- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 gone! That's a big wicket, de Kock looks to slog sweep again, ends up top-edging it this time and du Plessis pedals back a couple of steps at midwicket to pouch it comfortably 35/111.1 brilliant catch by van Jaarsveld at extra cover, Malan looks to hit it inside out but doesn't get the elevation right, and Fortuin has his third wicket of the match 89/39.2 stumped! Down the track and looks to go over, gets an inside edge on the pads which rolls towards the keeper who collects and breaks the stumps to find the batsman just short 82/212 soft dismissal this one. Length ball outside off, Behardien was early into the shot and ends up chipping it straight to van Jaarsveld at extra cover. Fortuin ends his spell with figures of 4-0-15-4 92/413.4 goes again but this time the ball hits near the handle of the bat, no power in it as du Plessis completes an easy catch at midwicket 101/515.1 and strikes straightaway, was a length ball on the stumps, Talat looks to give himself some room and hit it through covers, misses and the ball rattles the stumps 108/617.1 a bug shout for lbw and given. Was full on the stumps, Adams moved across and looked to clip it on the leg side, missed and was struck right in front 123/718.3 fuller on off and lofted towards long-off, Markram is there but he had to make a lot of ground to his right, had to put in the dive in the end, a brilliant catch there 130/820 slower length ball, hits it towards long-off, looks to come back for the second but the throw is at the keeper's end who breaks the stumps to find Piedt well short 140/919.3 fuller on the stumps, Siboto picks it up towards midwicket but ends up hitting right down the fielder's throat there 137/9Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL140 all out (20 Overs, RR: 7)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Quinton de Kock, 3.3 ov), 2-82 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 9.2 ov), 3-89 (Janneman Malan, 11.1 ov), 4-92 (Farhaan Behardien, 11.6 ov), 5-101 (Asif Ali, 13.4 ov), 6-108 (Hussain Talat, 15.1 ov), 7-123 (Ferisco Adams, 17.1 ov), 8-130 (George Linde, 18.3 ov), 9-137 (Malusi Siboto, 19.3 ov), 10-140 (Dane Piedt, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AK Markram 2 0 23 0 11.50 0 0 BC Fortuin 4 0 15 4 3.75 0 0 D Paterson 4 0 23 3 5.75 1 0 D Wiese 4 0 24 1 6.00 1 0 T Shamsi 4 0 34 0 8.50 0 0 TL Moreki 2 0 19 1 9.50 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 carved down to third man! Steyn has struck with his second ball. Davids backed away as Steyn dug in a short one, slashing the ball high in the air and down to third man where Linde held a tumbling catch 3/11.4 caught at midwicket, and Steyn has two in the over. This one was shorter and hurried Markram's pull. He didn't bother trying to keep it down, but couldn't get the connection to clear the infield. Hussain Talat jogs across to hold a simple catch 3/217.5 now what's happened here? du Plessis is caught off a no-ball, or is he? This seemed a harsh call on the bowler at first. Siboto slung down a high full toss and du Plessis top edged to be caught. As he was walking off, the umpires held him back to check the height of the full toss. It looked below waist height to me, but the on-field umpire Murray Brown decides it's a no ball and du Plessis will continue. Or will he? No he won't! The third umpire runs out to change that decision, having decided it was a legal ball. It's all a little confusing, but in the end du Plessis has to go 132/59.4 reverse swept straight to Asif Ali at short third man, and the partnership is broken! Asif had just been placed there, and van Jaarsveld just lapped it straight to him 70/312.1 caught at midwicket, is there life in this match yet? Piedt comes back into the attack and makes an immediate impact. He came around the wicket to Wiese, the ball seemingly stopping on the batsman as he played too early into the leg side, chipping an easy catch to Adams 94/4Extras10 (lb 4, w 6)TOTAL144/5 (18.5 Overs, RR: 7.64)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Henry Davids, 1.2 ov), 2-3 (Aiden Markram, 1.4 ov), 3-70 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 9.4 ov), 4-94 (David Wiese, 12.1 ov), 5-132 (Faf du Plessis, 17.5 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
Cape Town Blitz , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
Start 15.30, First Session 15.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.20, Second Session 17.20. 18.50
Match days
25 November 2018 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Paarl Rocks 4, Cape Town Blitz 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1-6.0 (Mandatory- 49 runs, 1 wicket)
- Cape Towm Blitz: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls, 23 mins)
- Cape Town Blitz: 101 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls, 55 mins)
- Paarl Rock Innings
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1-6.0 (Mandatory- 40 runs, 2 wickets)
- Paarl Rocks: 51 runs in 7.4 overs (74 balls, 34 mins)
- 3rd Wicket Partnership: 50 runs off 39 balls in 28 mins (F du Plessis 25, VB van Jaarsveld 23, Ex 2)
- Paarl Rocks: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (85 balls, 61 mins)
- F du Plessis: 50 off 37 balls in 74 mins (5x4, 0x6)
- Man of the Match: BC Fortuin
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBjorn Fortuin and Faf du Plessis take Paarl Rocks to their first win
The left-arm spinner's 4 for 15 helped the Rocks bowl Blitz out for 140 before du Plessis steered them home with his 39-ball 54