and that's it! Pretorius goes short again and Ford pulls the ball towards wide lon leg. It splits the two fielders in the deep perfectly and the Reds win!
Knights vs Reds, 2nd Match at Belfast, INTER PRO, May 05 2022 - Match Result
Reds won by 3 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
For the second season in a row, the men from Munster come up to Stormont and end up taking the points home with them.
At 120 for five, the Reds could have crumbled, but Gareth Delany and Matt Ford came together to steady the innings, and then started to attack. Delany fell when he was looking good, but Ford batted on and on 71*
You'll not be surprised to know that Matt Ford has just been announced as player of the match.
The Knights bowlers couldn't build on those early wickets, although it did seem strange that after taking his third wicket, that Pretorius was taken off and not seen again until the 48th and last over.
Dropped chances will haunt them too, a story of what might have been I guess....
The Reds join the Lightning at the top of the table, which is great as next Tuesday, they play against each other down in Dublin, I'm sure that's a game your not going to want to miss
Thanks for following along with my commentary today, I hope you'll join me next Tuesday, this is Justin Smyth signing off from Stormont. Good night!
goes for the short ball, Ford swivels on the back foot and pulls the ball wide of the fielder at long leg
Ford advances down the track to change the angle, Ross Adair dives to his left to stop the ball
Ford gets to the pitch of the ball and hammers it to the extra cover boundary
clipped into the legside
too far outside off-stump, Hand did have a swipe with the ball but couldn't get across to it
make that 14 of 17 balls as hand defends the delivery into the legside
Pretorius is finally brought back into the attack. Reds need 14 off 18 balls
looks to play the ball down to third, can''t beat the fielder in the ring
cuts the ball out to deep point
Full toss from Adair, Hand walks across the stumps and this time connects with the ramp. Over the keeper and runs down to the fine leg boundary. Hit's the rope and almost bounces up into a spectators face!
Adair goes short and Hand pulls him high over the legside boundary, it went a mile in the air, over the top of us and thumped into the roof of the Pavilion.
Hand looks to scoop the ball over the keeper, misses but gets the wide anyway.
leans back in the crease and can't get the pull shot past mid-wicket
misses with the pull shot, goes through to the keeper
clips the ball into the legside, Hand keeps the strike.
on the front foot, defends back down the pitch
blocked towards point, Stirling is across quickly from point to stop the run
clips the pad and goes down the legside, keeper can't get across in time
lovely delivery, spins away from Hand and goes through to the keeper
waits for the ball to spin, plays the late dab and can't get it past short third
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast | |
Toss | Munster Reds, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 5 May 2022 - day (50-over match) |
List A debut | |
Umpires | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Munster Reds 4, Northern Knights 0 |