END OF OVER:20 | 11 Runs 2 Wkts | DV: 193/5 | RR: 9.65
- Sherfane Rutherford7 (3b)
- Kyle Mayers3-0-32-1
- Jason Holder4-0-24-2
The fielding wasn't great, the pitch and outfield were slow. Will the pitch change during the chase? Find out soon
3:42pm: Great score for Vipers. Four players got starts. Hales got past fifty, Lawrence almost there. Both of them went at 150-plus strike rates. Curran couldn't get charging but kept his team ticking before Azam finished things nicely. Holder was the pick of the bowlers. Willey was good too. Narine wasn't as good as he usually is. Bhutta was super expensive, as was Viyaskanth. Russell didn't get a bowl.
19.6
W
Mayers to Azam Khan, OUT, Azam can't steal a bye as Mayers beats him on the race to the non-striker's end. Was a wide length ball, beyond Azam's swinging arc. He tried to heave it over the leg side but was done in by the angle, lack of pace and bounce
Azam Khan run out 21 (23m 9b 1x4 2x6) SR: 233.33
19.5
1
Mayers to Rutherford, 1 run, Makes room and belts the length back of lengther on middle to long-off, on the bounce. The striker is livid on not having middled it
19.5
1w
Mayers to Rutherford, 1 wide, Full ball down leg. One more wide
19.4
2
Mayers to Rutherford, 2 runs, Clears space, lifts it across. Deep midwicket is in play... for a few seconds.
19.3
4
Mayers to Rutherford, FOUR, Angle works for Rutherford. Mayers stayed around, got the length ball on leg stump, the new batter tried to whack him over midwicket. Cramped a bit but managed to edge it fine
19.2
W
Mayers to Curran, OUT, Pulled high... Holder runs to the left from long-on, and takes it! He travelled some distance, had a team-mate in his vision but composed himself, took it while having to turn to the right. Was a back of lengther on off to which Curran made room and hoisted
SM Curran c Holder b Mayers 35 (39m 29b 3x4 1x6) SR: 120.68
Around
19.1
2lb
Mayers to Curran, 2 leg byes, Should have been a run out but the keeper's lobbed a throw far above the bowler. ADKR concede two leg byes.
19.1
1w
Mayers to Curran, 1 wide, Down leg. First wide of the day. Was a length ball that kept going with the angle. Past the attempted pull
Mayers to close out the innings. Can Vipers touch 200?
END OF OVER:19 | 7 Runs | DV: 182/3 | RR: 9.57
- Sam Curran35 (27b)
- Azam Khan21 (8b)
- Jason Holder4-0-24-2
- Shahid Bhutta3-0-46-0
18.6
1
Holder to Curran, 1 run, Wide and full, keeping it out of Curran's range as he tries to scythe it square. Bottom hand comes off, he loses his shape, and the ball goes to deep-backwardn
18.5
1
Holder to Azam Khan, 1 run, Very full, Azam stood still and managed to elevate the on-drive. Managed to only get it to long-on, on the bounce
18.4
2
Holder to Azam Khan, 2 runs, Wide on a fullish length, heaved across the line. Gets it off the toe of the bat, to deep midwicket's left
18.3
1
Holder to Curran, 1 run, Wide and low, the full toss there. Slaps it off the toe of the bat to cover
Vishal Poojary: "in my defence, Azam Khan started thrashing after I posted my comment :D"
18.2
1
Holder to Azam Khan, 1 run, Yorker on middle, makes room and tries to crunch a drive. Block-hole ball, though, crunches about nearby. Single picked up
18.1
1
Holder to Curran, 1 run, Wide and full, driven to the deep on the off side
Russell might not get a bowl today. Holder to finish his quota
END OF OVER:18 | 22 Runs | DV: 175/3 | RR: 9.72
- Azam Khan17 (5b)
- Sam Curran32 (24b)
- Shahid Bhutta3-0-46-0
- Sunil Narine4-0-32-0
17.6
6
Shahid Bhutta to Azam Khan, SIX, Stable base, max power, another six over long-off! Pace-on, on a length, line around around fifth stump. It's a good Test match ball, but Azam can go across, set up and swing freely. Flat hit
17.5
4
Shahid Bhutta to Azam Khan, FOUR, Lots of revs, wide outside off. Yorker missed. Azam went across and tried to drag it with a sweep, inside edged it through fine leg
Free hit
17.5
1nb
Shahid Bhutta to Azam Khan, 1 no ball, Wide bouncer. Azam went a couple of steps before leaving it. Line was close to going past the return crease. Azam was surprised it wasn't given wide, third umpire gets in touch with on-field ump with the message - it's a no-ball
Vishal Poojary: "Rutherford should have come ahead. He has been consistent with his cameos" So far so good for Azam
17.4
6
Shahid Bhutta to Azam Khan, SIX, Top-tier! Brute power from Azam! Got a slot ball, took a couple of short steps towards fourth stump before getting stationary again. The cleanest bat swing smacked it over wide long-on
17.3
1
Shahid Bhutta to Curran, 1 run, Short on middle and leg, pulled to midwicket
17.2
4
Shahid Bhutta to Curran, FOUR, Another drop? Nope. It's gone for four though. Viyaskanth was running forward, ran past it a bit and got half-volleyed. He couldn't get his body behind it. The ankle might've gotten jarred in the outfield too. So he's gone past the boundary. Was a length ball that was pulled over midwicket
17.1
0
Shahid Bhutta to Curran, no run, Works it across the line, finds the infielder leg side
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | DV: 153/3 | RR: 9.00
- Sam Curran27 (21b)
- Azam Khan1 (1b)
- Sunil Narine4-0-32-0
- Jason Holder3-0-17-2
16.6
1
Narine to Curran, 1 run, Steers it to the off side off a length. Not a good outing for Narine
16.5
6
Narine to Curran, SIX, Good over turned around as Narine drags one down. Curran drags it across from outside off. Pulled over wide long-on
16.4
0
Narine to Curran, no run, Slaps it off side again, finds the infielder again
