Scott Currie to Root, 1 run
to gully
Birmingham Phoenix
Welsh FireWelsh Fire won by 7 wickets
Batsman | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JR Joe Root * not out | 58 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 145.0 |
TK Tom Kohler-Cadmore not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMSaqib Mahmood | 20.0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1.60 |
FULL COMMENTARY
Scott Currie to Root, 1 run
to gully
Saqib Mahmood to Root, FOUR
cheeky and four, on a length and just outside off - Root shuffles across, reverses the stance and then clears third man with the sweep, the fielder was inside the ring and can only watch it go. Scores level with the final set coming up
Saqib Mahmood to Kohler-Cadmore, 1 run
back of a length and around off, TKC backs away and can't beat mid-off with the back-foot drive, just a single
Saqib Mahmood to Jordan Cox, out Bowled!!
132/3Jordan Cox 20(14) 3 0 · out
Mahmood has his man but is it too late? On a good length and a hint of tail back into the right-hander, Cox backed away on the big slog and missed it completely. The ball clatters into the middle and leg - Cox hints at Joe Root that there was a bit of reverse swing on offer there. Jordan Cox b Saqib Mahmood 20(14) [4s-3]
Saqib Mahmood to Jordan Cox, FOUR
that should ease any nerves in the Fire camp - full and angling into the right-hander, Cox clears his front-leg and drags it off the thick inner half, past square leg and bisects the two fielders in the deep
Saqib Mahmood to Root, 1 leg bye
short of a length and at the right-hander, Root was very early into the pull and the ball rolled high off the back-thigh, behind square on the off-side for a leg-bye
Chris Wood to Jordan Cox, no run
the cutter from Wood, bowled into the pitch and pushed across the right-hander - Cox went haard on the cut and is beaten by the extra bounce
Chris Wood to Root, 1 run
on a good length and pushed across the right-hander - Root runs it down to third man for a single
Chris Wood to Jordan Cox, 1 run
cheeky, an attempted paddle from Cox as he shuffled across - Wood saw it coming and went wider of off, dabbed with the pace and behind point. The fielder in the deep slides across and keeps them down to a single
Chris Wood to Jordan Cox, 2 runs
slower ball from Wood, but it's too full and it's bludgeoned wide of cover with the drive - chase for the fielder in the deep and he does well to cut the boundary off with a sliding effort
Chris Wood to Jordan Cox, no run
Wood shortens the length and pushes one across the right-hander - Cox went too hard on the cut, lost his shape and he's lucky not to have edged it
Scott Currie to Jordan Cox, FOUR
drilled, too full from Currie - Cox leans into the half-volley and then hammers the drive past extra-cover, no need to run for those
Scott Currie to Root, 1 run
slower ball around off, catches the leading edge as Root looked to nudge it onto the on-side
Scott Currie to Jordan Cox, 1 run
tad fuller and just outside off - a soft leading edge as the ball rolls in front of mid-off
Scott Currie to Root, 1 run
fuller length delivery on off, driven down to long-on for a single
Scott Currie to Root, FOUR
nicely played, tad too short and wide of off - was the slower ball, but Root waits on it and then cuts it square past point, beats the man in the deep and brings up another fifty, his 4th in #100
Saqib Mahmood to Jordan Cox, no run
that's a good comeback from Saqib - yorker length delivery that tailed back a fraction, Cox jams his bat down in time and squeezes an under-edge past the off-stump
Saqib Mahmood to Jordan Cox, FOUR
cracking shot, fraction short and just outside off - Cox picks the length early, swivels across onto the pull and then nonchalantly lifts it over mid-wicket, one bounce and over the ropes
Saqib Mahmood to Root, 1 run
short of a good length and just outside off - pulled through mid-wicket for a single
Saqib Mahmood to Root, no run
fuller length delivery outside off - Root leans across and inside halves it to the off-side
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