So, the Amazon Warriors scrap their way to 157--will that be enough? McDermott got a start, Sampson chipped in, and Hope contributed as well, but then the middle order collapsed. Pretorius and Shepherd added some much-needed impetus down the order and without their efforts the score would have been much worse. Mills made an impact straight away in his first game, Pierre kicked off the proceedings brilliantly, Wiese was as reliable as ever, and then Shamsi stole the show--picking up key wickets and delighting the crowd with his delicious leg spin, finishing with three in this big match
DaWolf: "I've been very critical of Wieses bowling this tournament (I think he generally. overbowls himself), so only fair I applaud him on his returns today. Excellent figures, and his team will be favourites at the halfway stage. "
19.5
W
Mills to Motie, OUT, You miss, I hit! Wrecks the stumps with a pinpoint accurate fuller one that does a little in the air, he goes down for a big swipe across the line, threw what they call the kitchen sink and ends up lighting the zingers. Excellent delivery, all out for 157
G Motie b Mills 6 (10m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 120
19.4
0
Mills to Motie, no run, On a shortish length and nibbling away in the corridor, tries to dispatch it to midwicket, no connection at all
John : "Have warriors taken this game a bit lightly with batting order ? Need 165-170 "
19.4
1w
Mills to Motie, 1 wide, Over the wicket, hits a fuller length and he moves leg side but then realized it was going down leg, quickly moved out of the way so it remains a wide, good awareness
19.3
1
Mills to Imran Tahir, 1 run, Full-bunger dipping towards waist height, tries to cut it into the covers, check for a no ball, looks okay
Sai: "Hey! Kinda late to the party but where's Shamar Joseph?" perhaps he is also late like you
19.2
W
Mills to Shepherd, OUT, Fuller around the line off, tries to whack it out of the park, finds the big bucket hands of Tim David, he seldom drop those, very safe fielder in the deep
R Shepherd c David b Mills 21 (12m 8b 2x4 1x6) SR: 262.5
19.1
1
Mills to Motie, 1 run, tries to whack it over leg side, slices it in the air, deep backward point hunts it down, was a fuller ball on off
END OF OVER:19 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | GAW: 154/8 | RR: 8.10
- Romario Shepherd21 (7b)
- Gudakesh Motie5 (2b)
- Alzarri Joseph3-0-34-2
- Tymal Mills3-0-35-0
18.6
2
Joseph to Shepherd, 2 runs, short around the line off, shuffles across a wee bit, gets on top of the bounce and plays a controlled pull to deep square
18.5
2
Joseph to Shepherd, 2 runs, Picks up the ball from a length wide of off, a cutter, he biffs it out over long off and the ball trickles away to the rope
18.4
6
Joseph to Shepherd, SIX, Tries a bumper and it backfires big time! on middle stump line, takes it on as he should, top-edge flies away and lands over the rope going over keeper's head. 55 meters
18.3
1
Joseph to Motie, 1 run, Pace off off-cutter on leg stump as she moves to the leg-side, cannot do much about it, clobbered down to long on region I think
18.2
4
Joseph to Motie, FOUR, Looking for the yorker, misses the blochole by a fraction and the margin of error is minimal in this version of the game, he backs away, opens the face and hammers it up and over backward point for a sizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzling four!
18.1
W
Joseph to Hope, OUT, over the wicket, length ball and wide of off and slackesn the pace, not much bounce and he takes the aerial route, wanted to club it to extra cover, found Chase at backward point, simplest of the catches. Big wicket!
SD Hope c Chase b Joseph 32 (62m 29b 2x4 0x6) SR: 110.34
END OF OVER:18 | 13 Runs | GAW: 139/7 | RR: 7.72
- Shai Hope32 (28b)
- Romario Shepherd11 (4b)
- Tymal Mills3-0-35-0
- Tabraiz Shamsi4-0-33-3
17.6
1
Mills to Hope, 1 run, speared full and wide, crouches and forces it to deep backward point
17.5
1
Mills to Shepherd, 1 run, back of a length and comes back in a shade from wide of off, connected to deep midwicket for a single
17.4
4
Mills to Shepherd, FOUR, pace off and shorter in length, skids on and veers in sharply, strays leg side, he gets a faintest of the tickles and it's enough to find the rope at deep fine, enough legs
17.3
2
Mills to Shepherd, 2 runs, near yorker, thumped to deep extra cover, runs hard to the other end
17.2
4
Mills to Shepherd, FOUR, i like his action. Overpitched and close to the marker on off, reaches out and times the cut to perfection, languidly done, lovely shot and a bit aerial past point
17.1
1
Mills to Hope, 1 run, Around the wicket, hits a fuller length wide of off, opens the face and stabs it out to deep point, so many pacers use the wide line ploy.
END OF OVER:17 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | GAW: 126/7 | RR: 7.41
- Shai Hope30 (26b)
- Tabraiz Shamsi4-0-33-3
- Roston Chase2-0-15-1
16.6
W
Shamsi to Pretorius, OUT, triggers an erros, induces a false stroke! How often Shamsi does that? Ego was hurt, he comes back strongly after being dispatched for a four, fuller wrong'un on middle, inside edge pops up and keeper backtracks to pouch it. Another interesting celebration. I think he is writing something
D Pretorius c †Seifert b Shamsi 17 (8m 8b 2x4 1x6) SR: 212.5
16.5
0
Shamsi to Pretorius, no run, Tries again and misses it. Faster googly just missed hitting the off-stump, lovely bag of tricks, like his variation
16.4
4
Shamsi to Pretorius, FOUR, tossed up full on middle. Oh my word, this is perfection personified, slog sweeps it into the gap at deep midwicket, lovely bit of timing and placement, full extension, meets the ball nice and early. Plesant
16.3
1
Shamsi to Hope, 1 run, tossed up on a length wide of off, shifts his weight back and taps it into the covers
16.2
1
Shamsi to Pretorius, 1 run, tossed up fuller and he plays with the spin to deep midwicket, fielder runs to his right to intercept.
16.1
4
Shamsi to Pretorius, FOUR, legbreak turning in at leg, wrong line, he goes down and lap sweeps it in the gap at fine leg. Deft touch, silkily done
END OF OVER:16 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | GAW: 116/6 | RR: 7.25
- Shai Hope29 (25b)
- Dwaine Pretorius8 (3b)
- Roston Chase2-0-15-1
- David Wiese3-0-14-2
15.6
0
Chase to Hope, no run, streaky, pushed full just outside off, drops his bat to squeeze it out, doesn't connect, smart bowling, he is very experienced. Calm operator
