• BATSMEN
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    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    not out
    56
    29
    48
    4
    4
    193.10
    3.3 skied to long-off, this one is taken! Goes back in the crease and attempts to flog it off a length, pretty much a top edge - if you discount the fact it nearly carried all the way for six. Malan holds on without drama to (briefly) silence the crowd 39/1
    4.2 top-edged pull back to the bowler! Narine's been bounced out by the offie! Carter's a tall man and he just fired this into the surface at 60mph, got big very quickly on Narine, who's not massively keen on the short stuff (though this isn't normally what that proposition entails). Lobbed off the splice for a simple caught-and-bowled 45/2
    5.4 rifled over cover... no, Gregory intercepts it! Stunning catch! Smashed right out of the middle but Gregory went with it, scrambling across to his right before plucking it one-handed! Brilliant stuff from the Rockets captain 61/3
    7.1 tossed up, beats the bat, Moores pulls off the leg-side stumping! Smart work behind the stumps, Billings was only out of his ground for a moment or two. Patel enticed the attempt to come out and slog down the ground, Moores did the rest 68/4
    10.2 castled! Blake has his stumps rearranged! Fast, flat legbreak and Blake was aiming a slog-sweep but before he knew it the death rattle came from behind him. Rashid's arms are spread, he claims his first victim of the night 96/5
    11.3 well bowled and well caught! Back-of-the-hand slower ball, I think, and Curran miscues his hack across the line, a top edge sails just over the ring, but Carter does really well running across from short third to then get his lanky frame coordinated for a sliding take 106/6
    not out
    9
    3
    6
    0
    1
    300.00
    Extras
    14 (b 4, lb 4, w 6)
    TOTAL
    125/6 (13 Overs, RR: 9.61 per 6 ball)
    Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Will Jacks, 3.3 ov), 2-45 (Sunil Narine, 4.2 ov), 3-61 (Colin Ingram, 5.4 ov), 4-68 (Sam Billings, 7.1 ov), 5-96 (Alex Blake, 10.2 ov), 6-106 (Tom Curran, 11.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SR Patel302127.0070110
    Rashid Khan302819.3361300
    SJ Cook201015.0041000
    T van der Gugten2029114.5023210
    M Carter302919.6651300
  • BATSMEN
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    0.3 scoops this straight to short fine leg! Short was under pressure immediately and tried to improvise shuffling well across his stumps, he picked the right ball to try to sweep/scoop this over fine leg as Narine bowled this on the legs but Short couldn't get the elevation and picks out Mahmood at chest height on the ring. 0/1
    25
    15
    3
    1
    166.66
    5.3 instead of shuffling across his stumps, this time Hales backs away to expose them and pays the price. Narine pitched this on a good length on middle, Hales premeditated a cut through point but the ball skids a touch low and goes underneath the shot to light up middle stump. 41/3
    3.4 full pace length ball at 81 mph hustles Malan trying to pull this. The constant changes of pace didn't allow Malan to get into rhythm and he pulls this off the splice to Blake jogging in from deep midwicket before taking the catch crouching on his knees 20 yards inside the rope. 27/2
    5.5 full on middle, Moores tries to slog this over long-on but instead skies it straight up behind Narine. Laurie Evans circles across from long-off and takes the catch on his knees on the nailed in advertising logos behind the bowler. 42/4
    8.1 sliced to backward point! Shamsi's spikes comes off and he's dialing up another wicket! Samit tried to lean back and go over that favored backward point region but didn't get the elevation to this short and wide ball. Simple catch on the ring. 65/5
    9.5 full on middle, skips down the track and tries to heave this over cow corner but gets this more off the bottom of the bat than the middle, easy chance floats to the fielder coming in 10 yards off the rope for an easy catch at chest height. 80/6
    not out
    28
    12
    4
    1
    233.33
    12.1 starts with a slower ball full on fifth stump at 69 mph, Rashid tries to heave this down the ground but skies this over mid-off. Easy catch for Laurie Evans on the ring. He was there instead of being on the rope to tempt Rashid into the shot, mission accomplished. 109/7
    12.3 short on fifth stump, slaps a pull to midwicket, they want to come back for two but Gregory falls down at the non-striker's end trying to do so and Carter is hung out to dry. The relay to Billings at the striker's end was actually quite poor, took him 5 yards away from the stumps, but he still had time to run and take the bails off before Carter could get back in. 111/8
    not out
    1
    1
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    13 (b 5, lb 5, w 3)
    TOTAL
    116/8 (13 Overs, RR: 8.92 per 6 ball)
    Did not bat: SJ Cook
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (D'Arcy Short, 0.3 ov), 2-27 (Dawid Malan, 3.4 ov), 3-41 (Alex Hales, 5.3 ov), 4-42 (Tom Moores, 5.5 ov), 5-65 (Samit Patel, 8.1 ov), 6-80 (Steven Mullaney, 9.5 ov), 7-109 (Rashid Khan, 12.1 ov), 8-111 (Matthew Carter, 12.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SP Narine201135.5062000
    S Mahmood3030010.0065110
    RJW Topley2021010.5024000
    TK Curran302127.0051120
    T Shamsi302327.6661200

Match Notes

Rockets 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0AD HalesDJM Short
2nd27DJ MalanAD Hales
3rd14AD HalesTJ Moores
4th1SR PatelTJ Moores
5th23SR PatelSJ Mullaney
6th15SJ MullaneyL Gregory
7th29L GregoryRashid Khan
8th2L GregoryM Carter
9th5T van der GugtenL Gregory