MI London made 164 for 5 from 100 balls. London Spirit reached 165 for 3 in 89. The 11 unused balls tell the story of a chase that was controlled by the batting card.Lhuan-dre Pretorius made 64 from 28 balls, the largest score in either innings. Dewald Brevis added an unbeaten 37 from 18, Jonny … Continue reading MI London made 164. London Spirit needed only 89 balls.
The 88-ball chase that made 181 look small
Manchester Super Giants made 181 for 3 from 100 balls. Sunrisers Leeds reached 186 for 2 in 88. The scorecard records an eight-wicket win, but the 12 unused balls explain the scale of it.Mitchell Marsh led the chase with 63 from 26 balls. Zak Crawley made 56 from 34 and Harry Brook finished unbeaten on … Continue reading The 88-ball chase that made 181 look small
Pakistan had 211 to chase. Jayden Seales made it feel much further away.
Pakistan needed 211 in the fourth innings. They were bowled out for 120. Jayden Seales took 5 for 20 from 14.2 overs, and the final margin was 90 runs.The match had already produced large first-innings scores. West Indies made 311, built around Shai Hope’s 92 from 182 balls and Kavem Hodge’s 84 from 183. Pakistan … Continue reading Pakistan had 211 to chase. Jayden Seales made it feel much further away.
Two ducks. One 54. MI London still found the chase.
MI London’s scorecard contains two ducks near the top. It also contains Will Jacks’ 54 from 41 balls. That was enough to take them from a target of 130 to a three-wicket win.Jacks struck five fours and two sixes. Sam Curran added 30 from 29, Sherfane Rutherford 21 from 12 and Tom Curran 7 from … Continue reading Two ducks. One 54. MI London still found the chase.
Ben Duckett held the chase together — Trent Rockets found four runs
Trent Rockets needed 160. They reached 160 for 6 with two balls left. Ben Duckett’s 75 from 47 balls was the innings that kept the chase intact.Duckett hit eight fours and two sixes. Tom Banton made 22 from 14, Sam Billings 22 from 10 and Craig Overton 20 from six. Those short, fast contributions mattered, … Continue reading Ben Duckett held the chase together — Trent Rockets found four runs
Jos Buttler’s 90 set up an 87-run statement
Manchester Super Giants made 187 for 5. Birmingham Phoenix were bowled out for 100. The 87-run margin began with Jos Buttler’s 90 from 50 balls.Buttler supplied almost half the Super Giants total, with eight fours and five sixes. Tom Moores added 39 from 17, Heinrich Klaasen 20 from 11 and Leus du Plooy 13 from … Continue reading Jos Buttler’s 90 set up an 87-run statement
The 81 that changed India’s night in Harare
India made 192 for 5. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made 81 from 49 balls. In a 35-run win, that was the innings which gave the scorecard its shape.Sooryavanshi struck eight fours and four sixes. Ishan Kishan added 29 from 26, Shreyas Iyer 27 from 18 and Rinku Singh 25 from 14, but no other India batter reached … Continue reading The 81 that changed India’s night in Harare
Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma made 219. India’s bowlers made it decisive.
India’s 219 for 5 had two innings at its centre: Ishan Kishan’s 81 from 44 balls and Tilak Varma’s 60 from 29. Together they supplied 141 runs, turning the first T20I total into something Zimbabwe could not approach. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi began with 20 from nine balls, while Shreyas Iyer made 25 from 20. But the … Continue reading Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma made 219. India’s bowlers made it decisive.
Sunrisers Leeds made 187. Their five-run margin says how close Southern Brave came.
Sunrisers Leeds won by five runs, which makes every major contribution in a 187 for 5 total feel larger.Mitchell Marsh made 69 from 34 balls, Dan Lawrence 51 from 25 and Ryan Rickelton 37 from 27. Those three scores supplied 157 of the innings. Tom Alsop’s 21 from 10 completed a card in which Sunrisers … Continue reading Sunrisers Leeds made 187. Their five-run margin says how close Southern Brave came.
Rachin Ravindra’s 98 gave Welsh Fire the gap MI London could not close.
Welsh Fire made 167 for 5. Rachin Ravindra made 98 from 44 balls. The scorecard does not need many more words to identify the innings that set the match apart.Ravindra hit 10 fours and five sixes, supplying almost three-fifths of the Welsh Fire total. Joe Root’s 29 from 26 and Jordan Cox’s 17 from nine … Continue reading Rachin Ravindra’s 98 gave Welsh Fire the gap MI London could not close.