WF vs MINY Ball by Ball Commentary

HUNDRED FOR POLLARD! Yes, he can! A bit of a joy for MI New York, seeing the big man get to his 2nd T20 hundred. Saurabh Netravalkar gets the yorker right, on middle, Kieron Pollard bunts it out towards long on and turns around for the second. Steve Smith runs to the ball, picks it up with one hand and throws at the bowler's end, where Saurabh Netravalkar collects and breaks the stumps. Corbin Bosch puts in a dive, but everyone is holding their breath to see the replays, whether he made it or not. The replay shows that Bosch has dragged his bat in, and the MINY dugout looks happy, despite the defeat. Washington Freedom win by 30 runs.

FOUR! You don't stop those! Overpitched delivery, on middle, Kieron Pollard stays deep inside his crease and belts it down the pitch. Saurabh Netravalkar takes evasive action as the ball races to the long on fence for four more runs. He moves to 98. Can he get to his hundred on the last ball?

FOUR! Nicely done! Full again and outside off too. Kieron Pollard shuffles a long way across to get inside the line of it and whips it to the deep square leg fence for a boundary.

Sticks to the fuller length, outside off, Kieron Pollard steps across and drives it through covers for a brace. He moves into the 90s now.

Pitched up and around off, Corbin Bosch lofts it towards sweeper cover for a run.

WIDE! Full again but way outside off, Corbin Bosch lets it go. Wided.

Fuller and on off, Kieron Pollard drills it through covers for a single.

SIX! New balls, please! Asif Mehmood bangs this into the pitch, on middle, but does not get it short enough. Corbin Bosch pounces on it in a flash and dismisses out of his presence over the deep mid-wicket fence for another biggie.

Pitched up and on off, Kieron Pollard drives it to extra cover for one.

Back of a length and on middle, Corbin Bosch pulls it away to deep square leg for a run.

SIX! Going, going, gone! Goes fuller again, on middle, Corbin Bosch gets his front foot out of the way and smokes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for half a dozen more.

Short of a length and outside off, Kieron Pollard punches it to sweeper cover for a single.

SIX! Easy as you like! Full and in the slot, on off. Kieron Pollard hits it through the line and launches it over the long off fence for a biggie.The chase maybe out of reach here, but Pollard is nearing a ton here.

Hard length and around leg, Kieron Pollard nudges it through square leg for one.

FOUR! Streaky! Much fuller and outside off, Kieron Pollard swings hard at it but gets an inside edge past the stumps and to the fine leg fence for a boundary.

Good yorker now, outside off, Kieron Pollard tries to dig it out but misses.

A full toss, down the leg side, Kieron Pollard fails tp put it away.

Pitched up and on off, Corbin Bosch drills it to sweeper cover for a single.

FOUR! Nice shot! Fuller one and around off, Corbin Bosch backs away a bit, extends his arms and bludgeons it through extra covers for a boundary.

FOUR! Up and over! Marco Jansen bangs this into the pitch, outside off, takes pace off as well. Kieron Pollard backs away, holds his shape a bit longer and slaps it over point for four more runs.

Touch fuller and on leg, Corbin Bosch works it through square leg for one.

SIX! Clean strike! Back of a length and on middle, Corbin Bosch picks up the length early and whacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Fuller and on middle, Kieron Pollard drills it down the pitch, where Marco Jansen only makes a half-stop. They cross.

On a length and on middle, Corbin Bosch clips it through mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Edgy! Good length and around off, angling away, Corbin Bosch pushes at it with hard hands. Gets an outside edge that flies to the third man fence for a boundary.

Just short! Pitched up and outside off, Kieron Pollard opens the bat face to squeeze it away but does so uppishly towards short third. The fielder dives forward and grabs it but he is not sure if that carried or not. The third umpire is called upon and the replay shows that the ball goes on the bounce to the fielder.

Back of a length and around off, Corbin Bosch swats it down to long on for run.

Fuller and around off, Kieron Pollard steps across and guides it to deep point for a single.

Nails the wide yorker this time, outside off, Kieron Pollard fails to lay bat on ball. Well! UltaEdge after shows that Pollard got an underedge, but no one appealed.

