 Corey Anderson to Mohammad Rizwan, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
6.4 Corey Anderson to Mohammad Rizwan, 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 Corey Anderson to Shahid Afridi, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
6.6 Corey Anderson to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
End of over 7
Pakistan 51/5 (RR : 7.29)
Shahid Afridi 6 (7b)
Mohammad Rizwan 26 (20b)
Corey Anderson 1-0-8-0
7.1 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
7.2 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, , No Ball. No shot offered. (0)
7.2 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
7.3 Kane Williamson to Shahid Afridi, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
7.4 Kane Williamson to Shahid Afridi, 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)
7.5 Kane Williamson to Shahid Afridi, 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)
7.6 Kane Williamson to Shahid Afridi, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
End of over 8
Pakistan 57/5 (RR : 7.13)
Shahid Afridi 8 (11b)
Mohammad Rizwan 29 (23b)
Kane Williamson 1-0-6-0
8.1 Corey Anderson to Mohammad Rizwan, Very well bowled. (0)
8.2 Corey Anderson to Mohammad Rizwan, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
8.3 Corey Anderson to Shahid Afridi, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
8.4 Corey Anderson to Mohammad Rizwan, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
8.5 Corey Anderson to Shahid Afridi, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
8.6 Corey Anderson to Mohammad Rizwan, That was a very good delivery. (0)
End of over 9
Pakistan 61/5 (RR : 6.78)
Mohammad Rizwan 31 (27b)
Shahid Afridi 10 (13b)
Corey Anderson 2-0-12-0
9.1 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
9.2 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, No shot offered. (0)
9.3 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, 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)
9.4 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
9.5 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
9.6 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
End of over 10
Pakistan 65/5 (RR : 6.5)
Shahid Afridi 13 (16b)
Mohammad Rizwan 32 (30b)
Mitchell Santner 1-0-4-0
10.1 Tim Southee to Mohammad Rizwan, That's a single. (1)
10.2 Tim Southee to Shahid Afridi, Easy single. (1)
10.3 Tim Southee to Mohammad Rizwan, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
10.4 Tim Southee to Mohammad Rizwan, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
10.5 Tim Southee to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
10.6 Tim Southee to Shahid Afridi, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
End of over 11
Pakistan 75/5 (RR : 6.82)
Mohammad Rizwan 40 (34b)
Shahid Afridi 15 (18b)
Tim Southee 1-0-10-0
11.1 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
11.2 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
11.3 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
11.4 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
11.5 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
11.6 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
End of over 12
Pakistan 85/5 (RR : 7.08)
Shahid Afridi 22 (22b)
Mohammad Rizwan 43 (36b)
Mitchell Santner 2-0-14-0
12.1 Tim Southee to Mohammad Rizwan, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
12.2 Tim Southee to Shahid Afridi, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
12.3 Tim Southee to Shahid Afridi, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
12.4 Tim Southee to Shahid Afridi, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
12.5 Tim Southee to Shahid Afridi, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
12.6 Tim Southee to Shahid Afridi, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
End of over 13
Pakistan 88/5 (RR : 6.77)
Shahid Afridi 24 (27b)
Mohammad Rizwan 44 (37b)
Tim Southee 2-0-13-0
13.1 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
13.2 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
13.3 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
13.4 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, No shot offered. (0)
13.5 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
13.6 Mitchell Santner to Shahid Afridi, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
End of over 14
Pakistan 93/5 (RR : 6.64)
Shahid Afridi 24 (30b)
Mohammad Rizwan 49 (40b)
Mitchell Santner 3-0-19-0
14.1 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
14.2 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
14.3 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
14.4 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
14.5 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, , No Ball. 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)
14.5 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, 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)
14.6 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Rizwan, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
End of over 15
Pakistan 106/5 (RR : 7.07)
Mohammad Rizwan 61 (47b)
Shahid Afridi 24 (30b)
Kane Williamson 2-0-19-0
15.1 Corey Anderson to Shahid Afridi, Oh, needless wicket there. Charged down the wicket, swung wildly, didn't even get close and it's an easy wicket. The bowler is loving it.
Shahid Afridi st Luke Ronchi b Corey Anderson
Runs : 24 Balls : 31 S/R : 77.42
(0)
15.2 Corey Anderson to Imad Wasim, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
15.3 Corey Anderson to Imad Wasim, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
15.4 Corey Anderson to Imad Wasim, 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)
15.5 Corey Anderson to Imad Wasim, Very well bowled. (0)
15.6 Corey Anderson to Imad Wasim, 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 16
Pakistan 108/6 (RR : 6.75)
Imad Wasim 2 (5b)
Mohammad Rizwan 61 (47b)
Corey Anderson 3-0-14-1
16.1 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, That's out, no question about it. Excellent bowling.
Mohammad Rizwan lbw Mitchell Santner
Runs : 61 Balls : 48 S/R : 127.1
(0)
16.2 Mitchell Santner to Wahab Riaz, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
16.3 Mitchell Santner to Wahab Riaz, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
16.4 Mitchell Santner to Wahab Riaz, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
16.5 Mitchell Santner to Wahab Riaz, Sharp reflexes, excellent catch! That's certainly going to be on the highlight reel.
Wahab Riaz c Martin Guptill b Mitchell Santner
Runs : 6 Balls : 4 S/R : 150
(0)
16.6 Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Aamir, The batsman looks surprised that that ball wasn't called a wide. The bowler's grinning as he makes his way back to his mark. (0)
End of over 17
Pakistan 114/8 (RR : 6.71)
Mohammad Aamir 0 (1b)
Imad Wasim 2 (5b)
Mitchell Santner 4-0-25-2
17.1 Kane Williamson to Imad Wasim, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
17.2 Kane Williamson to Imad Wasim, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
17.3 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Aamir, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
17.4 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Aamir, No shot offered. (0)
17.5 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Aamir, Very well bowled. (0)
17.6 Kane Williamson to Mohammad Aamir, 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 18
Pakistan 121/8 (RR : 6.72)
Mohammad Aamir 4 (5b)
Imad Wasim 5 (7b)
Kane Williamson 3-0-26-0
18.1 Trent Boult to Imad Wasim, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
18.2 Trent Boult to Imad Wasim, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
18.3 Trent Boult to Imad Wasim, Very well bowled. (0)
18.4 Trent Boult to Imad Wasim, Very well bowled. (0)
18.5 Trent Boult to Imad Wasim, 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! (3)
18.6 Trent Boult to Mohammad Aamir, , Byes, another 4 run(s) (4)
End of over 19
Pakistan 128/8 (RR : 6.74)
Imad Wasim 8 (12b)
Mohammad Aamir 4 (5b)
Trent Boult 4-0-30-1
19.1 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Aamir, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
19.2 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Aamir, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
19.3 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Aamir, , Wide, one run (1)
19.3 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Aamir, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
19.4 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Aamir, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
19.5 Mitchell McClenaghan to Mohammad Aamir, , Byes, another 4 run(s) (4)
19.6 Mitchell McClenaghan to Imad Wasim, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 20
Pakistan 139/8 (RR : 6.95)
Imad Wasim 8 (13b)
Mohammad Aamir 10 (9b)
Mitchell McClenaghan 4-0-21-3
The final scorecard for first innings was :
Score: 139
Wickets : 8
Overs : 20.0
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Ahmed Shehzad c Taylor b McClenaghan 0 1 0 0 0
Sarfaraz Ahmed lbw b Boult 2 4 0 0 50
Mohammad Hafeez c Guptill b McClenaghan 2 2 0 0 100
Shoaib Malik run out (Guptill) 9 4 2 0 225
Umar Akmal lbw b McClenaghan 3 3 0 0 100
Mohammad Rizwan lbw b Santner 61 48 5 0 127.1
Shahid Afridi st Ronchi b Anderson 24 31 1 0 77.42
Imad Wasim not out 8 13 0 0 61.54
Wahab Riaz c Guptill b Santner 6 4 1 0 150
Mohammad Aamir not out 10 9 1 0 111.1
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DNB: M Irfan
Total: 139 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 6.95
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Kane Williamson 3.0 0 26 0 8.67
Corey Anderson 3.0 0 14 1 4.67
Mitchell Santner 4.0 0 25 2 6.25
Tim Southee 2.0 0 13 0 6.5
Trent Boult 4.0 0 30 1 7.50
Mitchell McClenaghan 4.0 0 21 3 5.25
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Extras : 14 No Balls : 2 Wides : 2 Leg Byes : 2 Byes : 8
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0.1 Wahab Riaz to Martin Guptill, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
0.2 Wahab Riaz to Martin Guptill, 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! YESSS! The umpire gives it, and he's got to go!
Martin Guptill lbw Wahab Riaz
Runs : 4 Balls : 2 S/R : 200
(0)
0.3 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, 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)
0.4 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
0.5 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
0.6 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
End of over 1
New Zealand 18/1 (RR : 18) Required RR(6.37)
Brendon McCullum 14 (4b)
Martin Guptill 0 (0b)
Wahab Riaz 1-0-18-1
1.1 Mohammad Aamir to Kane Williamson, Very well bowled. (0)
1.2 Mohammad Aamir to Kane Williamson, Easy single. (1)
1.3 Mohammad Aamir to Brendon McCullum, 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)
1.4 Mohammad Aamir to Brendon McCullum, 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)
1.5 Mohammad Aamir to Brendon McCullum, One, Two, Three more added to the total. Well run! (3)
1.6 Mohammad Aamir to Kane Williamson, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
End of over 2
New Zealand 23/1 (RR : 11.5) Required RR(6.44)
Brendon McCullum 17 (7b)
Martin Guptill 2 (3b)
Mohammad Aamir 1-0-5-0
2.1 Wahab Riaz to Kane Williamson, 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!
Kane Williamson c & b Wahab Riaz
Runs : 2 Balls : 4 S/R : 50
(0)
2.2 Wahab Riaz to Colin Munro, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
2.3 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, Ahhh that's poor fielding. The batsman taps it away for a single, and the fielder fires in an over-eager throw well wide of the stumps. No one is backing up and some the batsmen run two more in overthrows! The captain isn't happy! (3)
