Montreal Tigers vs Edmonton Royals, 9th Match, Round 1 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Naveed to Kyle Phillip, out Kyle Phillip Run Out!! Misses the yorker and looks to sneak a bye. Phillip was casually strolling across, not expecting to be in danger at the non-striker's end but with Cross missing his throw, the ball went to mid-off where the fielder quickly charged in, collected it and threw the stumps down. Phillip wasn't even stretching his bat in and is caught right on the crease by the third umpire. Kyle Phillip run out (Matthew Cross/Gunasekera) 5(8)

Naveed to Satsimranjit Dhindsa, SIX, length ball on leg stump, and pummeled! Massive strike from Dhindsa, belting it over midwicket

Fawad Ahmed to Safyaan Sharif, out Caught&Bowled!! Ahmed took it upon himself, running back towards the mid-on region and grabbing hold of a fine catch. Was a thick top-edge from Sharif as he went for the pull, having misjudged the pace on the ball. Ahmed made it look really easy. Safyaan Sharif c and b Fawad Ahmed 17(18) [4s-1 6s-1]

Nikhil Dutta to Safyaan Sharif, SIX, slammed down the ground, many a mile! Got the opportunity to unleash his arms on that one with the ball going across off

Nikhil Dutta to Anshuman Rath, out Stumped!! Pushed through past the outside edge of Rath, who was down the pitch with no hope of making it back. Got nowhere near this delivery which was flat and short, and spun just enough. Anshuman Rath st Matthew Cross b Nikhil Dutta 14(15) [4s-1]

Dillon Heyliger to Safyaan Sharif, FOUR, straying down leg, helped on its way by Sharif. Made sure to thank Heyliger for the gift

Dillon Heyliger to Shadab Khan, out Caught by Bailey!! Screams of delight from Heyliger as Shadab slugs a length ball straight to midwicket. Was much straighter, in his arc, but he dragged it off the inside half. No timing. Comfortable for Bailey at the edge of the circle. Shadab Khan c Bailey b Dillon Heyliger 5(8)

Kuggeleijn to Anshuman Rath, FOUR, thick inside edge from Rath as he looks to squeeze out a yorker, and it runs away fine past leg stump. Cruel for Kuggeleijn

Nikhil Dutta to Neesham, out Caught by Matthew Cross!! Neesham goes too. What a slide this has been from the Royals. Short ball outside off, probably didn't have much room to be able to free his arms on the cut and Neesham nicks through. Neesham c Matthew Cross b Nikhil Dutta 14(8) [6s-2]

Dillon Heyliger to Cutting, out Caught by Gunasekera!! Okay, the tables have turned rather quickly. Fours balls since the time-out and Montreal have a couple. Cutting looks to swipe it down to fine leg, but the balls nips away just a touch, takes the leading edge and flies down third man's throat. Cutting c Gunasekera b Dillon Heyliger 0(2)

Dillon Heyliger to Navneet Dhaliwal, out Bowled!! Ugly heave across the line - but this seeming drag down just doesn't get up off the pitch. Sneaks under the cross-bat and smashes into the middle-pole. Dhaliwal, through his stay in the middle, was playing a few shots too many, none as ungainly as this one though. Navneet Dhaliwal b Dillon Heyliger 23(22) [4s-2 6s-1]

Fawad Ahmed to Neesham, SIX, this one's full meat. Ahmed tosses it up in the slot and Neesham nails his slog-sweep to perfection, making the crispest of sounds as it goes into the forest over deep mid-wicket

Fawad Ahmed to Neesham, SIX, a rather miscued slog coming off the toe-end, but with this straight boundary really tiny, he manages to power it behind the sightscreen

Fawad Ahmed to Hafeez, out Stumped!! Completely beaten in flight, and then beaten some more in dip. Hafeez premeditates the walk down the pitch, plays completely down the wrong line with the ball spinning further away. All that as he's stuck well outside for the keeper to have something simple. Hafeez st Matthew Cross b Fawad Ahmed 2(8)

Nikhil Dutta to du Plessis, out Caught by Gunasekera!! It was slam-slam all through, and Faf falls some one slam too many. The length was a touch fuller to get under and then get the elevation to tonk it over long-on, dragging off the under-half in the process to a sliding long-on. Those were a nice 20 balls of proper fun. du Plessis c Gunasekera b Nikhil Dutta 55(20) [4s-8 6s-3]

Nikhil Dutta to du Plessis, FOUR, makes him stretch with a wide angling-across dart and Faf throws his bat out, toe-ending it over backward point

Kuggeleijn to du Plessis, FOUR, squeezes off the edge, and it's an 18-ball 50. Kuggeleijn goes for the defensive option, keeping it full and wide outside off, but Faf manages to get some bat, and there's no slip to simplify things for him

Kuggeleijn to du Plessis, FOUR, cross-seamed missed length. And Faf in this mood is a monster. Stays beside and hammers it once again into his extra cover

Naveed to du Plessis, SIX, 6.6.6. Faf is half a Yuvi already. But he couldn't have asked it easier, he keeps getting fed in the zone to swing, and he hoicks this higher than the earlier ones, and these tiny boundaries are never a worry - the cow corner carpark

Naveed to du Plessis, SIX, it stays in the slot, and Faf's not showing him any mercy. He can continue clearing his front leg and continue smoking them out of here - long-on now

Naveed to du Plessis, SIX, pick, dispatch. Faf doesn't bother moving now, only giving himself some room, freeing up his hands and carting it flat into cow corner

Naveed to du Plessis, FOUR, now some salt into the insult. Naveed strays on the legs, only to be lapped cute, really fine past the keeper

Naveed to du Plessis, no run, dropped. Hmmm, do you really want to be dropping Faf when he's in this mood? He checks a drive down the ground, getting it straight into Naveed's stuck out hands. But no, what has to stick doesn't

Kuggeleijn to du Plessis, FOUR, another early charge down, trusting Kuggeleijn to overcorrect his line outside off and then once again has that lovely backlift in the inside-out smash over extra cover

Kuggeleijn to du Plessis, FOUR, tries cramping him with a quick one on the legs. But Faf's smart enough to adjust, go leg-sided and go bottom-handed in his flick behind square

Devcich to Navneet Dhaliwal, SIX, big slog, very, very uncontrolled, but there's enough muscle in those arms to get it sailing. And that sail teases long-on to go well over

Naveed to du Plessis, FOUR, oh the audacity. Faf charges down, right to the pitch of it and then carves it inside-out over extra cover

Naveed to du Plessis, FOUR, pokes, edges and splits the cordon. Faf to his credit does it softly, getting it to die right in between the keeper and first slip

Naveed to Navneet Dhaliwal, FOUR, tries the dream delivery in looking to get it to straighten from middle, but ends up straying into the pads in the process. Dhaliwal has to tickle, and he does it firmly enough

Naveed to Navneet Dhaliwal, FOUR, absolute thump this. Dhaliwal gets agricultural, clearing out his front leg and slices it hard over sweeper

Devcich to Berrington, out Caught by Kuggeleijn!! The long hop does it for Devcich. Berrington wants to pump it over cow corner, but this pitch is quite a sticker, staying on longer than what his heave had hoped for. Hence, the top-edge, right down deep square leg's throat. Berrington c Kuggeleijn b Devcich 0(3)