- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.3 Noor outfoxes Head! Slowed up on a length on leg stump, daring Head to take on the bigger leg-side boundary. Head takes up the invitation (unsurprisingly) but does not middle it. Gets more height than distance and deep square leg, well off the fence, completes the catch! 59/118.5 Bravo gets the better of Smith! Short, wide and pushed across the batter. Smith tries to access the vast open spaces on the off side but ends up trying to hit it too hard. All he manages is a healthy nick that is pouched by Conway. The wily, old fox is doing the trick again! 186/55.6 loud appeal, turned down! Zipped in full on middle and leg. Gous seems to fall over and then misses his flick. Gets pinned on the pad but the umpire is unmoved. Was it heading down leg? We go upstairs to find out. No bat involved. And Ball Tracking reckons it would have smashed into leg stump. Excellent review by TSK, and Gous has to walk back! 74/26.5 the softest of dismissals! Fizzed through on a back of a length on middle and off. Sticks in the surface and straightens. Ravindra looks to turn it into the leg side but the slight spin and the sluggishness off the surface means that he plonks it straight back to Noor. He dives forward and snares the chance. Noor has two, and TSK have three after the initial carnage! 79/313.5 Noor has his third! Very similar to how Maxwell was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav at the T20 World Cup. Fizzed in full on middle and leg. Maxwell walks down the track, looking to hack it over cow corner. Does not get to the pitch, though, and the ball spins enough to breeze past the inside edge and knock back the stumps. Vital breakthrough! 137/4Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL206/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.3)Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Travis Head, 4.3 ov), 2-74 (Andries Gous, 5.6 ov), 3-79 (Rachin Ravindra, 6.5 ov), 4-137 (Glenn Maxwell, 13.5 ov), 5-186 (Steven Smith, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Zia-ul-Haq 4 0 41 0 10.25 6 5 1 0 0 MP Stoinis 4 0 54 0 13.50 6 4 4 2 0 Noor Ahmad 4 0 38 3 9.50 8 3 2 0 0 DJ Bravo 4 0 40 2 10.00 9 3 2 3 0 Mohammad Mohsin 4 0 31 0 7.75 5 0 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.3 big appeal, not given! Darted in on a length on middle and leg. Conway looks for the sweep but plays all around it. Gets pinged on the body and Maxwell thinks it is quite adjacent. Washington Freedom review. Was this heading down leg? No bat involved. All eyes on Ball Tracking and...it reckons the ball would have crashed into leg stump. Three reds and Conway has to go! 37/110.5 du Plessis perishes, and this seemed to be on the cards! Full and wide outside off, tempting du Plessis to go over long off. He finally lays bat on ball but does not get enough to get it over the fence. Clinks off the bottom half and Smith gobbles up the chance well inside the fence. Big, big moment in the game! 98/47.1 Hardie bites the dust! Banged into the track outside off. Hardie looks for the pull but the ball comes onto him much quicker than he expects. Gets rushed on the pull and skews it off the top-edge. Short fine leg, running around into the backward square leg position, takes it comfortably enough, and that offers Washington a bit of respite! 90/29.4 Ravindra breaks through! Back of a length on off. Tromp gives himself room, trying to go inside out off the back foot. Gets it straighter than he wants, though, and that brings Jansen, stood at wide long off, into play. He tracks the ball every bit of the way and then snaffles it up with a slide forward. Smart work on the fence, and the Super Kings lose another! 96/314.6 Smith holds on, and that is a body blow for the Texas Super Kings! In the slot outside off and there to be hit. Stoinis gets under it and gets a decent chunk of it too. Not quite out of the middle, though, and that brings Smith into play at wide long off. He times his jump to perfection and plucks it out of the air, all while maintaining his balance and not stepping onto the cushion. Is that the game? 132/611.6 another Texas Super King bites the dust! Tossed up invitingly on a full length on middle and off. Milind tries to smack it into oblivion but cuts across it too much. Slices it and Jansen, stationed in the wide long off position, completes a fairly regulation catch! 