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    4.3 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! 59/1
    18.5 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! 186/5
    5.6 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! 74/2
    6.5 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! 79/3
    13.5 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! 137/4
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    7 (lb 2, w 5)
    TOTAL
    206/5 (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)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Zia-ul-Haq4041010.2565100
    MP Stoinis4054013.5064420
    Noor Ahmad403839.5083200
    DJ Bravo4040210.0093230
    Mohammad Mohsin403107.7550200
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    3.3 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! 37/1
    10.5 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! 98/4
    7.1 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! 90/2
    9.4 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! 96/3
    14.6 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? 132/6
    11.6 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! 105/5
    19.5 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! 164/10
    15.5 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! 141/7
    17.5 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! 161/8
    19.3 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! 163/9
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    TOTAL
    164 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)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    M Jansen3032010.6693220
    Jasdeep Singh402536.25122120
    GJ Maxwell4042310.50104300
    MA Aponso1022022.0021300
    LH Ferguson402506.25141220
    R Ravindra3.501644.17142000

Match Notes

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Texas 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st37F du PlessisDP Conway
2nd53F du PlessisAM Hardie
3rd6F du PlessisJ Tromp
4th2F du PlessisMP Stoinis
5th7MP StoinisMilind Kumar
6th27MP StoinisCP Savage
7th9DJ BravoCP Savage
8th20CP SavageMohammad Mohsin
9th2CP SavageNoor Ahmad
10th1Zia-ul-HaqCP Savage