2.4 Wahab Riaz to Colin Munro, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
2.5 Wahab Riaz to Colin Munro, , No Ball. out a no ball! (0)
2.5 Wahab Riaz to Colin Munro, Someone should really tell him what that bat is for. Clean bowled!
Colin Munro b Wahab Riaz
Runs : 1 Balls : 4 S/R : 25
(0)
2.6 Wahab Riaz to Ross Taylor, 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 3
New Zealand 32/3 (RR : 10.7) Required RR(6.29)
Ross Taylor 4 (1b)
Brendon McCullum 20 (8b)
Wahab Riaz 2-0-27-3
3.1 Mohammad Aamir to Brendon McCullum, Ah that's a rubbish ball, and the batsman wastest no time in putting the trash away. Six! (6)
3.2 Mohammad Aamir to Brendon McCullum, 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)
3.3 Mohammad Aamir to Brendon McCullum, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
3.4 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
3.5 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, 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)
3.6 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, That was a very good delivery. (0)
End of over 4
New Zealand 45/3 (RR : 11.3) Required RR(5.88)
Ross Taylor 10 (4b)
Brendon McCullum 27 (11b)
Mohammad Aamir 2-0-18-0
4.1 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, 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)
4.2 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
4.3 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, 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)
4.4 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
4.5 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, Very well bowled. (0)
4.6 Wahab Riaz to Brendon McCullum, Going, Going, Gone! Six Runs! (6)
End of over 5
New Zealand 53/3 (RR : 10.6) Required RR(5.73)
Brendon McCullum 35 (17b)
Ross Taylor 10 (4b)
Wahab Riaz 3-0-35-3
5.1 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
5.2 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, Very well bowled. (0)
5.3 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, Slog-sweep time! He's executed that quite well too, and...yes, it's six! Nice job son! (6)
5.4 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
5.5 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
5.6 Mohammad Aamir to Ross Taylor, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
End of over 6
New Zealand 65/3 (RR : 10.8) Required RR(5.29)
Ross Taylor 22 (10b)
Brendon McCullum 35 (17b)
Mohammad Aamir 3-0-30-0
6.1 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
6.2 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
6.3 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
6.4 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
6.5 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, One more to the total. (1)
6.6 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
End of over 7
New Zealand 73/3 (RR : 10.4) Required RR(5.08)
Brendon McCullum 37 (19b)
Ross Taylor 28 (14b)
Shoaib Malik 1-0-8-0
7.1 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, 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)
7.2 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
7.3 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
7.4 Mohammad Irfan to Brendon McCullum, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
7.5 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, 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 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
End of over 8
New Zealand 78/3 (RR : 9.75) Required RR(5.08)
Brendon McCullum 38 (20b)
Ross Taylor 32 (19b)
Mohammad Irfan 1-0-5-0
8.1 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, 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)
8.2 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
8.3 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
8.4 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, That was a very good delivery. (0)
8.5 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
8.6 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 9
New Zealand 82/3 (RR : 9.11) Required RR(5.18)
Ross Taylor 35 (24b)
Brendon McCullum 39 (21b)
Shoaib Malik 2-0-12-0
9.1 Mohammad Irfan to Brendon McCullum, Great stop! Saved a run there he did! (3)
9.2 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
9.3 Mohammad Irfan to Brendon McCullum, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
9.4 Mohammad Irfan to Brendon McCullum, One, Two, Three more added to the total. Well run! (3)
9.5 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
9.6 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
End of over 10
New Zealand 92/3 (RR : 9.2) Required RR(4.7)
Brendon McCullum 45 (24b)
Ross Taylor 39 (27b)
Mohammad Irfan 2-0-15-0
10.1 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
10.2 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
10.3 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
10.4 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
10.5 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, 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)
10.6 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
End of over 11
New Zealand 98/3 (RR : 8.91) Required RR(4.56)
Ross Taylor 40 (29b)
Brendon McCullum 50 (28b)
Shoaib Malik 3-0-18-0
11.1 Mohammad Irfan to Brendon McCullum, No shot offered. (0)
11.2 Mohammad Irfan to Brendon McCullum, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
11.3 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
11.4 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Very well bowled. (0)
11.5 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
11.6 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Great stop! Saved a run there he did! (3)
End of over 12
New Zealand 106/3 (RR : 8.83) Required RR(4.13)
Brendon McCullum 51 (30b)
Ross Taylor 47 (33b)
Mohammad Irfan 3-0-23-0
12.1 Shahid Afridi to Ross Taylor, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
12.2 Shahid Afridi to Brendon McCullum, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
12.3 Shahid Afridi to Brendon McCullum, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
12.4 Shahid Afridi to Brendon McCullum, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
12.5 Shahid Afridi to Brendon McCullum, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
12.6 Shahid Afridi to Brendon McCullum, Splendid shot for four! (4)
End of over 13
New Zealand 115/3 (RR : 8.85) Required RR(3.43)
Brendon McCullum 59 (35b)
Ross Taylor 48 (34b)
Shahid Afridi 1-0-9-0
13.1 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
13.2 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
13.3 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, Great stop! Saved a run there he did! (3)
13.4 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
13.5 Shoaib Malik to Ross Taylor, 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)
13.6 Shoaib Malik to Brendon McCullum, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 14
New Zealand 122/3 (RR : 8.71) Required RR(2.83)
Brendon McCullum 60 (37b)
Ross Taylor 54 (38b)
Shoaib Malik 4-0-25-0
14.1 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, 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)
14.2 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Very well bowled. (0)
14.3 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
14.4 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
14.5 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
14.6 Mohammad Irfan to Ross Taylor, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 15
New Zealand 126/3 (RR : 8.4) Required RR(2.6)
Ross Taylor 58 (44b)
Brendon McCullum 60 (37b)
Mohammad Irfan 4-0-27-0
15.1 Imad Wasim to Brendon McCullum, The bowler appeals, and the finger of death has lifted.
Brendon McCullum lbw Imad Wasim
Runs : 60 Balls : 38 S/R : 157.9
(0)
15.2 Imad Wasim to Corey Anderson, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
15.3 Imad Wasim to Corey Anderson, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
15.4 Imad Wasim to Ross Taylor, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
15.5 Imad Wasim to Corey Anderson, Hit straight to long on, and that's caught!
Corey Anderson c Ahmed Shehzad b Imad Wasim
Runs : 1 Balls : 3 S/R : 33.33
(0)
15.6 Imad Wasim 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)
End of over 16
New Zealand 128/5 (RR : 8) Required RR(2.75)
Luke Ronchi 0 (1b)
Ross Taylor 59 (45b)
Imad Wasim 1-0-2-2
16.1 Shahid Afridi to Ross Taylor, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
16.2 Shahid Afridi to Ross Taylor, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
16.3 Shahid Afridi to Ross Taylor, Driven beautifully into the gap. A sprawling effort in the deep keeps it down to three. (3)
16.4 Shahid Afridi to Luke Ronchi, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
16.5 Shahid Afridi to Ross Taylor, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
16.6 Shahid Afridi to Ross Taylor, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 140
Wickets : 5
Overs : 16.6
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Martin Guptill lbw b Riaz 4 2 1 0 200
Kane Williamson c & b Riaz 2 4 0 0 50
Brendon McCullum lbw b Wasim 60 38 5 2 157.9
Colin Munro b Riaz 1 4 0 0 25
Ross Taylor not out 70 50 5 1 140
Corey Anderson c Shehzad b Wasim 1 3 0 0 33.33
Luke Ronchi not out 1 2 0 0 50
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DNB: M Santner, T Southee, T Boult, M McClenaghan
Total: 140 Overs: 16.6 Run Rate: 8.75
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Shoaib Malik 4.0 0 25 0 6.25
Shahid Afridi 2.0 0 21 0 10.5
Imad Wasim 1.0 0 2 2 2
Wahab Riaz 3.0 0 35 3 11.67
Mohammad Aamir 3.0 0 30 0 10
Mohammad Irfan 4.0 0 27 0 6.75
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Extras : 1 No Balls : 1 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Andre Fletcher, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy (), Jerome Taylor, Samuel Badree Paul Stirling, Kevin O'Brien, Ed Joyce, Niall O'Brien, William Porterfield (), Andrew Poynter, Stuart Thompson, Max Sorensen, George Dockrell, Tim Murtagh, Boyd RankinFIRST INNINGS:
0.1 Kevin O'Brien to Chris Gayle, 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)
0.2 Kevin O'Brien to Chris Gayle, , Wide, one run (1)
0.2 Kevin O'Brien to Chris Gayle, Very well bowled. (0)
0.3 Kevin O'Brien to Chris Gayle, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
0.4 Kevin O'Brien to Chris Gayle, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
0.5 Kevin O'Brien to Dwayne Smith, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
0.6 Kevin O'Brien to Dwayne Smith, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
End of over 1
West Indies 12/0 (RR : 12)
Dwayne Smith 6 (2b)
Chris Gayle 5 (4b)
Kevin O'Brien 1-0-12-0
1.1 Boyd Rankin to Chris Gayle, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
1.2 Boyd Rankin to Chris Gayle, Very well bowled. (0)
1.3 Boyd Rankin to Chris Gayle, Very well bowled. (0)
1.4 Boyd Rankin to Chris Gayle, Full delivery outside off-stump, the batsman clears his left leg and swings, and top edges it high into the air. It's an easy catch in the end, and hopefully the batsman has learnt why you shouldn't slog across the line!
Chris Gayle c Stuart Thompson b Boyd Rankin
Runs : 5 Balls : 8 S/R : 62.5
(0)
1.5 Boyd Rankin to Andre Fletcher, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
1.6 Boyd Rankin to Andre Fletcher, 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
West Indies 14/1 (RR : 7)
Andre Fletcher 2 (2b)
Dwayne Smith 6 (2b)
Boyd Rankin 1-0-2-0
2.1 Kevin O'Brien to Dwayne Smith, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
2.2 Kevin O'Brien to Dwayne Smith, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
2.3 Kevin O'Brien to Andre Fletcher, He didn't middle that, but there is enough power on it to get the batsmen three. (3)
2.4 Kevin O'Brien to Dwayne Smith, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
2.5 Kevin O'Brien to Andre Fletcher, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
2.6 Kevin O'Brien to Andre Fletcher, That's gone high in the air, and an easy catch in the end.
Andre Fletcherc William Porterfield b Kevin O'Brien
Runs : 7 Balls : 5 S/R : 140
(0)
End of over 3
West Indies 23/2 (RR : 7.67)
Darren Bravo 0 (0b)
Dwayne Smith 10 (5b)
Kevin O'Brien 2-0-21-1
3.1 Boyd Rankin to Dwayne Smith, Nice yorker! The batsmen gets a thin inside edge, but the ball still finds legstump! Gone!
Dwayne Smith b Boyd Rankin
Runs : 10 Balls : 6 S/R : 166.7
(0)
3.2 Boyd Rankin to Marlon Samuels, 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)
3.3 Boyd Rankin to Marlon Samuels, Very well bowled. (0)
3.4 Boyd Rankin to Marlon Samuels, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
3.5 Boyd Rankin to Darren Bravo, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
3.6 Boyd Rankin to Marlon Samuels, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 4
West Indies 29/3 (RR : 7.25)
Marlon Samuels 5 (4b)
Darren Bravo 1 (1b)
Boyd Rankin 2-0-8-1
4.1 Kevin O'Brien to Darren Bravo, , Wide, one run (1)
4.1 Kevin O'Brien to Darren Bravo, , Byes, another 4 run(s) (4)
4.2 Kevin O'Brien to Marlon Samuels, 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)
4.3 Kevin O'Brien to Marlon Samuels, 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)
4.4 Kevin O'Brien to Darren Bravo, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
4.5 Kevin O'Brien to Darren Bravo, That was a very good delivery. (0)
4.6 Kevin O'Brien to Darren Bravo, The batsman looks surprised that that ball wasn't called a wide. The bowler's grinning as he makes his way back to his mark. (0)
End of over 5
West Indies 43/3 (RR : 8.6)
Darren Bravo 5 (4b)
Marlon Samuels 10 (6b)
Kevin O'Brien 3-0-31-1
5.1 Boyd Rankin to Marlon Samuels, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
5.2 Boyd Rankin to Marlon Samuels, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
5.3 Boyd Rankin to Darren Bravo, , Wide, one run (1)
5.3 Boyd Rankin to Darren Bravo, , Wide, one run (1)
5.3 Boyd Rankin to Darren Bravo, , No Ball. No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
5.3 Boyd Rankin to Darren Bravo, EDGED AND TAKEN! Safe pair of hands there behind the stumps, he doesn't drop many of those!
Darren Bravo c Paul Stirling b Boyd Rankin
Runs : 5 Balls : 6 S/R : 83.33
(0)
5.4 Boyd Rankin to Kieron Pollard, That was a running effort that would make Owais Shah proud. And that isn't a good thing.
