At the halfway point, not many in the ground would have taken the Warriors to be the winnner of this game. Although Cameron Melly had other ideas and hit a blistering 37 off only 16 balls. The sixth wicket partnership with Shane Getkate off 51 in only 23 balls took the Warriors to their target with a ball to spare. Our first real tight game of the season. Five of the Warriors batters had a strike rate at better then a run a ball, and the Knights bowlers had no answers as the ball flew to all parts of the ground. It's just been announced that Melly has been named as the player of the match. Fully deserved too as the Warriors collect four points for the win as they celebrate their first win of the season. I can hear them singing from here! Hope that you enjoyed the coverage of the game today. It was great to be able to see our first close game of the season. Tomorrow we are back here again as we change format to the IP50 for the first game of the season in that competition. Hope that you can join me then. Until then, this is Justin Smyth saying goodnight from Stormont. See you tomorrow.

19.5

Koen to Melly, FOUR, another full toss from Koen, Melly hits the ball cleanly over the top of the fielder at extra cover. Nobody chases after the ball and it runs to the boundary. The Warriors win!

Lots of talking around the field. How will the Knights defend this. The field doesn't really come in much

19.4

Koen to Melly, FOUR, another full toss from Koen. Melly slams the ball toward the extra cover boundary and it's 2 in 2 that they need now for the win

This is getting tense here. Rock comes up and talks to the bowler.

19.3

Koen to Melly, FOUR, full toss outside off-stump. Melly cuts the ball hard through backward point and the ball runs away from the fielder on the boundary.

10 off four. Getkate comes down to have a chat.

19.2

Koen to Melly, 2 runs, it's another 2 runs as he cloths the ball over the bowlers head and the ball lands between three fielders

12 off 5 needed

19.1

Koen to Melly, 2 runs, charges out of the crease, hits the ball toward deep mid-wicket and runs quickly to get back on strike

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs | NWW: 136/5 (14 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.15, RRR: 14.00)

Cameron Melly21 (11b)
Shane Getkate12 (8b)

Thomas Mayes4-0-26-0
Ruhan Pretorius4-1-20-0

14 off the last over needed for the Warriors to win. 13 for a superover. That would be nice wouldn't it?

18.6

Mayes to Melly, 1 run, looks to hit down the ground, the ball comes off the inside half of the bat. McCollum fields at deep square leg.

Warriors INNINGS		R	B
ST Doheny	caught	4	14
G Roulston	bowled	14	23
J Wilson	bowled	27	23
K Hilton	caught	25	24
SJ MacBeth	bowled	18	12
SC Getkate	not out	12	8
CG Melly	not out	37	16
AR McBrine
R MacBeth
HMW Zimmermann
T McKeegan
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 1)
TOTAL	152 (5 wkts; 19.5 ovs)

Knights BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Pretorius	4.0	1	20	0	5.00	(1w)
T Mayes	4.0	0	26	0	6.50	(1nb)
MT Foster	4.0	0	33	2	8.25	(2w)
MJ Humphreys	4.0	0	26	2	6.50
T Koen	3.5	0	36	1	9.39

Warriors 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	11	ST Doheny	G Roulston
2nd	20	J Wilson	G Roulston
3rd	24	J Wilson	K Hilton
4th	30	SJ MacBeth	K Hilton
5th	16	SC Getkate	K Hilton
6th	51	SC Getkate	CG Melly

Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
LEL	9	7	1	34	2.025
NK	9	5	3	25	1.41
NWW	9	2	6	11	-2.057
REDS	9	2	6	11	-2.137

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Series

Toss

Player Of The Match

Season

Match days

Twenty20 debut

Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

NORTHERN KNIGHTS 149/5(20 OVERS)

NORTH WEST WARRIORS 152/5(19.5 OVERS)

END OF OVER:19 | 5 Runs | NWW: 136/5 (14 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.15, RRR: 14.00)

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs | NWW: 136/5 (14 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.15, RRR: 14.00)