• BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    not out
    91
    64
    84
    5
    5
    142.18
    4.1 what a start! Angled approach, speared in at the pads, hits the seam and holds its line, Omarzai is committed to the leg-glance, the ball thuds into the closed face of his blade, deflects to the keeper, and DK rolls back the years with a full-stretch leap to his right! The ball actually bobbled out of his right glove, but nestled back in 31/1
    12.2 ping, clean past the outside edge! Mujeeb's carrom-ball sticks in the pitch from over the wicket, grips and skids as Hendricks closes a bamboozled face, and he loses his off stump! 90/2
    10
    10
    10
    1
    0
    100
    15.3 beaten for pace! Super bowling, faster, flatter, round-arm and fired in at the base of off, Linde looks to launch it over midwicket and hears the death rattle! 109/3
    16.5 splats the stumps! Mujeeb's angle gets the better of Brevis' intentions, out of the front of the hand, grips just enough to straighten past the outside edge, and smash into middle and off 124/4
    not out
    2
    5
    14
    0
    0
    40
    Extras
    4 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1)
    TOTAL
    158/4 (20 Overs, RR: 7.9)
    Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 4.1 ov), 2-90 (Reeza Hendricks, 12.2 ov), 3-109 (George Linde, 15.3 ov), 4-124 (Dewald Brevis, 16.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    BC Fortuin40320873100
    KT Maphaka3035011.6662300
    AD Galiem202011031101
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman402726.7591100
    DN Wellalage401704.2590000
    JE Root30241872100
  • BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    16.6 leading edge skews down to long-off as MIller looks to work leg side. Pretorius scampers back for two... but Rashid Khan's throw from the deep is a bullseye! Superb throw, and Pretorius is a long way short! The dive was a tired effort, with his bat in the wrong hand... but take nothing away from another superb innings from the 18-year-old 136/3
    5.5 picks out short midwicket! Boult gets Root, and Ingram makes amends after his horror drop in the first over. Another knuckleball. Root loses his shape again looking to club leg-side, and it skews off the toe to present a simple catching chance. Vital wicket for MICT 50/1
    12.4 nicks him off! Full legbreak, van Buuren pushes tentatively at it and can only snick it through to Esterhuzien. He takes an excellent catch after a significant deflection off the outside edge, and Rashid breaks the 51-run stand 101/2
    not out
    24
    20
    30
    3
    0
    120
    18.4 another dead-eye run-out! Hard length, tucked off the hip into the leg side. Esterhuizen chases after it, slides on the edge of the ring as he takes his glove off, and throws down the stumps at the keeper's end with Karthik miles short of his ground on the dive! He's had a tough night with the gloves, but this is a brilliant moment without one of them... 154/4
    not out
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    100
    Extras
    4 (b 2, w 2)
    TOTAL
    159/4 (19 Overs, RR: 8.36)
    Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Joe Root, 5.5 ov), 2-101 (Mitchell Van Buuren, 12.4 ov), 3-136 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 16.6 ov), 4-154 (Dinesh Karthik, 18.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Azmatullah Omarzai3034011.3365110
    TA Boult402616.593000
    K Rabada403709.2555010
    Rashid Khan402215.591000
    GF Linde403809.562200

Match Notes

Royals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st50JE RootLG Pretorius
2nd51M Van BuurenLG Pretorius
3rd35DA MillerLG Pretorius
4th18KD KarthikDA Miller
5th5DA MillerAL Phehlukwayo