Kieron Pollard run out Niall O'Brien
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
5.5 Boyd Rankin to Andre Russell, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
5.6 Boyd Rankin to Andre Russell, Delicate little late cut, well placed. The batsmen hesitate going for the single...it's a huge mix up...and they end up at the same end! Easy runout, poor, poor running.
Andre Russell run out George Dockrell
Runs : 0 Balls : 2 S/R : 0
(0)
End of over 6
West Indies 49/6 (RR : 8.17)
Dwayne Bravo 0 (0b)
Marlon Samuels 13 (8b)
Boyd Rankin 3-0-14-1
6.1 Stuart Thompson to Marlon Samuels, 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)
6.2 Stuart Thompson to Marlon Samuels, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
6.3 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
6.4 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
6.5 Stuart Thompson to Marlon Samuels, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
6.6 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
End of over 7
West Indies 54/6 (RR : 7.71)
Dwayne Bravo 3 (3b)
Marlon Samuels 15 (11b)
Stuart Thompson 1-0-5-0
7.1 Paul Stirling to Marlon Samuels, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
7.2 Paul Stirling to Marlon Samuels, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
7.3 Paul Stirling to Dwayne Bravo, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
7.4 Paul Stirling to Marlon Samuels, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
7.5 Paul Stirling to Marlon Samuels, 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)
7.6 Paul Stirling to Marlon Samuels, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
End of over 8
West Indies 59/6 (RR : 7.38)
Dwayne Bravo 4 (4b)
Marlon Samuels 19 (16b)
Paul Stirling 1-0-5-0
8.1 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, Very well bowled. (0)
8.2 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, That was a very good delivery. (0)
8.3 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
8.4 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
8.5 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
8.6 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, 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)
End of over 9
West Indies 70/6 (RR : 7.78)
Dwayne Bravo 12 (6b)
Marlon Samuels 22 (20b)
Max Sorensen 1-0-11-0
9.1 Paul Stirling to Marlon Samuels, Good running, two runs. (2)
9.2 Paul Stirling to Marlon Samuels, 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)
9.3 Paul Stirling to Marlon Samuels, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
9.4 Paul Stirling to Dwayne Bravo, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
9.5 Paul Stirling to Dwayne Bravo, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
9.6 Paul Stirling to Dwayne Bravo, 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)
End of over 10
West Indies 89/6 (RR : 8.9)
Dwayne Bravo 24 (9b)
Marlon Samuels 29 (23b)
Paul Stirling 2-0-24-0
10.1 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, 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)
10.2 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
10.3 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
10.4 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
10.5 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
10.6 George Dockrell to Dwayne Bravo, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
End of over 11
West Indies 97/6 (RR : 8.82)
Marlon Samuels 36 (28b)
Dwayne Bravo 25 (10b)
George Dockrell 1-0-8-0
11.1 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
11.2 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
11.3 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
11.4 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, One more to the total. (1)
11.5 Stuart Thompson to Marlon Samuels, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
11.6 Stuart Thompson to Marlon Samuels, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 12
West Indies 108/6 (RR : 9)
Marlon Samuels 38 (30b)
Dwayne Bravo 34 (14b)
Stuart Thompson 2-0-16-0
12.1 George Dockrell to Dwayne Bravo, Splendid shot for four! (4)
12.2 George Dockrell to Dwayne Bravo, One more to the total. (1)
12.3 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
12.4 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, 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)
12.5 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
12.6 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, That's a single. (1)
End of over 13
West Indies 120/6 (RR : 9.23)
Dwayne Bravo 39 (16b)
Marlon Samuels 45 (34b)
George Dockrell 2-0-20-0
13.1 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, , No Ball. Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
13.1 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
13.2 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, 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)
13.3 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, Short ball, pulled away for four! (4)
13.4 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
13.5 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
13.6 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
End of over 14
West Indies 133/6 (RR : 9.5)
Marlon Samuels 52 (37b)
Dwayne Bravo 44 (20b)
Max Sorensen 2-0-24-0
14.1 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, Very well bowled. (0)
14.2 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, Splendid shot for four! (4)
14.3 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
14.4 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, 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)
14.5 Stuart Thompson to Marlon Samuels, 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 Stuart Thompson to Marlon Samuels, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
End of over 15
West Indies 139/6 (RR : 9.27)
Dwayne Bravo 49 (24b)
Marlon Samuels 53 (39b)
Stuart Thompson 3-0-22-0
15.1 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, Splendid shot for four! (4)
15.2 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
15.3 George Dockrell to Dwayne Bravo, 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! (3)
15.4 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, Very well bowled. (0)
15.5 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, 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)
15.6 George Dockrell to Marlon Samuels, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
End of over 16
West Indies 151/6 (RR : 9.44)
Marlon Samuels 62 (44b)
Dwayne Bravo 52 (25b)
George Dockrell 3-0-32-0
16.1 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
16.2 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, 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)
16.3 Max Sorensen to Marlon Samuels, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
16.4 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, Very well bowled. (0)
16.5 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
16.6 Max Sorensen to Dwayne Bravo, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
End of over 17
West Indies 159/6 (RR : 9.35)
Dwayne Bravo 55 (29b)
Marlon Samuels 67 (46b)
Max Sorensen 3-0-32-0
17.1 Stuart Thompson to Marlon Samuels, The bowler appeals, and the finger of death has lifted.
Marlon Samuels lbw Stuart Thompson
Runs : 67 Balls : 47 S/R : 142.6
(0)
17.2 Stuart Thompson to Darren Sammy, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
17.3 Stuart Thompson to Dwayne Bravo, Brilliant ball, and a sharp catch. Nothing the batsman could do there!
Dwayne Bravo c Boyd Rankin b Stuart Thompson
Runs : 55 Balls : 30 S/R : 183.3
(0)
17.4 Stuart Thompson to Jerome Taylor, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
17.5 Stuart Thompson to Jerome Taylor, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
17.6 Stuart Thompson to Jerome Taylor, A mix up, throw, oh boy this is close. And the third umpire gives it!
Jerome Taylor run out Paul Stirling
Runs : 2 Balls : 3 S/R : 66.67
(0)
End of over 18
West Indies 162/9 (RR : 9)
Samuel Badree 0 (0b)
Darren Sammy 1 (1b)
Stuart Thompson 4-0-25-2
18.1 Kevin O'Brien to Darren Sammy, Plumb!
Darren Sammy lbw Kevin O'Brien
Runs : 1 Balls : 2 S/R : 50
(0)
The final scorecard for first innings was :
Score: 162
Wickets : 10
Overs : 18.1
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Chris Gayle c Thompson b Rankin 5 8 1 0 62.5
Dwayne Smith b Rankin 10 6 1 0 166.7
Andre Fletcher c Porterfield b O'Brien 7 5 0 0 140
Darren Bravo c Stirling b Rankin 5 6 1 0 83.33
Marlon Samuels lbw b Thompson 67 47 7 0 142.6
Kieron Pollard run out (N O'Brien) 0 1 0 0 0
Andre Russell run out (Dockrell) 0 2 0 0 0
Dwayne Bravo c Boyd b Thompson 55 30 10 0 183.3
Darren Sammy lbw b O'Brien 1 2 0 0 50
Jerome Taylor run out (Stirling) 2 3 0 0 66.67
Samuel Badree not out 0 0 0 0 0
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Total: 162 Overs: 18.1 Run Rate: 9
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Paul Stirling 2.0 0 24 0 12
Kevin O'Brien 3.1 0 31 2 9.78
Stuart Thompson 4.0 0 25 2 6.25
Max Sorensen 3.0 0 32 0 10.67
George Dockrell 3.0 0 32 0 10.67
Boyd Rankin 3.0 0 14 3 4.67
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Extras : 10 No Balls : 2 Wides : 4 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 4
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0.1 Jerome Taylor to Paul Stirling, That's a single. (1)
0.2 Jerome Taylor to Kevin O'Brien, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
0.3 Jerome Taylor to Paul Stirling, Slog-sweep time! He swings, and misses! Clean bowled. Aw shucks.
Paul Stirling b Jerome Taylor
Runs : 1 Balls : 2 S/R : 50
(0)
0.4 Jerome Taylor to Ed Joyce, Inside edge, and gone! Great bowling, and some loose batting.
Ed Joyce b Jerome Taylor
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
0.5 Jerome Taylor to Niall O'Brien, He taps the ball away, calls for a quick singe, in comes the throw, and it's a direct hit! Out by miles! Fantastic fielding!
Niall O'Brien run out Chris Gayle
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
0.6 Jerome Taylor to William Porterfield, My GOD that's massive! 6 runs! (6)
End of over 1
Ireland 8/3 (RR : 8) Required RR(8.11)
William Porterfield 6 (1b)
Kevin O'Brien 1 (1b)
Jerome Taylor 1-0-8-2
1.1 Dwayne Bravo to Kevin O'Brien, Placed nicely into the gap. Two runs. (2)
1.2 Dwayne Bravo to Kevin O'Brien, 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)
1.3 Dwayne Bravo to Kevin O'Brien, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
1.4 Dwayne Bravo to William Porterfield, 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)
1.5 Dwayne Bravo to William Porterfield, No shot offered. (0)
1.6 Dwayne Bravo to William Porterfield, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 2
Ireland 15/3 (RR : 7.5) Required RR(8.17)
William Porterfield 6 (4b)
Kevin O'Brien 8 (4b)
Dwayne Bravo 1-0-7-0
2.1 Jerome Taylor to Kevin O'Brien, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
2.2 Jerome Taylor 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)
2.3 Jerome Taylor to William Porterfield, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
2.4 Jerome Taylor to William Porterfield, No shot offered. (0)
2.5 Jerome Taylor to William Porterfield, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
2.6 Jerome Taylor to Kevin O'Brien, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
End of over 3
Ireland 23/3 (RR : 7.67) Required RR(8.18)
Kevin O'Brien 13 (6b)
William Porterfield 9 (8b)
Jerome Taylor 2-0-16-2
3.1 Dwayne Bravo to William Porterfield, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
3.2 Dwayne Bravo to Kevin O'Brien, 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)
3.3 Dwayne Bravo to Kevin O'Brien, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
3.4 Dwayne Bravo to William Porterfield, The batsman lines up for a big slog over cow corner, and misses completely! Gone!
William Porterfield b Dwayne Bravo
Runs : 10 Balls : 10 S/R : 100
(0)
3.5 Dwayne Bravo to Andrew Poynter, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
3.6 Dwayne Bravo to Kevin O'Brien, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
End of over 4
Ireland 28/4 (RR : 7) Required RR(8.38)
Kevin O'Brien 16 (9b)
Andrew Poynter 1 (1b)
Dwayne Bravo 2-0-12-1
4.1 Jerome Taylor to Andrew Poynter, Sloppy fielding, the batsmen were content with one but end up getting two. (2)
4.2 Jerome Taylor to Andrew Poynter, Oh that was a dolly of a catch, and the fielder makes no mistake. Back to the nets for the batsman.
