- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 skips down, and plinked to mid-off! Banton whips out the long handle but Topley was pushing this across the bows and he was reaching for it, looking to go big down the ground but ends up toe-ending it to the edge of the 30-yard circle. Topley strikes, Bant-off 19/12.2 driven into the bowler's end stumps, and Topley is appealing for a run-out! Did he get a touch on it? If so, Cobb is a goner... Yes, just a squeeze of the pinkie, and then Cobb, whose bat was initially in, actually dragged it out of his ground a moment before the bails were broken! Topley gets the credit, but that was a bit dozy. Two in two for Invincibles 19/219.5 swung high leg side - taken running in from deep midwicket! Curran shrugs, he knows that could have gone better. Duckett played well for 65, finally falling to the last ball of the innings 121/78.3 slows it up and rattles leg stump! Shamsi wins the battle there, Phillips had been tied down and looked for the release shot, big old wipe to leg but this just gripped and spun beneath the bat to hit the woodwork. Fire lose their third 53/314.1 swatted up and over point, Clark holds on to this one! Stepped away and attempted to thrash over cover, ended up skewing it squarer and the fielder took it well running in, dropping to his knee to complete the catch 92/414.2 nicked to the keeper first ball! Back of a length and Neesham was looking to dispatch a pull, the line just a touch wide and he ended up diverting an edge to Billings. Tame dismissal, and it puts Curran on a hat-trick 92/517.2 top-edged to mid-off, that was a stinker of an innings! Mahmood might have preferred to keep him out there for a couple more balls... Dug in short and he had to come at the bowler, swatted to the edge of the ring. Critchley stalks off after making 3 from 11. Invincibles have a firm grip on proceedings 99/6Extras11 (b 5, lb 2, nb 4)TOTAL121/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.05 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Tom Banton, 2.1 ov), 2-19 (Josh Cobb, 2.2 ov), 3-53 (Glenn Phillips, 8.3 ov), 4-92 (Leus du Plooy, 14.1 ov), 5-92 (James Neesham, 14.2 ov), 6-99 (Matt Critchley, 17.2 ov), 7-121 (Ben Duckett, 19.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 strikes immediately, skied to mid-off! Looking to dominate, Roy comes down but only succeeds in walloping a filthy mow straight up. Duckett shuffled forward a couple of steps, then had to wait for it to descend, before eventually completing the dismissal 8/14.4 length ball on off stump, tries to make it a hat-trick of balls to the rope but this hustles Jacks a touch at 86 mph and it results in a top-edge over mid-on. Easy catch taken on the ring by Cobb with palms facing into his chest. 47/25.3 almost a carbon copy of the previous ball back of a length on fourth stump, Narine tries to create a bit more room by backing away this time from leg stump for a cross bat swipe that results in a top edge swirling over cover. Easy catch on the ring. 48/310.4 flighted full on leg stump, missed sweep and is struck on the pads. Big shout upheld. Ingram goes for DRS once again. Will he be saved again? The doubt is whether or not this pitched in line with leg stump. If it did, he's done. Sure enough it pitched perfectly in line with leg stump and straighted to ping him in line with leg, going on to hit leg. No reprieve for Ingram the second time around. On the previous occasion he got the benefit of Qais bowling from around the stumps. But this time with Qais bowling over the wicket, it was not going to spin enough to save him. 73/4Extras1 (lb 1)TOTAL125/4 (18.3 Overs, RR: 6.72 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Jason Roy, 1.1 ov), 2-47 (Will Jacks, 4.4 ov), 3-48 (Sunil Narine, 5.3 ov), 4-73 (Colin Ingram, 10.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DA Payne 3.3 0 39 0 10.83 7 4 3 0 0 ME Milnes 4 0 28 1 7.00 8 3 1 0 0 JDS Neesham 4 0 23 2 5.75 8 2 1 0 0 Qais Ahmad 4 0 12 1 3.00 10 0 0 0 0 MJJ Critchley 2 0 15 0 7.50 1 0 1 0 0 RF Higgins 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Oval Invincibles (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
2 August 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Oval Invincibles (Men) 2, Welsh Fire (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 2 wickets)
- Welsh Fire (Men): 50 runs in 40 balls, Extras 5
- Welsh Fire (Men): 100 runs in 89 balls, Extras 9
- BM Duckett: 50 off 44 balls (6 x 4)
- Innings Break: Welsh Fire (Men) - 121/7 in 100 balls (RF Higgins 3)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 2 wickets)
- Balls 31: Review by Oval Invincibles (Men) (Batting), Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - CA Ingram (Upheld)
- Oval Invincibles (Men): 50 runs in 33 balls, Extras 0
- Balls 54: Review by Oval Invincibles (Men) (Batting), Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - CA Ingram (Struck down)
- Oval Invincibles (Men): 100 runs in 83 balls, Extras 1
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (SW Billings 23, LJ Evans 28, Ex 1)
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