FOUR! Gets it away! Back of a length and around off, Kieron Pollard loses his shape but manages to heave it away towards deep mid-wicket with enough power. Glenn Maxwell in the deep dives to his right but the ball wins the race to the fence.

WIDE! Full but way outside off, Kieron Pollard leaves it alone. Called a wide.

A low full toss, outside off, Corbin Bosch drills it to sweeper cover for a single.

Hard length and on middle, Corbin Bosch nudges it through mid-wicket for one more.

Good length and on middle, Kieron Pollard drags it to long on for one.

WIDE! Full but down the leg side, Kieron Pollard lets it go. Wided.

SIX! Up, up and away! Ian Holland tries the slower one again, but serves this full and in the slot on middle. Kieron Pollard clears his front leg away and smokes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Fuller and on off, Corbin Bosch drives it to long off for a run.

OUT! IN THE AIR..GONE! Ian Holland strikes. He rolls his fingers to take pace off, full and on middle. Romario Shepherd looks to go big down the ground but ends up getting more height than distance. It goes miles in the air towards long on, where Glenn Maxwell settles under it and takes a fine catch, before tumbling backwards. MI New York are 134/6, chasing 246 runs.

Fuller and on leg, Kieron Pollard clips it through square leg for a single.

Into the surface, around off, pace off yet again, Romario Shepherd goes through his pull decades early and misses. He and Edwards exchange a smile.

Short of a length and outside off, Kieron Pollard steps across and slaps it to long off for one.

WIDE! Pace off, full but way outside off, Kieron Pollard leaves it alone. Wided.

Nails the yorker again, on off, Romario Shepherd digs it out to cover for another run.

In the blockhole, on middle, Kieron Pollard jams it out to long on for a run.

Pitched up and outside off, Romario Shepherd throws his bat at it and slices it towards sweeper cover for a single.

Fuller and on off, Romario Shepherd looks to slog it over mid-wicket but toe-ends it to the right of the bowler.

FOUR! Fine shot! Overpitched and outside off, Kieron Pollard extends his arms to reach out and smacks it through extra covers for a boundary.

FIFTY FOR POLLARD! Age is just a number, eh? This is his 68th T20 half-century and he continues to do what he does best. Fuller and around off, pace off, Kieron Pollard loses his bottom hand and lobs it over extra covers for a brace. Pollard raises his bat to acknowledge the milestone.

Short of a length and on off, Kieron Pollard stays back and punches it through covers for a brace.

Back of a length and around off, Romario Shepherd heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! Just over! Asif Mehmood bangs this into the pitch, angling into the body of the batter. Romario Shepherd gets cramped up and mistimes his pull a bit towards deep backward square leg. Marco Jansen moves to his left and leaps to grab it but the wind takes it over, and he ends up tipping it over the fence for a biggie.

Good length and just around off, Romario Shepherd has a big swing across the line but misses.

Back of a length and outside off, Romario Shepherd punches it to sweeper cover for one.

SIX! That is outta here! Saurabh Netravalkar hits the deck hard and on middle, sits up nicely for the batter. Romario Shepherd climbs onto it and smashes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Pitched up and around leg, Kieron Pollard clips it to deep mid-wicket for another run.

Fuller and on off, Romario Shepherd drives it to long off for a run.

On a length and on leg, Kieron Pollard nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! Into the stands! Short of a length and around off, pace off. Kieron Pollard uses his reach to drag it and whacks it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. 100 up for MI New York.

Nails the yorker, on middle, Kieron Pollard jams it out to long on for one.

FOUR! Easy pickings! Ian Holland bangs this into the pitch, takes pace off, but bowls this way down the leg side. Kieron Pollard waits for it and helps it on its way to the deep fine leg fence for a boundary.

Fuller and on off, Romario Shepherd eases it to long off for one.

Back of a length and around leg, Kieron Pollard pulls it to deep square leg for a run.

DROPPED! That should have been taken! A slower one, full and around off, Romario Shepherd has a big swipe across the line but only manages to slice it over extra covers. Mark Chapman charges in from the deep, while Obus Pienaar runs backwards from the inner ring. Chapman goes for the catch in the end, but maybe Obus gets in his line of sight and he spills it. They cross.

