Player of the Match
Player of the Match
1951dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

Warriors seal thrilling last-ball win

The Warriors lower-order batsmen kept swinging their first balls for boundaries to make sure the comeback from Ashwell Prince and Johan Botha was not wasted

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AG Prince
74(55) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 1 3 5 23 18 5 19
J Botha
42(24) 2x4 - 3x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 0 6 0 5 13 9 9

Best performances - Bowlers

J Theron
J Theron
O3
M0
R29
W4
Eco9.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
A Mithun
O2
M0
R25
W2
Eco12.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Siddhartha Talya

END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | WAR: 173/7 | RR: 8.65

  • Wayne Parnell6 (2b)
  • Nicky Boje7 (2b)
  • Sreenath Aravind4-0-32-2
  • Abhimanyu Mithun2-0-25-2

The hosts have been edged out in a thrilling finish. In a game of fluctuating fortunes,it came down to seven off the last over and you would have backed Warriors to pull it off. But after those three straight dot balls and Botha's wicket, it seemed Aravind had done well to pull off a surprise. But enter Parnell, who smashed his first ball for a boundary and sneaked a couple off the last one to begin this tournament on an exciting note.

We'll get you the details from the presentation in just a bit.

Botha: "Batting with Prince kept me nice and calm and I went for my shots and it came off for me. Myself and Rusty kept counting every over. I had to go for it. We thought we needed a good start. I thought I blew it. I thought those three balls cost my team but Parnell struck it nicely."

Vettori: "They put us under a lot of pressure. We had our chances in the end but we weren't good enough. The wicket was good enough, the lengths were a little harder to it. We got six days before our next game and we need to tidy up the fielding and bowling."

Prince is the Man of the Match: "Let me thank the Lord for giving me the strength. It was unbelievable. We lost momentum and when Johan came in, we got a partnership going. We needed some fortune to go our way, and scampering home at the end, it was dramatic stuff. We told ourselves if we get one over of 15 or 20, and that over came off Chris Gayle. Still a long way to, some tough opposition waiting for us. Aravind and Nannes got those yorkers going, and we need a partnership in the middle."

That's all we have for you today. Don't forget to read Sid Monga's bulletin. Tomorrow's a double-header, so catch you then. Bye.

19.6
2
Aravind to Parnell, 2 runs, The Warriors have won! Good length and he drives it to long-on, it needed a good throw to the striker's end and it ended up being a wide one, giving Parnell time to scramble back for the second. Kaif was the fielder in the deep

AB comes up

2 needed off 1 to win, one to tie

19.5
4
Aravind to Parnell, FOUR, four, four, short on middle and he found the gap, pulled it away into the gap between deep midwicket and deep square leg, one bounce four

Ab goes back

19.4
1
Aravind to Boje, 1 run, slower one bowled on a length, dragged hard to long-on for a single, 6 off 2

With those three dots and a wicket, Aravind has engineered another twist in this game but all it takes is one hit. 7 off 3 and Parnell's the new man

19.3
W
Aravind to Botha, OUT, caught at long-on, three dots in a row, slower one bowled full outside off and he strikes it well but finds Kohli at long-on, he didn't have to move much and Botha has to go

J Botha c Kohli b Aravind 42 (37m 24b 2x4 3x6) SR: 175.00

7 off 4

19.2
0
Aravind to Botha, no run, dot ball again, short on middle and he went for the pull, missed and AB keeps well
19.1
0
Aravind to Botha, no run, ooh, slower one bowled full outside off, Botha swings hard but misses

Just seven needed and the Warriors will back themselves to get it. Botha on strike, facing Aravind

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Warriors 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st38AG PrinceJT Smuts
2nd19AG PrinceCA Ingram
3rd2MV BoucherAG Prince
4th23AG PrinceJP Kreusch
5th73AG PrinceJ Botha
6th5J BothaCA Thyssen
7th6N BojeJ Botha
8th7N BojeWD Parnell

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
NSW43160.627
MI4215-0.28
T&T42240.176
COBRA41230.229
CSK4132-0.712
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM4215-0.557
RCB42240.325
KKR42240.306
WAR42240.246
SOA4123-0.533
Qualifying Tournament Pool A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM22040.3
KKR2112-0.225
AUCK2020-0.075
Qualifying Tournament Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
T&T22041.659
RU2112-0.275
LEICS2020-1.375