Andrew Poynter c Andre Fletcher b Jerome Taylor
Runs : 3 Balls : 3 S/R : 100
(0)
4.3 Jerome Taylor to Stuart Thompson, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
4.4 Jerome Taylor to Stuart Thompson, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
4.5 Jerome Taylor to Kevin O'Brien, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
4.6 Jerome Taylor to Kevin O'Brien, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
End of over 5
Ireland 41/5 (RR : 8.2) Required RR(8.07)
Kevin O'Brien 22 (11b)
Stuart Thompson 5 (2b)
Jerome Taylor 3-0-29-2
5.1 Dwayne Bravo to Stuart Thompson, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
5.2 Dwayne Bravo to Stuart Thompson, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
5.3 Dwayne Bravo to Kevin O'Brien, 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)
5.4 Dwayne Bravo to Stuart Thompson, No shot offered. (0)
5.5 Dwayne Bravo to Stuart Thompson, , 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)
5.5 Dwayne Bravo to Stuart Thompson, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
5.6 Dwayne Bravo to Kevin O'Brien, For all the Americans out there, that's the cricketing equivalent of a Home-Run. Nice stuff. Six. (6)
End of over 6
Ireland 53/5 (RR : 8.83) Required RR(7.79)
Kevin O'Brien 31 (13b)
Stuart Thompson 7 (7b)
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-24-1
6.1 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, 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)
6.2 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, Very well bowled. (0)
6.3 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
6.4 Samuel Badree to Kevin O'Brien, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
6.5 Samuel Badree to Kevin O'Brien, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
6.6 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, 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 7
Ireland 60/5 (RR : 8.57) Required RR(7.85)
Kevin O'Brien 34 (15b)
Stuart Thompson 11 (11b)
Samuel Badree 1-0-7-0
7.1 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Very well bowled. (0)
7.2 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, 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)
7.3 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
7.4 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
7.5 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, That's a single. (1)
7.6 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
End of over 8
Ireland 64/5 (RR : 8) Required RR(8.17)
Stuart Thompson 14 (15b)
Kevin O'Brien 35 (17b)
Kieron Pollard 1-0-4-0
8.1 Andre Russell to Kevin O'Brien, Very well bowled. (0)
8.2 Andre Russell to Kevin O'Brien, He didn't middle that, but there is enough power on it to get the batsmen three. (3)
8.3 Andre Russell to Stuart Thompson, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
8.4 Andre Russell to Stuart Thompson, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
8.5 Andre Russell to Stuart Thompson, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
8.6 Andre Russell to Kevin O'Brien, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
End of over 9
Ireland 68/5 (RR : 7.56) Required RR(8.55)
Kevin O'Brien 38 (20b)
Stuart Thompson 15 (18b)
Andre Russell 1-0-4-0
9.1 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
9.2 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, 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)
9.3 Darren Sammy to Kevin O'Brien, No shot offered. (0)
9.4 Darren Sammy to Kevin O'Brien, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
9.5 Darren Sammy to Kevin O'Brien, 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)
9.6 Darren Sammy to Kevin O'Brien, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 10
Ireland 75/5 (RR : 7.5) Required RR(8.7)
Kevin O'Brien 44 (24b)
Stuart Thompson 16 (20b)
Darren Sammy 1-0-7-0
10.1 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, No shot offered. (0)
10.2 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
10.3 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Very well bowled. (0)
10.4 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
10.5 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
10.6 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 11
Ireland 78/5 (RR : 7.09) Required RR(9.33)
Kevin O'Brien 44 (26b)
Stuart Thompson 19 (24b)
Kieron Pollard 2-0-7-0
11.1 Andre Russell to Stuart Thompson, Very well bowled. (0)
11.2 Andre Russell to Stuart Thompson, Very well bowled. (0)
11.3 Andre Russell to Stuart Thompson, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
11.4 Andre Russell to Stuart Thompson, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
11.5 Andre Russell to Kevin O'Brien, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
11.6 Andre Russell to Stuart Thompson, 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! (3)
End of over 12
Ireland 83/5 (RR : 6.92) Required RR(9.88)
Kevin O'Brien 45 (27b)
Stuart Thompson 23 (29b)
Andre Russell 2-0-9-0
12.1 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
12.2 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
12.3 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
12.4 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
12.5 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
12.6 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, Easy single. (1)
End of over 13
Ireland 89/5 (RR : 6.85) Required RR(10.4)
Stuart Thompson 25 (32b)
Kevin O'Brien 49 (30b)
Kieron Pollard 3-0-13-0
13.1 Samuel Badree to Kevin O'Brien, Very well bowled. (0)
13.2 Samuel Badree to Kevin O'Brien, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
13.3 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
13.4 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
13.5 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
13.6 Samuel Badree to Kevin O'Brien, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
End of over 14
Ireland 95/5 (RR : 6.79) Required RR(11.2)
Kevin O'Brien 50 (33b)
Stuart Thompson 30 (35b)
Samuel Badree 2-0-13-0
14.1 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
14.2 Kieron Pollard to Stuart Thompson, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
14.3 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, That was a very good delivery. (0)
14.4 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, No shot offered. (0)
14.5 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, 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)
14.6 Kieron Pollard to Kevin O'Brien, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
End of over 15
Ireland 100/5 (RR : 6.67) Required RR(12.4)
Kevin O'Brien 52 (37b)
Stuart Thompson 33 (37b)
Kieron Pollard 4-0-18-0
15.1 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
15.2 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
15.3 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, , No Ball. Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
15.3 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
15.4 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, 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)
15.5 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
15.6 Darren Sammy to Stuart Thompson, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
End of over 16
Ireland 107/5 (RR : 6.69) Required RR(13.8)
Stuart Thompson 39 (44b)
Kevin O'Brien 52 (37b)
Darren Sammy 2-0-14-0
16.1 Samuel Badree to Kevin O'Brien, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
16.2 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
16.3 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, Six! (6)
16.4 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
16.5 Samuel Badree to Kevin O'Brien, That's a single. (1)
16.6 Samuel Badree to Stuart Thompson, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
End of over 17
Ireland 118/5 (RR : 6.94) Required RR(14.7)
Stuart Thompson 48 (48b)
Kevin O'Brien 54 (39b)
Samuel Badree 3-0-24-0
17.1 Darren Sammy to Kevin O'Brien, 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)
17.2 Darren Sammy to Kevin O'Brien, 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)
17.3 Darren Sammy to Kevin O'Brien, No shot offered, and the off-stump is sent tumbling! That's a poor, poor leave...
Kevin O'Brien b Darren Sammy
Runs : 58 Balls : 42 S/R : 138.1
(0)
17.4 Darren Sammy to Max Sorensen, Very well bowled. (0)
17.5 Darren Sammy to Max Sorensen, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
17.6 Darren Sammy to Max Sorensen, No shot offered. (0)
End of over 18
Ireland 126/6 (RR : 7) Required RR(18)
Max Sorensen 4 (3b)
Stuart Thompson 48 (48b)
Darren Sammy 3-0-22-1
18.1 Jerome Taylor to Stuart Thompson, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
18.2 Jerome Taylor to Stuart Thompson, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
18.3 Jerome Taylor to Stuart Thompson, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
18.4 Jerome Taylor to Stuart Thompson, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
18.5 Jerome Taylor to Stuart Thompson, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
18.6 Jerome Taylor to Max Sorensen, Goes for the sweep shot, misses completely, and is caught plumb in front. Needless shot that.
Max Sorensen lbw Jerome Taylor
Runs : 4 Balls : 4 S/R : 100
(0)
End of over 19
Ireland 139/7 (RR : 7.32) Required RR(23)
George Dockrell 0 (0b)
Stuart Thompson 61 (53b)
Jerome Taylor 4-0-42-3
19.1 Dwayne Bravo to Stuart Thompson, Missed a straight ball. He missed a straight ball. The stumps are broken, his ego even more so.
Stuart Thompson b Dwayne Bravo
Runs : 61 Balls : 54 S/R : 113
(0)
19.2 Dwayne Bravo to Tim Murtagh, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
19.3 Dwayne Bravo to Tim Murtagh, 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)
19.4 Dwayne Bravo to Tim Murtagh, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
19.5 Dwayne Bravo to Tim Murtagh, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
19.6 Dwayne Bravo to George Dockrell, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
End of over 20
Ireland 148/8 (RR : 7.4) Required RR(1.#J)
George Dockrell 2 (1b)
Tim Murtagh 7 (4b)
Dwayne Bravo 4-0-33-2
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 148
Wickets : 8
Overs : 20.0
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Paul Stirling b Taylor 1 2 0 0 50
Kevin O'Brien b Sammy 58 42 5 1 138.1
Ed Joyce b Taylor 0 1 0 0 0
Niall O'Brien run out (Gayle) 0 1 0 0 0
William Porterfield b Bravo 10 10 0 1 100
Andrew Poynter c Fletcher b Taylor 3 3 0 0 100
Stuart Thompson b Bravo 61 54 5 1 113
Max Sorensen lbw b Taylor 4 4 1 0 100
George Dockrell not out 2 1 0 0 200
Tim Murtagh not out 7 4 1 0 175
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DNB: B Rankin
Total: 148 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 7.4
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Kieron Pollard 4.0 0 18 0 4.5
Andre Russell 2.0 0 9 0 4.5
Dwayne Bravo 4.0 0 33 2 8.25
Darren Sammy 3.0 0 22 1 7.33
Jerome Taylor 4.0 0 42 4 10.5
Samuel Badree 3.0 0 24 0 8
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Extras : 2 No Balls : 2 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (), Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya, Rishi Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav Mohammad Shahzad, Noor Ali Zadran, Asghar Stanikazi (), Karim Sadiq, Nawroz Mangal, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shenwari, Mirwais Ashraf, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran, Dawlat Zadran, FIRST INNINGS:
0.1 Dawlat Zadran to Ajinkye Rahane, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
0.2 Dawlat Zadran to Ajinkye Rahane, 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 Dawlat Zadran to Ajinkye Rahane, 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)
0.4 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
0.5 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, , No Ball. No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
0.5 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Very well bowled. (0)
0.6 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 1
India 8/0 (RR : 8)
Rohit Sharma 4 (4b)
Ajinkye Rahane 3 (3b)
Dawlat Zadran 1-0-8-0
1.1 Hamid Hassan to Ajinkye Rahane, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
1.2 Hamid Hassan to Ajinkye Rahane, , Wide, one run (1)
1.2 Hamid Hassan to Ajinkye Rahane, In the air, and gone!
Ajinkye Rahane c Shapoor Zadran b Hamid Hassan
Runs : 3 Balls : 5 S/R : 60
(0)
1.3 Hamid Hassan to Virat Kohli, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
1.4 Hamid Hassan to Rohit Sharma, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
1.5 Hamid Hassan to Virat Kohli, Going, Going, Gone! Six Runs! (6)
1.6 Hamid Hassan to Virat Kohli, My GOD that's massive! 6 runs! (6)
End of over 2
India 23/1 (RR : 11.5)
Virat Kohli 13 (3b)
Rohit Sharma 5 (5b)
Hamid Hassan 1-0-15-1
2.1 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
2.2 Dawlat Zadran to Virat Kohli, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
2.3 Dawlat Zadran to Virat Kohli, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
2.4 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
2.5 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
2.6 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
End of over 3
India 30/1 (RR : 10)
Virat Kohli 14 (5b)
Rohit Sharma 11 (9b)
Dawlat Zadran 2-0-15-0
3.1 Hamid Hassan to Rohit Sharma, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
3.2 Hamid Hassan to Rohit Sharma, 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)
3.3 Hamid Hassan to Rohit Sharma, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
3.4 Hamid Hassan to Rohit Sharma, 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)
3.5 Hamid Hassan to Virat Kohli, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
3.6 Hamid Hassan to Rohit Sharma, 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 4
India 42/1 (RR : 10.5)
Rohit Sharma 22 (14b)
Virat Kohli 15 (6b)
Hamid Hassan 2-0-27-1
4.1 Dawlat Zadran to Virat Kohli, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
4.2 Dawlat Zadran to Virat Kohli, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
4.3 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, 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)
4.4 Dawlat Zadran to Virat Kohli, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
4.5 Dawlat Zadran to Virat Kohli, Full delivery outside off-stump, the batsman clears his left leg and swings, and top edges it high into the air. It's an easy catch in the end, and hopefully the batsman has learnt why you shouldn't slog across the line!
