- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.2 Once again inverses stance and tries to play fine but fails to connect as Akeal vociferously appeals for an lbw and the umpire eventually raises the dreaded finger. Jahangir decides to send it upstairs. No spike on the snicko as the ball passes the bat. Oh, that is stone dead! Three reds on the screen and Jahangir bites the dust after a scratchy 25, just when his team wanted him to tee off and accelerate, he has lost his wicket 41/32.5 That's a horrible botch-up in the middle! Suicidal running, short nasty ball on middle, he rocks back and carts it away, ball goes towards short midwicket and Monank just kept running towards the striker's end without realizing the ball didn't go very far and he is admonishing himself, giving the striker a death stare too. Jahangir is not even making eye contact! The pressure of dots was building up and that can always induce an error and miscommunication which might have been the case over here 9/16.1 Plays down the wrong line and makes a mess of his stumps! What have you done Pooran? No Pollard in this game and this is a massive massive breakthrough! Netravalkar is right on money, pitched up and gets some movement as well, he has a big mow at it but didn't pick the line, middle stump is flattened and he has to take the long walk back into the pavilion. Lost his balance as he tried to pump it over midwicket 24/216.5 Jansen wins the mind battle! Tries to go for a big hit down the ground and loses his shape, flings the bat out and gets a thick edge as the keeper takes a superb diving catch. Pace off and fuller and he completely flummoxes him. 122/515.6 Oh, that looked pretty adjacent and up goes the finger! David takes his time before deciding to take a second opinion. Fuller delivery, cuts into him and tenderizes his front pad, height will not been an issue. No bat involved. Pitching in line, impact line and the umpire's call will stand. Another massive breakthrough at a crucial juncture of the game. Dill was absolutely pumped up, he got the last laugh after being plonked for a six 116/417.3 Good lord! Dill you can do no wrong! A beautifully disguised fuller slower ball thwacks down the ground, hits Dill's shoes and ricochets to stumps! Wiese was out of his crease and has to go, what an unlucky way to lose wicket. 123/619.6 Ball thunders into the front pad elicits a appeal and up goes the finger, thumps him low on the pad beating his sweep and that's a pretty straightforward decision for the umpire 141/7Extras10 (lb 2, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL141/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.05)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Monank Patel, 2.5 ov), 2-24 (Nicholas Pooran, 6.1 ov), 3-41 (Shayan Jahangir, 9.2 ov), 4-116 (Tim David, 15.6 ov), 5-122 (Dewald Brevis, 16.5 ov), 6-123 (David Wiese, 17.3 ov), 7-141 (Rashid Khan, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Jansen 4 0 12 1 3.00 16 0 0 3 0 JG Dill 4 0 25 1 6.25 10 0 1 3 1 SN Netravalkar 4 0 25 2 6.25 10 0 2 0 0 A Nortje 4 0 40 0 10.00 7 5 1 1 0 AJ Hosein 3 0 24 1 8.00 6 2 1 0 0 MC Henriques 1 0 13 0 13.00 2 1 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.2 Whoa! What a tremendous riposte from thunderBoult! Pulls his length back slightly, a cutter that befuddles him completely, goes for the big mow across the line and ends up dragging it back onto his stumps. Huge scalp! Just what the doctor ordered for MI 14/17.5 Round the wicket, length ball on middle, plinked to long-off! A misjudgment from Gous and Freedom have a big wicket. He coaxed him into going for this lofted drive and it was a regulation catch for Tim David - smoothly done. Another momentum-breaker but MI need to find wickets at regular intervals. 48/210.1 On a short length curling away outside off, whisks it away to backward point and Kenjige hits the bulls eye at the non-striker's end. Dodgy call for a run, direct hit sends him back in the hut. Freedom in a bit of a pickle 60/314.3 On a length and veers back in from round the wicket, he miscues a skier to long-off who gobbles it up down his throat. Slow ball outfoxes him completely and he was into his a shot a bit too early and Wiese in the deep is safe as a house, his bucket hands sends Glenn packing 86/610.5 Do not look away! It's game on! Henriques goes for an ambitious pull once again, trying to muscle it over square leg and he has chopped on! Stumps are splattered and they all celebrate in unison. They have got Freedom's skipper! MI are right back in this game now and that was quite unnecessary from Henriques. Probably should have taken some time and got accustomed to the conditions before going bang bang 63/411.6 Tries to work this through square leg and gets beaten, massive appeal and he is adjudged lbw. Sent upstairs. Tossed up on a length and its straightening on middle and leg, nothing on the snicko, pitching outside off, impact in line and crashing right onto the leg stump so the on-field decision stands. MI are now in the driving seat thanks to Kenjige who first got Mukhtar run out and now traps Pienaar lbw - rising up to the occasion and doing a fantastic job for his skipper! The required run rate is getting out of hand and wickets are tumbling! Problems for Freedom 72/518.1 That's a screamer! Back of a length, angled into the body, he takes a step to the on side and then launches the ball straight into the hands of Wiese at long-on. He charged in pocketed the catch low down. A very timely scalp for MI New York after the big last over 117/718.3 Wiese has taken another blinder! Stunning effort. Looking to go over extra cover for six but doesn't connect well, miscues the skier and once again Wiese was charging in from long-off and dived forward to hang on to it. What a snare, absolute ripper! Bat turned in his hand and it came off the splice, soaring high up in the air but didn't get the distance. 118/819.3 Flighted delivery on middle and length, tucked off the pads towards midwicket, Tim David chucks a sharp throw and it clatters the stumps. Dill is not even waiting for the third umpire's decision, he is walking back to the hut. He couldn't ground his bat at the non-striker's end and he is clearly well short of the crease 122/9Extras1 (lb 1)TOTAL125/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.25)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Matthew Short, 2.2 ov), 2-48 (Andries Gous, 7.5 ov), 3-60 (Mukhtar Ahmed, 10.1 ov), 4-63 (Moises Henriques, 10.5 ov), 5-72 (Obus Pienaar, 11.6 ov), 6-86 (Glenn Phillips, 14.3 ov), 7-117 (Akeal Hosein, 18.1 ov), 8-118 (Marco Jansen, 18.3 ov), 9-122 (Justin Dill, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 4 0 20 4 5.00 13 1 1 0 0 NP Kenjige 4 0 19 2 4.75 10 1 0 0 0 D Wiese 4 0 25 1 6.25 11 2 1 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 28 0 7.00 11 3 1 0 0 Ehsan Adil 4 0 32 0 8.00 9 2 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Washington Freedom , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
MI New York advanced
Season
Match days
27 July 2023 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 24 runs, 1 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: MI New York - 39/2 in 9.0 overs (Shayan Jahangir 23, D Brevis 7)
- Over 9.2: Review by MI New York (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Samuels, Batter - Shayan Jahangir (Struck down)
- MI New York: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (D Brevis 40, TH David 10, Ex 1)
- D Brevis: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- MI New York: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: MI New York - 116/4 in 16.0 overs (D Brevis 55)
- Over 15.6: Review by MI New York (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Samuels, Batter - TH David (Struck down)
- Innings Break: MI New York - 141/7 in 20.0 overs (SR Taylor 15)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
- Washington Freedom: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Washington Freedom - 56/2 in 9.0 overs (Mukhtar Ahmed 17, GD Phillips 7)
- Over 11.6: Review by Washington Freedom (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Samuels, Batter - AJ Pienaar (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Washington Freedom - 90/6 in 16.0 overs (AJ Hosein 9, M Jansen 4)
- Washington Freedom: 100 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 1
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