a slower one outside off, goes for the big one but misses
MI Cape Town vs Royals, 16th Match at Paarl, SA20, Jan 21 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary
That's all from our side for this game. Let's head to Eastern Cape vs Super Kings.
Rashid Khan: We had a couple of losses. We lost the momentum in the last few overs. We tried to keep the things simple. We had a bad start but 140 was a good total here. And then a brilliant all-round effort by the bowlers. [On van der Dussen] He kept the innings till the end, it's good for us that he got runs under his belt. [On Linde] He has done an amazing job for us. You can send him up the batting order, can bowl him anywhere. Makes my job a lot easier. I felt whatever total we put up, the bowling unit we have, we can defend any total. Today we have shown that. It was a crucial win for us.
Jos Buttler: Very disappointed. We are in a position where we thought we were really in the game. Facing Jofra is always a big challenge. It's great for the England team to have him back. It's not the easiest to hit boundaries here but that's the challenge of playing at different surfaces. We had a discussion that we could chase 40-45 in the last four overs but then Davey got out. We both are disappointed with the result.
Jos Buttler is the Player of the Match, some consolation for him.
David Miller: I think 142 was a competitive total on this wicket. But I thought they were still below par but losing a couple of wickets in the powerplay didn't help. It was difficult to score boundaries at will. Buttler and I kept ourselves in but then I got out. A bit disappointed. But it's not all doom and gloom. We would like to string a few more partnerships. A quick turnaround tomorrow and hopefully we can pull it with the bat.
Time for the presentation ceremony.
5.00pm A superb defence from MI Cape Town; they pick up 4 points from the game to go No. 2 on the points table for the moment. Rashid Khan led from the front, going only for 16 - all singles - from his four overs. But before him, it was Linde who picked up two early wickets to rock Royals. Buttler and Miller anchored the chase. Miller fell for 26 but Buttler took them close. When Archer dropped him off Rabada, it seemed he might pull it off for Royals but Archer made amends by having him caught behind in the penultimate over to all but seal the win. Royals couldn't hit a single six in their innings.
length ball at the stumps, pulled towards wide long-on. Only a single
length ball, wide outside off. Hits it towards extra cover
a slower length ball around off, backs away but ends up hitting it into the ground. The ball dribbles towards the leg side. Smith fields it in his follow-through
Peter: "Archer made up for his drop big time! "
a length ball around off, miscues the pull towards extra cover
a slower one. Full around off. Hits it towards the bowler. The ball hits Smith's foot and ricochets towards wide mid-on
19 needed from the final over. Sam Curran Odean Smith to bowl
another slower one. Dragged towards deep midwicket
back of the hand once again. Short of length outside off. Adams fails to connect the pull/hook
length outside off, looks to slog it towards midwicket. Gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls towards the keeper
full around off, moves across to flick it fine but misses and gets hit on the pads
length ball outside off, dabbed towards short third
Adams is the new batter
that should be the game. Full outside off, Buttler tries to give himself some room to go inside out. All he manages is an outside edge to the keeper
goes for the slower one. It's full but way too outside off. Left alone for a wide. Archer isn't happy with the call but Buttler didn't move across
Still 23 needed off 12. Archer to bowl the 19th
Anil: "Archer has cost MICT the game with his drop."
full on the stumps and Jones smashes it down the ground. One-bounce four
a bouncer this time. Buttler was backing away and finds himself in a bit of a tangle. Just manages to pull it down towards deep-backward square leg
another slower one, this time on middle and leg. Buttler moved across and lapped it fine for four
length ball on the stumps, worked towards deep midwicket
another drop but this was much, much harder. Full on the stumps, a slower one. Jones heaves it towards long-on where Curran pedals back and dives to take it over his shoulder. Gets both hands to it but it slips out
a high full toss at the stumps. Buttler pushes it towards extra cover where Archer drops the catch. It was just over his head, he leapt but it went through his fingers
36 needed off 18
length outside off, cuts it to the left of backward point where the fielder dives across and makes a partial stop, deflecting it towards short third
Over 20 • PR 129/6
MI Cape Town won by 13 runs