Virat Kohli c & b Dawlat Zadran
Runs : 20 Balls : 10 S/R : 200
(0)
4.6 Dawlat Zadran to Yuvraj Singh, 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 5
India 53/2 (RR : 10.6)
Rohit Sharma 25 (15b)
Yuvraj Singh 3 (1b)
Dawlat Zadran 3-0-26-1
5.1 Hamid Hassan to Yuvraj Singh, Full delivery outside off-stump, the batsman clears his left leg and swings, and top edges it high into the air. It's an easy catch in the end, and hopefully the batsman has learnt why you shouldn't slog across the line!
Yuvraj Singh c Noor Ali b Hamid Hassan
Runs : 3 Balls : 2 S/R : 150
(0)
5.2 Hamid Hassan to MS Dhoni, 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)
5.3 Hamid Hassan to MS Dhoni, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
5.4 Hamid Hassan to MS Dhoni, 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)
5.5 Hamid Hassan to Rohit Sharma, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
5.6 Hamid Hassan to Rohit Sharma, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
End of over 6
India 60/3 (RR : 10)
Rohit Sharma 27 (17b)
MS Dhoni 5 (3b)
Hamid Hassan 3-0-34-2
6.1 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
6.2 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, 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)
6.3 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, 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)
6.4 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, 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)
6.5 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
6.6 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 7
India 71/3 (RR : 10.1)
Rohit Sharma 34 (20b)
MS Dhoni 9 (6b)
Mohammad Nabi 1-0-11-0
7.1 Samiullah Shenwari to MS Dhoni, 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)
7.2 Samiullah Shenwari to MS Dhoni, Very well bowled. (0)
7.3 Samiullah Shenwari to MS Dhoni, 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)
7.4 Samiullah Shenwari to MS Dhoni, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
7.5 Samiullah Shenwari to Rohit Sharma, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
7.6 Samiullah Shenwari to Rohit Sharma, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 8
India 72/3 (RR : 9)
Rohit Sharma 34 (22b)
MS Dhoni 10 (10b)
Samiullah Shenwari 1-0-1-0
8.1 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, 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! (3)
8.2 Mirwais Ashraf to Rohit Sharma, , No Ball. Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
8.2 Mirwais Ashraf to Rohit Sharma, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
8.3 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, 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)
8.4 Mirwais Ashraf to Rohit Sharma, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
8.5 Mirwais Ashraf to Rohit Sharma, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
8.6 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
End of over 9
India 82/3 (RR : 9.11)
Rohit Sharma 38 (26b)
MS Dhoni 15 (13b)
Mirwais Ashraf 1-0-10-0
9.1 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
9.2 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
9.3 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
9.4 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
9.5 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
9.6 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, 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)
End of over 10
India 92/3 (RR : 9.2)
MS Dhoni 25 (19b)
Rohit Sharma 38 (26b)
Shapoor Zadran 1-0-10-0
10.1 Samiullah Shenwari to Rohit Sharma, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
10.2 Samiullah Shenwari to Rohit Sharma, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
10.3 Samiullah Shenwari to Rohit Sharma, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
10.4 Samiullah Shenwari to MS Dhoni, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
10.5 Samiullah Shenwari to MS Dhoni, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
10.6 Samiullah Shenwari to MS Dhoni, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
End of over 11
India 101/3 (RR : 9.18)
MS Dhoni 31 (22b)
Rohit Sharma 41 (29b)
Samiullah Shenwari 2-0-10-0
11.1 Mirwais Ashraf to Rohit Sharma, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
11.2 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
11.3 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
11.4 Mirwais Ashraf to Rohit Sharma, 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)
11.5 Mirwais Ashraf to Rohit Sharma, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
11.6 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 12
India 110/3 (RR : 9.17)
MS Dhoni 34 (25b)
Rohit Sharma 47 (32b)
Mirwais Ashraf 2-0-19-0
12.1 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
12.2 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
12.3 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
12.4 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, 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)
12.5 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
12.6 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, , No Ball. Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
12.6 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, 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 13
India 119/3 (RR : 9.15)
Rohit Sharma 54 (37b)
MS Dhoni 35 (27b)
Mohammad Nabi 2-0-20-0
13.1 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, 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)
13.2 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, 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)
13.3 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, One more to the total. (1)
13.4 Mirwais Ashraf to Rohit Sharma, One more to the total. (1)
13.5 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
13.6 Mirwais Ashraf to MS Dhoni, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
End of over 14
India 121/3 (RR : 8.64)
MS Dhoni 36 (32b)
Rohit Sharma 55 (38b)
Mirwais Ashraf 3-0-21-0
14.1 Shapoor Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
14.2 Shapoor Zadran to Rohit Sharma, 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)
14.3 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, That's a single. (1)
14.4 Shapoor Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
14.5 Shapoor Zadran to Rohit Sharma, , No Ball. Short and pulled away for a single (1)
14.5 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, 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)
14.6 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
End of over 15
India 135/3 (RR : 9)
MS Dhoni 41 (35b)
Rohit Sharma 63 (42b)
Shapoor Zadran 2-0-24-0
15.1 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
15.2 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, Very well bowled. (0)
15.3 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, Yorker full and outside offstump, the batsman just squeezes it away for a quick single to cover. (1)
15.4 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, 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)
15.5 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, 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)
15.6 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, Splendid shot for four! (4)
End of over 16
India 145/3 (RR : 9.06)
Rohit Sharma 72 (46b)
MS Dhoni 42 (37b)
Mohammad Nabi 3-0-30-0
16.1 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
16.2 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
16.3 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, 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)
16.4 Shapoor Zadran to MS Dhoni, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
16.5 Shapoor Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
16.6 Shapoor Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
End of over 17
India 158/3 (RR : 9.29)
Rohit Sharma 78 (48b)
MS Dhoni 49 (41b)
Shapoor Zadran 3-0-37-0
17.1 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, Six! (6)
17.2 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, 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)
17.3 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, , Wide, one run (1)
17.3 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
17.4 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
17.5 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
17.6 Mohammad Nabi to MS Dhoni, 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
India 171/3 (RR : 9.5)
MS Dhoni 61 (47b)
Rohit Sharma 78 (48b)
Mohammad Nabi 4-0-43-0
18.1 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
18.2 Dawlat Zadran to Rohit Sharma, GOT HIM! Clean bowled!
Rohit Sharma b Dawlat Zadran
Runs : 82 Balls : 50 S/R : 164
(0)
18.3 Dawlat Zadran to Suresh Raina, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
18.4 Dawlat Zadran to Suresh Raina, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
18.5 Dawlat Zadran to Suresh Raina, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
18.6 Dawlat Zadran to MS Dhoni, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 19
India 180/4 (RR : 9.47)
MS Dhoni 61 (48b)
Suresh Raina 5 (3b)
Dawlat Zadran 4-0-35-2
19.1 Hamid Hassan to Suresh Raina, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
19.2 Hamid Hassan to MS Dhoni, 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! YESSS! The umpire gives it, and he's got to go!
MS Dhoni lbw Hamid Hassan
Runs : 61 Balls : 49 S/R : 124.5
(0)
19.3 Hamid Hassan to Hardik Pandya, 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)
19.4 Hamid Hassan to Hardik Pandya, 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)
19.5 Hamid Hassan to Hardik Pandya, Flicked off his hips through the vacant square leg region for two runs. The captain decides to remove a man from gully to cover up that spot. (2)
19.6 Hamid Hassan to Hardik Pandya, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 20
India 187/5 (RR : 9.35)
Hardik Pandya 6 (4b)
Suresh Raina 6 (4b)
Hamid Hassan 4-0-41-3
The final scorecard for first innings was :
Score: 187
Wickets : 5
Overs : 20.0
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Ajinkye Rahane c S Zadran b Hassan 3 5 0 0 60
Rohit Sharma b D Zadran 82 50 10 0 164
Virat Kohli c & b D Zadran 20 10 1 2 200
Yuvraj Singh c Ali b Hassan 3 2 0 0 150
MS Dhoni lbw b Hassan 61 49 5 1 124.5
Suresh Raina not out 6 4 1 0 150
Hardik Pandya not out 6 4 0 0 150
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DNB: R Dhawan, R Ashwin, M Shami, U Yadav
Total: 187 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 9.35
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Mohammad Nabi 4.0 0 43 0 10.75
Samiullah Shenwari 2.0 0 10 0 5
Mirwais Ashraf 3.0 0 21 0 7
Hamid Hassan 4.0 0 41 3 10.25
Shapoor Zadran 3.0 0 37 0 12.33
Dawlat Zadran 4.0 0 35 2 8.75
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Extras : 6 No Balls : 4 Wides : 2 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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0.1 Mohammed Shami to Mohammad Shahzad, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
0.2 Mohammed Shami to Mohammad Shahzad, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
0.3 Mohammed Shami to Mohammad Shahzad, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
0.4 Mohammed Shami to Mohammad Shahzad, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, 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.
Mohammad Shahzad run out Ravichandran Ashwin
Runs : 4 Balls : 4 S/R : 100
(0)
0.5 Mohammed Shami to Asghar Stanikzai, Good running, two runs. (2)
0.6 Mohammed Shami to Asghar Stanikzai, Ooo, cleaned him up!
Asghar Stanikzai b Mohammed Shami
Runs : 2 Balls : 2 S/R : 100
(0)
End of over 1
Afghanistan 6/2 (RR : 6) Required RR(9.53)
Karim Sadiq 0 (0b)
Noor Ali 0 (0b)
Mohammed Shami 1-0-6-1
1.1 Umesh Yadav to Noor Ali, Slog-sweep time! He hasn't executed that quite well, and....yup, he's out caught! Tough luck kid, maybe you'll do better next time.
Noor Ali c Virat Kohli b Umesh Yadav
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
1.2 Umesh Yadav to Nawroz Mangal, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
1.3 Umesh Yadav to Nawroz Mangal, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
1.4 Umesh Yadav to Nawroz Mangal, , No Ball. That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
1.4 Umesh Yadav to Nawroz Mangal, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
1.5 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
1.6 Umesh Yadav to Nawroz Mangal, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
End of over 2
Afghanistan 13/3 (RR : 6.5) Required RR(9.67)
Nawroz Mangal 5 (5b)
Karim Sadiq 1 (1b)
Umesh Yadav 1-0-7-1
2.1 Mohammed Shami to Karim Sadiq, 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)
2.2 Mohammed Shami to Karim Sadiq, Easy single. (1)
2.3 Mohammed Shami to Nawroz Mangal, 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)
2.4 Mohammed Shami to Nawroz Mangal, Goes for a straight drive, but inside edges it into his legs and it richochets onto the stumps! The batsman is not happy!
