16/11Result
1st Match (N), Mzansi Super League at Cape Town, Nov 16 2018
Blitz won by 49 runs
Player of the Match
Mohammad Nawaz
Mohammad NawazCape Town Blitz
16/11Result
1st Match (N), Mzansi Super League at Cape Town, Nov 16 2018
Blitz won by 49 runs
Player of the Match
Mohammad Nawaz
Mohammad NawazCape Town Blitz

END OF OVER:
20 | 15 Runs | CTB: 180/4 | RR: 9.00

  • George Linde13 (4b)
  • Kyle Verreynne53 (34b)
  • Robbie Frylinck4-0-34-1
  • Andrew Birch4-0-39-2

8.30pm And that's a very competitive total from Cape Town Blitz. Two half-centuries from Nawaz and Verreynne gave them the momentum through the middle overs. And don't forget about the cameos from J Malan and Linde on either side of the Blitz innings. We definitely have a match on our hands! Can AB and co chase this down? We'll see you in ten minutes to know more.

mtha: "Think the mzansi premier league is giving the local stars exposure and with the amount of talented youth I think sa cricket will benefit so much from this league just like how India is benefiting in all forms of cricket from the ipl"

Khalid: "Happy that CPTB have hit enough runs so ABD can get a ton in first match of MSLT20"

Mohd Irshad: "I would love to see some good talent coming out of SA domestic circuit with help of MSL. Suddenly they have gone from world beater to hardly good enough on their day. "

19.6
6
Frylinck to Linde, SIX, finishes with a maximum! The momentum's with Cape Town at the break. Full outside leg stump, and he backs away to lift this shot over Frylinck's head! Fifteen off the over after conceding just five for the first four balls
19.5
4
Frylinck to Linde, FOUR, full outside leg stump, and clipped to fine leg! Just drifting into his toes, and Linde gets enough behind that shot to collect the boundary
19.4
2
Frylinck to Linde, 2 runs, full on leg stump, and drilled to wide long on. Man there runs to his left and intercepts as Linde jogs back for the second
19.3
1
Frylinck to Verreynne, 1 run, full and wide outside off, but he shuffles across to the off side to reach the ball, and thumps an uppish drive over the infield. Elgar in the deep on this occasion

Mohd Irshad: "Well nothing is enough when ABD is on other side that too when he waiting for this moment from a very long time." -- meanwhile, a change of bat for Verreynne

19.2
1
Frylinck to Linde, 1 run, full toss sliding into leg stump, and he clips this away to deep midwicket for a single. Gives the set man the strike once again

Round the wicket to Linde

Ron: "Having seen what Kyle Verreynne is capable of in the Cape Town club cricket scene (unfortunately for us, with him playing for the opposing team!), I reckon Scooby is right on the money."

19.1
1
Frylinck to Verreynne, 1 run, full and wide outside off. Almost a yorker, and all Verreynne can do is slap this towards point

Final over.

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | CTB: 165/4 | RR: 8.68

  • Kyle Verreynne51 (32b)
  • George Linde0 (0b)
  • Andrew Birch4-0-39-2
  • Robbie Frylinck3-0-19-1
18.6
1
Birch to Verreynne, 1 run, length ball on off stump, another slowie. Has to manufacture all the power himself, and he swipes it in the air, but on the bounce, to long-on
18.5
0
Birch to Verreynne, no run, slower ball wide of off stump, well bowled, and Vereynne swings too early and makes no connection

Rahul P: "How much will be enough with AB in the Spartans line up ?" -- We will see very soon.

18.4
W
Birch to Mohammad Nawaz, OUT, and the change of angle does the trick. Has to clear his front leg to hit this low, straight full-toss down the ground, and he doesn't quite manage the power he desires, ends up hitting it straight to long-on

Mohammad Nawaz (3) c Sipamla b Birch 59 (44m 37b 7x4 2x6) SR: 159.45

Birch goes round the wicket now.

18.3
1
Birch to Verreynne, 1 run, back of a length outside off, slower one, pushed gently to backward point and Vereynne brings up his fifty now and the hundred partnership. This has been a superb stand
18.2
1
Birch to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, fuller and wider, denying him the opportunity to hit down the ground. Squeezed out to backward point
18.1
6
Birch to Mohammad Nawaz, SIX, full, slanting away from the left-hander, and he finally has the room he was denied all through the previous over. Frees his arms and launches this clean as a whistle over the long-off boundary

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | CTB: 156/3 | RR: 8.66

  • Mohammad Nawaz52 (34b)
  • Kyle Verreynne49 (29b)
  • Robbie Frylinck3-0-19-1
  • Andrew Birch3-0-30-1
17.6
1
Frylinck to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, slower ball, again nice and full and angling into the feet. Looks to sweep it away but is too early into his shot, only manages an edge that rolls gently into the off side
17.5
4
Frylinck to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, another leg-stump yorker to the left-hander, this is an excellent delivery, but the luck is on Nawaz's side. He jams his bat down and gets an inside edge that runs away between his own legs and rolls to the fine leg boundary. First T20 fifty
17.4
1
Frylinck to Verreynne, 1 run, attempted wide yorker, doesn't quite pitch it as full as he wants, maybe, but still, all Vereynne can do is shuffle across and squeeze a single down to third man
17.3
1
Frylinck to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, in the blockhole on leg stump, chipped towards long-on once more to bring up 150
17.2
2
Frylinck to Mohammad Nawaz, 2 runs, another full-toss, angling into the batsman's feet and denying him room. Clears his front leg and swipes down the ground to long-on

Round the wicket to Nawaz.

17.1
1
Frylinck to Verreynne, 1 run, low full-toss, fairly wide. No leverage to go over the top, driven firmly to extra-cover on the circle

Vereynne three away from a half-century as Frylinck runs in.

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | CTB: 146/3 | RR: 8.58

  • Mohammad Nawaz44 (30b)
  • Kyle Verreynne47 (27b)
  • Andrew Birch3-0-30-1
  • Jeevan Mendis4-0-29-1
16.6
0
Birch to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, full and wide outside off stump. Forced to reach at it, and he can't connect
16.5
2
Birch to Mohammad Nawaz, 2 runs, length ball outside off, and he slaps a cut right over the infield. Chase for the fielder in the deep. Nawaz's highest score in T20s
16.4
1
Birch to Verreynne, 1 run, full on leg stump, and clipped off his pads to midwicket. Slower ball this time

Spartans 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5GL CloeteT de Zorzi
2nd22D ElgarGL Cloete
3rd43AB de VilliersD Elgar
4th46AB de VilliersRR Rossouw
5th0R FrylinckRR Rossouw
6th4R FrylinckS von Berg
7th4RK KleinveldtS von Berg
8th2BMAJ MendisS von Berg
9th2BMAJ MendisACR Birch
10th3ACR BirchL Sipamla

Mzansi Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
CTB1063300.941
JS1064291.295
PR105522-0.292
NMBG104421-0.448
TS104616-1.044
DH103614-0.716