Raza to du Plessis, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Raza strikes with his first ball and is absolutely pumped. He breaks this partnership and gives the Royals a much needed wicket. Tossed up off-break, lands outside off and spins in, Faf does not have a big stride forward and plays down the wrong line, the ball beats the inside edge and brushes the pad before rattling the stumps. He didn't expect the ball to spin that much and gestured something on the similar lines to Vince before walking off. du Plessis b Raza 39(24) [4s-6 6s-1]
7
Fortuin to du Plessis, 1 run, 96ks quicker and fraction short, Faf makes room and cuts to sweeper cover
6.5
4
Fortuin to du Plessis, FOUR, shot! Not sure how he beat long-off there. Faf comes down the track and drives it past Fortuin. Not off the middle and Lawrence is beaten even though he puts in the slide
6.1
Fortuin to du Plessis, 1 run, 95ks fuller and around off, Faf eases it down to long-off
5.3
Viljoen to du Plessis, 1 run, 126ks fuller and pace off, Faf plays it late and angles it to deep backward point
5
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, no run, on a length and outside off, Faf dabs it to backward point
4.5
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, no run, just short of Tribe. Short of length outside off, Faf flays it uppishly towards cover-point and the ball lands in front of a diving Tribe
4.5
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, wide, tries to keep it away from Faf's range and sprays it outside off, easy call for umpire Ian Blackwell
4.4
4
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, FOUR, 4, 6, 4, 4! Another mishit but the placement is perfect and the ball races away. Off-pace delivery and Faf once again is early into his heave, drags it off the inner half wide of mid-on and there's no stopping that
4.3
4
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, FOUR, 119ks slower ball around off, Faf is early into the shot and ends up having a swipe across the line. Tribe gets around from deep square leg and makes a mess of the stop - he slides awkwardly and drags the ball along, he's in contact with the ad cushions and the ball
4.2
6
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, SIX, this time he sends it over the rope. Short boundary that side and Faf clears it. Full and angled into the pads, he uses his bottom hand and whips it over the deep square leg region. 63 meter six..
4.1
4
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, FOUR, that's a gift and Faf doesn't miss out. Strays down leg and that's easy pickings, he helps it along and almost sends it the distance, just bounces in front of the rope
3.3
Viljoen to du Plessis, 1 run, 136ks good length ball around off, Faf pushes off the inner half down the pitch and quickly crosses over
3.2
Viljoen to du Plessis, no run, 135ks angled in from back of a length, Faf misses the tuck and the ball strikes him on the thigh pad
3.1
Viljoen to du Plessis, no run, 134ks back of a length delivery, Faf is struck on the glove and he drops his bat down immediately. Once again bit of extra bounce and Faf was surprised by that. He's struck on the bottom glove
2.3
Fortuin to du Plessis, 1 run, comes down the track and does not get to the pitch, eases it down to long-off
2.1
Fortuin to du Plessis, 1 run, 95ks flatter and sliding in, Faf mistimes the pull to deep mid-wicket
2
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, 1 run, short of length and stops a bit, Faf guides it towards backward point and crosses over
1.5
4
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, FOUR, what happened there? Mokoena produces the outside edge but it goes between Lhuan-dre Pretorius and the slip fielder. Full and angled in, Faf stays leg-side and looks to loft through the line, gets a thick edge and the ball flies away. It misses the off-stump by a whisker and leaves Pretorius wrong-footed
1.3
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, 1 run, back of a length around off, Faf knocks it square of the wicket and crosses over
1.2
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, no run, 130ks back of a length and angled in, bit of extra bounce and Faf is surprised by that, fends it awkwardly and the ball lobs into the off-side. That might have hit him on the glove
1.1
4
Nqobani Mokoena to du Plessis, FOUR, pace on and Faf is at ease. 136ks fullish delivery outside off, Faf leans into the drive and creams it in front of square. There was deep point but he was nowhere close to stopping that
0.5
Fortuin to du Plessis, 1 run, in the air and wide of Fortuin. Tossed up and Faf is a tad early into the drive, chips it to the left of the bowler and Fortuin flies across with an outstretched hand, the ball evades his reach
0.4
Fortuin to du Plessis, no run, flighted delivery around off, Faf pushes it to the left of Fortuin and he makes a diving stop
0.3
Fortuin to du Plessis, no run, uhhh! Definitely some turn on this surface. 89ks slower and Fortuin gets it to drift in, Faf is hanging back to defend, the ball spins away to beat the outside edge, just bounces over off-stump. That was very close..