END OF OVER:5 | 13 Runs | CLS: 96/1 | RR: 19.20
- Andre Russell65 (19b)
- Laurie Evans21 (10b)
- Shahid Afridi1-0-13-0
- Mohammad Amir2-0-46-0
11.25 pm Russell shows why he's the main man in demand for T20 leagues worldwide, or T10, or Five5 as it were... Smoking innings, his bat is still simmering as he walks off. 97 would be a stiff target for a 10-over chase. It'll take some Afridi magic (and some from Hazratullah too) if the Gladiators are going to chase this down.
4.6
1
Shahid Afridi to Russell, 1 run, floated up wide and full, and whacked flat toward long-off, kept to one.
4.5
6
Shahid Afridi to Russell, SIX, zings in another full toss on the hips, Russell thwacks it high over backward square beyond the rope.
4.4
4
Shahid Afridi to Russell, FOUR, full on the stumps, slogs this flat toward the man at long-on, he charges this and dives forward but realistically had no chance. It bounces wide of him and goes for four. Afridi fuming. Keeping it to one was the wiser option with two balls to go. Or in fact a dot since Russell demonstrated he's not taking singles for the rest of the over.
4.3
0
Shahid Afridi to Russell, no run, Afridi slows this up through the air again landing it full on off and Russell can only manage to drag this down the ground, turns down a single. He wants the strike for the rest of the over.
4.2
1
Shahid Afridi to Evans, 1 run, Afridi zings in the next ball at waist height at 100 kph, Evans is caught off guard and flubs a slog through mid-on.
4.1
0
Shahid Afridi to Evans, no run, floats this up at 89 kph, glacially slow by Afridi standards, and Evans is through the shot early trying to slog sweep this from well outside off.
4.1
1w
Shahid Afridi to Evans, 1 wide, short and wide, too wide. Rebowl coming.
Afridi to bowl the fifth instead of Asitha.
END OF OVER:4 | 20 Runs | CLS: 83/1 | RR: 20.75
- Laurie Evans20 (8b)
- Andre Russell54 (15b)
- Mohammad Amir2-0-46-0
- Mohamed Shiraz1-0-11-0
3.6
1
Mohammad Amir to Evans, 1 run, full on the legs, punched to long-on.
3.5
1
Mohammad Amir to Russell, 1 run, Amir with a well directed bouncer on middle and off, Russell is uncomfortable trying to duck away perhaps expecting another wide yorker and plays a periscope edge through backward point.
3.5
1w
Mohammad Amir to Russell, 1 wide, wide yorker, too wide. Bonus ball coming.
3.4
4
Mohammad Amir to Russell, FOUR, Russell shows he's got the silky finesse to match the brute power. Wide yorker, he just opens the face of the bat to glide this behind point, using all of Amir's pace against him, timed to perfection as it careens to the third man rope.
