full and straight and nailed again, high over midwicket - Faulkner has finished it with back-to-back Dorothys and Lancashire win by six wickets
Hampshire vs Lancashire, 2nd Semi-Final at Birmingham, Aug 29 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
2nd Semi-Final, Birmingham, August 29, 2015, NatWest t20 Blast
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5.10pm: So, same as result as in the second semi-final last year, Lancashire through and hoping to break their duck in the competition. James Vince says he thought his team needed "another 20 runs" to have pushed the game closer - this was Hampshire's third consecutive semi-final defeat at Edgbaston. Steven Croft suggests his team haven't played their "perfect game" yet but they're hoping to do so in the final. After more than three months of competition, it will be third versus fourth from the North Group in the final; join us again in an hour or so for the toss (and cross your fingers for more runs).
18.5
6
Wood to Faulkner, SIX runs
18.4
6
Wood to Faulkner, SIX runs
full on the stumps and there she blows, Faulkner puts it into the stands! Faulkner hits the first six of the match with a clean swing over square leg
18.3
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Wood to Faulkner, no run
full outside off, cutting his fingers over the ball, hacks across the line and misses
18.2
2
Wood to Faulkner, 2 runs
touch short and Faulkner swings it away through backward square, again it's cut off in the deep
Keeper up to the stumps now
18.1
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Wood to Faulkner, no run
pushed across the right-hander from over the wicket, Faulkner skips out and swings and misses
Lancs need 11 from 12 balls. Wood back on
end of over 185 runs
LAN: 105/4CRR: 5.83 • RRR: 5.50
James Faulkner6 (9b)
Karl Brown45 (43b 4x4)
Yasir Arafat 2-0-15-0
Will Smith 3-0-15-1
17.6
1
Arafat to Faulkner, 1 run
full, right up in the blockhole, dug out into the off side
17.5
1
Arafat to Brown, 1 run
short ball, swatted through midwicket to the man in the deep
17.4
1
Arafat to Faulkner, 1 run
full, almost yorker length, Faulkner had backed away outside leg stump, driven into the ground and there's another single to mid-off
17.3
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Arafat to Faulkner, no run
short, taking the pace off, Faulkner has time to watch it sit up... and then swings and misses
17.2
1
Arafat to Brown, 1 run
slightly full of as length, bit of a leading edge into the off side but it falls short and they run another single
17.1
1
Arafat to Faulkner, 1 run
full and ducking in on leg stump, punched back down the ground through mid-on
Spin options running out for Vince, Yasir Arafat back on
end of over 176 runs
LAN: 100/4CRR: 5.88 • RRR: 5.33
James Faulkner3 (5b)
Karl Brown43 (41b 4x4)
Will Smith 3-0-15-1
Danny Briggs 4-0-19-2
16.6
1
Smith to Faulkner, 1 run
drops a little short and Faulkner pulls, a misfield gives them a single and brings up the Lancashire 100
16.5
1
Smith to Brown, 1 run
flat on the stumps, whipped away through midwicket for one more
16.4
2
Smith to Brown, 2 runs
tossed up, Brown gets under the ball and lofts it over the ring, out towards deep midwicket for a couple
16.3
1
Smith to Faulkner, 1 run
length ball, Faulkner pulls through square leg for a single
16.2
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Smith to Faulkner, no run
tossed up, can't get this one away
16.1
1
Smith to Brown, 1 run
one the stumps, worked away through the leg side
Smith back into the attack
end of over 167 runs • 1 wicket
LAN: 94/4CRR: 5.87 • RRR: 5.50
Karl Brown39 (38b 4x4)
James Faulkner1 (2b)
Danny Briggs 4-0-19-2
Will Smith 2-0-9-1
Tidy figures from Briggs, Hants still clinging on
15.6
1
Briggs to Brown, 1 run
on the stumps, worked against the turn into a gap square
15.5
1
Briggs to Faulkner, 1 run
tossed up on the stumps, Faulkner gets off the mark with a nudge to leg
15.4
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Briggs to Faulkner, no run
tapped back towards the bowler's right hand