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Ben Duckett held the chase together — Trent Rockets found four runs

Trent Rockets needed 160. They reached 160 for 6 with two balls left. Ben Duckett’s 75 from 47 balls was the innings that kept the chase intact. Duckett hit eight fours and two sixes. Tom Banton made 22 from 14, Sam Billings 22 from 10 and Craig Overton 20 from six. Those short, fast contributions mattered, but Duckett’s 75 gave them a score around which to build the chase. London Spirit made 159…

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Jos Buttler’s 90 set up an 87-run statement

Manchester Super Giants made 187 for 5. Birmingham Phoenix were bowled out for 100. The 87-run margin began with Jos Buttler’s 90 from 50 balls. Buttler supplied almost half the Super Giants total, with eight fours and five sixes. Tom Moores added 39 from 17, Heinrich Klaasen 20 from 11 and Leus du Plooy 13 from eight. The innings had one central score and enough rapid support to push it to…

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The 81 that changed India’s night in Harare

India made 192 for 5. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made 81 from 49 balls. In a 35-run win, that was the innings which gave the scorecard its shape. Sooryavanshi struck eight fours and four sixes. Ishan Kishan added 29 from 26, Shreyas Iyer 27 from 18 and Rinku Singh 25 from 14, but no other India batter reached 30. The total relied most heavily on the opening 81, and it ended at 192 because that innings…

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Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma made 219. India’s bowlers made it decisive.

India’s 219 for 5 had two innings at its centre: Ishan Kishan’s 81 from 44 balls and Tilak Varma’s 60 from 29. Together they supplied 141 runs, turning the first T20I total into something Zimbabwe could not approach. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi began with 20 from nine balls, while Shreyas Iyer made 25 from 20. But the scorecard’s real weight sits with Kishan and Tilak. Kishan struck seven fours and five…

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Sunrisers Leeds made 187. Their five-run margin says how close Southern Brave came.

Sunrisers Leeds won by five runs, which makes every major contribution in a 187 for 5 total feel larger. Mitchell Marsh made 69 from 34 balls, Dan Lawrence 51 from 25 and Ryan Rickelton 37 from 27. Those three scores supplied 157 of the innings. Tom Alsop’s 21 from 10 completed a card in which Sunrisers did not need a late rescue; their leading batters had already created the total. Southern…

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Rachin Ravindra’s 98 gave Welsh Fire the gap MI London could not close.

Welsh Fire made 167 for 5. Rachin Ravindra made 98 from 44 balls. The scorecard does not need many more words to identify the innings that set the match apart. Ravindra hit 10 fours and five sixes, supplying almost three-fifths of the Welsh Fire total. Joe Root’s 29 from 26 and Jordan Cox’s 17 from nine were the next highest scores. Welsh Fire had only 14 runs from their first two batters, which…

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Podcast Episode: India did not lose the chase at 360. England won it in 23 balls.

Pip: Lord's, a 388-run target, and a match that looked like India's for about forty overs — JustCricket has been watching closely.Mara: This episode is one match, one collapse, and what actually decided it — the final overs of England's innings and the 23 balls that ended India's chase.Pip: Let's start with how a very good total became an almost unreachable one.India did not lose the chase at…

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Birmingham Phoenix made 214. Trent Rockets made the chase close, not complete.

Ten runs separated the sides, but the scorecard is full of much larger individual innings. Birmingham Phoenix made 214 for 4 from 100 balls. Joe Clarke led with 68 from 33 balls, Will Smeed made 51 from 28 and Rehan Ahmed 48 from 25. Donovan Ferreira then added 22 from nine balls. The first four entries in the Phoenix card supplied 189 runs between them, leaving Trent Rockets with a chase that…

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Tim Seifert’s 67 gave Manchester Super Giants the seven runs London Spirit could not find.

The margin was seven runs. Tim Seifert’s score was 67. Manchester Super Giants made 138 for 9 from their 100 balls, and Seifert’s 67 from 45 balls accounted for almost half of it. Jos Buttler made 16 from 11 and Heinrich Klaasen 17 from 11, but no other Super Giants batter reached double figures. In a total made from one dominant innings and a series of smaller contributions, Seifert’s run count…

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Zimbabwe made 125. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made the chase a 19-ball decision.

