END OF OVER:20 | 24 Runs | DSG: 190/3 | RR: 9.50
- Heinrich Klaasen30 (9b)
- Quinton de Kock83 (51b)
- Lungi Ngidi4-0-46-1
- Obed McCoy4-0-39-1
7:06pm Wow, what a batting display. 121 runs came off the final ten overs and it has taken the Super Giants up to 190. de Kock was front and centre, registering his first fifty this season and finishing with 83 off 51. Smuts played his part too, scoring 52 off 39 and setting the foundation for Klaasen to tee off right at the end. 65 runs came off the last five, and that might have just taken the Super Giants to a score that is above-par.
As for the Royals, well, they will not be pleased with how they bowled, especially at the back end. Their ploy of bowling slower balls and offering width became too predictable and just did not work out, with all the batters cashing in. They now have a stiff target to hunt down, and while they have the firepower to do so, this is going to be a stiff run-chase. Join us in a bit for the second innings!
19.6
6
Ngidi to Klaasen, SIX, six to end the innings - and this is the best of the lot! Back of a length outside off. All of Klaasen's weight is on the back foot, yet, he manages to crunch this over deep cover point!
19.5
6
Ngidi to Klaasen, SIX, back to back sixes! The yorker does not land perfectly and that is all that Klaasen requires. Hangs back and smears it over deep square leg!
19.4
6
Ngidi to Klaasen, SIX, shot! Goes for the wide yorker but errs on the shorter side. Klaasen sits deep in his crease to get under it and carves it over deep point!
19.3
4
Ngidi to Klaasen, FOUR, brilliant! Full toss outside off. Klaasen has telegraphed the line and to counter it, he unfurls the reverse scoop. Gets it over short fine leg and picks up four!
19.2
1
Ngidi to de Kock, 1 run, full toss outside off. de Kock throws the kitchen sink at it and slices it towards deep backward point. Excellent work by van Buuren to prevent the boundary
19.1
1
Ngidi to Klaasen, 1 run, wide yorker nailed to perfection. Klaasen digs it out towards extra cover
Ngidi to bowl the final over. Can DSG get up to 180?
END OF OVER:19 | 17 Runs | DSG: 166/3 | RR: 8.73
- Quinton de Kock82 (50b)
- Heinrich Klaasen7 (4b)
- Obed McCoy4-0-39-1
- Lungi Ngidi3-0-22-1
18.6
4
McCoy to de Kock, FOUR, and it is indeed a short ball that de Kock puts away! On leg stump, and that allows de Kock to get inside the line and pull it over short fine leg!
Klaasen tells de Kock to expect the bouncer
18.5
6
McCoy to de Kock, SIX, right out of the screws! Back of the hand slower ball but this lands right in the slot outside off. de Kock extends his arms and hoists it over mid off!
18.4
4
McCoy to de Kock, FOUR, another inside edge for four! Back of a length just outside off. de Kock has a wild slog across the line and the ball flies off the inside edge past short fine leg!
18.3
0
McCoy to de Kock, no run, big appeal, and up goes the finger! Sizzling yorker that tails into leg stump. de Kock, trying to work it away, is late in jamming his bat down and gets rapped on the back leg. McCoy goes up, and the umpire upholds his appeal. de Kock has reviewed, perhaps arguing that the ball was going down leg with the angle. And he is vindicated. Ball Tracking has the ball missing leg stump, and de Kock survives!
18.2
2
McCoy to de Kock, 2 runs, banged in short outside off. de Kock throws his hands at it and jabs it to deep cover's left for a couple of runs
18.1
1
McCoy to Klaasen, 1 run, slower bumper on leg stump. Klaasen helps it towards short fine leg. de Kock calls Klaasen through and makes it comfortably
END OF OVER:18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | DSG: 149/3 | RR: 8.27
- Heinrich Klaasen6 (3b)
- Quinton de Kock66 (45b)
- Lungi Ngidi3-0-22-1
- Obed McCoy3-0-22-1
17.6
1
Ngidi to Klaasen, 1 run, another low full toss outside off. Driven down the ground to long off. Klaasen retains strike
17.5
4
Ngidi to Klaasen, FOUR, shot! Low full toss bowled well outside off. Klaasen sits back in his crease, peels the outer cover off the ball and scythes it past cover point for four!
17.4
1
Ngidi to de Kock, 1 run, full and kissing the tramlines on the off side. de Kock slices it on the bounce to deep backward point
17.3
1
Ngidi to Klaasen, 1 run, short and wide outside off. Klaasen hops up onto his toes and punches it to deep cover to get off the mark
Klaasen is here. He has less than three overs to make an impact
17.2
W
Ngidi to Smuts, OUT, taken superbly by van Buuren! Full toss on middle and off. Smuts' eyes light up and he tries to shovel it over deep backward square leg. Does not quite middle it, though, and that brings van Buuren into play. He leaps up on the fence, takes the catch and then recognizes he is going over the ropes. Flicks it up into the air, goes out of play, comes back in and completes the catch!
JT Smuts c Van Buuren b Ngidi 52 (63m 39b 7x4 1x6) SR: 133.33
17.1
1
Ngidi to de Kock, 1 run, full and wide outside off. de Kock throws his hands at it and glides it towards deep point
Here's Ngidi
END OF OVER:17 | 11 Runs | DSG: 141/2 | RR: 8.29
- Quinton de Kock64 (43b)
- JJ Smuts52 (38b)
- Obed McCoy3-0-22-1
- Bjorn Fortuin4-0-32-1
16.6
1
McCoy to de Kock, 1 run, slow and short outside off. de Kock almost tumbles over reaching out for it and cuts it to deep cover
16.5
1
McCoy to Smuts, 1 run, slower delivery dug into the track on middle and leg. Smuts backs away and hacks it to long on
16.4
4
McCoy to Smuts, FOUR, four more! Off-pace but offering too much width outside off. Smuts can free his arms and bangs it over mid off!
16.3
4
McCoy to Smuts, FOUR, fortunate! Hard length on middle and leg. Smuts continues swinging like a rusty gate and on this occasion, gets an inside edge that hurtles away past Buttler!
