- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.3 what a tame ending. O'Brien looks to hit the ball down the ground, doesn't hit it cleanly and heads perfectly towards mid-off. Ford goes down on both knees and completes the catch. 104/33.2 Bowled him! Manley gets the ball to come back off the pitch, Tector looks to drive the ball but misses, Middle stump goes flying out of the ground and Tector has to go! 13/14.2 the Reds get another and this time it's the big wicket of Balbirnie! Good length ball comes up nicely off the pitch, takes the outside edge of the bat and its pounched by the keeper. 19/224.2 Tucker hits the ball down the ground, can't get much elevation on the shot and the fielder takes the catch at mid-on. 148/445.1 it's been a long time since we have seen anything of Manley, his first ball is a full toss. Dockrell hits the ball towards mid-wicket and picks out Commins perfectly in the deep. 257/827.3 Simi looks to play the ball into the legside, misses and is bowled by Delany. Simi plays the shot again as he walks off. 163/537 Grassi looks to whip the ball toward cow corner, it goes high in the air which gives Lynch time to run over from mid-on and catch the ball. 200/641.2 McCarthy hits the ball down the ground, Kane runs in off the rope from long-on. Dives forward to take the catch and then throws the ball up in the air in celebration. 220/748.3 Little leans back in the crease and pulls the ball. It goes high into the sky, Carty is on the square leg boundary and has time to settle under the ball before taing the catch. Lightning are all out! 271/1046.1 Kane Strikes! Chase is stuck back in the crease, looks to defend forward but is beat for pace. Looks back to see the off-stump knocked back and the bails down on the ground. 261/9Extras17 (lb 7, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL271 all out (48.3 Overs, RR: 5.58)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Jack Tector, 3.2 ov), 2-19 (Andy Balbirnie, 4.2 ov), 3-104 (Kevin O'Brien, 15.3 ov), 4-148 (Lorcan Tucker, 24.2 ov), 5-163 (Simi Singh, 27.3 ov), 6-200 (Jamie Grassi, 36.6 ov), 7-220 (Barry McCarthy, 41.2 ov), 8-257 (George Dockrell, 45.1 ov), 9-261 (Peter Chase, 46.1 ov), 10-271 (Josh Little, 48.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3 McCarthy gets his revenge! Moor was on the front foot looking to defend, takes the outside edge. Tucker flies to his right and takes the catch in front of first slip 29/14.5 looks to hit the ball down the ground, it goes high in the air. O'Brien is there at mid-on to take the catch. 42/237.3 Commins is back deep in the crease and looks to defend, is hit on the pads and looks plumb. The finger goes up and Little screams in delight. 161/85.2 Kane's innings doesn't last long today. It's a short ball and Kane pulls it down towards long leg, McCarthy is stationed down there and he doesn't have to move as the ball picks him out. 42/310.5 McCarthy digs the ball in short, Ford looks to fend it off but can only get an edge through to the keeper. 58/411 and he doesn't last long! Ford looks to get on the front foot, McCarthy gets the ball to swing back in and the off-stump goes flying. McCarthy wheels off in celebration as Ford trudges back to the pavilion. 58/520.1 Lynch comes down the pitch and looks to hit the ball down the ground. Doesn't hit it as cleanly as his other sixes, O'Brien ambles in from the long-off boundary to take the catch 94/629.1 Carty is strangled down the legside. It was short and he looked to pull the ball, gets a small edge down the legside and Tucker takes the catch. Carty doesn't move and the Umpire has to put the finger up to give him out 123/742.3 Hand's innings comes to an end, he pulls the ball towards mid-wicket again. He doesn't hit it as cleanly this time and Little runs back from mid-on to complete the catch. The Lightning win! 178/1040.5 Wow, what a catch from Dockrell! It's a thick edge that flies in the air towards short third man, Dockrell flies two handed to his right and plucks the ball out of the air. World-class fielding and McCarthy gets his five for. 169/9Extras15 (lb 9, w 6)TOTAL178 all out (42.3 Overs, RR: 4.18)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Peter Moor, 2.6 ov), 2-42 (Gareth Delany, 4.5 ov), 3-42 (Tyrone Kane, 5.2 ov), 4-58 (Matt Ford, 10.5 ov), 5-58 (Greg Ford, 10.6 ov), 6-94 (Seamus Lynch, 20.1 ov), 7-123 (Jack Carty, 29.1 ov), 8-161 (Murray Commins, 37.3 ov), 9-169 (Amish Sidhu, 40.5 ov), 10-178 (Fionn Hand, 42.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB BJ McCarthy 9.3 0 39 6 4.1 1 0 JB Little 9 2 37 1 4.11 1 0 PKD Chase 8 1 23 1 2.87 1 0 Simi Singh 6 0 31 1 5.16 1 0 DJ O'Halloran 6 1 19 1 3.16 2 0 GH Dockrell 4 0 20 0 5 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Munster Reds , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
22 May 2021 (50-over match)
List A debut
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Leinster Lightning 5, Munster Reds 0
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