India’s chase of 126 was decided by one score that changed the size of the target: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 50 from 19 balls. India finished on 126 for 3 in 13.2 overs, winning by seven wickets. Sooryavanshi’s innings contained four fours and four sixes. Ishan Kishan added 35 from 24, Shreyas Iyer finished unbeaten on 28 from 24, and Tilak Varma was unbeaten on 6 from 5. The chase did not need a…

Zimbabwe made 125. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made the chase a 19-ball decision.

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Welsh Fire did not need a perfect chase. They needed Phil Salt to stay.

Welsh Fire lost four wickets in a chase of 136. Philip Salt was still there at the end. That was the difference. Salt’s unbeaten 47 from 37 balls was not the quickest innings in the scorecard, but it held the reply together. Matthew Short made 20 from 15, Rachin Ravindra 24 from 16 and Asa Tribe finished unbeaten on 11 from 12 as Welsh Fire reached 138 for 4 from 98 balls. Southern Brave’s 135…

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West Indies needed 269. Hetmyer and Rutherford made the chase their own.

West Indies’ chase had two innings inside it. Sherfane Rutherford made 61 from 58 balls; Shimron Hetmyer then finished unbeaten on 69 from 64. Together, they supplied 130 of the 269 runs required to beat New Zealand. The final score was 269 for 8 in 47.3 overs, a two-wicket win. It was not a chase built around one early burst. Ackeem Auguste made 34 from 24 and Justin Greaves 22 from 15, but the…

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From 51 for 3, MI London made 144 feel inevitable.

MI London were 51 for 3 after 44 balls. They needed 93 more to win. Sam Curran and Nicholas Pooran took exactly 40 balls to get them. That fourth-wicket partnership was the match. Curran finished unbeaten on 60 from 39 balls, while Pooran made an unbeaten 58 from 22. Together they added 93, and MI London reached 144 for 3 after 84 balls, with 16 deliveries unused. The beginning of the chase had…

From 51 for 3, MI London made 144 feel inevitable.

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At 81 for 6, West Indies found a match. New Zealand still found a way through it.

The decisive number in Barbados was not 188. It was 81 for 6. West Indies reached that point in the 21st over, with six wickets gone and only 81 on the board. Amir Jangoo and Gudakesh Motie then gave the innings a different shape. Their seventh-wicket stand added 81 in 106 balls, taking the score to 162 before Motie fell for 41 from 56. Jangoo followed for 51 from 73, and West Indies were…

At 81 for 6, West Indies found a match. New Zealand still found a way through it.

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India did not lose the chase at 360. England won it in 23 balls.

India finished on 360. In most ODIs that is the score you write about as a statement chase. At Lord’s, it was 27 short. The match was not decided by a lack of intent from India’s batting. It was decided by the difference between England’s finishing and India’s. England were 324/3 after 46.5 overs; after Harry Brook fell, Joe Root and Jos Buttler added 63 from 19 balls. That was the passage which…

India did not lose the chase at 360. England won it in 23 balls.

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Australia retain the ashes as england pushed further into darkness. Whats the way out ?

Australia retain the ashes as england pushed further into darkness. Whats the way out ?

Congratulations to the Australian cricket team for Winning the 3rd Test match on the 3rd day itself and retaining the Ashes as well.  Before we discuss about this moment, lets back up just a few weeks. Pre-series, there was a lot of discussion going on about the lack of preparation for both teams going into this series due to covid. Although Australia were favorites being the hosts, England fans…

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DC v RR - Just Cricket’s Commentary

DC v RR – Just Cricket’s Commentary

Quick Recap

Steve Smith won the toss and elected to field first. 

This was not a typical Sharjah pitch as it was much drier and was expected to help bowlers a little more than the previous games. 

Jofra Archer started very well with the new ball picking up early wickets and a couple of run outs put the Capitals in trouble. Marcus Stoinis continued his great form in the tournament as he…

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