Welcome to The Meadow for the match between High Roding and marks marvels.
We can tell you that marks marvels won the toss and elected to field. The pitch is looking a cracker! Hard and fast - should be a run-fest out there on this sunny day.
Let's join our team for ball-by-ball commentary.
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4.2 |
1 | Whalley to Gall |
| | A low full toss and it's swung away towards deep square leg. Gall didn't really get hold of that and will just pick up the one run. |
4.1 |
W | Whalley to Eastwood |
| | Got him! Played on. Shortish ball on middle and off - Eastwood didn't account for the inswing, it takes the inside edge and crashes into leg stump. |
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3.6 |
4 | Richards to Benton |
| | Sublime late cut from Benton, his movement was balletic there. All the way along the ground to third man for four. |
3.5 |
W | Richards to Perfect |
| | Well that's done Perfect all ends up. Richards bowls the top spinner, the batsman doesn't pick it and gets a leading edge trying to work it to the on side. Really clever piece of bowling and a simple catch in the end. |
3.4 |
. | Richards to Perfect |
| | Nicely floated up on off stump, looks to play it to leg but it straightens so he adjusts to defend back to Richards. |
3.3 |
. | Richards to Perfect |
| | Richards clearly likes the look of this pitch, and gets one to turn out of a small foothole near the batsman. Perfect is wise to it though and manages to defend. |
3.2 |
1 | Richards to Eastwood |
| | Too short, Eastwood reads the spin and nudges it through midwicket. |
3.1 |
. | Richards to Eastwood |
| | Slippery devil that Richards. Eastwood was in all sorts of trouble; nearly played on there. Eastwood looks very relieved to have kept his wicket. |
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2.6 |
. | Bambatha to Perfect |
| | A big appeal there, yet the Battrick snickometer says it didn't touch. Great technology these days, it really improves the quality of the games. |
2.5 |
. | Bambatha to Perfect |
| | That's a beauty from Bambatha, a full delivery that lured Perfect into the drive. Big LBW appeal, but the umpire reckons that was just going over the top. Good shout that, and Hawk-Eye says so too. |
2.4 |
b1 | Bambatha to Eastwood |
| | Terrible ball, terrible shot and terrible keeping. The batsmen steal a quick single. |
2.3 |
1 | Bambatha to Perfect |
| | Drop and run by Perfect and Eastwood. Clever cricket. |
2.2 |
. | Bambatha to Perfect |
| | Played all along the ground out to midwicket. No run. |
2.1 |
. | Bambatha to Perfect |
| | That would have been a freak dismissal, Perfect sees a ball on the leg stump, looks for an easy four but misses and the ball almost rolls onto the stumps off the thigh pad. Actually Bambatha is luckier there, that really should have been four. |
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1.6 |
. | Richards to Eastwood |
| | Oh...thought we had a break in play...did they cross? Doesn't look like it. Dot in the book. |
1.5 |
. | Richards to Eastwood |
| | Eastwood is watchful and allows this to go through to the keeper. There was just enough turn there to make it risky to play a shot. |
1.4 |
4 | Richards to Eastwood |
| | Caressing the ball through the covers, much as Monet himself might have caressed canvas, Eastwood adds four runs to his score. |
1.4 |
wd | Richards to Eastwood |
| | That's a beautiful ball. Too bad it was a mile down leg. Wide! |
1.3 |
W | Richards to Akhtar |
| | Bowled between bat and pad! I understand Akhtar is a country lad; he should know better than to go leaving the gate wide open. |
1.2 |
6 | Richards to Akhtar |
| | Akhtar takes two steps down the pitch, and smacks it straight down the ground for six. A couple of spectators collide in trying to catch the ball. |
1.1 |
. | Richards to Akhtar |
| | Fired down the leg side looking for the stumping. Akhtar was wise to it and got his pads in the way. |
End of Over 1: 4-0, runrate=4.00, reqrunrate=11.16 (215-2) |
Bambatha | 1-0-2-0 |
Akhtar* | 1 (2 balls) |
Perfect | 1 (4 balls) |
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