Highlights
T20 Cricket League, 2012
Perth Scorchers vs. Auckland, Group A
SuperSport Park, Centurion, Oct 23, 2012
Batting: Perth Scorchers
| Over No. | Event Type | Event | Team Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | FOUR | M Bates to Gibbs, FOUR, dragged over mid on. Wanted to go a bit straighter, the bat turned in his hand and the ball went to the long on fence | 7/0 |
| 1.4 | OUT | M Bates to Gibbs, out Caught by C Munro!! Straight to mid off. Wanted to go over the man, but instead found him. That's how Gibbs plays - hit or miss. Today it was the latter. Gibbs c C Munro b M Bates 6(6) [4s-1] | 7/1 |
| 3.1 | FOUR | M Bates to North, FOUR, fraction short on off, North rocks back and pulls it wide of square leg. First boundary for North | 12/1 |
| 3.2 | FOUR | M Bates to North, FOUR, back to back boundaries for North. Advances, takes it on the half-volley and crashes it wide of cover and mid off | 16/1 |
| 3.5 | FOUR | M Bates to North, FOUR, once again chips out, this time time takes it on the full and drives wide of a diving cover. Three boundaries in the over | 20/1 |
| 5.4 | FOUR | Azhar Mahmood to Katich, FOUR, cracking shot. Slower delivery outside off, Katich waits for it and smashes it through cover. The ball came off the middle of the bat and raced away | 29/1 |
| 8.5 | FOUR | B Martin to North, FOUR, bad ball and swept away from the grasp of short fine. A huge yell of frustration from B Martin for he knew that he had bowled a bad ball | 47/1 |
| 9.2 | SIX | R Hira to North, SIX, dropped in the crowd. Huge hit over deep mid wicket. North chipping out and hammering a high ball into the grass banks | 54/1 |
| 9.4 | FOUR | R Hira to Katich, FOUR, paddled fine and away from Azhar Mahmood at short fine. He gave chase, but the ball had too much on it and beat him comfortably. 50 run stand is up as well | 60/1 |
| 10 | OUT | R Hira to Katich, out North Run Out!! It wasn't a great throw, but still found North short. Late cut to short third, Mills did the rest. Third ump confirms the same. North run out (Kyle Mills) 37(35) [4s-4 6s-1] | 62/2 |
| 11.1 | OUT | R Hira to Katich, out Bowled!! Freak dismissal. Didn't look like it hit the leg-stump at first glance, but it has done so. Katich shuffling across too much and allowing the ball to sneak through. Went off the thigh pad and then bounced onto the stumps. Katich b R Hira 21(23) [4s-2] | 67/3 |
| 12 | FOUR | R Hira to Collingwood, FOUR, taken from outside off and slog swept fiercely to the vacant deep mid wicket fence. Collingwood hit that really hard | 74/3 |
| 12.2 | FOUR | B Martin to Collingwood, FOUR, smashed through cover. Too full outside off, Collingwood just belted that wide of cover. He has to be there till the end for his side's cause | 79/3 |
| 13.1 | FOUR | Azhar Mahmood to Collingwood, FOUR, edged and four. Collingwood getting a genuine edge and the ball running away from third man | 86/3 |
| 14.3 | FOUR | Kyle Mills to Collingwood, FOUR, well played. Saw the short fine was in and then gets across to paddles a length ball on the body to the fine leg fence | 95/3 |
| 15.4 | SIX | C de Grandhomme to Beaton, SIX, spots the slower delivery and swings it over deep mid wicket. Into the grass banks. Really timed that well | 107/3 |
| 15.5 | FOUR | C de Grandhomme to Beaton, FOUR, Guptill has over-run the ball and it spins away past him at long on. Swung away by Beaton and that's a boundary. Guptill sees the funny side of it and has a laugh | 111/3 |
| 17 | OTHER | Azhar Mahmood to Collingwood, 2 runs, low full toss, driven wide of long on for a couple | 118/3 |
| 17.1 | OUT | M Bates to Beaton, out Bowled!! Off-stump out of the ground. Full and at pace, swinging away, goes past the drive of Beaton. Beaton b M Bates 22(19) [4s-1 6s-1] | |
| 17.3 | FOUR | M Bates to Collingwood, FOUR, Collingwood shuffles across to off and short-arm jabs a low full toss to the deep mid wicket fence, beating a diving fielder | 123/4 |
| 19.1 | OUT | M Bates to Ronchi, out Caught by Guptill!! Full toss on the stumps and it has been caught at long on. Should have been hit out of the park, but Ronchi miscued it completely. Ronchi c Guptill b M Bates 4(6) | 132/5 |
| 19.2 | OUT | M Bates to Collingwood, out Collingwood Run Out!! 1 run completed. Unfortunate way to get out, but that's how it goes sometimes. Hira from deep mid relaying it to Hopkins and Collingwood was caught short. The collision proving to be the difference. Collingwood run out (R Hira/Hopkins) 38(27) [4s-5] | 133/6 |
