Match Details
Chasing 149, the Canterbury Kings started the inning with Chad Bowes and Ken McClure. They lost the early wicket of McClure at the score of 10 on board. Carter Joined Bowes and
they did good work in the middle and built up a partnership of 35 runs in the 5.5 overs for the second wicket
before Carter departed at 23 runs off 22 balls followed by Bowes's wicket at 24
runs on his name. Kings scored 39 runs and loss of one wicket in the
powerplay.
Fletcher and Foulkes did a great job in the middle and put up a partnership of 74 runs for 5th wicket. Foulkes went off when the scores are level at 32 off 26 balls while Fletcher completed his half-century and stayed unbeaten at 55* off 38 balls and took his team towards victory with a spare of 1 ball.
Snedden was the pick
of the bowler for Firebirds,
gave away 22 runs in his 4 overs, and scalped 2 wickets while Smith and Ravindra
took 1-1 wickets each.
Earlier in the day, Canterbury Kings won
the toss and decided to bowl first. The Firebirds openers Devan
Vishvaka and his co-partner Nick Kelly failed to give a good start for the Firebirds as they lost 3 wickets
in 3 overs. But Tom Blundell and Smith built up a partnership of 56 runs in the middle for the fifth wicket before smith departed at 27 off 19 balls with the
help of 3 fours.
Blundell struggled initially but once he settled in the middle he accelerated his innings and completed his fifty and was dismissed at 70 off 49 balls with the help of 7 fours and a six. Afterward, the lower middle order and lower order failed to put in runs for his team and they are bundled out at 148 in 19.2 overs.
Canterbury Kings bowlers
did a good job. They scalped 3 wickets in just 3 overs. Williams was the pick of
the bowlers for Kings as he
scalped three wickets in his 4-over spell. Foulkes and McKenzie celebrated with
2-2 wickets each.
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