Short again, flayed away to the leg side... but it goes all the way! Not the most convincing strike, but powered with a pivot on the back foot and Spirit have their first win of the season! The game has gone back and forth, at times unnecessarily so, but Spirit are on the board thanks to Hetmyer's breezy 30*
Fire vs Spirit, 10th Match at London, Men's Hundred, Aug 01 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
10th Match, Lord's, August 01, 2024, The Hundred Men's Competition
94/9
(87/100 balls, T:95) 96/7
Spirit won by 3 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
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5:49pm With figures of 3 for 10, Liam Dawson is your Meerkat Match Hero: "Tonight was a very big game for us, losing the first two. That was a nice pitch to bowl on - put the ball in the right area and let the pitch do the rest. Was a bit tight there but the boys got over the line in the end.
"It's one of those scores where if you get off to a flyer, you win the game easier. You grind it out, you grind out a win. We probably didn't play as well as we would have liked with the bat but we managed to get the win."
"I started nicely. That was a nice pitch to bowl on - put the ball in the right area and let the pitch do the rest. Was a bit tight there but the boys got over the line in the end.
[On the chase of 95] "It's one of those scores where if you get off to a flyer, you win the game easier. You grind it out, you grind out a win. We probably didn't play as well as we would have liked with the bat but we managed to get the win.
87
6
Haris Rauf to Hetmyer, SIX runs
86
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Haris Rauf to Hetmyer, no run
Bouncer - sharp as hell! - rockets through at 87mph and not only grazes Hetmyer's shoulder but almost clocks Bairstow in the face!
Hetmyer on strike, 5 needed from 15, Haris Rauf to finish at the Nursery End...
after 85 balls2 runs • 1 wicket
LS-M: 90/7Need 5 from 15 balls
Olly Stone1 (2b)
Shimron Hetmyer24 (19b 2x4 1x6)
Mason Crane 1/18 (15)
85
1
Crane to Stone, 1 run
Full toss, bunted down the ground and they manage to scamper a single.
84
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Crane to Stone, no run
Googly first up, which Stone plays well off the pitch, defending to the leg side
Olly Stone comes out at No.9, and we're officially into the Spirit tail here. Clarke in at first slip
83
W
Crane to Dawson, OUT
Top edge sweep.... and Crane has done it! Matt Henry completes the catch at short fine. Good lord, no one wants to win this one, do they? Spirit seven down...
Liam Dawson c Henry b Crane 4 (5b 1x4 0x6 4m) SR: 80
82
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Crane to Dawson, no run
Darted onto leg stump, swept around the corner straight to short fine
81
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Crane to Hetmyer, 1 bye
Missed stumping! Oh Jonny... he was talking up Hetmyer trying to win this in a hurry and he's totally missed out as the batter charges down the pitch and is totally done in the flight. Bairstow fails to get anything behind the ball and they scamper through for a bye
There was a chance Rauf might carry on, but Abell has opted to go back to Mason Crane...
CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls4 runs • 2 wickets
LS-M: 88/6Need 7 from 20 balls
Liam Dawson4 (3b 1x4)
Shimron Hetmyer24 (18b 2x4 1x6)
Haris Rauf 3/14 (15)
80
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Haris Rauf to Dawson, no run
Short, rides the bounce, guides out to short third
79
4
Haris Rauf to Dawson, FOUR runs
Different gravy from Dawson, simply rocking back and pressing forward into the ball, back foot punch through point. Given how things have been this afternoon, that's one hell of a shot to nail
78
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Haris Rauf to Dawson, no run
Darted in from wide of the crease - 92mph! - played out towards mid on
Liam Dawson is the new batter, hat-trick ball incoming...
77
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Haris Rauf to Russell, OUT
NOPE! An ungainly hack first ball and Rauf has two in two! Stumps everywhere. Now then... surely not...
Andre Russell b Haris Rauf 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0
Andre Russell to get us to a quick finish?
76
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Haris Rauf to Lawrence, OUT
Short, larruped high in the air... and Phillips takes the catch tumbling backwards at midwicket! Too little too late?
Dan Lawrence c Phillips b Haris Rauf 29 (27b 2x4 1x6 43m) SR: 107.4
Bit of a delay as Hetmyer needs to switch his gloves. It all looks a formality for London Spirit's first win of the season, with 11 needed from 25 and two set-batters in. Unless Haris Rauf has something to say...
after 75 balls13 runs
LS-M: 84/4Need 11 from 25 balls
Shimron Hetmyer24 (18b 2x4 1x6)
Dan Lawrence29 (26b 2x4 1x6)
David Payne 0/16 (10)
75
1
Payne to Hetmyer, 1 run
Wide and flayed away in the air... but short of Crane at deep point. His bottom hand came off the bat there, which probably meant he didn't get it all the way to the fielder. But that's a huge dent in what looked like being an awkward finale at Lord's...
74
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Payne to Hetmyer, SIX runs
The bat change works! Angled into Hetmyer from over the wicket and he just swings through clean as a whistle, launching Payne for six over midwicket! Wasn't the purest connection but there was plenty of power to clear the short side wth ease
73
1
Payne to Lawrence, 1 run
Full of a length, into middle and off, whipped away to midwicket by Lawrence, who was across his stumps early
72
1
Payne to Hetmyer, 1 run
Goes again... and it's shelled by Joe Clarke running in from deep third! That's an awful drop at a horrendous time in the game... misread it and perhaps could have done with taking a few more steps in!
71
4
Payne to Hetmyer, FOUR runs
Bang! Heeeere's Hetty - in the arc, but still a decent length, and the West Indian picks it up and launches over mid on for a one-bounce four. He's not that happy, though, and has opted to change bats!
Middlesex fan: "The Lord's pitch is the gift that keeps giving, I reckon they should just try drop in wickets at this point." David Payne from the Nursery End
CHANGE OF END
after 70 balls17 runs
LS-M: 71/4Need 24 from 30 balls
Dan Lawrence28 (25b 2x4 1x6)
Shimron Hetmyer12 (14b 1x4)
Mason Crane
0/17 (10)
70
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Crane to Lawrence, SIX runs
That's the one Spirit wanted! Touch fuller with more flight and Lawrence has enough to work with, getting under the ball to send it into the stands at midwicket on the short side!
69
2
Crane to Lawrence, 2 runs
Cut off the pitch through point, beats the man in the ring but Phillips scampers around to field and throw right over the stumps. Lawrence had made his ground though
68
1
Crane to Hetmyer, 1 run
Worked down to long on
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