END OF OVER:20 | 9 Runs | BH: 121/6 | RR: 6.05
- Xavier Bartlett28 (17b)
- Ross Whiteley8 (10b)
- Daniel Sams4-0-27-2
- Usman Qadir4-0-19-1
8.47pm So, with that boundary, Heat did at least lift their target past a run a ball. But it was slow-going out there on a tricky two-paced surface. How will Thunder fare in their chase? Don't stray too far, that's all I'm saying!
19.6
4
Sams to Bartlett, FOUR, finds the gap! Round the wicket, spears in the yorker, decent option, but an open-faced deflection pings through deep third
19.5
1
Sams to Whiteley, 1 run, slower ball, back of a length, hoisted to deep midwicket, this has been an excellent over so far
19.4
1
Sams to Bartlett, 1 run, into the pitch, hard to line up the pull as the variable bounce keeps the batter guessing
19.3
2
Sams to Bartlett, 2 runs, wide line again, Sams knows his game at this stage, another offcutter, a big hoick to the on-side, mopped up at long-on
19.2
0
Sams to Bartlett, no run, wide line, would have been given as such had he left it. Instead it's a thin snick, bouncing short of the keeper, for another dot
19.1
1
Sams to Whiteley, 1 run, very full from over the wicket, toe-ended out into the covers
So, it's all been a bit one-paced from Heat. Can they find a 15-run over, and push up past 125?
END OF OVER:19 | 6 Runs | BH: 112/6 | RR: 5.89
- Xavier Bartlett21 (13b)
- Ross Whiteley6 (8b)
- Usman Qadir4-0-19-1
- Daniel Sams3-0-18-2
18.6
0
Usman Qadir to Bartlett, no run, googly, Bartlett gets in a tangle on his attempted sweep, Qadir gets out of his over well
18.5
1
Usman Qadir to Whiteley, 1 run, pulls the googly down the ground to long-on
18.4
0
Usman Qadir to Whiteley, no run, attempted hoist across the line, can't connect
18.3
3
Usman Qadir to Bartlett, 3 runs, chopped out to deep extra cover, Bartlett is playing a decent hand here
18.2
1
Usman Qadir to Whiteley, 1 run, dropped! Qadir felt that, it was a toe-ended googly, the ball barely got up as Whiteley flogged back down the ground, and through the bowler's fingers
18.1
1
Usman Qadir to Bartlett, 1 run, clubbed down to long-off for another single
END OF OVER:18 | 6 Runs | BH: 106/6 | RR: 5.88
- Xavier Bartlett17 (10b)
- Ross Whiteley4 (5b)
- Daniel Sams3-0-18-2
- Nathan McAndrew3-0-28-1
17.6
1
Sams to Bartlett, 1 run, yorker, dips into the blockhole, stabbed to short third who gathers well at his toes
17.5
0
Sams to Bartlett, no run, back on that wide line, cutting the tramlines with pace off, and Bartlett's levers can't combat that one
17.4
0
Sams to Bartlett, no run, that's a good riposte, zipping through to the keeper
17.3
4
Sams to Bartlett, FOUR, pounded through wide long-on! Bartlett connects well on the pull, anchored on the back foot and Hales can't intercept
17.2
0
Sams to Bartlett, no run, slower ball outside off, scuttles through, just inside the tramlines
17.1
1
Sams to Whiteley, 1 run, slower ball, stump-to-stump line, not a bad option, keeping the timbers in play, and flicked uppishly into the leg side
Sams is back for the hat-trick ball
END OF OVER:17 | 14 Runs | BH: 100/6 | RR: 5.88
- Xavier Bartlett12 (5b)
- Ross Whiteley3 (4b)
- Nathan McAndrew3-0-28-1
- Daniel Sams2-0-12-2
16.6
2
McAndrew to Bartlett, 2 runs, banged in short, in the air for an eternity... Qadir hurtles back from short square, dives full length, and drops it! Arguably fine leg was better placed, but the debutant was committed!
16.5
4
McAndrew to Bartlett, FOUR, thrashed into the leg side, that's a decent strike, beating mid-on with a flat-bat wallop
16.4
0
McAndrew to Bartlett, no run, slower ball, doesn't pick that one at all as the ball hops through to the keeper, at 112kph
Sky: "Neser took a hat trick this season, now he's potentially victim of another..." Indeed. All will be revealed in Sams' next...
16.3
2
McAndrew to Bartlett, 2 runs, cracked hard out to the leg side, finds space in the deep
16.2
4
McAndrew to Bartlett, FOUR, dragged from back of a length, and there's no fielder anywhere near backward square as the ball dribbles over the rope
