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Durban Heat vs Nelson Mandela Bay Giants, 20th Match

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20
W
Phehlukwayo to Chris Morris, out Caught by Wesley Marshall!! Swats it away off the tummy, doesn't keep it down, doesn't get it over. And Marshall - in and around deep square leg - has been a busy man with all the catching this afternoon. Right then, it'll remain at 173. Chris Morris c Wesley Marshall b Phehlukwayo 2(2)
19.3
4
Phehlukwayo to Marais, FOUR, well, it's clearly not smart enough to bowl down leg with fine leg in the ring. Marais sits, adjusts to the slower one and heaves it behind square with ease
19.1
W
Phehlukwayo to Smuts, out Caught by Hales!! Slower floater, Smuts slices, clearly not off the middle. So, no elevation, no distance, and a reverse-cupping long-off is in the way. Nevertheless, it's been one top knock this. Smuts c Hales b Phehlukwayo 54(37) [4s-6 6s-1]
18.4
4
Kyle Abbott to Marais, FOUR, wide yorker, Marais jams his bat down and runs it away through third man
18.3
4
Kyle Abbott to Marais, FOUR, thick edge .. throwing his hands out at a short-wide one, and toe-ending it to bisect the keeper and short third man
18
6
Siboto to Marais, SIX, too short. And make it 15 off the over with this tall slice. Utter disdain in this slap, quick hands to crash it really flat over sweeper
17.3
F
Siboto to Smuts, FOUR, nails this crouched pull, stays under it, waits for it to get close and rolls his wrists on it to ensure he pierces the gap behin square. Oh yea, and also a fifty
16.2
4
Marco Jansen to Smuts, FOUR, drags his pull off the toe-end. Doesn't get enough power behind it either, but long-off's just too square to cut this off
16.1
6
Marco Jansen to Smuts, SIX, a walking heave. Short, slow, with Smuts walking across and swiping across the line, flush on the square leg ropes
15.5
W
Siboto to ten Doeschate, out Caught by Wesley Marshall!! He was going nowhere with his innings, and it will stay a troubled one on the scorecard. So a bouncer, which RTD closes his eyes to and looks away to pull, which he doesn't control, getting it high on the bat and the sliding backward square leg cleans up. ten Doeschate c Wesley Marshall b Siboto 17(22)
14.4
4
Kyle Abbott to Smuts, FOUR, a back-footed smash now. Smuts unwinds into a big drive, hammering it wide of mid-off
14.3
4
Kyle Abbott to Smuts, FOUR, a flat-bat bludgeon. Sitting up nicely outside off and Smuts can walk towards and smash it straight down the ground
12.3
4
Marco Jansen to Smuts, FOUR, slammed down the ground. Smuts leans out, with a massive swing to drill it straight back, just past the tumbling Jansen
9.5
4
Bopara to Smuts, FOUR, bisects the two men behind point. Smuts stays leg-stumped, lets the ball get close and threads it through the gap there
9
W
Maharaj to Heino Kuhn, out Caught by Siboto!! It's falling apart here for the Giants. And once again, the tormentor is that guy - the Test specialist - who draws Kuhn into a slog-sweep with the drift heading into the pads. But it's off a miscued top-edge, straight down backward square leg's throat. Heino Kuhn c Siboto b Maharaj 0(4)
8.2
W
Maharaj to Roy, out Bowled!! Absolutely unnecessary. Roy - after going so well - suddenly decides to reverse himself, slog, but Maharaj's slower one manages to sneak through his legs into timber. Roy b Maharaj 36(26) [4s-5 6s-1]
6.2
W
Maharaj to Ben Dunk, out Caught by Wihan Lubbe!! It's a skier. It's a swirler. But long-on's as cool s it can get. Dunk looks to continue with the same powerplay momentum, looking to smoke it down the ground, but ends up slicing it uppishly in the end with the bat turning in his palms. Hence, doesn't get the distance. Ben Dunk c Wihan Lubbe b Maharaj 34(18) [4s-5 6s-1]
5.3
4
Phehlukwayo to Ben Dunk, FOUR, too wide now, an overcooked length and Dunk now slices it away through an empty sweeper
5.2
6
Phehlukwayo to Ben Dunk, SIX, a charge down, right under the meaty good length to loft through the line and tonk it straight down the ground
5.1
4
Phehlukwayo to Ben Dunk, FOUR, the cutter goes wrong -- slipping down leg and Dunk has enough time to line himself up and
5
Marco Jansen to Ben Dunk, 1 run, 126kph, slower ball from a short of length, turned towards mid-wicket
4.2
4
Marco Jansen to Ben Dunk, FOUR, pitched up delivery, Dunk goes for the drive and gets a thick outside edge. No one in the cordon and the ball runs away to third man for four more
4.1
4
Marco Jansen to Ben Dunk, FOUR, not a good ball! Shortish ball, angling in towards leg, easy pickings for Dunk who gets inside the line and pulls it square of short fine leg
4
4
Kyle Abbott to Roy, FOUR, slow and short, Roy shimmies down and cuts it fiercely in front of square on the off-side. Raced away to the fence
3
4
Phehlukwayo to Roy, FOUR, pierces the gap between short third man and backward point. Bit of extra bounce on this back of a length delivery and Roy flashes his bat at it on seeing the width. Didn't quite control it, but luckily it went in the gap. There were cries of catch it..
2.5
4
Phehlukwayo to Roy, FOUR, width dished outside off and Roy latches onto it. Waits for the ball on the back foot and flays the cut, beating backward point to his right
2.1
4
Phehlukwayo to Roy, FOUR, length ball, Roy comes down the track and moves leg-side before spanking it through point. It was an off-speed ball, the batter picked it and slapped it with disdain
1.3
6
Kyle Abbott to Roy, SIX, smacked through the line! Fullish ball on off, Roy gets forward and lifts it over long-off. Stands and admires his shot. A superb lofted off-drive
1.2
4
Kyle Abbott to Roy, FOUR, wristy shot! Too full and too straight, Roy flicks it over mid-wicket
0.5
4
Maharaj to Ben Dunk, FOUR, safe shot when mid-off is inside the circle. Ben Dunk gets forward and lifts this fullish ball over mid-off. Didn't quite middle it, but he got enough wood on it