a very good afternoon and welcome along London cricket ground I'm Matthew Hillen beside me in the commentary box is David bashier he's been keeping an eye on the weather forecast and observing the conditions out there David what can you tell us absolutely stunning weather here Matt perfect for Cricket not a cloud in the sky and no threat of rain anytime soon I was looking at the pitch earlier and it's starting to crumble on top but there's still a bit of moisture to in it thanks David the crowd
are building for this near sellout match the atmosphere is going to be electric there'll be some nerves down in those dressing rooms as well the teams are making their way out onto the field now we'll take this opportunity to look at the so the very first ball of this match you got to be kidding me that was so so close to clipping the leg stump the batsman survives and there's the first runs of the match bang bowled him is out faster than he got [Applause] in wa [Applause] yes is on fire in the
field and looking very sharp but putting the opposition under enormous pressure [Applause] [Music] and no run there and a [Applause] single [Applause] [Music] [Applause] at two [Applause] for2 that's out caught in the field will be kicking himself here don't know what he was trying to do with that [Applause] ball [Applause] what Off the [Music] Mark that's the N nicely placed making the fielders work [Applause] [Applause] overtime [Music] the that deserve to be punished the bowler needs to tight
en up a [Applause] bit [Applause] Bal beaten all ends up the bowler had the batsman playing all around that ball what delivery very good wicket [Applause] so a new bowler is about to begin his spell here what can you tell us about this bowler David well he's marked out his run in his Debo let's see if he can produce [Applause] the batsman lets that through to the keeper no addition to the [Applause] scoreboard beautifully bowled batsman had no chance lovely dismissal the batsman was beating all
ends up [Applause] Off the Mark lovely timing no stopping that ball from getting to the Rope [Applause] a five for 16 the so a new bowler is about to begin his spell [Applause] here [Applause] big shout here not out the batsman survives hold the phone the captain wants to review this decision will this decision stand or will it get reversed [Applause] and they've reversed the decision he's out lbw the batsman is forced to leave the field and looks very [Applause] disappoined caught a diving one-
handed effort here the crowd are on their feet superb catch this absolutely superb the batsman can't believe it now [Applause] on great bowling the batsman very lucky not to get a Nick there and no run there beautifully bowled batsman had no chance unbelievable stuff four wickets in quick time so a new bowler is about to start his spell David what can you tell us about this player he's making his Debo a confident young man let's see if he can [Applause] produce [Applause] oh and I like that one
loud appeal out give an lbw so the batsman is going to challenge that decision let's see what the outcome is here then and the decision stands both teams only get the one unsuccessful review per match so they'll have no challenges left you got to be kidding me that was so so close to clipping the legs stump the batsman survives wide [Applause] [Music] ball and straight away he's off the Mark I could watch that shot on replay all day met perfect timing in [Applause] placement the batsman should h
ave dispatched that ball it was poorly delivered and deserved to be hit to the boundary oh and they liked that one loud appeal not out says the Umpire probably a good call well Bower and Captain have talked and they are going to ask the Umpire to review that decision here let's see see what [Applause] happens and the decision stands both teams only get the one unsuccessful challenge per match so they'll have no challenges left loud appeal and that's got to be close he's out lbw so this Innings h
as come to an end they've lasted the overs the bowling team will leave the field now they have put themselves into a commanding position after a superb spell of bowling restricting their opponents to a very modest total now they have to back it up with the bat so both teams getting set now for this second [Applause] massive shot clears the rope with ease six runs first ball faced first runs the slow Ball but the batsman picked it and it was punished for six oh look out it's in the air just lands
inside the Rope that's four runs yes that's what the crowd has come to see right out of the middle of the bat see you later that's a fine shot got onto it early bang Bal him will be kicking himself here don't know what he was trying to do with that ball team are now one ready he on fire in the field and looking very sharp and putting the opposition under enormous [Applause] pressure PCH great shot one bounce four runs beautiful timing mat a joy to watch as always no ball call one bounce and it
finds the Rope lovely timing no stopping that ball from getting to the Rope that's the end of this match we'll be very pleased with this Victory and the way their players stood up has got home comfortably in
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