- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.3 wide outside off, slog-swept straight down Duckett's throat 56/24.3 knocked him over with a ripper! 85mph, angling in from a good length, and Bell-Drummond looks to squeeze it away with a deft dab but doesn't bother to look around. If he had, he'd have seen the top of his off stump knocked back 41/112.4 googly, reverse-swept straight to backward point! Sodhi is on fire, 2 for 6 from his 14 balls so far 90/48.2 superb catch at deep extra cover from Ball! Morgan shimmies outside off, looking to flay over the off side and Cobb goes wide outside off stump. He swings aerially into the off side and Ball races in and around from wide long-off, dives forward and takes a speccie! 57/318.3 another stunner from Ball! Full toss, wide outside off. Sliced hard to short third by Lawrence, who throws his head back in disbelief as Ball clings onto another tough chance 138/519.4 full toss, swung down to long-on on the bounce as the umpire takes evasive action. Duckett gets his throw in quickly as they scamper back for two, and Ball flicks well to hit the stumps at the non-striker's end. Selfless from Thompson, sacrificing himself to get Pollard back on strike for the final ball 150/6Extras6 (lb 3, w 3)TOTAL156/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.8 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 4.3 ov), 2-56 (Adam Rossington, 7.3 ov), 3-57 (Eoin Morgan, 8.2 ov), 4-90 (Ben McDermott, 12.4 ov), 5-138 (Dan Lawrence, 18.3 ov), 6-150 (Jordan Thompson, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JJ Cobb 2 0 14 1 7.00 2 0 1 0 0 DA Payne 4 0 30 0 7.50 7 3 1 0 0 D Pretorius 4 0 39 1 9.75 3 3 1 2 0 JT Ball 4 0 42 1 10.50 3 4 2 0 0 IS Sodhi 4 0 19 2 4.75 12 0 2 1 0 MJJ Critchley 2 0 9 0 4.50 3 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.5 flighted full on middle. Fairly innocuous delivery and a nothing shot in response by Bethell. Looked like he was confused whether to flick through midwicket or drive straight, or whether he should just jam his bat down to block it out. Tried to do both, wound up doing neither. Clean bowled as the ball clangs into the base of middle and leg stump. 23/33.3 full on off, goes to drive down the ground but slices a skier high over backward point that settles safely into the hands of the ring fielder Ellis who has to shuffle back 10 yards and to the left before taking a catch in front of his face. 13/15.2 full on sixth stump, goes for a booming drive but skews this nearer the toe of the bat and it swirls over mid-off. Easy catch for Bell-Drummond coming in off the rope and settles under this 15 yards in crouching for the take. 22/212.5 skids this on a bit flatter speared into the legs on a good length, Duckett is flat-footed for once and pays the price. Indecisive footwork, pokes at this around his pads and the ball flicks off the knee roll onto the stumps. 80/58.4 full on the stumps, Miller tries to drive this straight down the ground but only picks out Pollard at long-off, who settles under this three yards inside the rope taking a simple catch at head height. 37/416.5 slower length ball on the body, Pretorius goes to heave this over the leg side but miscues this and it flutters toward wide long-on standing 15 yards inside the rope. Ellis takes a simple catch at head height. 113/619.3 yorker on middle cleans him up! Du Plooy went for an audacious reverse sweep against the pace bowler but Wood's yorker was spot on. 138/819.1 length ball angled across the wide guideline outside off, this time Critchley gets bat on this but only a thick edge with a waft and it carries through to Rossington behind the stumps diving to his right. 137/719.5 yorker on leg stump, Sodhi misses a flick and an lbw shout is upheld. Was really a shin high full toss at the point of contact that Sodhi missed. Might've been worth a review at a different stage of the game because contact may have been outside leg stump but a reversal here would've only amounted to no run regardless and no ability to rebowl the delivery. 139/9Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL139/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.95 per 6 ball)Did not bat: JT BallFall of wickets: 1-13 (Joe Clarke, 3.3 ov), 2-22 (Josh Cobb, 5.2 ov), 3-23 (Jacob Bethell, 5.5 ov), 4-37 (David Miller, 8.4 ov), 5-80 (Ben Duckett, 12.5 ov), 6-113 (Dwaine Pretorius, 16.5 ov), 7-137 (Matt Critchley, 19.1 ov), 8-138 (Leus du Plooy, 19.3 ov), 9-139 (Ish Sodhi, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CP Wood 4 0 28 4 7.00 7 1 2 1 0 LA Dawson 1 0 1 0 1.00 4 0 0 0 0 NT Ellis 4 0 22 0 5.50 7 2 0 0 0 JA Thompson 4 0 38 1 9.50 7 2 3 0 0 DW Lawrence 4 0 20 4 5.00 9 1 1 0 0 MS Crane 3 0 29 0 9.66 2 2 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Welsh Fire (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
24 August 2022 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
London Spirit (Men) 2, Welsh Fire (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 1 wicket)
- London Spirit (Men): 50 runs in 32 balls, Extras 1
- London Spirit (Men): 100 runs in 71 balls, Extras 6
- London Spirit (Men): 150 runs in 99 balls, Extras 6
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 21 runs, 1 wicket)
- Welsh Fire (Men): 50 runs in 54 balls, Extras 1
- Welsh Fire (Men): 100 runs in 81 balls, Extras 1
- Balls 89: Review by Welsh Fire (Men) (Batting), Umpire - Hassan Adnan, Batter - JL du Plooy (Upheld)
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