Capitals vs Eastern Cape, 18th Match at Centurion, SA20, Jan 25 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Oh my word,so close yet so far! Dawson shimmies across his stumps and tries to scoop it to fine leg but can't connect and Pretoria Capitals manage to defend this paltry score. What an amusing and engrossing low-scoring cliffhanger that had everything.

Rams a yorker right into the blockhole, Yorker as Waquaresque, can't do much about it, did well to shield his stumps! Will there be a super over?

Pounces on the length ball wide of off and flogs him for a six over deep point, right off the middle and what a timely six to change the complexion of the game. Too full and plenty of width to work with, he couldn't have timed the shot any better. Sensational stuff, cool and calm when it matters the most

gets down low to it and eases it with the angled face to third man

terrific slow short ball on middle that rises steeply off the deck, gets squared up and can't get off strike

Tantalizingly close to hitting the stumps as he backs away and plays a nothing shot in the end, back of a length ball on middle and he exposes his stumps, fiddles with it in the end

Couldn't have finished the over any better! HE HAS BATTERED THAT OVER deep midwicket and cleared the ropes. Once again Parnell misses his target, that's a juicy half-volley and he strokes it splendidly over midwicket, it's a lovely one-handed crowd catch too and the entire crowd has erupted, what a catch, it's all happening out there!

Mean short ball slammed into the deck and it hits him on the helmet I reckon, it's off the top edge and then ricochets to the helmet, concussion protocol will follow but he looks okay

A brilliant bottom-hand shovel over midwicket into the grass banks, hold on, don't leave your seats too early. This game is still alive with Dawson still out there. That was slugged out of the meat! Length on middle, too full in his hitting arc and goes out of the park

Short of a length on leg, jams his bat down just in the nick of time and inside edge skews away behind square on the leg side

Caught behind! oh, this match has more twists than a mystery novel! what drama! Wide yorker again and he gets a thick edge through to Salt who makes no mistake. That's third wicket for Parnell who has bowled smartly using all of his bag of tricks today

carved away through backward point with precision of a surgeon performing surgery, deep in crease and pushes this wide yorker away from the fielder

Makes room to cut and gets the desired result, edges it to deep third area and plays it very fine! That will help!

floats it up in the air and lands it on a length on middle, worked off the pads square of midwicket

gets a decent chunk of it but only goes as far as deep midwicket as they amble across for a run

tossed up on middle and leg on a flatter trajectory, tries to go big over midwicket but is beaten comprehensively bu the quickness and bounce

carved away into the covers

tossed up on leg, helped around the corner

floated up just outside off, drags it across the line straight into the hands of deep midwicket, what a comeback after being slammed for a six!

tossed up fuller on off, pushed to cover