Fuller and on leg, Kieron Pollard flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Good length, on middle and leg, Kieron Pollard pushes this away for one.

FOUR! Short and wide of off, Kieron Pollard steps across once again and cuts this crisply through the point region. Mark Chapman gives it a good chase to his left from sweeper cover but fails to keep it inside the playing area, despite his best efforts.

SIX! A tad too full from Jack, around off, Kieron Pollard stays inside his crease and lofts this over the bowlers head. The ball teases Marco Jansen at the long on fence and lobs over the fence for six runs.

Back of a length, around middle and off, Romario Shepherd mishits the slog, edges this behind the bowler for a single.

Good length, around off, Romario Shepherd swings and misses.

FOUR! Full and wide of off, Romario Shepherd stays leg side to the pitch of the ball and slogs this towards the cow corner region for a boundary.

OH HELLO!!! We have seen such scenes before and KP wouldn't want to relive it. Good length, around off, Kieron Pollard punches this back to the bowler. Asif gives a stare to Pollard and threatens to throw the ball at the striker's end and Pollard uplifts his bat just as he did in the Mumbai Indians vs RCB affair in IPL, years back in 2014.

FOUR! The movement across the stumps helps KP to flick this fine towards the fine leg region for a boundary. On a length, going down the leg side, Kieron Pollard flicks this through the fine leg region for four runs.

Good length, on middle and leg, Romario Shepherd pulls this to the left of deep mid-wicket for one.

Back of a length, around off, Romario Shepherd cuts this on the bounce to backward point.

Asif delivers this at 141 kph, short and wide of off, width was on offer as well. Romario Shepherd looks to cut this square on off but misses out.

Asif bowls this full and around off, Kieron Pollard steps across the track and flicks this to long on for a single.

Hard length, on middle and off. Kieron Pollard rolls his wrists and flicks this through mid on for a single.

Short and on middle and leg, Romario Shepherd hooks this to fine leg for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! The scoreboard pressure gets Corey to do something out of the box and he perishes in the process. Back of a length, on middle and leg, Corey Anderson jumps down the track and goes for a flick. Connects well but hits this against the wind. The ball goes straight into the hands of Marco Jansen at the deep mid-wicke region.

A tad fuller, on middle and off, Kieron Pollard punches this down to long on for a single.

On a length, around off, Kieron Pollard scuffs this smash off the bottom of his bat back to the bowler.

LEG BYE! Good length, on the pads, Corey Anderson looks for the flick but misses. Gets it thumped off his pads to swuare leg for a leg bye.

Fired into the batter, on off, Corey looks to keep it out with a flick to mid-wicket but ends up with a leading edge that goes through point for one.

Short and on middle and leg, Kieron Pollard rocks back and pulls this flat through mid-wicket for a single.

Quicker and flatter around off, Kieron Pollard chips this behind the cover-point fielder for two runs. Wasn't the best of hits from KP.

Fired into the batter, KP keeps it out.

Tossed up, around off, Corey Anderson hits this through the gap for one more.

Fuller length, on off, Kieron Pollard drives this down to long off for a single.

Full and on the pads, Corey milks this through mid-wicket for a couple.

SIX! Corey makes good use of the Free Hit. Short and on the pads, Corey Anderson stays leg side and pulls this over the backward square leg fence for a huge six.

NO BALL! Good length, on middle and leg, Corey blocks this one. Just as Jack was striding at the start of his run-up, the siren went around, gesturing that Jack Edwards had overstepped. Free Hit up next...

BYE! Good length, around off, Kieron Pollard leaves it. The keeper fumbles and the batters run a bye.

On a length, around off, CA milks this through square leg for a single.

Good length, on middle and leg, Corey Anderson tucks this to mid-wicket.

OUT! SINGH IS RUN OUT! Back of a length, on off, Kieron Pollard dabs this around silly point and sets off for a single. Tajinder Singh backs up as well but a bit of hesitation and a call of yes-no between the batters causes the downfall of Tajinder Singh in this game as he decides to sacrifice his wicket here. Jack Edwards runs through, picks it up and breaks the stumps.

