Auckland beats Wellington by 9 runs by DLS method.
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The 29th Match of the Super Smash 2022-23 was played today between Wellington vs Auckland at Basin Reserve, Wellington. The match result Auckland beats Wellington by 9 runs in the DLS method.
Due to rain, the match was reduced to 18 overs per side instead of 20 overs. Wellington won the toss and invited Auckland to bat first, Auckland batted first, started the inning very poorly, George Worker and Cole Briggs came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 1 run in last ball of the first over, Cole Briggs dismissed without scoring, next batsman William O Donnell came to bat after few moments he also dismissed just for 12 run in 6 balls as second wicket in first ball of the fourth over, the team score was 16 runs, next batsman Robert ODonnell came to bat, after a while the third wicket has also gone for 20 runs in 4.2 over, George Worker dismissed just for 3 runs in 12 balls, followed by Sean Solia came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 57 runs with Robert ODonnell, the fourth wicket has gone for 77 runs in 12.2 over, Sean Solia dismissed after scoring 28 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in just 28 balls, next batsman Ben Horne came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run as fifth wicket in first ball of the 14th over, the team score was 80 runs, next batsman Kyle Jamieson came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 3 runs as sixth wicket in 14.4 over, the team score was 86 runs, next batsman Danru Ferns came to bat, after a while the seventh wicket has also gone for 101 runs in 16.4 over, Robert ODonnell dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 5 boundaires in just 38 balls, followed by Louis Delport came to bat and he dismissed without scoring as eighth wicket in last ball of the 17th over, the team score was 107 runs, next batsman Adithya Ashok came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 9 runs in 4 balls with Danru Ferns, Danru Ferns also remains unbeaten for 10 runs in 7 balls. In this way, Auckland scored 119 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 18 overs and set a target of 120 runs for Wellington.
Wellington bowlers Logan van Beek performed very brilliantly bowling took 4 wickets just for 14 runs, Adam Milne took 2 wickets just for 24 runs, and Nathan Smith and Ollie Newton got 1-1 wicket.
Wellington chasing 120 runs in the second inning the entire team dismissed just for 110 runs in the fourth ball of the final over and lost the match by 9 runs. Wellington also started the inning not very well, Nick Kelly scored 24 runs in 29 balls, Troy Johnson 20 runs in 15 balls, Nathan Smith 18 runs in 18 balls, and Tim Robinson 11 runs in 11 balls, apart from this, Logan van Beek dismissed just for 9 runs in 6 balls, Jakob Bhula 8 runs in 9 balls, Rachin Ravindra 4 runs in 9 balls, Adam Milne 1 run in 3 balls, Tom Blundell and Ollie Newton dismissed without scoring, and Peter Younghusband remains unbeaten for 3 runs in 1 ball. In this way keeps wickets failed one after another and end of the result the entire team was all out just for 110 runs in 17.4 overs and lost the match by 9 runs.
Auckland all bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Louis Delport took 3 wickets just for 21 runs, Adithya Ashok 2 wickets just for 19 runs, Sean Solia 2 wickets just for 8 runs in 1.4 over, Matt Gibson 1 wicket for 20 runs in 3 over, and Kyle Jamieson got 1 wicket for 24 runs.
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