119/2 (8.1)
CR : 14.57
115/7 (10.0)
CR : 11.50
Brampton Blitz won by 8 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Rishiv Ragav Joshi
2/17
Over 9
Brampton Blitz 119/2
Will Smeed71(26)
David Wiese4(4)
Jordan Thompson0-17(1.1)
BBZ won by 8 wickets
BBZ won by 8 wickets
9:50 AM IST and 9:20 PM Local Time: Phew!!! What a dominant show by the Brampton Blitz. They just never allowed the White Rock Warriors to get in the game! Rishiv Joshi set the tone up front by dismissing Shikhar Dhawan for a duck whose miserable runs continues.
Chris Lynn teed off, in fact hit the first ball of the match for six. However, once he was dismissed for 25 off 10 balls, there was a major collapse. From 29/1 the Warriors stumbled to 37/5 and just played catch up from there on!
David Malan, Joe Clarke and the hero from yesterday Aaron Jones couldn't add anything substantial. 100 was looking a farfetched thought at one point.
However, a blazing innings from Jordan Thompson brought some respect back into the total and his 58 off 20 got the Warriors to 115/7. It looked well below par and proved to be eventually.
From the Blitz side all the bowlers chipped in. The new ball bowlers Joshi and Richard Gleeson were brilliant, each giving just 17 in their 2 over spells and picking up crucial wickets!
Will Smeed and Martin Guptill made a mockery of chase as they just smashed and slammed their way towards the target. Unfortunately for the bowling side with the target so less, even one six in the over was enough for the batters to stay with the run rate.
Guptill scored a very impressive 35 off 18. However, the real star of the show was Will Smeed who just didn't show any mercy. Smashed a 17 ball 50 before ending not out on 71 off just 26 deliveries. He killed any hopes that the Warriors would have had.
The Warriors did get a couple of back-to-back wickets in the end, but it was too little too late and Smeed's knock had wounded them deeply! They will look to bounce back tomorrow! Blitz pretty much is guaranteed a semifinals spot with now two back-to-back wins!
Chris Lynn teed off, in fact hit the first ball of the match for six. However, once he was dismissed for 25 off 10 balls, there was a major collapse. From 29/1 the Warriors stumbled to 37/5 and just played catch up from there on!
David Malan, Joe Clarke and the hero from yesterday Aaron Jones couldn't add anything substantial. 100 was looking a farfetched thought at one point.
However, a blazing innings from Jordan Thompson brought some respect back into the total and his 58 off 20 got the Warriors to 115/7. It looked well below par and proved to be eventually.
From the Blitz side all the bowlers chipped in. The new ball bowlers Joshi and Richard Gleeson were brilliant, each giving just 17 in their 2 over spells and picking up crucial wickets!
Will Smeed and Martin Guptill made a mockery of chase as they just smashed and slammed their way towards the target. Unfortunately for the bowling side with the target so less, even one six in the over was enough for the batters to stay with the run rate.
Guptill scored a very impressive 35 off 18. However, the real star of the show was Will Smeed who just didn't show any mercy. Smashed a 17 ball 50 before ending not out on 71 off just 26 deliveries. He killed any hopes that the Warriors would have had.
The Warriors did get a couple of back-to-back wickets in the end, but it was too little too late and Smeed's knock had wounded them deeply! They will look to bounce back tomorrow! Blitz pretty much is guaranteed a semifinals spot with now two back-to-back wins!
Time for post-match presentations...
Player of the Match: Rishiv Joshi
Rishiv Joshi (POTM): "It’s been an amazing feeling, especially with my parents here. The experience has been fantastic and so much fun. I just want to keep going!"
Chris Lynn (White Rock Warriors Captain): "Look, I don't think we adapted to the wicket. We saw a few games today and knew that they weren't high scoring. We should have learnt better from that.
The wicket was sticky, and the ball was just holding up that little bit more making it difficult to freely stroke the ball. However, we too were way off our execution so no point blaming the conditions.
I don't know about positives but there are plenty of learnings for us that we will see tonight and grab the opportunity we have tomorrow!"
The wicket was sticky, and the ball was just holding up that little bit more making it difficult to freely stroke the ball. However, we too were way off our execution so no point blaming the conditions.
I don't know about positives but there are plenty of learnings for us that we will see tonight and grab the opportunity we have tomorrow!"
David Wiese (Brampton Blitz Captain): "Yeah, nicely get over the line. Happy we got some early wickets that really helps us. Smeed played a great knock along with Guptill. It’s another big game and we want to keep going, every game is important for us."
We saw 200 breached yesterday and today the teams were struggling to get past 120! The conditions have changed for sure and as Chris Lynn said it has all gotten pretty sticky out there. Brampton Blitz read the conditions better and they have earned the two points! Big win for them as we move to the last league stage day of the tournament!
Well, that's it from us for this match and hope you guys enjoyed! This is Manan Mehta, your buddy signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Saipavan Janaki and our scorer/analyst Raju Khariya. See ya soon!!!!