That's all from our side for the very first ETPL game. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. See you soon.

Faf du Plessis, the Player of the Match: We didn't have much information about the ground. So winning the toss and bowling first - I thought it came onto the bat really nice. We adjusted after that. Restricting under 160 was a great effort from the boys. You don't want three down in the powerplay but I tried to put some pressure back on the bowlers. After that we were running hard - lots of twos and threes on this ground. I love fielding and really pride myself in holding high standards. It's a great opportunity, this league, the start of something great.

Scott Edwards: It was a decent wicket. We were set for 170-180 but kept losing wickets. We knew we had to take early wickets. Under pressure, three down, Faf took the game on and took the game away from us.

6.33pm A comfortable win in the end for Dockers in the inaugural ETPL game. They restricted Flames to a below-par 157 but then lost three quick wickets. Du Plessis chose to counterattack and it paid off. He finished on 83 not out off 55. In the end, it was just a cruise.

18.1
1
Gleeson to du Plessis, 1 run, short of length outside off and du Plessis pulls it towards mid-on. Wiese didn't want the single but du Plessis was keen and gets home safely to take his side over the line

END OF OVER:
18 | 12 Runs | RTD: 157/5 (1 run required from 12 balls, RR: 8.72, RRR: 0.50)

  • David Wiese27 (17b)
  • Faf du Plessis82 (54b)
  • Curtis Campher2-0-27-0
  • Kyle Klein4-0-34-3
17.6
4
Campher to Wiese, FOUR, Scores are level. Full outside off. Wiese looks to smash it hard but gets an outside edge that beats a desperate dive from deep third
17.5
1
Campher to du Plessis, 1 run, a length ball around off. Gets an inside edge onto the pads and it ricochets towards covers
17.4
1
Campher to Wiese, 1 run, a length ball at the stumps. Flicked behind square leg
17.3
1
Campher to du Plessis, 1 run, full on the stumps. Flicked behind square leg
17.2
4
Campher to du Plessis, FOUR, a length ball outside off. Gives himself a bit of room and punches it through extra cover
17.1
1
Campher to Wiese, 1 run, full on the stumps. Digs it out towards wide long-on

Just 13 needed from three overs. Campher to bowl

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs | RTD: 145/5 (13 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.52, RRR: 4.33)

  • David Wiese21 (14b)
  • Faf du Plessis76 (51b)
  • Kyle Klein4-0-34-3
  • David Payne4-0-29-0
16.6
1
Klein to Wiese, 1 run, a length ball around off. Pushed to mid-off
16.5
2
Klein to Wiese, 2 runs, short and pulled towards deep square leg for a couple
16.4
1
Klein to du Plessis, 1 run, a length ball at the stumps. Flicked past short midwicket
16.3
1
Klein to Wiese, 1 run, hard length at the stumps. Punched to long-off
16.2
1
Klein to du Plessis, 1 run, short of length outside off. Arches back and dabs it behind point
16.1
1
Klein to Wiese, 1 run, short of length at the stumps. Punched down the ground. The bowler gets a hand on it and deflects it towards long-off

Klein into the attack

Dockers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5F du PlessisM Levitt
2nd17F du PlessisBR McDermott
3rd0F du PlessisH Klaasen
4th83F du PlessisBAD Manenti
5th10F du PlessisSaqib Zulfiqar
6th43F du PlessisD Wiese