Short of a length, on middle and off, Kieron Pollard pulls this to deep mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Well, well, Pollard puts on the dancing shoes now. Fuller around off, KP dances downt he track, gets right close to the line of the ball and hammers this over the mid off fielder for four runs.

FOUR! Intentionally played behind square on leg for four runs. Short of a length, on middle and leg, Kieron Pollard swivels and pulls this behind square on the leg side for a boundary to the long leg region.

Fuller on the pads, Singh milks this through square leg for a run.

Fired into the batter, on leg, Kieron Pollard smashes this down to long on for one.

Quicker one on the pads, Tajinder Singh flicks this through square leg for a single.

Hard length, on top of off, Kieron Pollard thumps this back to the bowler's right for another dot.

WIDE! Good length, wide down the leg side, this time the umpire stretches his arms to gesture a wide ball.

Bouncer, on leg. Kieron Pollard looks to pull this but misses. KP is frustrated that the umpire did not give it a wide.

Good length, around off, Tajinder Singh punches this through the gap on off for one.

SIX! Just a gentle flick and this has travelled around the park. Back of a length, on middle and off, Tajinder Singh steps down the track and flicks this over mid-wicket. The timing is so pure that the ball has landed on the other side of the cow corner region for six.

Good length, around off, Tajinder Singh keeps it out off his back foot.

Short and wide of off, Tajinder Singh punches this to covers for a dot.

Pushed through on off, Kieron Pollard punches this to the left of Glenn.

Flatter and fuller, on off, Kieron Pollard keeps it out.

Quicker one, on the pads, Tajinder Singh tucks this through square leg for one.

TWO WIDES! Full and down the leg side, Kieron Pollard misses on the flick. Gous fails to gather this cleanly and the batters run an extra too.

OUT! CAUGHT! Glenn continues to deliver for his side with the ball. Fuller, on the pads, Nicholas Pooran goes down on a knee and looks to sweep this over short fine leg fielder. Marco Jansen times his jump well and holds onto this one on the juggle.

SIX! Better and bigger. Fuller around middle and leg, Nicholas Pooran takes a step down the track and swings through the line. Hits this way over the fence towards the long on region for a huge six.

FOUR! Pooran is just starting to cut loose. Arm-delivery, around off, Nicholas Pooran gets underneath it and hits this away to the long on fence for four runs.

Good length, around off, Tajinder Singh swings and misses.

FOUR! Singh is off the mark with four. Pitched-up, around off, Tajinder Singh stays leg side to the ball and lofts this over the bowlet's head for a boundary in front of the sight screen.

On a length, around off, Nicholas Pooran pushes this through mid on for a single.

Hard length, on off, Nicholas Pooran blocks this off his front foot.

LEG BYE! Good length, on middle and leg, Tajinder Singh gets it clippd off his pads for a leg bye.

Good length, around off, Tajinder Singh looks to poke at it but misses.

OUT! DE KOCK IS RUN OUT! Ridiculous piece of skill from the Big Show. Pushed through on off, Nicholas Pooran punches this straight back to the bowler and Glenn is clever enough to field this and flicks this underarm, through his legs onto the stumps at the non-striker's end. Quinton de Kock has backed up a bit too much and is outfoxed by Glenn's clever little act. Both MINY openers are back in the hut in the first over.

OUT! CAUGHT! Quicker one, on middle and leg, Monank Patel backs away and looks to slog this big, against the wind. Gets a lot of elevation but not the distance on it. The ball hangs towards the deep mid-wicket region and Jack Edwards does the rest by settling underneath it and taking it nice and clean.

FOUR! First boundary for Monank Patel and MI New York. Short of a length, on middle and leg, Monank Patel rocks back and flicks this past the left of Jack Edwards at deep mid-wicket for a single.

Pushed through on middle and leg, Monank Patel drives this well but straight to extra cover.

Tossed up, around off, Quinton de Kock drives this through mid off for a run to get off the mark as well.

The chase is underway with a single. Quicker one, into the batter, on middle and leg, Monank Patel flicks this through mid-wicket for one.