steps down the track and hammers this through the covers to take victory and a bonus point and maintain their lead at the top of the table.
Rocks vs Blitz, 24th Match at Cape Town, MSL 2018, Dec 07 2018 - Match Result
Blitz won by 6 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)
Blitz showed great character to bounce back from Tuesday's loss against the Jozi Stars to get back to winnings ways
MoM today is Quinton de Kock who was excellent and led the way to victory
We'll be back here on Sunday against the Heat who have had a poor tournament todate and will want to go out on a high
The Blitz will want to do all they can to earn a home final so there is much still to play for
Be sure to join us at 15:30 SAST
need 1 off 4 balls to claim the bonus point
fired in at the skipper, finds pad and it squirts away to square leg, Called through by his partner
cuts away to teh sweeper on the point fence
back of a length has Andy leaning back and running it down to 3rd man
attempted pull was looking to end it with glory but he rolled his fingers over it and its instead looping to mid wkt
drives hard at a fuller one, diving stop from mid off saves 3
short again and comes off a bottom edge as he swung hard and it flew past a diving keeper thru 1st slip
bouncer isnt that short and he top edges the swipe over the slip cordon and into the hoardings
across to a length ball is working it out to fwd square leg on the on side
full and on middle is dug up to long on for an easy single
bouncer and is ducking under it
full toss slower ball, dare one say again, is patted up to long on to deny the hatrick
full on middle and leg, slower ball takes an age to get there and dips and finds pad, Umpire Brown didnt hesitate
another slower one, tries to go over long on doesnt get hold of it and is taken some ten yards in, de Kock shows his frustration as he feels the 100 was within touching distance
slower ball is full outside off and de Kock loses balance as he tries to drive but misses
waits for and taps the length ball to mid wkt and steal the strike
lap sweep goes 5 rows back over fine leg into the memebers stand
down the track and taps it over and wide of mid off, Faf chases as it goes over his head and dives full length but it just evades the finger tipes
legside and he guides it past of short fine leg
cheeky single tapping up to cover who is on the edge of teh circle and cannot stop the single
Newlands, Cape Town | |
Toss | Paarl Rocks, elected to bat 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 | 07 December 2018 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Cape Town Blitz 5, Paarl Rocks 0 |