| 19.4 | OUT | M Bates to Mennie, out Caught by R Hira!! 50 wickets for M Bates in the T20 format. Fullish on the stumps, swung away to deep mid's waiting hands. Mennie c R Hira b M Bates 2(2) | 135/7 |
| 20 | FOUR | M Bates to Brad Hogg, FOUR, Brad Hogg plays one ball and hits that for a boundary. Makes room and drives powerfully past a host of fielders on the off-side. Cracking way to end the innings | 140/7 |
Batting: Auckland
| Over No. | Event Type | Event | Team Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | FOUR | Mennie to Guptill, FOUR, poor delivery. Short ball, Guptill slaps it square of the wicket, through the packed off side field to the sweeper cover fence | 7/0 |
| 3.5 | OUT | Duffield to Vincent, out Caught by Ronchi!! Good bowling has produced Vincent's wicket. Makes room and tries to go over cover, but gets an audible nick. Vincent c Ronchi b Duffield 2(9) | 12/1 |
| 4.5 | FOUR | Coulter-Nile to Azhar Mahmood, FOUR, cracking shot. Pitched up outside off, Azhar Mahmood hammers it past a diving mid off | 17/1 |
| 6 | FOUR | Duffield to Guptill, FOUR, Guptill has smashed one finally off the middle and in fact he has done damage to his bat. Thundered a full ball on the stumps over the head of Duffield who was ducking. New bat for Guptill | 28/1 |
| 6.2 | FOUR | Brad Hogg to Guptill, FOUR, very short and Guptill capitalises, rocks back and pulls hard to the deep mid wicket fence | 33/1 |
| 7.3 | FOUR | Collingwood to Azhar Mahmood, FOUR, shuffles across to off and sweeps to the fine leg fence, beating short fine inside the ring | 41/1 |
| 7.4 | FOUR | Collingwood to Azhar Mahmood, FOUR, Azhar Mahmood has put away another short delivery. Crashes the short one past cover, beats sweeper cover easily | 45/1 |
| 8 | FOUR | Collingwood to Azhar Mahmood, FOUR, Azhar Mahmood is on fire. Backs away and smashes it over cover, beats a desperate dive from long off. Third boundary of the over for Azhar Mahmood | 49/1 |
| 8.4 | SIX | Brad Hogg to Guptill, SIX, lovely slog sweep and caught in the crowd at deep square leg by a gentleman. Guptill connected that beautifully | 58/1 |
| 9.1 | OUT | Mike Beer to Guptill, out Caught by Ronchi!! Sharp catch by the keeper. First ball wicket for Mike Beer in his 2nd spell. Guptill came down the track and swung, it spun away and took the edge. Good glove-work from the Aussie as it was going past his mitts. Guptill c Ronchi b Mike Beer 36(32) [4s-3 6s-1] | 61/2 |
| 10.1 | FOUR | Brad Hogg to A Kitchen, FOUR, low full toss on the stumps, A Kitchen swings wide of long on who despite the dive couldn't pull it back | 66/2 |
| 11 | OUT | Brad Hogg to A Kitchen, out Caught by Coulter-Nile!! A Kitchen swings hard and flat, a good low catch at deep mid wicket. Brad Hogg gets his just reward. A Kitchen c Coulter-Nile b Brad Hogg 6(6) [4s-1] | 68/3 |
| 11.3 | OUT | Mike Beer to Azhar Mahmood, out Caught by Gibbs!! Sharp catch at cover. To Gibbs' standard that is a relatively simpler chance. Azhar Mahmood came down the track, didn't get to the pitch of it, slammed it, Gibbs took it with both hands - no trouble at all. Azhar Mahmood c Gibbs b Mike Beer 24(21) [4s-4] | 71/4 |
| 12.3 | OUT | Duffield to C Munro, out C de Grandhomme Run Out!! Suicidal running. C Munro edged the cut and took off, Ronchi under-armed and hit direct, catching C de Grandhomme just short. C de Grandhomme run out (Ronchi) 4(4) | 75/5 |
| 13.4 | FOUR | Mennie to Hopkins, FOUR, edged and four. Hopkins went for the cover drive, got an outside edge that raced to the third man fence | 80/5 |
| 15.4 | OUT | Mike Beer to Hopkins, out Bowled!! Mike Beer has yorked Hopkins. The batsman made room to dab it square and missed an off-stump yorker length delivery. Hopkins b Mike Beer 9(12) [4s-1] | 90/6 |
| 16.3 | SIX | Coulter-Nile to C Munro, SIX, dropped in the crowd. Short ball and on the hips, C Munro pulls it away into the crowd at deep backward square | 100/6 |
| 16.4 | FOUR | Coulter-Nile to C Munro, FOUR, a wild flat-batted slog pull and it goes over mid off inside the circle. C Munro could be the man for Auckland | 104/6 |
| 17.2 | OUT | Mennie to R Hira, out Bowled!! Not a smart shot. Full, fast and attacking middle, R Hira shuffles across and misses the paddle shot. R Hira b Mennie 2(3) | 108/7 |
| 18 | OUT | Mennie to C Munro, out Lbw!! Mennie has almost killed off Auckland. Pitched in line, full and hit the back-leg of C Munro in front of middle. Plumb. C Munro lbw b Mennie 23(18) [4s-1 6s-1] | 109/8 |
| 19.2 | FOUR | Mennie to M Bates, FOUR, low full toss outside off, M Bates drilled that wide of cover, hit that hard and into the gap. Certainly pleased a very pretty lass in the crowd who was jiving to the shot | 119/8 |