END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs | SRL-M: 166/7 (21 runs required, RR: 8.30)

  • Tom Lawes11 (6b)
  • Ryan Rickelton54 (34b)
  • Liam Dawson1.5-0-13-1
  • Liam Dawson1.5-0-13-1

9.07pm So, that's a wrap from Eliminator Day at The Oval. It should be a compelling pair of finals on Sunday, almost as compelling as the Camel's impending title showdown with Regents! From Miller, Harshith and the team, good night!

Jos Buttler: "So many players stood up, Paul Walter was the backbone of the innings, our Achilles heel at the start of the tournament was our catching, but we took some good one. We got them as far behind the rate as we could, then Daws came in and bowled two perfect yorkers."

On Tongue: "He's obviously got high pace with a really good slower ball. So if you can bowl 90 mile an hour, and then with a quite good disguise, drop your pace down, that's very effective. He creates really good angles. I think awkward angles as a batter, from over the perpendicular a little bit. So with that angle in, and good lengths, he's a wicket-taking bowler in all formats."

8.56pm Well, MSG pumped SRL by ten wickets last week, and this is barely less emphatic. It was getting tight for a while, when Harry Brook was in the mood, but the lack of a review for his lbw scuppered their hopes of hunting down a stiff target. Josh Tongue was simply immense with the ball, his four wickets were yet more proof of his wicket-hounding abilities. Ryan Rickelton hung around, but curiously faced just 34 balls out of 100... could he have managed the back-end better?

Either way, it will be MSG versus Trent Rockets in the final, while Sunrisers will at least have the women's final to look forward to.

Tongue is the Meerkat Match Hero: "Very happy... it's tough, a good pitch at the Oval, travels quick, but hit the top of the stumps and we got the wickets. Nice knowing that we were in the final towards the back end, but we've got to reset." A better bowler than talker... but that'll do!

19.5
1
Dawson to Lawes, 1 run, thumped to the leg-side, just short of mid-off. Dawson does the needful, Manchester Super Giants are headed to Lord's!
19.4
0
Dawson to Lawes, no run, more air this time, dipping and spinning past a big whack
19.3
0
Dawson to Lawes, no run, full toss, thumped back to the bowler who drops the catch, but it was a good intercept! Dot will do
19.2
6
Dawson to Lawes, SIX, a six! A whole six! Pounded high and handsome over long-off!

Sunrisers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st10MR MarshRD Rickelton
2nd7RD RickeltonZ Crawley
3rd81RD RickeltonHC Brook
4th5RD RickeltonDW Lawrence
5th4RD RickeltonML Revis
6th26RD RickeltonLA Patterson-White
7th21BA CarseRD Rickelton
8th12RD RickeltonTE Lawes