Meredith to Sonny Baker, out Bowled!! Fittingly Meredith has the final wicket. A roaring yorker on middle-stump, Sonny Baker fails to dig it out and the stump takes a pounding. At the base of the stump too. The Fire win by 25. Sonny Baker b Meredith 1(3)
Meredith to Sonny Baker, no run, so close to off-stump. Pacy short of length delivery on off, Sonny Baker doesn't get in line, tries to drive and it flies over the outside-edge and not far from off-stump
Meredith to Buttler, no run, another pacy nipbacker from Meredith, hurries Buttler on the flick, misses, sliding down leg and the stifled appeal dies down quickly
Meredith to Buttler, wide, full and down leg, Buttler flicks and misses, wide called as the ball flies to Bairstow
Meredith to Klaasen, 1 run, short of length on middle and leg, Klaasen nudges a single to deep backward square-leg
Meredith to Klaasen, no run, short of length and hurries Klaasen on the body, he tries to flick and misses, hit on the thigh pad
Meredith to Klaasen, no run, short at Klaasen and he gets into an awkward position, just swats it down without any timing, finds mid-wicket
Meredith to Buttler, 1 run, short of length on the body, Buttler goes on the back foot and nudges it to the square-leg area for one
Meredith to Chapman, out Caught by Kohler-Cadmore!! Meredith on fire and the outside-edge was waiting to happen with the way Chapman was playing. A length delivery in the corridor of uncertainty, Chapman flashes the cut and it's a thick outside-edge that flies straight to 1st slip. TKC reverse-cups with ease. What a 10 balls from Meredith, he has destroyed the top order with three wickets. Chapman c Kohler-Cadmore b Meredith 0(5)
Meredith to Chapman, no run, two slips wait. A corker from Meredith, beats Chapman all ends up, a lifting back of a length delivery outside off, snaking away, Chapman spars at it and is lucky not to edge it
Meredith to Chapman, no run, beaten again. A zippy short of length delivery outside off, angling away from the left-hander, Chapman tries to punch and misses. Hang on - UltraEdge has picked up a feather on this. No-one appealed
Meredith to Chapman, no run, beaten. On a good length outside off, Chapman sees the width and tries to cut, misses
Meredith to Chapman, no run, wow some serious heat this from Meredith. Short and rising at Chapman who drops his hands and lets it go, played that well
Meredith to McKinney, out Caught by Smith!! Meredith has two in his first set. Another pacy short delivery at McKinney who is in no position to pull, tries to do it off the front foot, splices it straight up and it's a skier to mid-on. Smith settles under it and takes it comfortably. The extra pace of Meredith doing the trick. McKinney c Smith b Meredith 10(10) [4s-1]
Meredith to Buttler, 1 run, good length and on leg-stump, Buttler glances it to fine-leg
Meredith to Phil Salt, out Caught by Chris Green!! Fantastic running catch from Green. The dive forward to complete it at the end was sensational. A short delivery at Phil Salt who is hurried and he jabs it away, in the air and it looks to be landing safe, till Green from deep backward square-leg runs in and then puts in the dive to take it two-handed. Clean even when the elbows hit the ground. Phil Salt c Chris Green b Meredith 3(4)
Meredith to McKinney, 3 runs, full outside off, McKinney shuffles across and shovels it over mid-on, another chase for Smith and this time they take three
Meredith to McKinney, 2 runs, short of length outside off, McKinney comes on the front foot and pulls over mid-on, the ball plugs in the outfield and Smith keeps it to two