END OF OVER:20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SEO: 127/9 (6 runs required, RR: 6.35)
- Jasdeep Singh16 (8b)
- Ottneil Baartman1 (1b)
- Kieron Pollard2-0-15-1
- Trent Boult4-0-26-1
Okay, so that brings us to the end of our coverage. On behalf of Venkat Raghav, this is Rvel Zahid saying goodbye
Marcus Stoinis, Player of the Match: We thought it was probably about par. We had our chances to restrict them, which we didn't take, and that's unfortunate. But we were reasonably happy, I think. We squeezed them really well in the back 10 overs. I thought all 40 overs were tough to bat. I'm not sure whether that was the twilight period; it was definitely a bit of a grind. Unfortunately, it got to the stage where we really needed to hit some boundaries. We did that and got the game close. Jassy batted phenomenally, so credit to him. But we just lost wickets consistently, and it's hard for new batters to start and score on a pitch like that. So, yeah, it's a bit unfortunate.
What a game of cricket! It was anybody's game in the last five overs and Stoinis nearly got his side over the line. He had the upper hand against Pollard but one error brought New York right back. They had dominated for the most part, but in those last few overs, Orcas threatened to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Pollard held his nerve. brilliantly. Earlier, Quinton de Kock thumped a wonderful fifty on this tricky surface with uneven bounce and got his team to a par score. Stoinis led with both bat and ball and there was excellent bowling from Baartman as well. But MI New York also have a potent bowling attack and kept the pressure on right from ball one, bringing the innings to a halt and breaking partnerships at frequent intervals. Nobody got going apart from Stoinis and that is the reason they fell short of the target towards the end. Bosch bowled with some real heat, returning his best T20 figures, while Shepherd didn't give anything away, pushing with hard lengths and having a ball on this surface. Ugarkar was expensive, but in all, New York bowlers never seemed like letting batters get off the hook and found ways to keep things tight.
MP Stoinis c Shepherd b Pollard 36 (50m 31b 5x4 1x6) SR: 116.12
END OF OVER:19 | 16 Runs | SEO: 119/8 (14 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.26, RRR: 14.00)
- Jasdeep Singh15 (5b)
- Marcus Stoinis30 (29b)
- Trent Boult4-0-26-1
- Rushil Ugarkar4-0-41-1
END OF OVER:18 | 13 Runs 2 Wkts | SEO: 103/8 (30 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.72, RRR: 15.00)
- Marcus Stoinis29 (28b)
- Jasdeep Singh0 (0b)
- Rushil Ugarkar4-0-41-1
- Corbin Bosch4-0-11-1
CJ Gannon run out 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Harmeet Singh c Tajinder Singh b Ugarkar 10 (16m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 83.33
END OF OVER:17 | 3 Runs | SEO: 90/6 (43 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.29, RRR: 14.33)
- Marcus Stoinis20 (25b)
- Harmeet Singh6 (10b)
- Corbin Bosch4-0-11-1
- Rushil Ugarkar3-0-28-0
