The Hundred Men’s Competition 2024: Match:12, OI vs NS, page 13 - Page 4

43

W

Joshua Little to Madsen, out Caught by Bairstow!! End of a struggle for Madsen. Length delivery angling away, Madsen looks to slash hard and gets an outside edge. Bairstow took the catch and immediately knew he had his man Madsen c Bairstow b Joshua Little 5(13)

Joshua Little to Madsen, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Fire confident about a catch and send it upstairs. Jonny B was confident. Clear spike!

Tom Hartley, left handed bat, comes to the crease at number 7 for MO

49

W

Jake Ball to Tom Hartley, out Caught by Joe Clarke!! Chipped in the airrr and gone! Short of a length delivery into the wicket, Hartley cramped on the flick, awkward shot in the end and short mid-wicket runs back to take a good catch. Tom Hartley c Joe Clarke b Jake Ball 5(6) [4s-1]

Jake Ball to Tom Hartley, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

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W

Mason Crane to Usama Mir, out Stumped!! What a soft dismissal. Shortish leggie. Usama was on the back foot for a drive through the off-side, missed as it turned a bit with bounce. The back foot was outside the crease. The momentum of the shot meant Usama was off balance. He lifted his back foot up in trying to get back to the crease but Jonny B was so alert and

44/7 for MO

AFTER 60 BALLS 9 runs • 1 wicket

MO-M: 44/7

SW Currie7 (6)

J Overton8 (13)

MS Crane

AFTER 65 BALLS 2 runs

MO-M: 46/7

SW Currie8 (9)

J Overton9 (15)

JB Little2/10 (15

86

W

David Payne to Jamie Overton, out Caught by Wells!! This is taken at deep backward square leg. Short of a length delivery, Overton slogs, drags it squarer and holes out in the deep. The rain is coming down as Overton walks off but the sun is shining bright. Jamie Overton c Wells b David Payne 23(25) [4s-1 6s-1]

David Payne to Jamie Overton, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

It continues to rain. Earlier, the groundstaff tried to get the covers ready but the ump asked him to move away because he was right behind the bowler's arm

AFTER 95 BALLS 7 runs

MO-M: 82/8

Fazalhaq Farooqi6 (7)

SW Currie24 (22)

JT Ball1/20 (20)

AFTER 100 BALLS 4 runs

MO-M: 86/8

SW Currie26 (25)

Fazalhaq Farooqi7 (9)

DA Payne1/11 (20)

19:45 Local Time, 18:45 GMT, 00:15 IST: Brilliant bowling display from Fire. They won the toss, chose to bowl and had their plans set. An excellent trap first to get rid of Salt second ball of the game and then Willey got two-in-two to stun the hosts. The Fire bowlers bowled into the pitch and got all the help from the pitch. Little removed Raza when he was going well. Overton had to shut shop and dig deep. Only Scott Currie could give him some sort of support as all the Fire bowlers chipped in with wickets. 87 is obviously below par but can the two-time runners-up push Fire all the way down to the wire?