Chris Morris to Wells, FOUR, walks a long way across to convert the delivery into a full toss and then scoops it nonchalantly over short fine. Fifty for Jonathan Wells and its been an excellent knock from him
18.3
4
Daniel Sams to Wells, FOUR, stays leg-side of this short of length slower delivery and steers it in the gap behind point. This is proper batting from Wells and he's surely lifted Strikers to a fighting total
18.2
4
Daniel Sams to Wells, FOUR, full and wide of off, Wells creams the drive along the ground through extra cover. Was too full and had width written all over it, Wells did well to hit the gap with brute power
17.5
6
Tremain to Wells, SIX, slower short ball and its been hammered away for a maximum! Wells swivels and thrashes the pull over a leaping deep square fielder
17.3
4
Tremain to Cameron White, FOUR, short ball at the stumps, White gets a massive top-edge on the pull but manages to get it over the fielder at mid-on, beats Hales' dive and crashes into the fence
16.4
W
Chris Morris to Rashid Khan, out Caught by Matthew Gilkes!! Rashid Khan departs for a duck. Gets a pacy short ball first up and the forehand pull goes straight up in the air, only for the keeper to charge in and take a dolly of a catch in front of the stumps. Rashid Khan c Matthew Gilkes b Chris Morris 0(1)
16.2
W
Chris Morris to Carey, out Caught by Chris Green!! Carey crashes out looking to up the ante. Makes room early and looks to go over the off-side, Morris though was clever enough to pitch it short and keep it wide of Carey's reach. Spoons it off the toe of the bat and its a catching practice for Green at long-on. Carey c Chris Green b Chris Morris 45(40) [4s-3 6s-1]
15.4
6
Jonathan Cook to Wells, SIX, is this the over for the Strikers? Full and attacking the stumps, Wells crouches quickly and slogsweeps it into the mid-wicket orbit. Clean as a whistle
15.1
6
Jonathan Cook to Carey, SIX, first maximum for Alex Carey! Dances out of his crease, gets closer to the pitch of the delivery and forces the loft high and well over the leaping long-on fielder
14.5
4
Tremain to Carey, FOUR, Carey is slowly starting to take control of this innings. Shuffles a tad outside off and scoops this low full toss over short fine, Tremain's pace takes care of the rest
14
4
Arjun Nair to Wells, FOUR, plenty of width outside off, Wells goes deep inside the crease and hammers the late cut behind point, sweeper cover puts in a splendid dive to his left but ball wins the race
13
4
Chris Morris to Carey, FOUR, full and angling into the pads, Carey gets across and whips it over square leg nonchalantly, no chance for the fielder in the deep
12.1
4
Chris Morris to Wells, FOUR, edged and four! Wells came charging down the pitch and flashed at a length delivery outside off, got a thick outside edge and it flies past the diving keeper to his right
10.5
W
Daniel Sams to Weatherald, out Bowled!! Daniel Sams is having a terrific night with the ball. Duped Weatherald completely and gatecrashed into the woodwork. A slower loopy off-cutter from Sams and Weatherald had no clue about it, walked across in hope of flicking it through mid-wicket but the ball dips cunningly to sneak past the under edge and rattle the middle peg. Weatherald b Daniel Sams 42(33) [4s-7]
9.5
4
Arjun Nair to Weatherald, FOUR, too full and its been biffed down the ground by Weatherald. Sheer bottom hand power coming into play, the fielder at long-off had no chance
9
Chris Green to Carey, 1 run, loopy full delivery on off-stump, Carey toe-ends the on-drive wide of long-on
8.2
4
Chris Green to Carey, FOUR, he's been trying to execute this for a while now and finally gets it off the middle. Floated up wide of off-stump, Carey gets the reverse sweep off the meaty portion of the bat and gets it in the gap wide of backward point
5.3
4
Jonathan Cook to Weatherald, FOUR, fuller and wider of off, Weatherald nails the straight drive past Carey and no-one's stopping that. Timed sweetly and raced away in a jiffy
5.2
4
Jonathan Cook to Weatherald, FOUR, makes room and crunches the floaty delivery through covers. Sat up nicely outside off and Weatherald pierced the gap between extra cover and mid-off to perfection
3.4
4
Chris Green to Weatherald, FOUR, three in three for Jake Weatherald! This was flat and just outside off, Weatherald stays leg-side of the delivery and flays it over cover. All three boundaries in the same direction and this should make Weatherald feel better
3.3
4
Chris Green to Weatherald, FOUR, make that two in a row! Nothing wrong with the delivery, quicker and drifting in towards middle and leg, Weatherald jumps back and middles the punch in the gap between backward point and cover
3.2
4
Chris Green to Weatherald, FOUR, hint of width and Weatherald pounces on it. Makes ample room outside off and crashes the cut in the gap wide of cover
2.3
4
Daniel Sams to Weatherald, FOUR, that's a help-me at the ribcage and Weatherald obliges....Short and drifting down leg, Weatherald half-swivels and pulls it past the diving fielder at short fine
1.4
W
Jonathan Cook to Short, out Lbw!! The Thunder are on a roll here. Smart work from Cook who was brave enough to bowl it full and at the stumps, Short could have easily gone for the previous shot but he decides against it and seeks to play a sweep through square leg, misses big time and is plumb in front. Short lbw b Jonathan Cook 7(3) [6s-1]
1.3
6
Jonathan Cook to Short, SIX, launched! Full and in the slot for Short, he gets down on one knee and slams the slog high and mighty over wide long-on
0.5
W
Daniel Sams to Philip Salt, out Caught by Arjun Nair!! Poor start for Salt and in fairness he never got going. Looked to take on the short ball but gets a fat top-edge on the pull which has been snaffled by a swirling Nair at short fine. It was quick and rushed onto Salt who was late on the shot. Philip Salt c Arjun Nair b Daniel Sams 0(5)