N S-Chargers vs Fire, 21st Match at Cardiff, Men's Hundred, Aug 08 2024 - Match Result

On a length and angled across middle, gives himself room and jauntily heaves over cover-point, just evades the fielder who was in business for a few moments, batters hustle for a couple and umpires are having a chat again, rain has got heavier and the players are going off, it's been that kind of day, stop-start-stop

Oh my goodness! That bounces insanely off the deck, Well couldn't do anything about it, banged in short and it curls away extravagantly outside off, he tries to pull and only connects with fresh air

We are playing. Over the wicket, shortish in length and it's dancing away from leg-stump, big wide, worst possible start in a very low-scoring affair

Swings for the grandstands but misses it altogether, back of a length, nibbling away in the corridor, he was not near the line of the ball and the ball whisked past the outside edge, excellent over comes to an end, only 26 in 25 balls! nobody getting in double-figures

Dug in short and follows him again as he backs away, gets hit on the shoulder and the ball ricochets to third man; this is fabulous bowling, mixing it up so well and doing the job for his captain

Bustling in and lands it shorter, follows him as he shimmies down the leg, rises steeply off the deck, Haris wins the battle on this occasion, another pace-off delivery, couldn't free his arms

Biffed out over deep extra cover for half-a-dozen runs, that was right out of the meat of the bat. Shortish around the line off, made some room and whacked it away, timed to perfection, they need several more!

Over the wicket, pace off delivery floating outside off, tries some improvisation and targets fine leg, unable to lay bat on it

Fraction short and wide of off, sashayed across his stumps and went for the ramp, fielder at deep fine not going after it and content with preventing the boundary, a through examination from Haris

Slanted into the batter and doesn't offer much room to break free, he can only nudge it to midwicket for a run

Haris Rauf is on fire! It's not working at the moment for Superchargers, tries to swat it out of the park and it hits him high on the blade, round the wicket, slammed in shortish outside off, makes room and goes hard, finds the fielder at long-off, fifth wicket down, massive breakthrough, pace off and the cutter does the job

Tantalizingly in the air and lands in the vacant peninsula between cover and extra cover inside the ring, another steepler on an irksome off-stump line, fielder was slow to start and probably expecting the other fielder to swoop in, indecision. Another snorter in the channel

Hits the deck hard and gets plenty of purchase from the deck, was wide of off, he tries to plonk it over long-off and hasn't found the middle, another one bites the dust, standing deep in the crease and trying to ride the bounce, was belted into the surface on a hard length and he finds Willey who swallows it down his throat, Haris has a big smile on his face

On a length and angled into the stumps, he was standing outside leg-stump and went for an almighty heave over extra cover but didn't get the distance, ends up slicing it and finds Whiteley who charges in takes a stupendous running catch, it was swooping like a falling star but he made fabulous ground to pouch that one, big wicket!

Short of a length around the line off, backs away and whacks it with disdain over short third for a four, moved away a touch and connected it sweetly

Swinging for the hills and only connects with fresh air

Brook laps it away and hits it finer, hasn't quite timed as well as he would have liked, Payne mops it up and they still manage to nab a couple

Back of a length and snaked it in, Stoks tugs it away towards midwicket region

More seam movement, away from Brook, who attempts a cross-batted thrash but finds nothing but air

Bit of a charge, clothed down the ground but that's Ben Stokes' first run in the Hundred since 2021