Nawroz Mangal b Mohammed Shami
Runs : 5 Balls : 7 S/R : 71.43
(0)
2.5 Mohammed Shami 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)
2.6 Mohammed Shami to Mohammad Nabi, He's skied it, too high, there's a fielder coming under it, takes it comfortably!
Mohammad Nabi c Yuvraj Singh b Mohammed Shami
Runs : 0 Balls : 2 S/R : 0
(0)
End of over 3
Afghanistan 16/5 (RR : 5.33) Required RR(10.1)
Samiullah Shenwari 0 (0b)
Karim Sadiq 4 (3b)
Mohammed Shami 2-0-9-3
3.1 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, Very well bowled. (0)
3.2 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
3.3 Umesh Yadav to Samiullah Shenwari, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
3.4 Umesh Yadav to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
3.5 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
3.6 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, 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 4
Afghanistan 20/5 (RR : 5) Required RR(10.4)
Karim Sadiq 7 (7b)
Samiullah Shenwari 1 (2b)
Umesh Yadav 2-0-11-1
4.1 Mohammed Shami to Samiullah Shenwari, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
4.2 Mohammed Shami to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
4.3 Mohammed Shami to Samiullah Shenwari, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and it misses the stumps by a whisker! The keeper tidies up and there is no run. Phew that was close. (0)
4.4 Mohammed Shami to Samiullah Shenwari, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
4.5 Mohammed Shami to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
4.6 Mohammed Shami to Karim Sadiq, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
End of over 5
Afghanistan 25/5 (RR : 5) Required RR(10.8)
Karim Sadiq 9 (8b)
Samiullah Shenwari 4 (7b)
Mohammed Shami 3-0-14-3
5.1 Umesh Yadav to Samiullah Shenwari, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
5.2 Umesh Yadav to Samiullah Shenwari, Very well bowled. (0)
5.3 Umesh Yadav to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
5.4 Umesh Yadav to Samiullah Shenwari, Very well bowled. (0)
5.5 Umesh Yadav to Samiullah Shenwari, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
5.6 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, 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)
End of over 6
Afghanistan 34/5 (RR : 5.67) Required RR(10.9)
Karim Sadiq 13 (9b)
Samiullah Shenwari 9 (12b)
Umesh Yadav 3-0-20-1
6.1 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
6.2 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
6.3 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
6.4 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, 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! (3)
6.5 Yuvraj Singh to Karim Sadiq, 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)
6.6 Yuvraj Singh to Karim Sadiq, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 7
Afghanistan 45/5 (RR : 6.43) Required RR(10.9)
Karim Sadiq 15 (11b)
Samiullah Shenwari 18 (16b)
Yuvraj Singh 1-0-11-0
7.1 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
7.2 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
7.3 Rishi Dhawan to Karim Sadiq, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
7.4 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
7.5 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
7.6 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
End of over 8
Afghanistan 55/5 (RR : 6.88) Required RR(11)
Samiullah Shenwari 27 (21b)
Karim Sadiq 16 (12b)
Rishi Dhawan 1-0-10-0
8.1 Yuvraj Singh to Karim Sadiq, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
8.2 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
8.3 Yuvraj Singh to Karim Sadiq, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
8.4 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
8.5 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
8.6 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
End of over 9
Afghanistan 60/5 (RR : 6.67) Required RR(11.5)
Samiullah Shenwari 30 (25b)
Karim Sadiq 18 (14b)
Yuvraj Singh 2-0-16-0
9.1 Ravichandran Ashwin to Karim Sadiq, 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)
9.2 Ravichandran Ashwin to Karim Sadiq, Lofted drive, falls into the gap. The ball gets stuck in the outfield meaning the batsmen get only two. (2)
9.3 Ravichandran Ashwin to Karim Sadiq, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
9.4 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
9.5 Ravichandran Ashwin to Karim Sadiq, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
9.6 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, 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 10
Afghanistan 70/5 (RR : 7) Required RR(11.7)
Karim Sadiq 24 (18b)
Samiullah Shenwari 34 (27b)
Ravichandran Ashwin 1-0-10-0
10.1 Hardik Pandya to Samiullah Shenwari, Good running, two runs. (2)
10.2 Hardik Pandya to Samiullah Shenwari, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
10.3 Hardik Pandya to Samiullah Shenwari, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
10.4 Hardik Pandya to Samiullah Shenwari, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
10.5 Hardik Pandya to Karim Sadiq, 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)
10.6 Hardik Pandya to Karim Sadiq, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
End of over 11
Afghanistan 84/5 (RR : 7.64) Required RR(11.4)
Samiullah Shenwari 45 (31b)
Karim Sadiq 27 (20b)
Hardik Pandya 1-0-14-0
11.1 Rishi Dhawan to Karim Sadiq, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
11.2 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
11.3 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, Very well bowled. (0)
11.4 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, 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 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
11.6 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, Easy single. (1)
End of over 12
Afghanistan 88/5 (RR : 7.33) Required RR(12.4)
Karim Sadiq 28 (21b)
Samiullah Shenwari 48 (36b)
Rishi Dhawan 2-0-14-0
12.1 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
12.2 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
12.3 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
12.4 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
12.5 Ravichandran Ashwin to Karim Sadiq, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
12.6 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, Good running, two runs. (2)
End of over 13
Afghanistan 96/5 (RR : 7.38) Required RR(13)
Samiullah Shenwari 55 (41b)
Karim Sadiq 29 (22b)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2-0-18-0
13.1 Hardik Pandya to Karim Sadiq, 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)
13.2 Hardik Pandya to Karim Sadiq, 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)
13.3 Hardik Pandya to Karim Sadiq, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
13.4 Hardik Pandya to Karim Sadiq, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
13.5 Hardik Pandya to Samiullah Shenwari, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
13.6 Hardik Pandya to Karim Sadiq, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 14
Afghanistan 104/5 (RR : 7.43) Required RR(13.8)
Karim Sadiq 36 (27b)
Samiullah Shenwari 56 (42b)
Hardik Pandya 2-0-22-0
14.1 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, Ahhh that's poor fielding. The batsman taps it away for a single, and the fielder fires in an over-eager throw well wide of the stumps. No one is backing up and some the batsmen run two more in overthrows! The captain isn't happy! (3)
14.2 Yuvraj Singh to Karim Sadiq, No shot offered. (0)
14.3 Yuvraj Singh to Karim Sadiq, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
14.4 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
14.5 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
14.6 Yuvraj Singh to Samiullah Shenwari, No shot offered. (0)
End of over 15
Afghanistan 114/5 (RR : 7.6) Required RR(14.6)
Samiullah Shenwari 65 (46b)
Karim Sadiq 37 (29b)
Yuvraj Singh 3-0-26-0
15.1 Ravichandran Ashwin to Karim Sadiq, Uppercut over the slip fielders and away for four! Cheeky shot! (4)
15.2 Ravichandran Ashwin to Karim Sadiq, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
15.3 Ravichandran Ashwin to Karim Sadiq, 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)
15.4 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
15.5 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, , 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)
15.5 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
15.6 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
End of over 16
Afghanistan 136/5 (RR : 8.5) Required RR(12.8)
Samiullah Shenwari 77 (50b)
Karim Sadiq 46 (32b)
Ravichandran Ashwin 3-0-40-0
16.1 Rishi Dhawan to Karim Sadiq, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
16.2 Rishi Dhawan to Karim Sadiq, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
16.3 Rishi Dhawan to Karim Sadiq, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
16.4 Rishi Dhawan to Karim Sadiq, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
16.5 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
16.6 Rishi Dhawan to Samiullah Shenwari, 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
Afghanistan 144/5 (RR : 8.47) Required RR(14.3)
Karim Sadiq 51 (36b)
Samiullah Shenwari 80 (52b)
Rishi Dhawan 3-0-22-0
17.1 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
17.2 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, What an audacious shot! Uppercut up and over third man for six! Incredible! (6)
17.3 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, 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)
17.4 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, Very well bowled. (0)
17.5 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
17.6 Ravichandran Ashwin to Samiullah Shenwari, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
End of over 18
Afghanistan 156/5 (RR : 8.67) Required RR(15.5)
Samiullah Shenwari 92 (58b)
Karim Sadiq 51 (36b)
Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-52-0
18.1 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
18.2 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
18.3 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, 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)
18.4 Umesh Yadav to Karim Sadiq, Nice yorker! The batsmen gets a thin inside edge, but the ball still finds legstump! Gone!
Karim Sadiq b Umesh Yadav
Runs : 55 Balls : 40 S/R : 137.5
(0)
18.5 Umesh Yadav to Mirwais Ashraf, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
18.6 Umesh Yadav to Mirwais Ashraf, 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 19
Afghanistan 161/6 (RR : 8.47) Required RR(26)
Samiullah Shenwari 92 (58b)
Mirwais Ashraf 1 (2b)
Umesh Yadav 4-0-25-2
19.1 Mohammed Shami to Mirwais Ashraf, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
19.2 Mohammed Shami to Mirwais Ashraf, Plumb!
Mirwais Ashraf lbw Mohammed Shami
Runs : 5 Balls : 4 S/R : 125
(0)
19.3 Mohammed Shami to Hamid Hassan, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
19.4 Mohammed Shami to Samiullah Shenwari, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
19.5 Mohammed Shami to Samiullah Shenwari, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
19.6 Mohammed Shami to Samiullah Shenwari, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
End of over 20
Afghanistan 170/7 (RR : 8.5) Required RR(1.#J)
Samiullah Shenwari 96 (61b)
Hamid Hassan 1 (1b)
Mohammed Shami 4-0-23-4
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 170
Wickets : 7
Overs : 20.0
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Mohammad Shahzad run out (Ashwin) 4 4 0 0 100
Noor Ali c Kohli b Yadav 0 1 0 0 0
Asghar Stanikzai b Shami 2 2 0 0 100
Karim Sadiq b Yadav 55 40 4 0 137.5
Nawroz Mangal b Shami 5 7 0 0 71.43
Mohammad Nabi c Singh b Shami 0 2 0 0 0
Samiullah Shenwari not out 96 61 8 1 157.4
Mirwais Ashraf lbw b Shami 5 4 1 0 125
Hamid Hassan not out 1 1 0 0 100
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DNB: S Zadran, D Zadran
Total: 170 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 8.5
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Yuvraj Singh 3.0 0 26 0 8.67
Hardik Pandya 2.0 0 22 0 11
Rishi Dhawan 3.0 0 22 0 7.33
Ravichandran Ashwin 4.0 0 52 0 13
Mohammed Shami 4.0 0 23 4 5.75
Umesh Yadav 4.0 0 25 2 6.25
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Extras : 2 No Balls : 2 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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AB de Villiers (), Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Reeza Hendricks, JP Duminy, Vernon Philander, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (), Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, David Wiley, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, Liam PlunkettFIRST INNINGS:
0.1 Dale Steyn 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! YESSS! The umpire gives it, and he's got to go!
Alex Hales lbw Dale Steyn
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
0.2 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, Good running, two runs. (2)
0.3 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, Easy single. (1)
0.4 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, Very well bowled. (0)
0.5 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, 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)
0.6 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
End of over 1
England 10/1 (RR : 10)
Joe Root 3 (2b)
Jason Roy 7 (3b)
Dale Steyn 1-0-10-1
1.1 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
1.2 Morne Morkel to Jason 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)
1.3 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, 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)
1.4 Morne Morkel to Joe Root, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
1.5 Morne Morkel to Joe Root, 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)
1.6 Morne Morkel to Joe Root, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
End of over 2
England 26/1 (RR : 13)
Jason Roy 14 (6b)
Joe Root 12 (5b)
Morne Morkel 1-0-16-0
2.1 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
2.2 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
2.3 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, Very well bowled. (0)
2.4 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
2.5 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
2.6 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
End of over 3
England 29/1 (RR : 9.67)
Jason Roy 16 (11b)
Joe Root 13 (6b)
Dale Steyn 2-0-13-1
3.1 Morne Morkel to Joe Root, 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)
3.2 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
3.3 Morne Morkel to Joe Root, Very well bowled. (0)
3.4 Morne Morkel to Joe Root, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
3.5 Morne Morkel to Joe Root, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
3.6 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 4
England 32/1 (RR : 8)
Jason Roy 17 (13b)
Joe Root 15 (10b)
Morne Morkel 2-0-19-0
4.1 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, 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)
4.2 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, Very well bowled. (0)
4.3 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
4.4 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, 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)
4.5 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, Going, Going, Gone! Six Runs! (6)
4.6 Dale Steyn to Joe Root, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 5
England 46/1 (RR : 9.2)
Joe Root 29 (16b)
Jason Roy 17 (13b)
Dale Steyn 3-0-27-1
5.1 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
5.2 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
5.3 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
5.4 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
5.5 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
5.6 Morne Morkel to Joe Root, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
End of over 6
England 50/1 (RR : 8.33)
Jason Roy 20 (18b)
Joe Root 30 (17b)
Morne Morkel 3-0-23-0
6.1 JP Duminy to Joe Root, 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)
6.2 JP Duminy to Joe Root, 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)
6.3 JP Duminy to Joe Root, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
6.4 JP Duminy to Joe Root, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
6.5 JP Duminy to Joe Root, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
6.6 JP Duminy to Joe Root, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 7
England 60/1 (RR : 8.57)
Joe Root 40 (23b)
Jason Roy 20 (18b)
JP Duminy 1-0-10-0
7.1 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
7.2 Wayne Parnell to Joe Root, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
7.3 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, 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! (3)
7.4 Wayne Parnell to Joe Root, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
7.5 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, 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)
7.6 Wayne Parnell to Joe Root, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
End of over 8
England 67/1 (RR : 8.38)
Joe Root 42 (26b)
Jason Roy 25 (21b)
Wayne Parnell 1-0-7-0
8.1 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
8.2 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, 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)
8.3 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, 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)
8.4 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
8.5 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
8.6 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, 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 9
England 75/1 (RR : 8.33)
Jason Roy 31 (24b)
Joe Root 44 (29b)
Vernon Philander 1-0-8-0
9.1 Faf du Plessis to Joe Root, 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)
9.2 Faf du Plessis to Jason Roy, Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
9.3 Faf du Plessis to Jason Roy, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
9.4 Faf du Plessis to Joe Root, Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
9.5 Faf du Plessis to Joe Root, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
9.6 Faf du Plessis to Joe Root, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 10
England 85/1 (RR : 8.5)
Joe Root 49 (33b)
Jason Roy 36 (26b)
Faf du Plessis 1-0-10-0
10.1 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
10.2 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
10.3 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Full, wide, the batsman slashes hard at it and edges it through the second slip region! Third man tidies up and the batsmen run for three. The captain decides to move the man from short fine leg to the slip cordon, he's searching for a wicket here. (3)
10.4 Wayne Parnell to Joe Root, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
10.5 Wayne Parnell to Joe Root, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
10.6 Wayne Parnell to Joe Root, 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)
End of over 11
England 100/1 (RR : 9.09)
Joe Root 57 (36b)
Jason Roy 43 (29b)
Wayne Parnell 2-0-22-0
11.1 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, 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)
11.2 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, One more to the total. (1)
11.3 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
11.4 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
11.5 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
11.6 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
End of over 12
England 109/1 (RR : 9.08)
Joe Root 63 (40b)
Jason Roy 46 (31b)
Vernon Philander 2-0-17-0
12.1 JP Duminy to Jason Roy, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
12.2 JP Duminy to Joe Root, That's a single. (1)
12.3 JP Duminy to Jason Roy, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
12.4 JP Duminy to Jason Roy, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
12.5 JP Duminy to Jason Roy, 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)
12.6 JP Duminy to Jason Roy, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
End of over 13
England 118/1 (RR : 9.08)
Joe Root 64 (41b)
Jason Roy 54 (36b)
JP Duminy 2-0-19-0
13.1 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, 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)
13.2 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
13.3 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
13.4 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
13.5 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
13.6 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
End of over 14
England 123/1 (RR : 8.79)
Joe Root 65 (42b)
Jason Roy 58 (41b)
Vernon Philander 3-0-22-0
14.1 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Good running, two runs. (2)
14.2 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Very well bowled. (0)
14.3 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
14.4 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, 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)
14.5 Wayne Parnell to Joe Root, Biffed down to long-off, easy single. (1)
14.6 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
End of over 15
England 129/1 (RR : 8.6)
Jason Roy 63 (46b)
Joe Root 66 (43b)
Wayne Parnell 3-0-28-0
15.1 Faf du Plessis to Joe Root, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
15.2 Faf du Plessis to Joe Root, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
15.3 Faf du Plessis to Jason Roy, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
15.4 Faf du Plessis to Jason 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)
15.5 Faf du Plessis to Jason Roy, 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)
15.6 Faf du Plessis to Jason Roy, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
End of over 16
England 132/1 (RR : 8.25)
Jason Roy 65 (50b)
Joe Root 67 (45b)
Faf du Plessis 2-0-13-0
16.1 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, Reverse sweep, and it's four! What an outrageous shot! The batsman is all smiles after pulling that one off! (4)
16.2 Vernon Philander to Joe Root, 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!
Joe Root c Dale Steyn b Vernon Philander
Runs : 71 Balls : 47 S/R : 151.1
(0)
16.3 Vernon Philander to Eoin Morgan, 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)
16.4 Vernon Philander to Eoin Morgan, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
16.5 Vernon Philander to Jason Roy, 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)
16.6 Vernon Philander to Eoin Morgan, Down the track, and BOOM! Six Runs! Great batting! (6)
End of over 17
England 146/2 (RR : 8.59)
Eoin Morgan 7 (3b)
Jason Roy 68 (51b)
Vernon Philander 4-0-36-1
17.1 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
17.2 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
17.3 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Splendid shot for four! (4)
17.4 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
17.5 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
17.6 Wayne Parnell to Jason Roy, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
End of over 18
England 156/2 (RR : 8.67)
Jason Roy 78 (57b)
Eoin Morgan 7 (3b)
Wayne Parnell 4-0-38-0
18.1 Morne Morkel to Eoin Morgan, Sharp reflexes, excellent catch! That's certainly going to be on the highlight reel.
Eoin Morgan c JP Duminy b Morne Morkel
Runs : 7 Balls : 4 S/R : 175
(0)
18.2 Morne Morkel to Jos Buttler, 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! YESSS! The umpire gives it, and he's got to go!
Jos Buttler lbw Morne Morkel
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
18.3 Morne Morkel to Ben Stokes, That's a single. (1)
18.4 Morne Morkel to Jason Roy, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
18.5 Morne Morkel to Ben Stokes, Hit straight to long on, and that's caught!
Ben Stokes c Faf du Plessis b Morne Morkel
Runs : 1 Balls : 2 S/R : 50
(0)
18.6 Morne Morkel to Chris Woakes, , Leg Byes, another 2 run(s) (2)
End of over 19
England 160/5 (RR : 8.42)
Jason Roy 79 (58b)
Chris Woakes 0 (0b)
Morne Morkel 4-0-25-3
19.1 Dale Steyn to Chris Woakes, Sharp reflexes, excellent catch! That's certainly going to be on the highlight reel.
Chris Woakes c Vernon Philander b Dale Steyn
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
19.2 Dale Steyn to David Willey, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
19.3 Dale Steyn to David Willey, , Wide, one run (1)
19.3 Dale Steyn to David Willey, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
19.4 Dale Steyn to David Willey, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
19.5 Dale Steyn to Jason Roy, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
19.6 Dale Steyn to David Willey, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
End of over 20
England 163/6 (RR : 8.15)
David Willey 1 (4b)
Jason Roy 80 (59b)
Dale Steyn 4-0-30-1
The final scorecard for first innings was :
Score: 163
Wickets : 6
Overs : 20.0
Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
Alex Hales lbw b Steyn 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Roy not out 80 59 5 1 135.6
Joe Root c Steyn b Philander 71 47 9 1 151.1
Eoin Morgan c Duminy b Morkel 7 4 0 1 175
Jos Buttler lbw b Morkel 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Stokes c du Plessis b Morkel 1 2 0 0 50
Chris Woakes c Philander b Steyn 0 1 0 0 0
David Willey not out 1 4 0 0 25
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DNB: A Rashid, S Broad, L Plunkett
Total: 163 Overs: 20.0 Run Rate: 8.15
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Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Faf du Plessis 2.0 0 13 0 6.5
JP Duminy 2.0 0 19 0 9.5
Vernon Philander 4.0 0 36 1 9
Wayne Parnell 4.0 0 38 0 9.5
Dale Steyn 4.0 0 30 2 7.5
Morne Morkel 4.0 0 25 3 6.25
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Extras : 3 No Balls : 0 Wides : 1 Leg Byes : 2 Byes : 0
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0.1 David Willey to AB de Villiers, 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)
0.2 David Willey to Quinton de Kock, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
0.3 David Willey to AB de Villiers, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
0.4 David Willey to AB de Villiers, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
0.5 David Willey to AB de Villiers, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
0.6 David Willey to AB de Villiers, One more to the total. (1)
End of over 1
South Africa 7/0 (RR : 7) Required RR(8.21)
Quinton de Kock 1 (1b)
AB de Villiers 6 (5b)
David Willey 1-0-7-0
1.1 Stuart Broad to AB de Villiers, He's skied it, too high, there's a fielder coming under it, takes it comfortably!
AB de Villiers c Alex Hales b Stuart Broad
Runs : 6 Balls : 6 S/R : 100
(0)
1.2 Stuart Broad to Faf du Plessis, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
1.3 Stuart Broad to Quinton de Kock, One more to the total. (1)
1.4 Stuart Broad to Faf du Plessis, 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)
1.5 Stuart Broad to Quinton de Kock, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
1.6 Stuart Broad to Quinton de Kock, Easy single. (1)
End of over 2
South Africa 15/1 (RR : 7.5) Required RR(8.22)
Faf du Plessis 2 (2b)
Quinton de Kock 7 (4b)
Stuart Broad 1-0-8-1
2.1 David Willey to Quinton de Kock, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
2.2 David Willey to Faf du Plessis, Nice. Length ball, clobbered down the ground for six. Superb batting. (6)
2.3 David Willey to Faf du Plessis, Perfect yorker, and he's gone!
Faf du Plessis b David Willey
Runs : 8 Balls : 4 S/R : 200
(0)
2.4 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
2.5 David Willey to Quinton de Kock, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
2.6 David Willey to Quinton de Kock, One, Two, Three more added to the total. Well run! (3)
End of over 3
South Africa 26/2 (RR : 8.67) Required RR(8.06)
Reeza Hendricks 1 (1b)
Quinton de Kock 11 (7b)
David Willey 2-0-18-1
3.1 Stuart Broad to Quinton de Kock, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
3.2 Stuart Broad to Quinton de Kock, Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
3.3 Stuart Broad to Quinton de Kock, Top edge...and gone!
Quinton de Kock c Alex Hales b Stuart Broad
Runs : 15 Balls : 10 S/R : 150
(0)
3.4 Stuart Broad to David Miller, He tries to play that off the backfoot, but the ball keeps low and raps him on the pad! It's plumb in front, he's gotta go! Tough luck son.
