Lahiru Kumara to K Pierre, out Bowled! A slower length ball to Pierre, who has a wild heave into the on-side as the ball crashes into his stumps. The Bulls end at 98/8. K Pierre b Lahiru Kumara 0(2)
9.4
W
Lahiru Kumara to Nabi, out Bowled! Inch-perfect yorker rattles his stumps, two runs short of his fifty! This, however, has been an uplifting effort in the context of this innings which was in tatters when he walked in. Walks back to a standing O from his dugout. Nabi b Lahiru Kumara 48(21) [4s-3 6s-4]
9.3
6
Lahiru Kumara to Nabi, SIX, length ball again, he's erred yet again, Nabi just backs away and carts this over cow corner for another six! Nearly at the hundred mark and that's the fifty-run stand between these two...
9.2
4
Lahiru Kumara to Nabi, FOUR, highish full-toss, Nabi backs away into the on-side and slices it away towards sweeper cover for four
9.1
6
Lahiru Kumara to Nabi, SIX, backs away to a full ball and clubs it with them long levels ovewr wide long-off for a colossal six!
9
4
J Clark to Adil Rashid, FOUR, length ball, Adil Rashid backs away to create width and slaps it away through sweeper cover for four. 19 off the over!
8.5
6
J Clark to Adil Rashid, SIX, full-toss, Adil Rashid gets across and kneels, swats it over fine leg for six!
8.1
6
J Clark to Nabi, SIX, full-toss, on the body, and an ungainly pull over cow corner for six!
7.5
6
Lahiru Kumara to Nabi, SIX, big swing of the bat, Nabi picks it up from a length and nails the timing on this over long-on for six!
6.3
4
George Garton to Nabi, FOUR, short of length, no width on offer, but Nabi has managed to create width to carve that past backward point for four! Phenomenal shot!
6.2
W
George Garton to Waheed Ahmed, out Waheed Ahmed Run Out! A short of length ball, backfoot-punched to cover point, a throw by Prasanna at the non-striker's end and that looks out to the naked eye! Yep, he's short of his ground, and Prasanna can do no wrong in the field right now. Waheed Ahmed run out (Prasanna) 1(3)
5.4
4
Prasanna to Nabi, FOUR, skids through outside off, Nabi stays low and carves that away through the point region for four
5
W
George Garton to Will Jacks, out Caught by Prasanna! That's a seed of a catch by Prasanna! A full and wide one, making Will Jacks reach out and carve it through backward point, only for Prasanna to intervene and fly to his right to grab on to a stunning catch. And it's dab time! Fine, fine catch that... Will Jacks c Prasanna b George Garton 8(6) [6s-1]
4.4
W
George Garton to Morgan, out Caught by Sultan Ahmed! Caught on the second attempt! Just steers this short of length ball fine and straight to Sultan at short third man who almost spills it first up, but ends up gobbling it up on the second attempt. That's the end of Morgan. Morgan c Sultan Ahmed b George Garton 4(6)
3.5
6
Sultan Ahmed to Will Jacks, SIX, onto the pads, Will Jacks opens up his stance after moving into the on-side and slog-sweeps that high and far over cow corner for six!
3
W
Mujeeb to Rutherford, out Rutherford Run Out! Disaster! That one skids through, Rutherford misses the flick as he charges down, struck in front, and through towards silly mid-off as Mujeeb picks up and throws at the striker's end - picked up by the wicketkeeper and he's brokent he stumps. Rutherford run out (Mujeeb/Philip Salt) 2(5)
2.3
W
Mujeeb to Kusal Perera, out Bowled!! A skidder, and he's picked the wrong ball to improvise! Switches stance and has a swat across the line trying to go over the left-handers point region, as the ball nutmegs him and crashes into the stumps to make Perera look like an absolute fool. A tad embarrassed as he walks off. Kusal Perera b Mujeeb 14(7) [4s-1 6s-1]
2
Sultan Ahmed to Kusal Perera, 2 runs, flat and wide outside off, Kusal Perera has a go at the dragged slog-sweep, flat one towards deep midwicket but Gartner rushes in from the deep to almost grab hold of a stunner! Just manages to trickle out of his hand and concede a second, but that was one heck of an attempt
1.3
6
Sultan Ahmed to Kusal Perera, SIX, a tad shorter, Kusal Perera is on his knee to play the wristy pick-up sweep over deep square leg for six!
1.2
4
Sultan Ahmed to Kusal Perera, FOUR, into the pads again, and that's another sweep down towards backward square leg for four
1
W
Mujeeb to Mathews, out Caught by George Garton! That's angling in, Mathews is on his knee and slog-sweeps that flat to cow corner, almost over the fence but the giraffe at the boundary leaps and takes that, maintains his balance so as not to fall over the rope. Mathews departs for 5 and that's the end of a successful first over. Mathews c George Garton b Mujeeb 5(5) [4s-1]
0.2
4
Mujeeb to Mathews, FOUR, in-drifter on middle, whip-dirven to long-on and a mis-field at the fence to allow a boundary