Tallawahs vs Patriots, 27th Match at Providence, CPL 2023, Sep 16 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Cleans him up with a ripper. Gets the length ball on that channel just on off and moves away ever so late. Thomas plays down the wrong line and finds his off pole pegged back.

Oh, he does go yorker and misses by a whisker. Nails the yorker on leg. The ball misses the leg stump by the barest of margins

Reifer again and he gets two catches in two balls! On a length on off stump. Cariah backs away looking to open the off side. Mistimes and Reifer moves to his left from extra cover to take another catch.

Golden duck for Howell! Intelligently bowled by Imad. He flights this one up on a length outside off. Howell jumps down, swings at it. He loses his shape, loses his bat as the ball goes straight up. Extra cover takes a simple catch.

Drags the length back as Cariah backs away and Imad follows him. He slaps it to deep midwicket who is quick on the ball

The reverse again, and executed to perfection. Was fuller outside off, he gets the reverse out and this time just to the left of short third, who dives but in vain

SMASHED! Was short and he backed away to make it wide. Tonks him to the right of long off

Shorter on leg stump, he pulls to the left of Springer at deep midwicket and fumble means they get two

That's a lovely reverse. Was fired outside off, well outside in fact. He gets the reverse out and spanks it past the keeper and the short third

Amir gets his man, or does he? The umpires want to check the catch. Length ball on off stump. Linde has a swing across the line, he gets a thin bottom edge, through to Brooks, who dives low to his right and completes a good catch. Linde has to go.

Maiden CPL fifty for Cariah. Slower length ball outside off, he bunts it to extra cover and they scamper through for a run

Did Amir get a bat on this? Nope, he isn't appealing. Length on off, Linde spanks it back straight, but too straight as the ball hits the non-striker's stumps. Amir did not get a hand on it else Cariah was a goner

Was there a deflection there? Umpire says no, but Wasim has reviewed it. Banged in short, into the body of Linde, who looks to pull it away. UltraEdge confirms there was no bat involved. The spike was from the shoulder of Linde. Tallawahs have lost both their reviews.

And now the inside-edge gets his four. That was fired in full and on leg stump. He gets his bat down in time as the ball goes through his legs and past short fine leg

Oh, CRANKED! Length ball outside off, he keeps his shape and swings through the line over mid-off.

Quick good length ball outside off, he stands tall and punches to deep point

Gets away with that short delivery. Was a slower ball well down leg. He mistimes it to deep square leg

Back of a length ball outside off, he pulls to the left of Springer at deep midwicket for another brace

Slower good length ball outside off, he opens the face of the bat to the left of point who dives and saves a few runs

And now a thick inside edge. Slower length ball on leg, he backs away, french cuts it to short fine

Full-length ball on the pads, he clips at with elegance in the gap to the right of deep backward square leg