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    5.4 stunning catch at long-on! This is full and into middle stump, in the swinging arc but pushed through flat. He can't get too much power on the lofted on-drive and the fielder tracks it to the left, goes low, and somehow gets a reverse cup out to his left to grab that. Josh Cobb the fielder there it looks like 40/1
    19.4 full toss outside off, looks to pump that over extra cover but ends up slicing it. Milnes tracks it nicely as he backpedals at extra cover and holds on to his left 161/5
    14.2 full toss just outside off, clears the front leg to try and smoke this through the covers. Ends up slicing it, high-ish on the bat, and it's an easy one for mid-off 113/2
    18.2 misses the yorker and that's the end of Morgan. Fletcher has a belated win against him. Back over the wicket now. Nails the yorker at middle and leg stump. Morgan reaches out in front of the body and misses on the attempted flick 150/3
    19.2 full and wide outside off, hangs leg side of it and tries to chop that past point. Gets a thick edge to the keeper's right and he hangs on with two hands. Bopara reviews. Lots happening - bat chopping into the pitch as the ball goes past. This will take some time....or not. The ball went past the bat well before the bat hit the ground, so this is pretty clear on Ultra Edge 160/4
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    4
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    100.00
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    200.00
    Extras
    3 (lb 2, w 1)
    TOTAL
    163/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8.15 per 6 ball)
    Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Adam Rossington, 5.4 ov), 2-113 (Joe Cracknell, 14.2 ov), 3-150 (Eoin Morgan, 18.2 ov), 4-160 (Ravi Bopara, 19.2 ov), 5-161 (Josh Inglis, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JJ Cobb302207.3354000
    LJ Fletcher403719.2554200
    ME Milnes3036012.0002300
    MJJ Critchley302016.6631100
    Qais Ahmad302508.3312100
    RF Higgins402135.2571010
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    0.2 gem! good length ball jags back in from fifth stump at 84 mph, beats Banton playing back down the wrong line and pings him below the knee roll in front of middle. Big lbw shout upheld. Was probably clipping leg stump. No review taken by Banton, just walks off. 1/1
    0.5 full length on fifth stump at 82 mph, pretty much a half-volley that Lloyd goes to smash but Lloyd's footwork isn't there at all, plays away from his body and a thin edge carries easily to the keeper. 2/2
    2.5 chops on! Wheal ends the over on the right note after getting a working over from Phillips! Good length ball on off stump, nowhere near the width to play the cut shot that Duckett was aiming for, cramped for room and a bottom edge crashes into middle stump. 20/3
    12.3 length ball hustles Phillips tucking him up into the body too, tries to heave this over the leg side but gets it much nearer the shoulder of the bat and floats gently toward deep square leg where the fielder Crane charging in off the rope takes a solid sliding catch. 113/4
    14.4 flighted on a fullish length on middle and leg, misses a sweep and is hit below the knee roll, huge lbw shout upheld. They take 12 out of the 15 seconds chatting before du Plooy calls for a review but this looks pretty hopeless. Definitely no bat, the ball pitched in line and he was hit halfway up the front pad below the knee roll. Ball-tracker shows it pitched on middle and straightened to be ripping out middle and leg halfway up. Review lost for Welsh Fire. 123/5
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    16.3 Bopara makes amends for the mental blunder on the previous ball to take a superb sliding catch at wide deep midwicket! Another length ball that Higgins whacks flat in the air to the leg side. Bopara gets a much better read on it this time and sprints to his left before sliding to cushion the catch and takes it very well about 10 yards inside the rope. 138/6
    17.4 back of a length on middle stump, Critchley backs away and simultaneously charges down the pitch for a leg side heave but manages a toe edge through to the keeper. 146/7
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    Extras
    4 (b 1, lb 1, w 2)
    TOTAL
    165/7 (19.3 Overs, RR: 8.41 per 6 ball)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tom Banton, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (David Lloyd, 0.5 ov), 3-20 (Ben Duckett, 2.5 ov), 4-113 (Glenn Phillips, 12.3 ov), 5-123 (Leus du Plooy, 14.4 ov), 6-138 (Ryan Higgins, 16.3 ov), 7-146 (Matt Critchley, 17.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    BC Cullen403739.25105210
    JW Dernbach302307.6633000
    BTJ Wheal3.303038.3374100
    D Wiese201507.5041100
    MS Crane403218.0072210
    RE van der Merwe201809.0011100
    RS Bopara10808.0020100

Match Notes

Fire 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1DL LloydT Banton
2nd1DL LloydBM Duckett
3rd18BM DuckettGD Phillips
4th93JL du PlooyGD Phillips
5th10JJ CobbJL du Plooy
6th15JJ CobbRF Higgins
7th8JJ CobbMJJ Critchley
8th19JJ CobbQais Ahmad