105/519.5 big appeal, and given! Savage reviews, though! Slanted in on a length on middle and leg. Savage looks for the reverse and the ball seems to come off the glove. The umpire does not think so, though, and raises his finger. Well, what do we know! The ball has missed the glove and smashes Savage flush on the back leg. Ball Tracking has it thundering into leg stump, and that will be that for the Texas Super Kings tonight. They are now left looking over their shoulder nervously; Washington, meanwhile, are now assured a spot in the top two! 164/1015.5 stumped by a mile! Fizzed in on a length just outside off. Bravo advances, possibly looking to bunt it into the on side. Does not account for the spin, though, and the ball turns just enough to go past the inside edge. Gous eventually takes off the bails, with Bravo stranded well outside his crease. Washington keep chipping away and keep pushing TSK closer to defeat! 141/717.5 Gous is confident, and Mohsin might have been stumped here! Arm-ball on a length on leg stump. Comes back into Mohsin and beats him on the inside as he tries to tonk it into tomorrow. Fresh-air shot and his back foot slides out of his crease too. Gous is aware of it and whisks off the bails, with no part of Mohsin's back foot grounded behind the line! 161/819.3 Ravindra has another! Pushed in on a length, on middle and leg. Noor continues swinging because, well, why not. Shanks it completely and Maxwell, running in from deep mid wicket, makes no mistake. Texas Super Kings nine down now, and on the brink of just their second defeat this season! 163/9Extras8 (lb 2, w 6)TOTAL164 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 8.26)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Devon Conway, 3.3 ov), 2-90 (Aaron Hardie, 7.1 ov), 3-96 (Joshua Tromp, 9.4 ov), 4-98 (Faf du Plessis, 10.5 ov), 5-105 (Milind Kumar, 11.6 ov), 6-132 (Marcus Stoinis, 14.6 ov), 7-141 (Dwayne Bravo, 15.5 ov), 8-161 (Mohammad Mohsin, 17.5 ov), 9-163 (Noor Ahmad, 19.3 ov), 10-164 (Calvin Savage, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Jansen 3 0 32 0 10.66 9 3 2 2 0 Jasdeep Singh 4 0 25 3 6.25 12 2 1 2 0 GJ Maxwell 4 0 42 3 10.50 10 4 3 0 0 MA Aponso 1 0 22 0 22.00 2 1 3 0 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 25 0 6.25 14 1 2 2 0 R Ravindra 3.5 0 16 4 4.17 14 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Texas Super Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
19 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Washington Freedom 2, Texas Super Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 74 runs, 2 wickets)
- Washington Freedom: 50 runs in 3.4 overs (22 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (TM Head 48, SPD Smith 0, Ex 2)
- TM Head: 50 off 20 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Over 5.6: Review by Texas Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - AGS Gous (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Washington Freedom - 96/3 in 9.0 overs (SPD Smith 12, GJ Maxwell 13)
- Washington Freedom: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (SPD Smith 15, GJ Maxwell 34, Ex 1)
- Washington Freedom: 150 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Washington Freedom - 155/4 in 16.0 overs (SPD Smith 43, AJ Pienaar 6)
- SPD Smith: 50 off 37 balls (2 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Washington Freedom: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Washington Freedom - 206/5 in 20.0 overs (AJ Pienaar 33, Mukhtar Ahmed 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 76 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 3.3: Review by Washington Freedom (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - DP Conway (Upheld)
- Texas Super Kings: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Texas Super Kings - 76/1 in 6.0 overs (F du Plessis 47, AM Hardie 11)
- F du Plessis: 50 off 19 balls (5 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 20 balls (F du Plessis 33, AM Hardie 18, Ex 0)
- Texas Super Kings: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Texas Super Kings - 132/6 in 15.0 overs (CP Savage 14)
- Over 15.6: Review by Washington Freedom (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - Mohammad Mohsin (Struck down)
- Texas Super Kings: 150 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 8
- Over 19.5: Review by Texas Super Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - CP Savage (Struck down)
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