Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Northern Knights vs Leinster Lightning, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy 2024, 18th Match

At the start of the innings the Lightning set off positively to try and hit this target, but as wickets fell they couldn't keep up with the run rate. De Freitas topscored with 40 off only 29 balls, although no-one could stay with him and the Knights ended up winning by 31 runs. Matthew Foster ended up with 4 wickets for the Reds, as the Knights managed to derail the Lightning's unbeaten season at the last hurdle. Jake Egan has just been named the player of the match. The Knights pick up for points for the win, although it's not going to stop the Lightning celebrations as they are gathering together to pick up the IP20 trophy. I'm sure that the pictures willbe all over the Cricket Ireland socials soon. Well done to the Lightning, they have been worthy winners. Thanks for following along today, we will all be back tomorrow to settle the IP50 title. Until then, this is Justin saying goodbye from Oakhill

18.5

Foster to Deveraj, OUT, looks to shovel the ball into the legside. The ball flies high in the air and Robertson runs to his left at short fine leg, and takes the catch on the run. Knights win

M Deveraj c Robertson b Foster 8 (7m 5b 0x4 1x6) SR: 160.00

18.4

Foster to McNally, 1 run, looks to drive down the ground, the ball goes off the inside half of the bat towards the legside boundary.

18.3

Foster to Deveraj, 1 run, leans into the shot, plays the ball along the ground to long-off and jogs down the other end

18.2

Foster to McNally, 1 run, inside edge onto the front pad, the ball runs behind square on the legside

18.1

Foster to McNally, FOUR, slams the ball back past the bowler. Splits the two deep fielder

END OF OVER:
18 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | LEL: 149/9 (39 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.27, RRR: 19.50)

Melvin Deveraj7 (3b)
John McNally11 (13b)

Matthew Humphreys4-0-32-2
Mark Adair3-0-10-1

39 needed off the last two overs, the Lightning could still do this. 38 for the superover...

17.6

Humphreys to Deveraj, SIX, Deveraj hits the ball down the ground. It is miles in the air, and just has enough power in the shot to clear long-on

17.5

Humphreys to Deveraj, no run, waits on the back foot for the ball to spin in, defends

17.4

Humphreys to McNally, 1 run, pulls the ball off the back foot. Doesn't hit the ball cleanly enough to reach the deep fielder on the full at long-on

17.3

Humphreys to Deveraj, 1 run, gets his first Lightning run. Pushes the ball towards cover

17.3

Humphreys to Deveraj, 1 wide, spins away from the stumps

17.2

Humphreys to Hand, OUT, Humphreys is down one knee appealing for the LBW and the Umpire's finger goes up. Played across the line and is hit on the front leg, that's plumb and the Lightning are 9 down

F Hand lbw b Humphreys 7 (4m 3b 0x4 1x6) SR: 233.33

17.1

Humphreys to Hand, SIX, Humphreys drops a little too short. Hand muscles the ball over the square leg boundary as he pulls the ball.

END OF OVER:
17 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | LEL: 134/8 (54 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.88, RRR: 18.00)

John McNally10 (12b)
Fionn Hand1 (1b)

Mark Adair3-0-10-1
Cade Carmichael3-0-36-0

16.6

MR Adair to McNally, no run, full ball, angles back in to the left-hander. Blocked back down the pitch and the bowler stops the ball in his follow through. Very tidy over from Adair

16.5

MR Adair to McNally, no run, batter is cut in half as the bowler cranks up the pace, can't get bat on ball and it goes through to the keeper

16.4

MR Adair to Hand, 1 run, hits the ball to extra cover and charges down the other end. The fielder throws the ball back to the bowler. A better throw and Hand would have been run out

16.3

MR Adair to De Freitas, OUT, Flicks the ball in the air towards long leg. The fielder looks down to make sure that his feet weren't touching the rope and takes the catch

C De Freitas c Jake Egan b MR Adair 40 (59m 29b 2x4 2x6) SR: 137.93

16.2

MR Adair to De Freitas, no run, plays the ball back up the pitch. Adair sticks his right hand out and stops the ball

16.1

MR Adair to McNally, 1 run, hits the ball down the ground

END OF OVER:
16 | 4 Runs | LEL: 132/7 (56 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.25, RRR: 14.00)

John McNally9 (9b)
Christopher De Freitas40 (27b)

Cade Carmichael3-0-36-0
Matthew Humphreys3-0-17-1

15.6

Carmichael to McNally, 1 run,

15.5

Carmichael to De Freitas, 1 run,

Leinster INNINGS		R	B
LJ Tucker	caught	8	6
TH Tector	caught	34	20
HT Tector	caught	5	8
C De Freitas	caught	40	29
GH Dockrell	caught	9	10
SJ Harbinson	caught	17	12
S Lynch	bowled	0	2
G Hoey	caught wk	4	4
JC McNally	not out	17	16
F Hand	lbw	7	3
M Deveraj	caught	8	5
EXTRAS	(w 5, nb 2)
TOTAL	156 (all out; 18.5 ovs)

Knights BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
MR Adair	3.0	10	1	3.33	(1w)
C Carmichael	3.0	36	0	12.00	(2nb)
MT Foster	3.5	33	4	8.60	(3w)
MJ Humphreys	4.0	32	2	8.00	(1w)
A Adey	3.0	34	1	11.33
C Robertson	2.0	11	2	5.50

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	LJ Tucker	TH Tector
2nd	26	HT Tector	TH Tector
3rd	0	C De Freitas	HT Tector
4th	27	GH Dockrell	C De Freitas
5th	27	C De Freitas	SJ Harbinson
6th	0	C De Freitas	S Lynch
7th	5	C De Freitas	G Hoey
8th	24	C De Freitas	JC McNally
9th	7	F Hand	JC McNally
10th	16	JC McNally	M Deveraj

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
LEL	9	7	1	34	2.025
NK	9	5	3	25	1.41
NWW	9	2	6	11	-2.057
REDS	9	2	6	11	-2.137

END OF OVER:18 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | LEL: 149/9 (39 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.27, RRR: 19.50)

END OF OVER:17 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | LEL: 134/8 (54 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.88, RRR: 18.00)

END OF OVER:16 | 4 Runs | LEL: 132/7 (56 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.25, RRR: 14.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | LEL: 149/9 (39 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.27, RRR: 19.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | LEL: 134/8 (54 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.88, RRR: 18.00)

END OF OVER:
16 | 4 Runs | LEL: 132/7 (56 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.25, RRR: 14.00)