Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Tshwane Spartans vs Cape Town Blitz, Mzansi Super League 2018, 17th Match

10:35pm And that is all from our coverage tonight. Good night!

Behardien: I think QDK's back's a bit sore carrying the team. We didn't play well as a team. We're pleased with the win. We were under pressure. AB said he had a debacle - but so did we. That bonus point win gives us confidence, we have three home games coming.

AB de Villiers: We had opportunities throughout the night with the ball. With the bat it was a debacle, to say the least. We haven't hit our straps yet. I think we need to win four and four. Well done to Quinton, it was a great innings. It's great for South African cricket, the two centuries have come from young batsmen in form. It shows a lot of depth in South African cricket.

QDK: I was pretty calm. We bat quite deep, so just knew with them coming we could get a big score. It wasn't easy to bat. they bowled really well up front. All we had to do was find a way to put pressure on them. It was just our day. We had a disappointing game last time, but the boys were fired up today.

Quinton de Kock is the Man of the Match.

10:21pm A bonus point for the table toppers. What a turnaround for them today. Showing why they're at the top, to be honest. The match seemed to really run away from them halfway through their innings, before a QDK special. He was one of only three batsmen who made 30+ on this pitch, and to make that a hundred, striking at nearly 200 was just sensational. the Spartans' chase just didn't take off, and Nawaz in particular was superb. There was a lot of edging and missing and even AB de Villiers couldn't quite gauge the surface.

18.2

Burger to Mendis, OUT, rolls onto the stumps. Length ball down leg side. He looks to heave it away but it comes off the back of his bat and trickles onto the stumps as he looks behind and slips

BMAJ Mendis b Burger 7 (8m 5b 0x4 1x6) SR: 140.00

18.1

Burger to Mendis, no run, short ball outside off, backs away and heaves at this but can't get bat on it

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | TS: 112/9 (61 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 30.50)

Lutho Sipamla1 (2b)
Jeevan Mendis7 (3b)

Malusi Siboto3-0-14-2
Nandre Burger3-0-19-2

17.6

Siboto to Sipamla, no run, yorker at off stump, dug out and back to the bowler

17.5

Siboto to Mendis, 1 run, full outside off, clears the front leg and swings at this. Gets it to long-on after a couple of bounces

17.4

Siboto to Mendis, SIX, full outside off, stands tall and pumps this straight over the bowler to clear the long-on boundary. Very very good balance as he hit that

17.3

Siboto to Sipamla, 1 run, full on leg stump, flicked to deep midwicket

17.2

Siboto to Birch, OUT, hits leg stump. Length and in at the stumps. He backs away and looks to chop it but that is too fast for him

ACR Birch b Siboto 1 (5m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

17.1

Siboto to Birch, no run, length at the stumps, hurriedly kept out off the toe-end

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | TS: 104/8 (69 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 23.00)

Jeevan Mendis0 (1b)
Andrew Birch1 (1b)

Nandre Burger3-0-19-2
Dale Steyn4-0-21-1

16.6

2lb

Burger to Mendis, 2 leg byes, full and down leg side. Tickled fine off the front foot

16.5

Burger to de Zorzi, OUT, off the thigh and onto the stumps. A slower ball from Burger, very well disguised. At a length and headed for leg stump. He looks to tickle it around the corner behind square on the leg side and is done in

T de Zorzi b Burger 16 (31m 16b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

16.4

Burger to de Zorzi, FOUR, length outside off, creates sufficient room and punches uppishly to clear extra cover

Spartans INNINGS		R	B
GL Cloete	bowled	16	14
D Elgar	caught	37	26
TB de Bruyn	caught	10	17
AB de Villiers	bowled	7	10
T de Zorzi	bowled	16	16
C Bosch	caught	2	3
SC Williams	run out	9	9
RK Kleinveldt	caught	2	5
ACR Birch	bowled	1	3
BMAJ Mendis	bowled	7	5
L Sipamla	not out	1	2
EXTRAS	(lb 3, w 1)
TOTAL	112 (all out; 18.2 ovs)

Blitz BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
DL Piedt	3.0	22	0	7.33
DW Steyn	4.0	21	1	5.25
N Burger	3.2	19	3	5.70
AL Phehlukwayo	2.0	19	0	9.50	(1w)
Mohammad Nawaz (3)	3.0	14	3	4.66
MP Siboto	3.0	14	2	4.66

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	29	D Elgar	GL Cloete
2nd	35	D Elgar	TB de Bruyn
3rd	4	AB de Villiers	TB de Bruyn
4th	7	AB de Villiers	T de Zorzi
5th	5	C Bosch	T de Zorzi
6th	11	SC Williams	T de Zorzi
7th	6	RK Kleinveldt	T de Zorzi
8th	5	ACR Birch	T de Zorzi
9th	2	BMAJ Mendis	ACR Birch
10th	8	BMAJ Mendis	L Sipamla

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PR	10	6	3	27	0.647
NMBG	10	6	3	27	0.496
TS	10	3	2	23	0.549
DH	10	3	2	22	0.182
CTB	10	4	5	19	-0.077
JS	10	0	7	6	-1.898

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | TS: 112/9 (61 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 30.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | TS: 104/8 (69 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 23.00)

Match Coverage

De Kock ton delivers massive win for Blitz

Spartans 2nd innings Partnerships

Mzansi Super League

END OF OVER:18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | TS: 112/9 (61 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 30.50)

END OF OVER:17 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | TS: 104/8 (69 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 23.00)

De Kock ton delivers massive win for Blitz

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | TS: 112/9 (61 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 30.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | TS: 104/8 (69 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 23.00)