slower ball, nudged out to deep square leg
Spirit vs N S-Chargers, 24th Match at London, Men's Hundred, Aug 18 2023 - Match Result
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Bopara is the Match Hero: "It was nice until the rain started coming down! It was a great atmosphere, a great game. A lot of games have been close all the way through the comp. Once you've got a wet ball, it's harder to commit to the slower ball. But luckily it was quite light, so we got away with it. We've played so many games at Lord's and the slower balls do work. It was a must-win for us today. The support has been brilliant here all through the year."
9.08pm: Spirit win by 13 runs and stay alive in the men's Hundred! They jump up to fourth in the table with their second win of the season, and with two games to go each, they are a point off the qualification spots. Superchargers will consider this a missed opportunity, having restricted Spirit to 160 and edged ahead in the chase. They are still alive in the competition but have lost three on the spin and need not only to win their last two, but hope other results go their way.
Potts walks out. Ellis will administer the last rites. Bopara, Dawson and Ellis have been excellent with the ball
full slower ball, swung out to deep midwicket where Thompson takes a tumbling catch! Game, set, match. The stage was set for Wiese but he missed his cue, and exits stage right
deep in the crease, Ellis sneaks a yorker through Wiese's legs! The nutmeg makes the game safe, barring a no-ball
Chabal Wiese needs to hit some sixes here. Shorter boundary is to the off side for him.
sits deep in the crease, plinks the yorker down to long-off via the toe
16 off 4.
Peter: "Maybe just me, but something about David Wiese makes me think of Sebastian Chabal."
thick edge skews down to the rope! Full, attempted yorker outside off stump. Parnell has a flash and it flies away past short third
Ellis to close things out. 20 off 5 required.
The crowd cheers as the big screen shows Spirit at 97% on the win predictor.
Dawson finishes with 2 for 19 from his 20. Superb spell.
full toss outside off, slapped hard over extra cover for four!
Superchargers need four per ball. Parnell is the new batter, with a short leg-side boundary to target.
gets down on one knee to slog-sweep, and Ellis takes a blinder at short fine leg! Runs back, dives over his left shoulder and holds onto a speccie! He has well and truly made amends for his drop early on in the run chase
dart hidden wide outside off stump, can't lay bat on it
Three per ball now.
in the slot, swung down to long-off on the bounce. Wiese can't find his timing
darted in, Hose yorks himself running down the pitch and inside-edges to short fine leg
Dawson. Brave call to go spin at the death with a wet ball but he's been effective so far tonight. Shorter boundary is towards the off side
16 off Ellis' 10-in-a-row at the death
low full toss, wide outside off stump, Wiese can't lay bat on it
steps across, Ellis goes wide outside off with the slower ball and Hose punches down to long-off
muscled into the Tavern Stand! Slower ball, in the slot, Hose leans across and swings hard over straight midwicket. 73m, towards the shorter side
low full toss outside off stump, Hose is looking for the swept pick-up but can't lay bat on it
sliced away over backward point! Full, wide yorker. Hose stepped across looking to drag leg-side but adjusted his shot and played a Suryakumar-style, open-faced slice over the off side
Ellis will go back-to-back here.
slower ball, wide outside off, hacked down to long-on
It's properly raining again now. They're staying out there for the time being. Lawrence is drying the ball using his jumper. Superchargers are six behind the DLS par
back of a length, muscled out to deep cover for a quickly-run two
quick bouncer, Wiese withdraws from the pull. Nigel Llong has a look at the square leg umpire but it's fine on height
slow and wide outside off, squeezed to deep midwicket via the inside half of the bat
The attendance for tonight's game is 24,297, which is good going.
slower ball, hacked out to long-off
Ellis can bowl 15 out of the last 20 if Lawrence wants him to.
Vishal Poojary: "That wicket surely not a good sign for NS when it comes to DLS"
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Lord's, London | |
Toss | Northern Superchargers (Men), elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 18 August 2023 - night (100-ball match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | London Spirit (Men) 2, Northern Superchargers (Men) 0 |