| 1.2 : 1.2: Ruben Trumpelmann to Jos Buttler, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Off-stump knocked out of the ground as the English captain departs without scoring. Pitched up swinging into the batter. Jos Buttler looks to slog this towards the on side but gets hit on the back pad and deflects onto the off-pole uprooting it. |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Ruben Trumpelmann to Phil Salt, FOUR! First boundary for England. Short-pitched around off, Phil Salt rocks back and punches this wide to the right of mid off and gets a boundary. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Ruben Trumpelmann to Phil Salt, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for England and Phil Salt. Short and wide outside off, Phil Salt sits back and slashes hard, gets the outside edge flying over the short third fielder for a boundary. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: David Wiese to Phil Salt, OUT! DECEIVED AND GONE! Knuckle ball outside off, Phil Salt couldn't help but poke at it, gets the outside edge and into the gloves of the keeper for a soft dismissal. Both the English openers are back in the hut. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: David Wiese to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! CHIPPED OVER FOR FOUR! Fuller in middle, Jonny Bairstow just chips this over the bowler for a boundary down the ground. This too was a knuckleball but Jonny Bairstow was up to it. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Bernard Scholtz to Jonny Bairstow, Four! |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Bernard Scholtz to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! HAMMERED AWAY! Fuller in middle, Jonny Bairstow takes his front leg out of the way and slogs this over the fence towards long on for a maximum. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Merwe Erasmus to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Finds the gap! Bairstow is batting with a lot of intent here. Luck is favouring him too but this time he nails it. Shorter and on middle. He pulls it between mid-wicket and square leg. It bounces just inside the rope. Boundary. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Jack Brassell to Harry Brook, Six! |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Jack Brassell to Harry Brook, FOUR! Cut away! Runs absolutely flowing now. Lovely placement. Waits for the ball to come to him this time. A little bit of width offered outside off. Brook plays it late and past point. Third man is in the ring so another boundary. |
| 6.1 : 6.1: Merwe Erasmus to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! Gets hold of this one. Slightly short and Bairstow picks the length early. He slams it over the square leg fence for a biggie. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Merwe Erasmus to Harry Brook, Four! |
| 7.1 : 7.1: Bernard Scholtz to Jonny Bairstow, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Short of a length wide of off, spinning away from the batter. Jonny Bairstow clears his front leg and looks to pull this towards the leg side but gets it off the cue end and hangs it towards short cover. Zane Green calls it his and takes a good catch running from behind the wickets. A handy knock of 31 comes to an end. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: Bernard Scholtz to Moeen Ali, Six! |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Jack Brassell to Harry Brook, FOUR! Out comes the innovation and it pays off. He walks right across and this is full and on middle. The paddle scoop comes out and it goes over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Jack Brassell to Harry Brook, SIX! All power! Bangs this short but Brook waits for it. He slaps it over cover and it sails all the way. Brooks on the charge. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Jack Brassell to Harry Brook, FOUR MORE! Cheeky stuff! So difficult for the bowler, Jack just doesn't know where to bowl to him. He goes full and on middle but Brook walks across and plays the paddle scoop. Over short fine leg. Boundary. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Ruben Trumpelmann to Moeen Ali, SIX! Massive! A slower one around off and Moeem picks it and slams it over the long on fence for a biggie. Really well waited and slammed it. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Ruben Trumpelmann to Moeen Ali, OUT! TAKEN! Trupelmann gets his revenge. He goes short again and a slower one. The key here was he bowled to close on the body. Ali pulls but it goes off the toe end and the deep mid-wicket fielder takes it. A good cameo from Moeen. |
| 9.3 : 9.3: Ruben Trumpelmann to Liam Livingstone, SIX! Over square leg. His one hand came off the handle but it still goes all the way. That is the power of this guy. Right in his arc. On middle. He helps it on its way over the fine leg fence. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Ruben Trumpelmann to Liam Livingstone, SIX! Two in a row. In the arc and out of the park. Full and on off. Right on the slot. This is slammed over the long on fence for a biggie. Three biggies in 4 balls. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Ruben Trumpelmann to Liam Livingstone, OUT! run out (Ruben Trumpelmann / Zane Green). |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Jofra Archer to Michael van Lingen, Four! |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Jofra Archer to Michael van Lingen, SIX! STREAKY MAXIMUM! Short-pitched in middle, Michael van Lingen looks to pull this but gets a bit early to it. Finds the outside edge lobbing over the keeper for a maximum behind the stumps. |
| 3.4: Sam Curran to Niko Davin, FOUR! Off the top edge! That is how most of the boundaries have come. Short and outside off. Davin looks to pull but it goes off the top edge but wide of third man for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Chris Jordan to Niko Davin, SIX! Over the fence. Times it well. Shorter and outside off. This is flayed over point for a biggie. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Adil Rashid to Michael van Lingen, Six! |
| 6.3 : 6.3: Sam Curran to David Wiese, FOUR! CARVED AWAY! Short and wide outside off, Niko Davin rocks back and cuts this late as he threads the fielder behind the wicket on off for four. |
| 7.3: Adil Rashid to David Wiese, SIX! Stand and deliver! Around off. This lands and spins away. He lifts it over the long on fence. |
| 7.4 : 7.4: Adil Rashid to David Wiese, SIX! Over the leg side this time! On middle. Out comes the slog sweep and this is hit over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: Adil Rashid to David Wiese, FOUR! Finds the gap. Lovely placement again. Shorter and around off. This is hit between cover and long off. |
| 8.5: Chris Jordan to Michael van Lingen, SIX! Michael van Lingen finally connects with one. Pitched up in middle, Michael van Lingen slogs this over the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region and gets a maximum. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Chris Jordan to Michael van Lingen, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! On a length in middle, Michael van Lingen clears his front leg and takes on Brook at long on. The ball doesn't get the desired elevation as Harry Brook takes a good catch running sideways at long on. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Jofra Archer to David Wiese, OUT! CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! SHort-pitched outside off, David Wiese rocks back and looks to go big. The bat tilts in his hands at the time of contact with the ball and the ball lobs in the safe custody of Harry Brook at wide long on. The scenes from the middle indicates that David Wiese is set to hang his boots after this game. |
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