Another pitch-perfect surface suited slower length ball at off, worked off the pads towards midwicket and he jogs through a run. In the end, SF's bowling was much better on the day and managed to defend a low total
SF vs Seattle, 13th Match at Morrisville, MLC, Jul 15 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Both innings were quite similar, as things started to get awry at the halfway mark. Seattle Orcas lost their grip after losing set batters Rickleton and Jayasuriya, and from there, everyone struggled to get going. Short, Plunkett, and Anderson were all fantastic and didn't give any pace to work with. They knew the conditions and stuck to their guns on a tricky surface where it wasn't easy to score with conventional methods.
That said, it was one-way traffic when Jayasuriya was hammering bowlers all over the park, but once he got out, it was like a boulder rolling down a mountain. The bowlers did a spectacular job to stymie the run flow. Hammad Azam couldn't tee off, and the captain departed early too. The Orcas are languishing at the bottom while the Unicorns jump to the third spot after this crucial victory
Nails a perfect off-stump yorker, squirted away to cover
Flung on short of a length and gets it to tail back through the gate, goes through the shot early and misses it completely
Low full-toss at off, slapped away to sweeper cover
Pace-off back of a length ball wide of off, forcing him to reach out, he pummels it across the line towards midwicket with no real timing
Fractionally shorter and angled into middle, inside edge onto the pads
Dug in short outside off, stands tall and clouts it to wide of long-on
An unintimidating bouncer around the line off, wanted to swat a pull but only connected with fresh air
Short ball with pace wide of off, struggling for timing and miscued the pull, ball dies down quickly towards the leg side
Rolls his fingers, bowls short in the corridor, mistimed to fine leg for a single
Does him with the slow ball, kicked sharply off the turf and he went for the aerial pull, just landed short of the fielder standing at deep square's left
Pace-off fuller delivery outside the tramline on off
Over the wicket, pace-off bumper that rises steeply, he swivels for a pull and is early through the shot, ball rolls over to the keeper
Big delivery and he will only get a single, length at middle, tucked around the corner
Attempted yorker ends up as a low full-toss at sixth stump line, thwacked down to long-off for a single
Short ball wide of off, belts it down the ground to Rauf's left and mid-off intercepts the ball quickly
Bowls a perfect in-dipping yorker and he manages to shield his stumps
Over the wicket, pace-off back of a length delivery at middle, rotated early and copped a blow
Searing yorker just outside off, slammed to extra cover
That's a screamer, short at the body and he launches the ball straight into the hands of Short at deep midwicket, fielder made sure he didn't overrun and was cognizant of the rope, Plunkett with a fist-pump, stunning team effort
Over 20 • SEO 142/6
SF won by 23 runs