• BATSMEN
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    0.3 chopped on! Fortuin breaks through early! Slow again, on a back of a length on the stumps. de Kock backs away and looks to access the off side but the lack of pace means he drags it onto his pads. The ball then pin-balls into the stumps and DSG lose their first wicket without a run on the board! 0/1
    1.5 straight through Brandon King! Full delivery that starts on middle stump and seems to shape back in a smidgen. King does not get to the pitch and looks for the booming on-drive. Leaves a massive gap between bat and pad, and the ball bursts through, smashing into middle stump. Maphaka on the board early too! 4/2
    6.4 holes out to long on! Given a bit of air outside off and Parsons hares down the track, trying to go over long on. Does not quite get to the pitch, though and clinks it. Seemingly hits it into the breeze too and Hermann settles under the high ball, completing the catch in front of his face! 33/3
    12.6 knocks him over with the last ball of his spell! Fired in on a length just outside off. Williamson plays the trajectory and hangs back, looking for the late cut. The ball, though, skids in with the arm and sneaks under his bat, knocking back off stump in the process. Massive moment in the game! 86/4
    not out
    55
    40
    55
    5
    2
    137.5
    16.6 Maphaka outwits Klaasen and does him all ends up! Another slower ball, bowled much fuller on the pads. Klaasen thinks he can work this to deep mid wicket but the lack of pace leads to his undoing. Closes his bat face too early and chips it back towards the bowler. Mpahata reacts in time and takes it sharply above his left shoulder. Maphaka is pumped, Klaasen cannot believe what has just happened! 110/5
    19.2 Mulder has been run out by a distance! Back of a length outside off. Stoinis throws his hands at it and slices it towards sweeper cover. Stoinis is hell-bent on the second and calls Mulder through for a second that he would never have completed. The throw is to the bowler's end and is accurate enough, with Mujeeb doing the rest! Well, looks like Stoinis did not ground his bat behind the crease while turning for the second either. This could well be a dot. Oh my, Stoinis was a yard short of his crease when he turned. That might have been intentional too, but Mulder was unaware of what Stoinis had in his mind. Long story short, Mulder was sold down the river, Stoinis and DSG get no runs, but Stoinis is back on strike! 138/6
    19.6 wicket to end the innings! Darted in full on off. Smuts swings for the hills and does not really watch the ball. Only swats away a few flies and hears the death rattle soon after. Mujeeb punches the air in delight and this has been another top-class over under pressure by him! 143/7
    Extras
    9 (b 4, lb 1, w 4)
    TOTAL
    143/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.15)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Quinton de Kock, 0.3 ov), 2-4 (Brandon King, 1.5 ov), 3-33 (Bryce Parsons, 6.4 ov), 4-86 (Kane Williamson, 12.6 ov), 5-110 (Heinrich Klaasen, 16.6 ov), 6-138 (Wiaan Mulder, 19.2 ov), 7-143 (JJ Smuts, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    BC Fortuin402025102000
    KT Maphaka402225.5133010
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman402616.5114000
    DN Wellalage40241692020
    AD Galiem101301311100
    JE Root303301122200
  • BATSMEN
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    0.1 huge lbw shout first ball, not given! DSG take it upstairs! Flighted up full on off. Root looks for the slog-sweep and plays all around it, beaten by the significant spin back into him. He gets rapped on the back leg and this looks very close. There is a slight disturbance when the ball is next to the bat, but nothing conclusive to say it was a nick. Onto Ball Tracking now. It comes up and...reckons the ball would have smashed into leg stump. Root has to depart and that is back-to-back golden ducks for Root against the Super Giants! 0/1
    14.3 oh dear - Pretorius has missed a full toss! Not the best ball Maharaj has ever bowled or will ever bowl in his career. Pretorius pre-meditates the reverse and that puts him in a right mess. Swishes at thin air and ends up missing a full toss that should have ideally been deposited onto the grass bank. Pretorius is absolutely livid with himself but he walks off to applause from his teammates and the fans at the ground. This innings might have just broken the back of the run-chase! 107/3
    12.5 Hermann goes aerial again but gets caught on the fence this time! Banged into the track outside off and this seems like a change-up. Hermann has to fetch it and generate all the pace and power. Gets height but not enough distance. Dala, on as a sub, settles under it in the wide long on region and snares the chance! 91/2
    not out
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    17
    40
    0
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    76.47
    18.4 nicked and gone! Karthik bites the dust, and there is another twist to this tale! Fizzed through on a length outside off. Karthik's feet are stuck to concrete and he wafts at it. The ball spins away just enough to take a feather of an edge and de Kock gobbles up the chance. Is there life left in this game still? 137/4
    not out
    8
    6
    8
    0
    1
    133.33
    Extras
    3 (w 3)
    TOTAL
    147/4 (19.5 Overs, RR: 7.41)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Joe Root, 0.1 ov), 2-91 (Rubin Hermann, 12.5 ov), 3-107 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 14.3 ov), 4-137 (Dinesh Karthik, 18.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    P Subrayen402616.5103000
    JT Smuts302217.3370200
    KA Maharaj403017.592110
    Noor Ahmad402506.2592000
    MP Stoinis2.302218.840200
    PWA Mulder2.202209.4262120

Match Notes

Royals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0JE RootLG Pretorius
2nd91RA HermanLG Pretorius
3rd16M Van BuurenLG Pretorius
4th30KD KarthikM Van Buuren
5th10AD GaliemM Van Buuren