J Mendis to Paterson, out Caught by Frylinck!! Paarl Rocks bowled out with 14 balls to spare. Mendis comes back strongly after conceding 30 off his first two overs to pick up a couple of wickets. Saw the batsman advance and floated it wide outside off, Paterson reaches out and miscues the loft towards long-off. Good running catch from Frylinck. Paterson c Frylinck b J Mendis 15(10) [4s-1 6s-1]
17.2
W
J Mendis to Tshepo Moreki, out Caught by Gihahn Cloete!! That's smart bowling. First ball to Moreki and Mendis slips in the googly on a driveable length, Moreki thinking it would spin away, drove away from the body and the inside edge is lapped up by Cloete. Tshepo Moreki c Gihahn Cloete b J Mendis 5(12)
14.2
6
Frylinck to Paterson, SIX, high and long! That ball was up for a long time and fortunately Paterson had enough wood on that. Walked down the wicket and flat-batted the short of length delivery straight back, got the height and the distance
14.1
4
Frylinck to Paterson, FOUR, bit of space offered outside off, Paterson throws the bat at that and the outside edge eludes the gully fielder before running down to the third man fence
13.5
W
von Berg to Fortuin, out Caught by Kleinveldt!! Sharp take! Paarl Rocks are losing their way here and are in danger of being bowled out. This time the edge does not evade the slip fielder. Closer to the off-stump and Fortuin had a defensive push at the leg-break, the outside edge goes quickly to the left of the slip fielder, Kleinveldt sticks out his hand and grabs it before tumbling onto the ground. He ensured that the ball didn't pop out. Fortuin c Kleinveldt b von Berg 6(6) [4s-1]
13.4
4
von Berg to Fortuin, FOUR, tossed up teasingly outside off and Fortuin obliges, drives without footwork and the outside edge runs past the slip fielder. Enough legs on it to reach the third man fence
13.3
W
von Berg to Mosehle, out Caught by Lutho Sipamla!! Another batsman perishes playing the big shot. Needless! There was no need for Mosehle to go after the bowling at this stage with his team having lost six wickets, but he shimmies down and goes through with the loft even though he isn't to the pitch of the ball, skies it towards long-on and Sipamla takes a good catch. Mosehle c Lutho Sipamla b von Berg 3(12)
12.3
W
Frylinck to Wiese, out Caught by Gihahn Cloete!! Huge wicket. Spartans should not relax and this wicket proves they haven't. Back of a length delivery around off, Wiese is cramped on the steer to third, too close to his body, and feathers an outside edge that was dying in front of the keeper. Gihahn Cloete does well to bend down and scoop it before it hits the ground. Wiese c Gihahn Cloete b Frylinck 16(15) [6s-1]
9.2
W
Lutho Sipamla to Dwayne Bravo, out Caught by de Villiers!! The 35-run stand has been broken. The bowling change has worked. Dwayne Bravo wandered out of his crease, seeing that the bowler darted it full and slightly outside off. Bravo despite not in a good position decided to go through with his favourite shot - the lofted inside-out stroke. He was off-balance and ended up slicing, the ball ballooned up a long way. AB moves across from extra cover, settles under it and gobbles it up with ease. Dwayne Bravo c de Villiers b Lutho Sipamla 25(14) [6s-3]
8.3
6
von Berg to Dwayne Bravo, SIX, another inside-out loft over deep extra cover. Not smart bowling from von Berg. Gave it a lot of air, but overpitched it outside off. With the amount of room on offer, Bravo took full toll of it
8.1
6
von Berg to Dwayne Bravo, SIX, now Dwayne Bravo joins the party. Tossed up delivery, Bravo backed away and thumped it over extra cover. His trademark stroke
7.5
6
J Mendis to Wiese, SIX, Dwayne Bravo would be proud of that shot. A fullish leggie outside off, Wiese reaches out and gets to the pitch of the ball before lofting it inside-out over deep extra cover for a maximum. Clean striking
7.3
6
J Mendis to Dwayne Bravo, SIX, bad ball and that's been punished. A rank half-tracker and Bravo goes deep to pummel the pull over deep mid-wicket
6.2
W
von Berg to van Jaarsveld, out Caught by Agathangelou!! Paarl Rocks are in a spot of bother now. van Jaarsveld decides to slog his way out of trouble, but has perished instead. Uses his feet and dances down the track to loft this leg-break over long-on. Doesn't time it well and holes out as Agathangelou takes a well-judged catch just in front of the boundary rope. He collected that above his head with a mini-jump and held his balance. van Jaarsveld c Agathangelou b von Berg 7(9) [4s-1]
5.4
W
Lutho Sipamla to du Plessis, out Caught by de Villiers!! Lutho Sipamla has the last laugh. He sports a big smile, he knows the value of this wicket. The Paarl Rocks skipper backed away and got underneath this length ball. He tried to loft it over mid-off, but failed to get the necessary elevation. Spoons it towards mid-off, where his pal AB reverse-cups it with ease. du Plessis c de Villiers b Lutho Sipamla 38(19) [4s-5 6s-2]
5.3
6
Lutho Sipamla to du Plessis, SIX, short and wide outside off, easy pickings for du Plessis. Hops across and elevates it over backward point. It has enough wings to go all the way for half a dozen
5.1
4
Lutho Sipamla to du Plessis, FOUR, cheeky! This was a length ball that was well outside off, du Plessis moved across a long way to scoop it over short fine leg. Easily done
4.5
4
Frylinck to du Plessis, FOUR, he's in tremendous touch! Moves slightly leg-side and that allows him to free those arms. A punch shot past a diving cover fielder and the ball sped awy to the deep extra cover fence
4.3
4
Frylinck to van Jaarsveld, FOUR, van Jaarsveld gives the charge by stepping out of his crease against a back of a length delivery from Frylinck. Doesn't quite middle the heave, but got enough wood on it to get it over and wide of mid-on. He was eyeing to go straighter
3.5
6
J Mendis to du Plessis, SIX, half-tracker and du Plessis takes heavy toll of it. He was staying deep in the crease and had moved leg-side. Gets the leverage to muscle the pull over deep mid-wicket
3.3
4
J Mendis to du Plessis, FOUR, good use of the crease from du Plessis. Moves leg-side to open up the off-side and forces this leg-break through extra cover. Excellent placement
2.3
W
Kleinveldt to du Plessis, out Delport Run Out!! A direct hit at the striker's end and Delport is out! Both the openers are back in the hut. It was a good length ball from Kleinveldt and du Plessis tapped it into the off-side with soft hands and set off for a sharp single. Eoin Morgan at cover-point ran swiftly to his left, picked the ball and hit the bulls-eye to catch Delport short. Easy call for the third umpire. Delport run out (Morgan) 1(4)
2.2
4
Kleinveldt to du Plessis, FOUR, shot! Short of a good length ball from Kleinveldt, with width on offer, du Plessis stands tall on the back foot and punches it firmly between backward point and cover-point. Raced away
1.3
4
Lutho Sipamla to du Plessis, FOUR, he's a man in form. A half-volley on middle stump and du Plessis nonchalantly whips it away through mid-wicket. That came right off the meat of the bat
1.2
W
Lutho Sipamla to Markram, out Caught by Gihahn Cloete!! Edged and gone! It was hurled full and wide of off - cross-seamed delivery - at 137.9kph, Markram with cemented feet goes hard on the expansive drive. All he manages is a thick outside edge that goes straight into the safe hands of the man with the gloves. Markram c Gihahn Cloete b Lutho Sipamla 2(4)