rolls onto the stumps. Length ball down leg side. He looks to heave it away but it comes off the back of his bat and trickles onto the stumps as he looks behind and slips
Blitz vs Spartans, 17th Match at Centurion, MSL 2018, Dec 01 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
10:35pm And that is all from our coverage tonight. Good night!
Behardien: I think QDK's back's a bit sore carrying the team. We didn't play well as a team. We're pleased with the win. We were under pressure. AB said he had a debacle - but so did we. That bonus point win gives us confidence, we have three home games coming.
AB de Villiers: We had opportunities throughout the night with the ball. With the bat it was a debacle, to say the least. We haven't hit our straps yet. I think we need to win four and four. Well done to Quinton, it was a great innings. It's great for South African cricket, the two centuries have come from young batsmen in form. It shows a lot of depth in South African cricket.
QDK: I was pretty calm. We bat quite deep, so just knew with them coming we could get a big score. It wasn't easy to bat. they bowled really well up front. All we had to do was find a way to put pressure on them. It was just our day. We had a disappointing game last time, but the boys were fired up today.
Quinton de Kock is the Man of the Match.
10:21pm A bonus point for the table toppers. What a turnaround for them today. Showing why they're at the top, to be honest. The match seemed to really run away from them halfway through their innings, before a QDK special. He was one of only three batsmen who made 30+ on this pitch, and to make that a hundred, striking at nearly 200 was just sensational. the Spartans' chase just didn't take off, and Nawaz in particular was superb. There was a lot of edging and missing and even AB de Villiers couldn't quite gauge the surface.
short ball outside off, backs away and heaves at this but can't get bat on it
yorker at off stump, dug out and back to the bowler
full outside off, clears the front leg and swings at this. Gets it to long-on after a couple of bounces
full outside off, stands tall and pumps this straight over the bowler to clear the long-on boundary. Very very good balance as he hit that
full on leg stump, flicked to deep midwicket
hits leg stump. Length and in at the stumps. He backs away and looks to chop it but that is too fast for him
length at the stumps, hurriedly kept out off the toe-end
full and down leg side. Tickled fine off the front foot
off the thigh and onto the stumps. A slower ball from Burger, very well disguised. At a length and headed for leg stump. He looks to tickle it around the corner behind square on the leg side and is done in
length outside off, creates sufficient room and punches uppishly to clear extra cover
length outside off, thick edge to third man as he looks to drive on the rise
slower ball at a length, wide outside off. Deceives him as he shapes for a heave and he ends up chipping it to extra cover
Around the wicket
short and wide outside off, steps out and gets a thick edge on the cut to third man's right
short of a length outside off. Looks to pull and is beaten on the under edge
length outside off, mistimed punch to mid-off
yorker just outside off. Jammed towards the keeper off the toe-end
slower ball at a length, just outside off. Deceived in pace. Pushed uppishly into the covers
full on off stump, mistimed drive to mid-off, off the bottom of the bat
length outside off, chopped to sweeper cover