2567dThe Report by Alagappan Muthu

Cape Cobras stay alive with Super Over win

Sybrand Engelbrecht led Cape Cobras past a Jonathan Carter century to keep his side's hopes of a semi-final spot alive in the Champions League, after a narrow Super Over win

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

JL Carter
JL Carter
111(68) 10x4 - 5x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 28 runs
  • 3x4 - 2x6
11 7 13 11 8 39 19 3
HM Amla
HM Amla
59(42) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 14 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 0 4 14 13 6 10 12

Best performances - Bowlers

BMAJ Mendis
BMAJ Mendis
O4
M0
R27
W4
Eco6.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
SA Engelbrecht
O4
M0
R24
W2
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

Cape Cobras , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00

Match days

26 September 2014 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Cape Cobras 4, Barbados Tridents 0

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Abhishek Purohit

END OF OVER:
1 | BR: 10/1

That is all from this match, and it is almost time for Kings XI Punjab v Northern Knights.

Engelbrecht is the Man of the Match. Engelbrecht: "First one (Super Over) I have been involved in and first one I have bowled. I am not going to lie. It was a little bit of a surprise (to be given the Super Over), but the ball was coming out well, and I had a bit of confidence and I was ready to take on the challenge. You try and change and adapt. I try and have plans but it is hard to figure out how every ball is going to go. (Pace to bowl at) is very important for a spinner. Robbie (Peterson) spoke about the pace, he also tried to calm me down as did the other senior players. I am not very calm normally. Credit to Robbie."

Vilas, standing in for Ontong, who hurt himself on the field. Vilas: "We were relieved (to tie it). Unlucky that the high full toss did not go for four. Luckily we came out on top in the Super Over. We had some cool heads there, guys who had lots of international experience. We had a little chat. We thought that spin was useful here, we struggled against it when we were batting. Engelbrecht came out on top."

Emrit: "Thirteen runs in the last over, I back myself to bowl. Unfortunately last ball, the keeper could not collect properly. It was either myself or Ravi (for the Super Over) but he said he wanted it. He is the senior player, had bowled a good 19th over and we backed him. We were actually looking to get 11 (in the Super Over), we had hit more boundaries and would have won the game. It is depressing, two close games, but T20 cricket, anything happens."

Amla: "The run rate was going up, Mendis was bowling well and a few of us got out. The guys were pretty calm. In T20, ten an over is not out of reach. When we needed 13 in the last, we knew we could get close, and we could sense it could be a Super Over. Not sure who eventually made the call (for Engelbrecht), brave call, not many times you get a spinner bowling the Super Over. He has been a revelation for us last two games."

He made an unbeaten 19 off 10 to force the Super Over, and then bowled Cobras to a win with his slow offbreaks. What a match for Sybrand Engelbrecht.

0.6
2
Engelbrecht to Carter, 2 runs, Cobras scrape through, the centurion's effort is in vain, he needed to slam this full toss off his pads for a boundary, swung hard, it only scurried past the keeper on leg off the edge, short third man ran after it, Tridents could have won had they run three as they had hit more boundaries, but no chance of taking a third as the ball had just gone to the edge of the inner circle
0.5
2
Engelbrecht to Carter, 2 runs, much fuller outside off, he heaves it high over extra cover, and it falls in front of the sweeper running across
0.4
W
Engelbrecht to Munaweera, OUT, that could have been game over, but Cobras stay in it as Munaweera holes out on the pull to deep square leg, slow and short, all the time to mow it over the boundary, but Munaweera found the fielder

EMDY Munaweera c Ramela b Engelbrecht

0.3
1
Engelbrecht to Carter, 1 run, he tosses it up now, Carter comes out and flays it down to long off
0.2
4
Engelbrecht to Carter, FOUR, short and sitting up outside off, Carter swivels and cracks it one bounce into the straight boundary
0.1
1
Engelbrecht to Munaweera, 1 run, slow and straightish outside off, Munaweera reaches out and slogs a mishit down to long on

END OF OVER:
1 | COBRA: 11/0

0.6
1
Rampaul to Levi, 1 run, Rampaul keeps it full down the leg side as Levi bends to have a swipe at it, can only hit it to deep square leg and Tridents need 12 to win this. Not a bad couple of overs from Rampaul, the 19th, and now the Super Over
0.5
1
Rampaul to Vilas, 1 run, pitched up, but not as full as the previous ones, Vilas whips it off the stumps, straight to fine leg
0.4
2
Rampaul to Vilas, 2 runs, sees him making room outside leg yet again and follows him with a full ball, Vilas can only squeeze it between his legs behind square
0.3
2
Rampaul to Vilas, 2 runs, Rampaul responds with a yorker on the stumps, Vilas had backed away to leg, and gets some bat on it, towards fine leg
0.2
4
Rampaul to Vilas, FOUR, full and outside leg again, but Vilas has set himself up to loft it over midwicket with a straight followthrough, cleared front leg to get the swing going, beats long on comfortably
0.1
1lb
Rampaul to Levi, 1 leg bye, full and swinging into the pad, Levi tries to whip it away, misses

END OF OVER:
20 | COBRA: 174/5 (1 run required, RR: 8.70)

Cobras had an opening stand of 56 inside five overs. They were 99 for 1 in the 11th, but they have dug themselves into a hole progressively, and scrambled 12 off the last over to tie the scores

19.6
2
Emrit to Engelbrecht, 2 runs, we have a Super Over, Engelbrecht goes deep in the crease and drags this full toss to deep square leg, throw comes in to the keeper, he is struggling on the second again, dives in, but the keeper has failed to collect, was a straightforward run out, Reifer, who threw it in, screams in agony
19.5
2
Emrit to Engelbrecht, 2 runs, another slower one outside off, he drags a mishit wide of long on, Holder's throw misses at the non-striker's, it was Engelbrecht who was struggling on the second
19.4
2
Emrit to Engelbrecht, 2 runs, slower length ball outside off, dragged in front of square for a couple
19.3
4
Emrit to Engelbrecht, FOUR, what a lovely touch from Engelbrecht, this is a yorker close to off, but he's standing feet wide apart, and guiding it past short third man
19.2
1
Emrit to Kemp, 1 run, low full toss outside off, Kemp reaches it but only manages a single to long on
19.1
1
Emrit to Engelbrecht, 1 run, full on off stump, in the slot, he slams it down the ground, but cannot beat long on

Emrit will give himself the last over. Holder is available, but has gone for 26 in an over

Cape Cobras 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st56HM AmlaRE Levi
2nd43HM AmlaOA Ramela
3rd27HM AmlaDJ Vilas
4th17RJ PetersonDJ Vilas
5th0DJ VilasSA Engelbrecht
6th31JM KempSA Engelbrecht

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
KKR440160.716
CSK421100.945
PS4228-0.038
Lions4126-0.051
DOLPH4040-1.338
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
PBKS440162.13
HH431121.193
BR4134-0.256
COBRA4134-0.955
ND4134-2.667
Qualifying Group
TeamMWLPTNRR
ND330122.08
Lions3218-0.065
MI3124-0.064
Expre3030-2.033