David Miller lbw Stuart Broad
Runs : 0 Balls : 1 S/R : 0
(0)
3.5 Stuart Broad to Reeza Hendricks, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
3.6 Stuart Broad to Reeza Hendricks, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
End of over 4
South Africa 30/4 (RR : 7.5) Required RR(8.31)
Reeza Hendricks 0 (2b)
Reeza Hendricks 1 (1b)
Stuart Broad 2-0-12-3
4.1 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, 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 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
4.3 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
4.4 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
4.5 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
4.6 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
End of over 5
South Africa 39/4 (RR : 7.8) Required RR(8.27)
Reeza Hendricks 8 (6b)
Reeza Hendricks 2 (3b)
David Willey 3-0-27-1
5.1 Stuart Broad to Reeza Hendricks, 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)
5.2 Stuart Broad to Reeza Hendricks, Ah, the quicker ball. The batsman was late on it. No run. (0)
5.3 Stuart Broad to Reeza Hendricks, 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)
5.4 Stuart Broad to Reeza Hendricks, The crowd roar in delight at that dismissal, it's clear to see that the fielder is a fan favourite!
Reeza Hendricks c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad
Runs : 3 Balls : 5 S/R : 60
(0)
5.5 Stuart Broad to JP Duminy, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
5.6 Stuart Broad to JP Duminy, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
End of over 6
South Africa 44/5 (RR : 7.33) Required RR(8.5)
Reeza Hendricks 11 (8b)
JP Duminy 1 (2b)
Stuart Broad 3-0-17-3
6.1 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
6.2 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
6.3 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, Very well bowled. (0)
6.4 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, That was a very good delivery. (0)
6.5 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
6.6 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, Easy single. (1)
End of over 7
South Africa 47/5 (RR : 6.71) Required RR(8.92)
Reeza Hendricks 12 (11b)
JP Duminy 3 (5b)
Liam Plunkett 1-0-3-0
7.1 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
7.2 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
7.3 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
7.4 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
7.5 Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, That was a very good delivery. (0)
7.6 Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
End of over 8
South Africa 51/5 (RR : 6.38) Required RR(9.33)
JP Duminy 6 (9b)
Reeza Hendricks 13 (13b)
Chris Woakes 1-0-4-0
8.1 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
8.2 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, The batsman goes down the track and nails it through the offside! Four more! (4)
8.3 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, BANG! The batsman absolutely nailed that shot! Luckily for the bowler there is a man in the deep, so only two runs. (2)
8.4 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, 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)
8.5 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
8.6 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
End of over 9
South Africa 64/5 (RR : 7.11) Required RR(9)
JP Duminy 15 (12b)
Reeza Hendricks 17 (16b)
Liam Plunkett 2-0-16-0
9.1 Ben Stokes to Reeza Hendricks, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
9.2 Ben Stokes to Reeza Hendricks, Very well bowled. (0)
9.3 Ben Stokes to Reeza Hendricks, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
9.4 Ben Stokes to JP Duminy, No Run, excellent bowling. (0)
9.5 Ben Stokes to JP Duminy, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
9.6 Ben Stokes to Reeza Hendricks, 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 10
South Africa 68/5 (RR : 6.8) Required RR(9.5)
Reeza Hendricks 20 (20b)
JP Duminy 16 (14b)
Ben Stokes 1-0-4-0
10.1 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, 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 Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, , No Ball. Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
10.2 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
10.3 Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
10.4 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
10.5 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
10.6 Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, 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
South Africa 76/5 (RR : 6.91) Required RR(9.67)
Reeza Hendricks 22 (23b)
JP Duminy 21 (18b)
Chris Woakes 2-0-12-0
11.1 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, 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)
11.2 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Down the track, driven to the deep. Two more. (2)
11.3 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Short ball, worked off the hips for a single (1)
11.4 Adil Rashid to Reeza Hendricks, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
11.5 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Very well bowled. (0)
11.6 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, The batsman looks surprised that that ball wasn't called a wide. The bowler's grinning as he makes his way back to his mark. (0)
End of over 12
South Africa 84/5 (RR : 7) Required RR(9.88)
JP Duminy 28 (23b)
Reeza Hendricks 23 (24b)
Adil Rashid 1-0-8-0
12.1 Ben Stokes to Reeza Hendricks, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
12.2 Ben Stokes to JP Duminy, 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)
12.3 Ben Stokes to Reeza Hendricks, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
12.4 Ben Stokes to Reeza Hendricks, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
12.5 Ben Stokes to JP Duminy, Inside edge, and past the stumps. The batsmen take a quick single (1)
12.6 Ben Stokes to Reeza Hendricks, Tucked on the off side, two more to the total. (2)
End of over 13
South Africa 90/5 (RR : 6.92) Required RR(10.4)
Reeza Hendricks 27 (28b)
JP Duminy 30 (25b)
Ben Stokes 2-0-10-0
13.1 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Very well bowled. (0)
13.2 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, One more to the total. (1)
13.3 Adil Rashid to Reeza Hendricks, Short and pulled away for a single (1)
13.4 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
13.5 Adil Rashid to Reeza Hendricks, One, Two, Three more added to the total. Well run! (3)
13.6 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
End of over 14
South Africa 97/5 (RR : 6.93) Required RR(11)
Reeza Hendricks 31 (30b)
JP Duminy 33 (29b)
Adil Rashid 2-0-15-0
14.1 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, Good length delivery on the stumps, the batsman just leans forward and drives it past mid-on for four more. Lovely shot. (4)
14.2 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, Good running, two runs. (2)
14.3 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, He didn't middle that, but there is enough power on it to get the batsmen three. (3)
14.4 Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, That's a single. (1)
14.5 Chris Woakes to JP Duminy, 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)
14.6 Chris Woakes to Reeza Hendricks, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
End of over 15
South Africa 111/5 (RR : 7.4) Required RR(10.4)
JP Duminy 45 (33b)
Reeza Hendricks 33 (32b)
Chris Woakes 3-0-26-0
15.1 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
15.2 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, 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)
15.3 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, Neat little late cut, beats the slip and short third man. The batsmen get two. (2)
15.4 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, Very well bowled. (0)
15.5 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
15.6 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, 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)
End of over 16
South Africa 120/5 (RR : 7.5) Required RR(10.8)
JP Duminy 51 (37b)
Reeza Hendricks 36 (34b)
Liam Plunkett 3-0-25-0
16.1 Adil Rashid to Reeza Hendricks, 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)
16.2 Adil Rashid to Reeza Hendricks, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
16.3 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Very well bowled. (0)
16.4 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
16.5 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Lovely late cut through the vacant third man region. Four more. (4)
16.6 Adil Rashid to JP Duminy, Clipped off the legs, the batsmen get two. (2)
End of over 17
South Africa 135/5 (RR : 7.94) Required RR(9.33)
JP Duminy 61 (41b)
Reeza Hendricks 41 (36b)
Adil Rashid 3-0-30-0
17.1 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
17.2 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
17.3 Liam Plunkett to Reeza Hendricks, 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)
17.4 Liam Plunkett to JP Duminy, Hit straight to long on, and that's caught!
JP Duminy c & b Liam Plunkett
Runs : 61 Balls : 42 S/R : 145.2
(0)
17.5 Liam Plunkett to Vernon Philander, 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)
17.6 Liam Plunkett to Vernon Philander, 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)
End of over 18
South Africa 150/6 (RR : 8.33) Required RR(6.5)
Vernon Philander 8 (2b)
Reeza Hendricks 48 (39b)
Liam Plunkett 4-0-40-1
18.1 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
18.2 David Willey to Reeza Hendricks, The batsman tries to dab that down to third man, but misses and his offstump is knocked back! Cya!
Reeza Hendricks b David Willey
Runs : 48 Balls : 41 S/R : 117.1
(0)
18.3 David Willey to Wayne Parnell, No shot offered. (0)
18.4 David Willey to Wayne Parnell, 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)
18.5 David Willey to Vernon Philander, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
18.6 David Willey to Vernon Philander, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
End of over 19
South Africa 157/7 (RR : 8.26) Required RR(6)
Vernon Philander 14 (4b)
Wayne Parnell 1 (2b)
David Willey 4-0-34-219.1 Stuart Broad to Wayne Parnell, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
19.2 Stuart Broad to Wayne Parnell, Shortish delivery on the stumps, the batsman backs away and swats it to cover for a single (1)
19.3 Stuart Broad to Vernon Philander, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
19.4 Stuart Broad to Wayne Parnell, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
The final scorecard for second innings was :
Score: 165
Wickets : 7
Overs : 19.4Player Status R B 4s 6s S/R
AB de Villiers c Hales b Broad 6 6 0 0 100
Quinton de Kock c Hales b Broad 15 10 2 0 150
Faf du Plessis b Willey 8 4 0 1 200
Reeza Hendricks c Buttler b Broad 3 5 0 0 60
David Miller lbw b Broad 0 1 0 0 0
Reeza Hendricks b Willey 48 41 3 0 117.1
JP Duminy & b Plunkett 61 42 6 0 145.2
Vernon Philander not out 15 5 1 1 300
Wayne Parnell not out 8 5 1 0 160
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DNB: D Stey, M Morkel
Total: 165 Overs: 19.4 Run Rate: 8.684
____________________________________________________________________________________Players Overs Maidens Runs Wickets ER
Ben Stokes 2.0 0 10 0 5
Chris Woakes 3.0 0 26 0 8.67
David Willey 4.0 0 34 2 8.5
Adil Rashid 3.0 0 30 0 10
Stuart Broad 3.4 0 25 4 6.82
Liam Plunkett 4.0 0 40 1 10
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Extras : 1 No Balls : 1 Wides : 0 Leg Byes : 0 Byes : 0
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/ wicket-keeper and mark at least FIVE blowers. Pitch types are specified under each fixture. Afghanistan - Hamid Hassan is fit to play. Australia - James Faulkner is fit to play. Bangladesh - No injuries. England - No injuries. India - Hardik Pandya picked up level 4 injury. As the result of it, player is out for rest of the tournament. India have to replace the player. Ireland - No injuries. New Zealand - Kane Williamson picked up level 1 injury during match. Yet he's not recommended to be dropped. Pakistan - No injuries Sri Lanka - No injuries. South Africa - No injuries. West Indies - Devendra Bishoo is fit to play. Zimbabwe - No injuries.
||West Indies|2|2|-|-|
4
|331/40.0|310/40.0|+0.525|
WW
||Sri Lanka|2|1|1|-|
2
|354/40.0|334/40.0|+0.500|
LW
||England|2|1|1|-|
2
|385/40.0|367/40.0|+0.373|
WL
||South Africa|2|1|1|-|
2
|327/39.4|332/40.0|-0.057|
LW
||Ireland|2|1|1|-|
2
|296/40.0|302/40.0|-0.150|
WL
||Bangladesh|2|-|2|-|
0
|388/40.0|436/40.0|-1.200|
LL||Australia|2|2|-|-|
4
|355/33.0|351/40.0|+1.982|
WW
||New Zealand|2|2|-|-|
4
|311/35.1|308/40.0|+1.143|
WW
||India|2|1|1|-|
2
|348/40.0|332/39.3|+0.295|
LW
||Pakistan|2|1|1|-|
2
|301/39.3|301/37.0|-0.515|
WL
||Afghanistan|2|-|2|-|
0
|324/40.0|343/36.4|-1.254|
LL
||Zimbabwe|2|-|2|-|
0
|367/40.0|370/34.3|-1.549|
LL
