full ball, McCarthy brings the bat down to force the ball out to extra cover
Raiders vs Strikers, at Dublin, Emerald Challenge, Jul 08 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
6.00pm We have now officially hit the last hour, and the two Captain's have shook hands, the match is over and it's a draw.
With so much time lost over the last couple of days, it was always hard to see a winner from the match, although it was great to see how much play that we got today.
Stirling hit an excellent 90 and spent a good chunk of time out in the middle. McBrine ended up unbeaten on 67.
McCarthy ended up with three wickets for the Raiders, with plenty of overs for their spin twins.
Lorcan Tucker has just been named the player of the match for his brilliant Century on Monday, which seems a long time ago now.
The first game between the Raiders and the Strikers is done, it was great to be able to see first class domestic cricket again in Ireland. Hope that you enjoyed it. Thanks for staying with us, and this is Justin saying goodbye from Malahide.
McCarthy swings hard at the ball and it flies Just out of Tectors reach at gully. Runs to the boundary
Four slips and a gully in
the ball clips off the pad and rolls down to short fine leg
clips the ball through mid-wicket to get McBrine back on strike
Stpes forward to meet the ball early, hits it back past the bowler and mid-on runs to his left to field
outside off-stump, left alone
defends the ball into the off-side, Tector goes and fields himself and another over is chalked off.
plays the ball back down the pitch
McBrine defends back down the pitch
McCarthy forces the ball around the corner, beats the close fielder
ball sits up nicely for McBrine, cuts the ball towards deep point
Tector loops the ball up to the batter, defends forward
Match State: Drinks
We are into the final drinks break ahead of the final hour of play.
the ball clips the front pad and runs legside for another single.
lovely shot from McBrine and he doesn't get an reward for it, goes straight to mid-on
McCrathy gets off the mark. Blocks the ball towards mid-wicket and McBrine calls for the single
drops the bat down on the ball, it runs square on the off-side and they pick up another run
Steps across the stumps as the ball goes outside off-stump, quite a fanciful leave
McBrine jams the bat down on the ball and works it into the legside
down the legside again, this time he decides to leave it well alone
looks to get bat on the ball as it heads down the legside, almost gets an edge through to the keeper