SFU vs LAKR Ball by Ball Commentary

GAME, SET, AND MATCH! On a length, around middle and leg, Short swings for the stands but doesn't get right behind the line of the ball. This was still going over the long on fence but Rovman Powell timed his jump to perfection and flicked this back into the playing area for a dot. Saved 6 runs for his side. Los Angeles Knight Riders win by 7 runs.

Full and on middle and off, Hassan Khan hits this to long on and settles for just one.

SIX! This would certainly ease the nerves for the Unicorns. Back of a length, on middle and leg, Hassan Khan rocks onto his back foot and pulls it over the deep mid-wicket fence for six.

OUT! CAUGHT! Low full toss, on middle and leg, Aaron Hardie hits this from the cue end of his bat towards Jason Holder at the long off fence for a simple take. This is massive for LAKR as they will feel they are in the lead in this game again.

Full and around off, Matthew Short drives this through mid off for a run.

Back of a length, around off, Aaron Hardie drives this through mid off for a single.

WIDE! Full and way too wide outside off. Wided.

Full toss, on the pads, Aaron Hardie flicks this through fine leg for a single.

Two runs taken. Yorker, around off, Aaron Hardie rolls this through mid-wicket for two runs.

Good length, on off, Aaron Hardie pushes this to covers.

Yorker, around off, Matthew Short drives this to sweeper cover for a single.

Yorker, a bit too wide of off. Aaron Hadie guides this behind square on off for a run.

Full and wide of off, Matthew Short rolls this through covers for one.

Good length, on the pads, Matthew Short milks this through mid-wicket for one.

WIDE! On a length, wide down the leg side.

On a length, around middle and leg, Matthew Short flicks this through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

WIDE! Full and once again way too wide of off.

Full and wide of off, Matthew Short rolls this down to long on for a couple.

FOUR! Full and wide of off, Matthew Short drives this through the mid off region for a boundary to keep the score card ticking.

Good length, on off, Aaron Hardie pushes this down to long on for a couple.

OUT! CAUGHT! Hard length, wide of off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi swings at it, gets it sliced off the cue end of his bat towards the deep third fielder. Matthew Tromp takes it nice and easy. The partnership is broken and SFU are in trouble now.

Good length, on the pads, Matthew Short tucks this through square leg for a single.

On a length, around the pads, Sanjay Krishnamurthi tucks this through mid-wicket for a run.

Wide yorker, around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi looks to get bat and ball but fails to hit it.

Good length, around the pads, Matthew Short tucks this to square leg.

Full and around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi chips this over the infield on off and takes a single.

SIX! Short and on middle and leg, Sanjay Krishnamurthi stays deep inside the crease and pulls this over the deep mid-wicket fence for a massive biggie.

Full and on the pads, Matthew Short tucks this to the left of Fabian Allen at deep mid-wicket and takes two. A good throw at the non-striker from the deep seemed to have had Sanjay in trouble as the umpire sends this upstairs. Replay shows that Sanjay had made his ground.

SIX! DISPATCHED FROM THE GET-GO. On a length, around off, Matthew Short takes a couple of steps down the track and lofts this over the long off fielder for six.

Good length, around off, Matthew Short punches this in front of the sight screen down the ground for two.

Full and way too wide outside off. Matthew swings and misses.

Hard length, on off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi dabs this gently towards the point fielder for one.

Good length, on off, Matthew drives it through covers for a single.

Fuller around off, Matthew Short punches this through covers for a single.

Fuller on off, Matthew Short punches this to covers.

Quicker one, on the pads, Krishnamurthi flicks this away for one.

On a length, around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi blocks this off his front foot.

FOUR! An excellent stroke from Sanjay now, short and middle and off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi goes deep inside his crease and punches this through the gap between extra cover and sweeper cover for four runs.

Tossed up, on the pads, the ball clips the side of Sanjay's front pad and back to the keeper.

Fuller around the pads, Sanjay Krishnamurthi rolls this down the ground to long on for one.

