Spirit vs Fire, 32nd Match at Cardiff, Men's 100, Aug 18 2021 - Match Result

bouncer outside off, Qais Ahmad uppercuts this over third man. The Afghanistan international gives his countryman something to smile about in difficult times with the matchwinning runs to the boundary. Welsh Fire send the home fans home happy by avoiding the wooden spoon!

length ball on sixth stump, Qais swats this off a thick edge behind point and beats short third man to the rope.

length ball on fifth stump, Qais with a blind heave to the leg side and misses.

slower wide yorker, scuffs a toe edge to short third man for one.

goes for wide yorker again at 81 mph, Cobb slices a drive off a thick edge that swirls over short third man in the ring and backspins away to the rope.

slower ball wide yorker that Qais adjusts to and slams a drive off Dernbach's boots with a ricochet to mid-off for one.

attempted wide yorker on sixth stump winds up being a low full toss swatted by Qais through wide long-off and teases Wiese to the boundary. Afghanistan flags proudly waving in the stands for Qais.

low full toss on fifth stump swatted straight back down the ground for one.

back of a length ball on Qais' ribs, tries to pull and mishits it into the ground.

back of a length on middle stump, Critchley backs away and simultaneously charges down the pitch for a leg side heave but manages a toe edge through to the keeper.

back of a length ball punched away for one.

dropped! Goodness Joe Cracknell at long-on spills the easiest chance of the night! Length ball climbs on the batter at 83 mph, top edged pull goes up to Cracknell 10 yards inside the rope at long-on, 5/10 difficulty chance and Cracknell makes a total mess of it, juggling it at chest height before spilling it completely.

length ball on off stump at 84 mph, Cobb backs away for a big lofted drive, mid-off is up in the ring so it's a very safe shot beating that fielder and going to the rope.

length ball on fifth stump, misses a pull but Rossington with a very costly bye allowing a straightforward collection off a second bounce to elude him.

length ball on fifth stump, punched to Morgan at extra cover.

Bopara makes amends for the mental blunder on the previous ball to take a superb sliding catch at wide deep midwicket! Another length ball that Higgins whacks flat in the air to the leg side. Bopara gets a much better read on it this time and sprints to his left before sliding to cushion the catch and takes it very well about 10 yards inside the rope.

Bopara pays the price for cheating in off the deep midwicket rope! Short ball on the stumps, Bopara is a good 15 yards in off the rope and leaps in vain trying to get something to bat down a flat pull shot. Lands over his head five yards inside the rope and bounces over for four.

length ball on fourth stump, Higgins with a wild heave and misses.

another knee high full toss on middle, Cobb backs away from leg before swatting this high and deep over the bowler's head.

darts this flat, full and wide at 62 mph, Higgins slams a slog along the turf through wide long-on for one.