END OF OVER:20 | 8 Runs | NZ: 179/4 | RR: 8.95
- Dane Cleaver78 (55b)
- James Neesham1 (2b)
- Mark Adair4-0-28-0
- Josh Little4-0-31-2
5.38 pm So Ireland need 180 to win. Cleaver with a good knock but not necessarily one that has floored Ireland. He should have been stumped before 50 but Tucker bungled an easy chance. If Stirling gets away in the Powerplay, you never know. Stay with us for the start of the chase when Sreshth Shah comes back to the central commentary position.
19.6
1
Adair to Cleaver, 1 run, wide yorker on fifth stump, jammed out to backward point for one.
19.5
4
Adair to Cleaver, FOUR, full and wide, slices a drive high over backward point and short third man and it backspins away to the rope.
19.4
0
Adair to Cleaver, no run, full and wide outside off, tries to tickle this fine of the keeper after premeditating a walk across his stumps for a possible scoop. Misses whatever the attempt was in the end.
19.3
1
Adair to Neesham, 1 run, slower bouncer on the body, bottom edges a pull to short fine leg on the ring for one.
19.3
1w
Adair to Neesham, 1 wide, wide yorker is too wide outside the guidelines, comfortably beyond the blue marker paint. Wide called.
Adair switches around the stumps.
19.2
0
Adair to Neesham, no run, slower length ball angled across sixth stump, Neesham swings through the shot early.
Neesham on strike for his first ball now.
19.1
1
Adair to Cleaver, 1 run, yorker jammed out into the off side for one.
END OF OVER:19 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 171/4 | RR: 9.00
- Dane Cleaver72 (51b)
- Josh Little4-0-31-2
- Craig Young4-0-34-2
18.6
W
Little to Mitchell, OUT, bounced out! Cramped him for room on the body with a well-directed short ball. Top edged pull swirls over Tucker before coming down into his gloves.
DJ Mitchell c †Tucker b Little 14 (24m 10b 3x4 0x6) SR: 140.00
18.5
0
Little to Mitchell, no run, length ball on sixth stump, goes to drive and misses.
18.4
4
Little to Mitchell, FOUR, length ball on fourth stump, drives firmly toward Adair at long-off whose tumbling effort is unable to stop the ball. Quite a clumsy effort in fact, he basically over-ran the ball and tried to slap it back late as it went behind him.
18.3
4
Little to Mitchell, FOUR, short on the body, pulled behind square to beat deep backward square leg to the rope.
18.2
1
Little to Cleaver, 1 run, short on the stumps, pulled to deep midwicket for one.
18.1
4
Little to Cleaver, FOUR, full and wide on the guideline outside off, gets on a knee to drive this high over backward point to the rope.
END OF OVER:18 | 9 Runs | NZ: 158/3 | RR: 8.77
- Dane Cleaver67 (49b)
- Daryl Mitchell6 (6b)
- Craig Young4-0-34-2
- Barry McCarthy4-0-48-0
17.6
1
Young to Cleaver, 1 run, full on fourth stump, drives this high over mid-off to the man on the rope for one.
17.5
2
Young to Cleaver, 2 runs, slower length ball on fifth stump, pulls this out to Dockrell at deep midwicket for two.
17.4
0
Young to Cleaver, no run, bouncer on middle, gets on his knee premeditating a shot and it sails over him for a dot. He wanted a wide but the square leg umpire rightly deemed it legal.
17.3
0
Young to Cleaver, no run, length ball on middle, backs away to try to repeat the reverse scoop/ramp over third man and misses again.
17.2
0
Young to Cleaver, no run, length ball moving away from sixth stump, goes to drive and is beaten.
17.1
6
Young to Cleaver, SIX, short on the body, heaves a pull toward the pavilion at deep square leg and clears the rope easily for six.
END OF OVER:17 | 11 Runs | NZ: 149/3 | RR: 8.76
- Dane Cleaver58 (43b)
- Daryl Mitchell6 (6b)
- Barry McCarthy4-0-48-0
- Mark Adair3-0-20-0
16.6
1
McCarthy to Cleaver, 1 run, short ball on the body, pulled tamely to deep fine leg for one.
16.5
0
McCarthy to Cleaver, no run, yorker on middle, jammed out back to McCarthy who dives in front of Mitchell to stop a run.
16.4
2
McCarthy to Cleaver, 2 runs, short ball on the body, shuffles across to pull this and it comes off the gloves past Tucker to deep fine leg for two.
16.3
1
McCarthy to Mitchell, 1 run, back of the hand slower ball lands full on off stump, heaves this along the ground to deep square leg for one.
