Knights vs Punters Played at NRLM Oval Current Conditions Ball : The ball is nice and new. Pitch : A fairly good batting pitch with a few cracks. Bounce : High bounce. Just what the fast bowlers want. Outfield : Fast outfield. Weather : Cloudy. Knights won the toss and elected to bat. Knights 1st Innings Starting bowlers are Faithful & Man.
Code: Knights 1st Innings CJ Downes lbw b Man 11 23 1 0 JJ Jones ct Gemmell b Faithful 0 6 0 0 HBK Teja lbw b Faithful 61 132 5 1 V Noir ct Man b Faithful 15 17 1 1 B Desh ct Read J b Faithful 0 3 0 0 C Kovas b Eightyfour 58 123 6 0 CJ Smith run out 52 100 5 1 SK Afridite ct Read J b Faithful 17 32 1 0 JJ Ritchie not out 9 25 0 0 JT Whicker ct Read J b Hallett 1 7 0 0 DW Thompson ct Gemmell b Hallett 0 1 0 0 Extras (byes 4 leg byes 8 no balls 8 wides 1) 21 Total (10 Wkts 76.5 Overs) 245 Fall of Wkts 8 27 53 53 147 169 210 244 245 245 Faithful 27 4 69 5 4 0 Man 14 2 45 1 2 1 Eightyfour 13 1 36 1 2 0 Hallett 12.5 0 53 2 0 0 Hall 7 0 21 0 0 0 Gemmell 3 0 9 0 0 0
Code: Punters 1st Innings XX Meister ct Afridite b Kovas 70 177 5 1 B Dover ct Afridite b Whicker 25 39 3 0 J Read ct Smith b Thompson 65 139 7 0 AJ O'Driscoll ct Smith b Ritchie 38 58 4 0 BR Hall b Whicker 23 46 2 0 SB Slippy ct Downes b Ritchie 0 4 0 0 JM Eightyfour not out 25 72 1 1 M Faithful ct Thompson b Kovas 41 57 5 2 RE Hallett ct Whicker b Ritchie 4 19 0 0 C Man b Ritchie 4 7 0 0 AP Gemmell lbw b Ritchie 4 3 1 0 Extras (byes 0 leg byes 22 no balls 5 wides 0) 27 Total (10 Wkts 102.4 Overs) 326 Fall of Wkts 38 180 186 239 240 241 308 318 322 326 Whicker 24 6 78 2 2 0 Smith 23 3 62 0 3 0 Thompson 12 3 28 1 0 0 Ritchie 24.4 6 64 5 0 0 Kovas 19 1 72 2 0 0 Punters lead by 81 runs on first innings.
Code: Knights 2nd Innings CJ Downes ct Man b Hall 80 155 8 1 JJ Jones ct & b Man 10 13 2 0 HBK Teja b Hall 72 149 8 0 V Noir lbw b Faithful 37 79 2 0 B Desh ct Read J b Hall 11 24 1 0 C Kovas ct O'Driscoll b Hallett 5 22 0 0 CJ Smith not out 51 71 6 1 SK Afridite ct Read J b Faithful 0 2 0 0 JJ Ritchie ct Read J b Man 0 5 0 0 JT Whicker b Hallett 0 8 0 0 DW Thompson ct Slippy b Hallett 0 2 0 0 Extras (byes 10 leg byes 12 no balls 8 wides 3) 33 Total (10 Wkts 87.0 Overs) 299 Fall of Wkts 23 179 184 205 224 273 273 288 299 299 Faithful 21 1 73 2 4 2 Man 15 5 45 2 1 0 Eightyfour 7 0 38 0 1 1 Hallett 22 3 65 3 0 0 Hall 15 3 34 3 1 0 Gemmell 7 0 22 0 1 0
Code: Punters 2nd Innings XX Meister ct Downes b Smith 26 86 2 0 B Dover lbw b Smith 1 8 0 0 J Read lbw b Smith 11 29 1 0 AJ O'Driscoll b Smith 3 5 0 0 BR Hall lbw b Ritchie 26 56 2 1 SB Slippy not out 65 120 6 1 JM Eightyfour lbw b Whicker 1 4 0 0 M Faithful lbw b Whicker 62 80 9 0 RE Hallett not out 3 1 0 0 C Man AP Gemmell Extras (byes 0 leg byes 12 no balls 6 wides 3) 21 Total (7 Wkts 63.5 Overs) 219 Fall of Wkts 4 30 33 65 98 100 209 Whicker 15.5 3 49 2 4 2 Smith 22 4 60 4 2 1 Thompson 5 1 14 0 0 0 Ritchie 14 2 47 1 0 0 Kovas 7 0 37 0 0 0 Punters won by 3 wkts. Everyone dropping 1000 catches off Smith's bowling in the second innings proved the difference.