- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.1 short of a good length delivery outside the off stump. Moving away. He could've left it but instead pokes at it and gets an outside edge to first slip. He dives to his left and takes the catch. Worst possible start for Seattle Orcas 0/10.3 fuller ball on the stumps. He comes forward a couple of steps and looks to defend it as he realises that the ball is moving in. The movement beats the forward defensive stroke and hits him in front of the stumps. Ball tracker suggests that the ball would've hit the top of the stumps 1/211.1 and takes a wicket with the first ball in the new spell. Slower, wider ball outside the off stump. On a length. de Kock goes at the lofted stroke with the hands. He is nowhere as close to the ball as he wants to be and ends up mistiming it. The catch it is taken at cover by the captain himself 98/311.4 second wicket in the over! Short of a good length delivery outside the off stump. Shehan wants to pull this as he wants to keep the foot on the accelerator. Chops it onto the stumps. Anderson lets out a roar 99/413.1 and gets the wicket of Klaasen with his first ball! Short delivery outside the off stump. A batter of the class of Klaasen could've played it anywhere he wished. He makes room and lofts it to the sweeper boundary on the off side. Can't quite clear the field as Krishnamurthi at sweeper cover takes the catch 108/515.5 fuller ball outside the off stump. He lofts it straight down the ground. Couldn't quite time it well. Finn Allen at long off takes the catch but it seemed he ran around the ball and took the catch. 116/615.6 make it two-in-two! A peach by the left-arm spinner as he pitches it on the middle stump. Keemo Paul is playing for the one that comes in with the angle and is beaten by the turn. The ball hits the stumps and Keemo Paul seems confused as to how it beat the bat 116/7Extras5 (w 5)TOTAL152/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.6)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ryan Rickelton, 0.1 ov), 2-1 (Aaron Jones, 0.3 ov), 3-98 (Quinton de Kock, 11.1 ov), 4-99 (Shehan Jayasuriya, 11.4 ov), 5-108 (Heinrich Klaasen, 13.1 ov), 6-116 (Harmeet Singh, 15.5 ov), 7-116 (Keemo Paul, 15.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB C le Roux 3 0 14 2 4.66 9 1 0 0 0 MW Short 4 0 24 0 6.00 12 2 1 0 0 BL Couch 1.2 0 21 1 15.75 4 4 0 1 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 32 0 8.00 7 3 1 0 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 45 0 11.25 6 5 2 0 0 CJ Anderson 1.4 0 11 1 6.60 3 1 0 0 0 Hassan Khan 2 0 5 3 2.50 7 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.5 the Allen show comes to an end! Fuller ball on the stumps. Allen lofts it to long on where Rickleton takes the catch well within the ropes. He turns back and sees the distance between him and the ropes. He smiles as he seems to have miscalculated the distance from the boundary rope. All's well that ends well 98/26.4 fuller ball outside the off stump. He looks to go for the lofted shot over long on but gets an outside edge to third man region where Lungi Ngidi takes an easy catch. Will it put the brakes on Unicorns' scoring rate? 84/112.1 length ball around the off stump. Sanjay Krishnamurthi drives it but in the air. Shehan Jayasuriya, at cover, leaps in the air and pulls off a stunning catch with his right hand. Even he seemed to be disbelief with the effort he pulled off. Brilliant catch 124/313.5 short of a length ball outside the off stump. Rutherford mistimes the pull and top edge flies to the left of the popping crease at the bowler's end. Initially it looked like no one wanted the catch. Gannon runs back from his follow through and takes the catch 144/4Extras5 (b 3, w 2)TOTAL156/4 (14.2 Overs, RR: 10.88)Fall of wickets: 1-84 (Matthew Short, 6.4 ov), 2-98 (Finn Allen, 7.5 ov), 3-124 (Sanjay Krishnamurthi, 12.1 ov), 4-144 (Sherfane Rutherford, 13.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB L Ngidi 2 0 32 0 16.00 3 4 2 0 0 Imad Wasim 4 0 20 1 5.00 16 2 1 0 0 CJ Gannon 2 0 29 1 14.50 2 3 2 0 0 KMA Paul 3 0 33 0 11.00 4 4 1 1 0 Harmeet Singh 3.2 0 39 2 11.70 8 0 5 1 0
Match Details
Toss
San Francisco Unicorns , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
20 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
San Francisco Unicorns 2, Seattle Orcas 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- Seattle Orcas: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 5
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (Q de Kock 32, GSNFG Jayasuriya 13, Ex 5)
- Strategic Timeout: Seattle Orcas - 68/2 in 8.0 overs (Q de Kock 49, GSNFG Jayasuriya 14)
- Q de Kock: 50 off 28 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Seattle Orcas: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Seattle Orcas - 113/5 in 15.0 overs (SS Ranjane 5, Harmeet Singh 2)
- Seattle Orcas: 150 runs in 19.6 overs (120 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Seattle Orcas - 152/7 in 20.0 overs (SS Ranjane 26, Imad Wasim 17)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 79 runs, 0 wicket)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (FH Allen 32, MW Short 18, Ex 1)
- FH Allen: 50 off 21 balls (6 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: San Francisco Unicorns - 84/1 in 6.4 overs (FH Allen 64)
- San Francisco Unicorns: 100 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 1
- San Francisco Unicorns: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 5
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