27/08Result
2nd Match, European T20 Premier League at The Hague, Aug 27 2026
Wolves won by 52 runs
Player of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn MaxwellBelfast Wolves
27/08Result
2nd Match, European T20 Premier League at The Hague, Aug 27 2026
Wolves won by 52 runs
Player of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn MaxwellBelfast Wolves

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs | DBG: 132/9 (53 runs required, RR: 6.60)

  • Matt Hollard17 (12b)
  • Chris Wood25 (22b)
  • Saurabh Netravalkar4-0-24-1
  • Chris Jordan4-0-30-1

3.40pm That's all we have for this game then, the second of the ETPL. There's some Test cricket going on too, after the draw in Colombo. England are four down at lunch at Lord's. And if you're tuning in from India, you can watch some highlights of the ETPL here. That's all we have from this one, it's goodbye from me, Vishal Dikshit, and Abhijato. Ciao!

Maxwell is the Player of the Match: Couldn't be any better, really proud of the work we did in the build up to get things started. We were really good with the ball and adapted well with the bat. We probably lost one or two wickets too many at the start, so had to bat a little differently and took it slightly easy against the spinners and went for it in the back end. Chapman is such a great timer of the ball and he showed that today. Adair is outstanding, he's one of our initial signings. Certainly one of those guys we were very happy to get early and it's showing. I was a little bit nervous with the rain at the start but good to get the game in.

3.28pm So Maxwell gets first points with an opening win and leaves Dublin Guardians with lots to think about for Ashwin, Dravid and Vikram Rathour. Guardians never got going in the chase as the Wolves fast bowlers bowled with the perfect lengths on this pitch, even though the sun had come out after rain delayed the start of the game. The short of length deliveries troubled the Guardians' top six, left them reeling on 36 for 6 and the match was pretty much over then. Credit to them for not getting bowled out though, as Dockrell, Ashwin, Wood and Hollard showed it wasn't that bad to bat on.

Here's R Ashwin: I thought there were pockets of good cricket we played, not the ideal start with the bat in the powerplay. A lot of guys are excited so we'll look to get that feeling going. About 170-175 was par so we gave some extra. 175 was definitely chaseable as you saw the conditions changed. If we had a better powerplay we would have been better placed. Dockrell is extremely experienced and he was a bit unlucky too.

19.6
1
Netravalkar to Hollard, 1 run, bunted down the ground to long off for one and Belfast Wolves win their first game by 52 runs
19.5
6
Netravalkar to Hollard, SIX, Hollard into the act! Gets one in the arc and swings his bat nicely for a big one over the deep midwicket fielder. That woke me up
19.4
1
Netravalkar to Wood, 1 run, the yorker goes wrong down the leg side and the keeper misfields for a bye too
19.3
1lb
Netravalkar to Hollard, 1 leg bye, delivers this one at 106kmh into the pads, beaten by the lack of pace but they sneak in a leg bye
19.2
1
Netravalkar to Wood, 1 run, stays back and steers it square for one to deep point
19.1
0
Netravalkar to Wood, no run, swings big down the ground but gets an edge that hardly goes anywhere

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs | DBG: 122/9 (63 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.42, RRR: 63.00)

  • Chris Wood23 (19b)
  • Matt Hollard10 (9b)
  • Chris Jordan4-0-30-1
  • Fred Klaassen4-0-26-2

It's nice and sunny for the next game, by the way

18.6
1
Jordan to Wood, 1 run, 139.8kmh, run out chance at the non-striker's end, Stirling has a shy but misses! Driven to cover, they sprint across even though the run isn't there and Wood was nowhere in the picture had Stirling struck
18.5
1
Jordan to Hollard, 1 run, 138.2kmh pace on for the attempted yorker, bunts it down to long-on for another single
18.4
1
Jordan to Wood, 1 run, aims for the stumps again, but a low full toss and clipped to leg for one more
18.3
0
Jordan to Wood, no run, slightly wide yorker now and he works it away square to point
18.2
0
Jordan to Wood, no run, excellent yorker and as Wood backs away, that goes through between the stumps and the batter!
18.1
1
Jordan to Hollard, 1 run, starts in the block hole, Hollard gets a thick inside edge to leg

I hope we either see a wicket or some boundaries now. Jordan's last over now

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs | DBG: 118/9 (67 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.55, RRR: 33.50)

  • Matt Hollard8 (7b)
  • Chris Wood21 (15b)
  • Fred Klaassen4-0-26-2
  • Mark Adair4-0-26-2
17.6
1
Klaassen to Hollard, 1 run, 118.8kmh, another slower ball, steered past point and he keeps strike with a single
17.5
0
Klaassen to Hollard, no run, grunts for the slower ball outside off, Hollard swings and misses
17.4
1lb
Klaassen to Wood, 1 leg bye, he wants to put it away to leg with the angle, but only gets a leg bye to off
17.3
1
Klaassen to Hollard, 1 run, another single down to long on off the pull
17.2
4
Klaassen to Hollard, FOUR, Hollard says he can get a boundary too, so what if it's off the edge? He was nearly bowled there after missing the slower ball, but the inside edge that went behind him not far from the stumps gets him four instead
17.1
1
Klaassen to Wood, 1 run, starts with a short ball that's pulled behind square for one

Can they get the last wicket or will Guardians get a little more NRR boost?

END OF OVER:
17 | 12 Runs | DBG: 110/9 (75 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.47, RRR: 25.00)

  • Chris Wood20 (13b)
  • Matt Hollard2 (3b)
  • Mark Adair4-0-26-2
  • Saurabh Netravalkar3-0-15-1
16.6
1
Adair to Wood, 1 run, pulls the short ball to deep midwicket for one and keeps strike
16.5
2
Adair to Wood, 2 runs, oh, hello there! He's in position early for the scoop, Adair sends down a really slow ball, Wood can go for a walk around Voorburg and then come back and ends up scooping it like a reverse shot for two behind the slips region
16.4
4
Adair to Wood, FOUR, oh, make that two in two! Too full this time after the short ball and Wood lofts that almost over the umpire, and beats the fielders in the deep
16.3
4
Adair to Wood, FOUR, too short, too slow and he dispatches that square of the wicket with a confident pull for a well-timed four. Takes them past 100

Shadow-Shell: "Assuming next match won't start in 5 minutes" Looks like there's a delay

16.2
0
Adair to Wood, no run, mixes it up with a bouncer, Wood ducks under it

Guardians 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0HT TectorMuhammad Waseem
2nd13Muhammad WaseemSP Krishnamurthi
3rd14DJ MitchellSP Krishnamurthi
4th2DJ MitchellV Shankar
5th7V ShankarBF Calitz
6th0GH DockrellBF Calitz
7th36R AshwinGH Dockrell
8th22CP WoodGH Dockrell
9th1CP WoodJB Little
10th37CP WoodMK Hollard