Short and on middle and off, Matthew Short pulls this to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Right in the channel, around off, on a good length, Short poked at it and gets beaten.

FIFTY FOR SANJAY! Good length, around middle and leg, Sanjay Krishnamurthi pulls this through mid-wicket for a boundary to bring up his half-century. He has been the perfect anchor to Matthew Short at the other end.

On a length, around the pads, Matthew Short flicks this through mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Good length, around off, Matthew Short stays leg side to the pitch of the ball and lofts this over the extra cover fielder for four runs.

Floated around off, Matthew Short pushes this in the gap for one.

Fuller around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi drives this through square on off for a single.

Quicker one, on off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi dabs just before cover-point for a single.

Pushed through on off, Sanjoy keeps it out.

Floated onto the pads, Matthew Short flicks this through square leg for a single.

Fuller on off, Matthew Short keeps this one out.

Slightly back of length, around off. Matthew Short pulls this to deep square leg for a single.

Hard length, on middle and leg, Sanjay lofts this over mid off for a single.

FOUR! Good length, on middle and leg. Sanjay Krishnamurthi flicks this in the gap towards deep mid-wicket and deep square leg for four more runs.

Good length, around off, Matthew Short pulls this to deep mid-wicket for one.

SIX! Now this has been dismissed for a biggie. Full and around off, Matthew Short shimmies down the track and smashes this over the long off fence for a huge six.

Carmi bowls this full and on off, Matthew Short keeps it out.

On a length, around off, Short drives this down to long off for a single.

Full and around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi flicks this through mid-wicket for one.

FIFTY FOR SHORT! Back of a length, on middle and off, Matthew Short flicks this to the deep square leg fielder for a single to bring up his half-century. Excellent knock under pressure from the SFU skipper.

Hard length, around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi guides this through point for a single.

Good length, on off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi keeps it out.

Back of a length, on middle and leg, Sanjay Krishnamurthi goes for a pull but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad.

Good length, around off, Matthew Short milks this through mid-wicket for two runs.

Full and around off, Sanjay drives this to covers for one.

On a length, around off, Matthew Short pushes this through covers for a single.

Back of a length, around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi cuts this to deep point.

On a length, around off, Matthew Short drives this to deep point for one.

FOUR! Carmi bowls this short again, on middle and leg. Matthew Short gets inside the line of the ball and flicks this away to the fine leg fence for four.

Full and down the leg side. Matthew Short galnces this away for one.

On a length, around the pads, Sanjay Krishnamurthi works this through square leg for a single.

Hard length, around off, Matthew cuts this to deep point for a run.

Good length, on the pads, Sanjay tucks this through mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Hammered away for four more. Pitched up, around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi gets right on top of the boundary and lofts this over the bowler for a boundary down the ground.

On a length around the pads, Matthew Short clips this through square leg for one.

Good length, around off, Matthew Short plays the short-arm jab to a long on for a single.

FOUR! Excellently played away to the fence for four. Full and around off, Matthew Short presses close to the pitch of the ball and lofts this over covers for four runs.

Back of a length, around off, Matthew Short punhes this to covers.

Good length, around off, Matthew Short swings and misses.

A touch fuller on off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi rolls this down the ground for a single.

Short and around off, Short cuts this to deep point for one.

Good length, on middle and off, Matthew Short cuts this to deep point for a single.

Back of a length, around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi dabs this through cover-point for on.

Short and on middle and off, Matthew pulls this to deep mid-wicket for a singl.

On a length, around middle and off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi flicks this away for a single.

Full and on off, Matthew Short punches this to covers for one.

Hard length, on the pads, Matthew Short works this through mid-wicket for a couple here.

Full and on the pads, Matthew Short flicks this through backward square leg for a single.

LEG BYE! Good length, onto the pads. Sanjay works this to fine leg for one.

SIX! The best of the lot so far. Pitched up, around off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi presses close to the pitch of the ball and plays the lofted drive for a biggie over deep covers.

FOUR! Good length, on middle and leg, Sanjay Krishnamurthi goes for a pull again but the ball keeps low and Sanjay ends up flicking this through square leg for four more runs.

