Super Kings vs Super Giants, 8th Match at Durban, SA20, Jan 14 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Skied... Wiese settles underneath at deep midwicket and holds on nicely. Tumbles but keeps the ball in his possession. Was a shortish ball at the stumps, the batter was just outside the crease and pulled it from around rib-height, so it won't be a no-ball for being the second bouncer of the over. Top edge finishes the game

Wide on a length, tries to guide it to third. Misses

Tries to upper cut the shortish ball over the slips. Misses

Shortish outside off, bunted to the right of the keeper. Bairstow throws it at the non-striker's end, no one backing up properly. That's a bonus four. Coetzee literally tries to scrub hair out of his head using his fingers

No bonus point for JSK now. Length just outside off, open-faced dab takes it to deep point

Coetzee's slower one has QDK cloth it oh so bad, and JSK have this oh so much in the bag. 110ks back of length, angling away outside off. QDK went across, back foot outside off and front foot diagonally in front to try and open up the V. He wanted to belt it over mid-off, who was in, but the extra bounce and slowness had him hit it off the area just below the sticker. Chunked it right up

QDK had to take the single and he does. Goes across well outside off to punch the length ball, angling away, towards cover

145ks but Noor gets it to the deep fielder, behind the wicket

Down leg, goes past the flick. Wide. 37 off 20 needed

Wiese charges in from long-off, gets hands on it but can't hold on! He went with both hands, got set, but the fingers lost direction as they cranked back before trying to scoop up the ball. In the end, the ball fizzles onto the grass in front. Was a fullish ball that QDK tried to launch downtown, bat turned outwards on impact

Wide yorker goes wrong. It lands just inside the return crease on the off side. Let go. They check if it's a no-ball

Appeal for caught behind. Not given. Pathirana says he heard something. YJB has a word with the skip, and Faf reviews. Was a slinging three-quarter-length ball, seam pointing towards backward point, that went away with the angle. Close to the off-side tramline, QDK tried to flay it square. Got beaten

Beats him! Pretty much the same ball, QDK decides to stand still and looks to smack it over cover. Misses

Wow, that is reverse-sweep-flicked over slip and it is oh so sexy! Not a bad ball - fullish outside off, the shot seemed pre-meditated

Wide on a fullish length, let go. Wide ball

QDK retains strike by shuffling across and pulling the slower length ball on fourth to deep backward square

Down leg, looks to flick it fine. Misses

Length ball is slapped back to the bowler

On the pads, worked behind square on the leg side

They risk a second, full-length dive. Keeper collects the ball above and plonks it down onto the stumps. Uh oh, Subrayen's actually planted the bat inside the crease instead of sliding it. The gloves are hitting the stumps a frame before the toe edge met the ground. Both batters look about in sadness as it's given out, Was a back of length ball just outside off that was guided with an open-faced bat, off the back foot, towards deep third.