Central Districts vs Canterbury, 20th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Matt Henry to Josh Clarkson, FOUR, the karma bites Henry. Got a wicket with a shocker of a ball and now a good one reaches the fence. Fuller one on leg stump, Clarkson has a swipe at it and gets a thick edge that flies down to the third man fence

Matt Henry to Tom Bruce, out Bowled!! Henry gets lucky here! Full toss and Bruce hasn't managed to connect the slog. The leg stump is taken out. Talk about luck for the bowler, maybe they do need it on such pitches and grounds. Brilliant innings from Bruce, possibly the gamechanging one. Tom Bruce b Matt Henry 71(30) [4s-9 6s-3]

Ed Nuttall to Tom Bruce, FOUR, clever batting. Knows that the plan is for wide yorkers and reaches out to slice this past point. Sweeper is straighter and can't cut it off. This man is just unstoppable when in such a mood

Ed Nuttall to Tom Bruce, SIX, this has gone out of the ground! Not a big deal for this bloke, he is just too powerful. Fuller one on middle and leg, Bruce just walks across and smokes this over deep backward square leg. Clears the roof and it's out into the parking lot

Jamieson to Tom Bruce, FOUR, now targets the leg-side and it's another boundary. Jamieson is dishing out some loose stuff here, full and straight, Bruce clobbers it to the cow corner fence. 200 up!

Jamieson to Tom Bruce, FOUR, 22-ball fifty for Bruce! His sensational run in the Super Smash continues. Toying with the field and bowlers here. Full and wide this time, slices it wide of backward point and it races away to the fence

Jamieson to Tom Bruce, FOUR, poor bowling, half volley with mid-off up in the ring is logicless. Bruce duly punishes it by carving this over extra cover

Matt Henry to Tom Bruce, FOUR, 18 off this Henry over! Very full and wide, Bruce just backed away and sliced it over backward point. He is just so good with manipulating the field

Matt Henry to Tom Bruce, FOUR, just a sample of Bruce's power, folks. Full toss alright but he has belted this so hard through point that sweeper couldn't to get it despite having barely five yards to cross

Matt Henry to Tom Bruce, FOUR, misses the yorker a touch and Bruce is down the track to make it into a juicy full toss. Hammers it through the covers, bisecting sweeper and long-off

Matt Henry to Tom Bruce, FOUR, cheeky stuff from Bruce who loves this shot a bit. Too full and he walks across to scoop it over short fine leg. Not a bad ball really, just a cracker stroke

Ed Nuttall to Will Young, FOUR, spoils what was otherwise a superb over. Fuller and Young gets across a bit to paddle scoop this easily over short fine leg

Andrew Ellis to Tom Bruce, no ball, 1 run, Ellis has overstepped! Just not his night. Fuller ball and it's lobbed over cover to sweeper cover. Free Hit coming up

Andrew Ellis to Tom Bruce, SIX, what a shot this is! His 360 degree skills on show here. This was well wide outside off but he just walked across and slog swept it into orbit at deep backward square leg. Phenomenal!

Andrew Ellis to Will Young, SIX, easily done! In the slot for Young who nonchalantly clubs it down the ground over long-on. Another big six or 'whopper' as they call it in the Super Smash

McConchie to Tom Bruce, FOUR, the momentum is being upped now. Bruce this time, nails the sweep and bisects deep backward square leg and deep mid-wicket with precision

McConchie to Will Young, FOUR, proactive batting. Young premeditates the sweep by going across and hits it hard through backward square leg. Finds the gap perfectly

Todd Astle to Tom Bruce, SIX, Bruce gets into the act straightaway. Fuller one and he targets his favorite leg-side boundary. Slog-swept over deep mid-wicket for a flat six

Jamieson to Dean Foxcroft, out Caught by McConchie!! Finally, Canterbury break the partnership. Jamieson isn't known to have much pace but he puts in an effort ball here, hits the deck and probably was a touch quicker than what Foxcroft anticipated as he went for the pull. Top edges it high towards mid-wicket where the catch is taken comfortably. Dean Foxcroft c McConchie b Jamieson 50(36) [4s-6 6s-1]

Todd Astle to Will Young, SIX, Young's turn to get to 50! What a towering blow to reach the mark! Gets a full one that he deposits straight down the ground over a huge six

Todd Astle to Will Young, 2 runs, floated up wider outside off this time, Young chips the drive inside out over extra cover. 100-run stand comes up!

Todd Astle to Dean Foxcroft, 1 run, 50 for Foxcroft! Well played, has paced his innings really well. Reaches the milestone with a late cut to short third man

Ed Nuttall to Will Young, FOUR, drilled away! Too full and width on offer as well, allows Young to free his arms and he slams the drive through the covers. Was hit too hard

Todd Astle to Will Young, FOUR, thick edge but they all count. Young sat back for the cut and this flew off the slice past the keeper. Very fine and also beat short third man who couldn't chase it down

Todd Astle to Will Young, FOUR, sheer power from Young! Too full and he just made a hint of room before bashing this through extra cover. Ensured that it was well wide of long-off who had no chance

McConchie to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, he's timed the pants off this one. Short in length and Foxcroft backed away to crunch this through the covers. Sweeper didn't have much ground to cover but still couldn't get across as this just blazed past his dive

McConchie to Will Young, SIX, mammoth hit! Flight on offer and Young just swung through line. Clean strike and sends it soaring over cow corner for a gigantic six

Todd Astle to Dean Foxcroft, no run, dropped! Really tough one for the keeper though. Flat slider and Foxcroft got a thick edge on the cut. Cam Fletcher couldn't latch on

Andrew Ellis to Dean Foxcroft, SIX, first six of the match! In the slot for Foxcroft who clobbers this over deep mid-wicket with a clean bat swing

Andrew Ellis to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, more runs! These two are maximising the Powerplay. Use of the feet again and makes room to lift this over cover. Came more off the slice but was always going to clear the infiekld easily

Andrew Ellis to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, proactive stuff from Foxcroft! Charges down and makes room to chip this over mid-off. Nicely done

Ed Nuttall to Will Young, FOUR, cracking shot! Slightly too full from Ed Nuttall and Young nails the straight drive. Beats mid-off and it races away to the fence

Ed Nuttall to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, good batting! Backed away to make room and got a half volley as well. Square driven through the gap at point

Ed Nuttall to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, doesn't quite get hold of this one but gets the result he wants. Slightly short and Foxcroft clouted the pull over mid-wicket

Matt Henry to Will Young, FOUR, super shot! Young creating some momentum after the early wicket. Half volley and Young creams the drive through the covers

Matt Henry to Will Young, FOUR, rare bad ball from Henry so far, full on the pads and Young whips it away through backward square leg. Short boundary there and it races away

Jamieson to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, fullish outswinger, Foxcroft covers the movement with a good stride and creams the drive through the gap at cover

Matt Henry to Worker, out Caught by Latham!! Edged and gone! Henry has got this ball to swing and nips out an early wicket. Was the outswinger an Worker went for the drive without moving his feet. Gets a thick edge that is pouched rather comfortably at first slip. Worker c Latham b Matt Henry 0(3)