that will do it full ball on off, he leans into the cover drive which shoots across the turf to the fence. Straightforward win for the Bay Giants
Stars vs Giants, 2nd Match at Johannesburg, MSL 2018, Nov 17 2018 - Match Result
Giants won by 5 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
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Time for the post-match presentations
Dane Vilas says "you can't set 120-odd at Wanderers." No time to dwell on this, he says. "Been playing well in warm-ups and training, need to be much smarter. It was hard to get going, need to bash out a few ideas with the coach."
JJ Smuts says this wasn't a traditional Wanderers surface. "Duckett made it look unbelievably easy."
Ben Duckett is the Player of the Match for his 45-ball 75.
He isn't a recognised T20 name worldwide yet, but Ben Duckett showed glimpses of hitting ability. He smashed a 27-ball half-century, but that the Bay Giants still took 18 overs to chase 125 showed that the other batsmen couldn't really get going. Victory in 16 overs would have fetched them a bonus point, but it was not to be. The Stars paid the price for injudicious shot selection, limping to an inadequate 124 for 7, with JJ Smuts, the left-arm spinner, being Ravindra Jadeja-esque with his control and guile.
punched to point off the back foot
bouncer, pulled from in front of his face down to deep square leg
defended back to the bowler
stays in his crease and glides it down to third man
fuller ball on the stumps, defended from the crease
back of a length outside off, opens the face of the bat to run it down to third man
short ball outside off, pulled over the in-field but there is a man at the midwicket fence who collects it
short ball again, pulled with more conviction but straight to deep square leg
steered down to third man
bowled it into the batsman from around the wicket, but he stayed back and clipped it to midwicket, where the man on the fence had to run around and put in a slide
back of a length, pulled to deep square leg
No bonus point for Bay Giants then. But only 11 needed off 24 to win
finally gets some runs with a nice looking punch straight back past the bowler
bouncer again, sails well over head high that time, with McLaren ducking under it
goes for the expansive drive, given some room outside off, but inside edges it onto pad. Almost played on
bouncer, well directed. On leg stump and homing in above the shoulder, he ducks into it and fends it down
full outside off, driven off the toe-end to mid-off
back of a length on the stumps, steered to point
Bay Giants have left themselves 15 runs to get in this over to get the bonus point. They've been tied down in the last few overs, so it looks unlikely
stays back and swats it down to long-off. Leie ends his spell with 2 for 25 in four overs
tossed up, ends up as a full toss. McLaren doesn't get hold of it, taps it tamely back to the bowler
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | |
Toss | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2018/19 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | Start 19.00, First session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20 |
Match days | 17 November 2018 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 4, Jozi Stars 0 |