- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.4 Picked early and straight into the hands of Rashid Khan at long leg! Juicy half-volley on leg and the shot was on, smites it in the air but didn't get the distance. Rashid makes the catch look so easy, was in a perfect position to pouch it and didn't have to move much. Both openers back in the hut 45/24.4 Caught by David Wiese at short fine! That's a massive breakthrough; a superb catch diving forward and making sure to get his hands underneath the ball. Lobbed up on a length around middle and leg, he plants his front leg and attempts a sweep, didn't get on top of it. 34/18.3 Goes on with the arm, a touch fuller and outside off, takes the aerial route but not timed well, straight into the hands of Pollard at long-off and he has to take the long walk back into the pavilion. WF in disarray here; they are trying to counter-attack and put pressure on the bowlers but in the process losing key wickets. 57/318.4 Full at the stumps, lofts it to wide long-on and wins the mind battle. Not timed well as he spears a low full toss on the pads and cramps him for room. Maybe he should have gone towards square leg, was a step out of his crease. Pollard is a clever operator, watches batters' feet movement closely and can adjust length very well. Another crucial scalp for MI, set batter back in the dressing room 142/518.1 A slower ball on length, stumps to stumps, tries to whack it out of the park over midwicket, but didn't get all of it. Off-cutter and he doesn't have pace to work with. Wiese gobbles it up down his throat and makes it look very easy. 134/419.4 Knocked him over! Some respite for Boult who had a tough day at the office. Pace off the ball doing the trick. Shorter and angling into the pads, goes for an audacious pull but fails to connect, ball ricochets off the pads onto the stumps 152/6Extras5 (w 5)TOTAL160/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Andries Gous, 4.4 ov), 2-45 (Matthew Short, 5.4 ov), 3-57 (Mukhtar Ahmed, 8.3 ov), 4-134 (Moises Henriques, 18.1 ov), 5-142 (Glenn Phillips, 18.4 ov), 6-152 (Akeal Hosein, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NP Kenjige 4 0 19 1 4.75 9 1 0 0 0 TA Boult 4 0 42 1 10.50 6 6 1 0 0 D Wiese 4 0 37 1 9.25 6 2 2 3 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 29 1 7.25 10 2 1 0 0 KA Pollard 4 0 33 2 8.25 8 1 2 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR11.1 Launches a bottom-hand biff but couldn't clear long-off! Tossed up fuller with lots of revs on middle and off, lofts it down the ground but didn't get the elevation nor the distance. Jansen in the deep takes a good catch making sure he kept his rear foot inside the rope 108/26.6 Clattered the stumps! Goes back to cut and the ball spins back a touch from outside off, kept a bit low as he fails to cut it away. He is accurate with his lines and lengths; wonderful bowling from Hosein - he is having a tremendous tournament 67/1Extras5 (lb 4, w 1)TOTAL161/2 (15.3 Overs, RR: 10.38)Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Monank Patel, 6.6 ov), 2-108 (Shayan Jahangir, 11.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AJ Hosein 2 0 9 1 4.50 6 1 0 0 0 SN Netravalkar 3 0 45 0 15.00 3 3 4 0 0 M Jansen 3 0 29 0 9.66 6 3 1 1 0 A Nortje 3 0 13 0 4.33 10 1 0 0 0 MC Henriques 1.3 0 25 0 16.66 2 2 2 0 0 DL Piedt 2 0 14 1 7.00 5 0 1 0 0 AJ Pienaar 1 0 22 0 22.00 2 1 3 0 0
Match Details
Toss
MI New York , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
23 July 2023 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
MI New York 2, Washington Freedom 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 2 wickets)
- Washington Freedom: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Washington Freedom - 57/3 in 8.3 overs (GD Phillips 3)
- Strategic Timeout: Washington Freedom - 98/3 in 15.0 overs (GD Phillips 22, MC Henriques 22)
- Washington Freedom: 100 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (GD Phillips 20, MC Henriques 30, Ex 0)
- Washington Freedom: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Washington Freedom - 160/6 in 20.0 overs (AJ Pienaar 8, M Jansen 8)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 65 runs, 0 wicket)
- Wicket keeper change: GD Phillips kept wickets for AGS Gous from the start of MI New York innings
- MI New York: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (Shayan Jahangir 21, MD Patel 32, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: MI New York - 71/1 in 8.0 overs (Shayan Jahangir 26, N Pooran 1)
- MI New York: 100 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 4
- MI New York: 150 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 5
- N Pooran: 50 off 31 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (N Pooran 32, KA Pollard 21, Ex 0)
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