SIX! This has been dispatched by Sanjay. Short and on middle and off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi stands his ground and pulls this from the middle of his bat for a huge six over the deep mid-wicket region.

Good length, on off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi punches this to extra cover.

On a length, around off, Matthew Short pushes this to covers.

FOUR! And another boundary to Short, just like that. Full and wide of off, going across the batter. Matthew Short gets it sliced through the short third region for four runs.

Good length, on off, Matthew defends this out.

FOUR! Short is dealing with boundaries. Back of a length, on the pads, Matthew Short pulls this through square leg and adds four to the tally.

On a length, around the pads, Sanjay Krishnamurthi tucks this to the onside for one run.

FOUR! Hard length, wide of off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi rocks back and cuts this through the cover-point region for a boundary to welcome Carmi into the attack.

Hard length, on middle and off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi dabs this away for a single.

Good length, on the pads, Sanjay flicks this through mid-wicket for a single.

Back of a length, on middle and off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi blocks this out.

FOUR! Sanjay Krishnamurthi finally gets going as well. Back of a length, on middle and off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi pulls this in front of square on leg for a boundary to the deep mid-wicket region.

Good length, on middle and leg, Sanjay Krishnamurthi almost chops this back onto the stumps. The ball rolls just past the leg pole.

Fired on middle and off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi flicks this to mid-wicket.

FOUR! Fourth boundary of the over for Matthew Short. On the shorter side again, around off, Matthew Short gets up on his toes and punches this to the right of the fielder at covers for another boundary.

Fuller on off, Matthew Short keeps it out.

FOUR! And another boundary to Short in this over. Short of a length, on middle and off, Matthew Short leans inside the line of the ball and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary.

FOUR! Second boundary of the over for Short. Floated around off, Matthew Short smashes this through the covers region for yet another boundary. Matthew Short is reading Sunil Narine really well in this over.

Quicker one, on the pads, Matthew Short tucks this to square leg. A bit of yes-no between the batters. The throw comes in towards the non-striker's end but misses.

FOUR! Short gets going. Back of a length, around off, Matthew Short gets up on his toes and punches this through the covers region for a boundary.

Full and on off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi drives this well but straight back to the bowler.

Back of a length, around off. Sanjay Krishnamurthi looks to keep it out but misses and gets it clipped off his thigh pad to the short third fielder.

Short and on middle and off, Matthew pulls his to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Good length, around the pads, Matthew Short tucks this to mid-wicket.

FOUR BYES! This slits Short in half and beats the keeper for four byes. Hard length, on middle and off, shaping back into the batter. Matthew Short looks to tuck this around the corner on the leg side but misses. The ball beats Short and the keeper to his left for four byes to the fine leg fence.

Good length, on off, Matthew Short blocks this out.

Pushed through on the pads, Sanjay Krishnamurthi rocks back and looks to flick but misses. Gets it brushed off the side of his pads into the hands of the keeper. Jahmar Hamilton gathers this and appeals for caught behind. The umpire turns it down but Jahmar Hamilton asks for DRS. Nothing on the UltraEdge as the ball passes the bat and LAKR loses a review.

Fired around middle and off, Sanjay Krishnamurthi gets it edged off the outside edge towards the third man region for a couple.

Full and on the pads, Sanjay Krishnamurthi gets it edged off the inside onto the pads.

OUT! CAUGHT! Lightening has struck twice as both openers of SFU are back for a golden duck each. Pitched-up delivery, around off, Finn Allen chips this uppish and straight into the hands of Andre Fletcher at short covers. SFU are 2 down without anything on the board.

Tossed up, on middle and off, Matthew Short rolls this down to long on for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Worst possible start for SFU and the best one for LAKR. Sunil Narine comes around the stumps, bowls a stock ball, around off. Lhuan-dre Pretorius prods onto his front foot and looks to punch this through covers but gets an outside edge and Jahmar Hamilton does the rest by gathering this behind the stumps.