- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 great one-handed take by Salt! Smith has no interest in being a sitting duck, so charges down and looks to swipe leg-side. But there's steep bounce on offer from just short of a length, and the ball skews off the shoulder of Smith's bat and through to Salt, who snaffles it with his right hand 2/20.3 takes the outside edge this time! Or has he? McKinney thinks not, so has reviewed. He used his feet and was very leg-side of the ball... small murmur on UltraEdge, back-to-back ducks for McKinney! 1/19.4 charges down once more, and gets a steepling top edge on a back-of-a-length ball. Salt runs around towards square leg to gobble it up, and Chaudhary's struggle is over 45/316.1 straight down deep square leg's throat! The timeout works its magic. Back of a length, swivel-pulls on one leg, and picks Ferguson out on the rope. Stoinis slams his bat into his pad on his way off in frustration 88/612.3 thuds into the top of leg stump! Big celebration from Salt behind the stumps. Fullish, a touch quicker, and sneaks under the toe of the bat as Stubbs looked to heave leg-side 61/412.4 has a huge swipe at his first ball, and Root settles under it at short midwicket! Oh Mo... 61/519.2 picks out Ferguson at deep square leg! Full again, on with the angle, but it's a loooong square boundary and Miller doesn't quite get enough on it to clear the man on the rope 108/719.4 picks out Jansen at long-on. Fullish on the pads, Archer looks to heave leg-side again but doesn't get much on it, and Jansen runs in off the rope to pouch it 114/8Extras5 (lb 3, w 2)TOTAL115/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.75 per 6 ball)Did not bat: AU RashidFall of wickets: 1-1 (Ben McKinney, 0.3 ov), 2-2 (Jamie Smith, 1.2 ov), 3-45 (Nikhil Chaudhary, 9.4 ov), 4-61 (Tristan Stubbs, 12.3 ov), 5-61 (Moeen Ali, 12.4 ov), 6-88 (Marcus Stoinis, 16.1 ov), 7-108 (David Miller, 19.2 ov), 8-114 (Jofra Archer, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CR Woakes 4 0 15 1 3.75 11 2 0 0 0 SJ Cook 4 1 14 3 3.5 13 2 0 0 0 M Jansen 4 0 16 0 4 10 1 0 2 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 27 0 6.75 10 3 1 0 0 R Ravindra 3 0 27 2 9 5 3 1 0 0 MW Short 1 0 13 2 13 2 0 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 plinked to mid-off! Salt looks to smack Archer back over his head, but gets a leading edge which settles in Jordan's hands. Archer beams from ear to ear, and Salt mutters a few words of frustration on his way off... 4/19.4 top edge flies down to third man! Root attempts to swivel on the pull but gets into an awkward spot, and McKinney gets around to his left to hold onto the steepler 60/210.2 picks out Archer at wide long-on! The pause works for the bowling team once again. Ravindra gets down to slog-sweep the legbreak, but gets it straighter than intended, and Archer takes an excellent catch in the deep 61/312.4 miscued to mid-off! Cox has tried to hit three balls in a row off a good length back over Archer's head, with mid-off and mid-on up in the ring. He missed one, chipped the second for two, and now slices the third to Jordan, running back over his right shoulder 70/4Extras6 (lb 5, nb 1)TOTAL116/4 (19 Overs, RR: 6.1 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Phil Salt, 1.1 ov), 2-60 (Joe Root, 9.4 ov), 3-61 (Rachin Ravindra, 10.2 ov), 4-70 (Jordan Cox, 12.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB L Wood 3 0 22 0 7.33 6 4 0 0 1 JC Archer 4 1 19 2 4.75 12 1 1 0 0 MP Stoinis 4 0 30 0 7.5 6 5 0 0 0 CJ Jordan 4 0 17 1 4.25 10 2 0 0 0 AU Rashid 4 0 23 1 5.75 2 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Welsh Fire (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
03 August 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Welsh Fire (Men) 4, Southern Brave (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 20 runs, 2 wickets)
- Balls 3: Review by Southern Brave (Men) (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - T Lungley, Batter - BS McKinney (Struck down)
- Southern Brave (Men): 50 runs in 53 balls, Extras 1
- MP Stoinis: 50 off 35 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Southern Brave (Men) - 88/5 in 80 balls (MP Stoinis 55, DA Miller 4)
- Southern Brave (Men): 100 runs in 94 balls, Extras 5
- Innings Break: Southern Brave (Men) - 115/8 in 100 balls (CJ Jordan 3, L Wood 1)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 1 wicket)
- Welsh Fire (Men): 50 runs in 38 balls, Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (MW Short 36, JE Root 12, Ex 2)
- MW Short: 50 off 37 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Welsh Fire (Men): 100 runs in 87 balls, Extras 4
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Balls 95 - 100 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Crowd Attendance: 10,052
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