From our statsman Sampath Bandarupalli: Most five-wicket hauls in an edition of a men's franchise T20 league:
5 - ETPL, 2026 4 - IPL, 2011 4 - BPL, 2017 4 - BPL, 2019-20 4 - BBL, 2020-21 4 - BBL, 2021-22 4 - IPL, 2022 4 - IPL, 2023
Michael Bracewell, Player of the Match: Well, I think when you see the ball spinning a little bit, I think the first ball I tried to spin, it went down the leg side and got a stumping there. So when you see it turning like that, you know the conditions are in your favour, and you've got to make it count. I'm always trying to put stuff on the ball, and sometimes the conditions aren't as conducive, and it's a little bit harder as a leg-spinner, but yeah, it was nice today to get a pitch that turned a little bit, and fortunately enough, I was able to put it in a decent area. Yeah, he's a fantastic leader in the side, and was keeping really well. So yeah, it's great to have him in our team, and he really runs the angles and things really nicely as well. So, huge asset to have.
Scott Edwards, Amsterdam Flames Captain: No, it was probably a little bit of a misread from us, obviously dropping Aryan out there. He would have been pretty handy, but I thought the way that Brace led the spin attack and obviously Pringle and then TD getting a bit of a roll at the end there, yeah, sort of managed to use those conditions in our favour. No, he's a pretty experienced campaigner. You know, he's really good with that, all the fields and those sort of things, he's all over. So, yeah, I thought he bowled brilliantly and really got us into the game there. Yeah, it's obviously a really important win for us just to stay in touch with that top three. And then obviously I don't know the permutations of these last couple of games, but yeah, it feels like we're in a good position and play some good cricket in these last two games. The guys are happy. Obviously they've been amazing around the group (support staff) and they obviously do love winning, so I'm sure they'll be happy.
Mitchell Santner, Edinburgh Castle Rockers Captain: Yeah, I think it's a bit more than what we anticipated. Probably a little bit sloppy and a bit slow, but I think, yeah, it's probably a 140-kind-of wicket, I think. The boys were going good off their seam. The ball came on okay, but I think the way the guys approached it up the top. And then I think once it started spinning, I think we didn't probably adapt as quickly as we could have to, I guess, identify that. Yeah, 140 might have been all right on that wicket, but yeah, I think, you know, it's not a train smash. You can't win them all. I think we have to reflect on today. You know, I think everyone can agree that we weren't at our best today, and just, you know, learn from it and move on. It's going to probably be a fresh pitch, you know, next time we play, different conditions again. So, yeah, like I said, I'll just reflect and move on, and go again
Yuvraaj Samra and Steven Smith broke the back of the chase with a stable and fluid start, together contributing 40 and 25 respectively. Bas de Leede then continued the good work, remaining unbeaten on 20, while Tim David played calmly and, uncharacteristically, didn't go all guns blazing from the word go. He played the situation well and respected the spinners. Not many runs to play with and the bowlers simply didn't stand a chance
END OF OVER:14 | 3 Runs | AMF: 114/2 (5 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 8.14, RRR: 0.83)
- Tim David14 (16b)
- Bas de Leede17 (15b)
- Mitchell Santner4-0-31-1
- Mark Watt3-0-22-0
END OF OVER:13 | 6 Runs | AMF: 111/2 (8 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 8.53, RRR: 1.14)
- Tim David12 (10b)
- Bas de Leede17 (15b)
- Mark Watt3-0-22-0
- Mitchell Santner3-0-28-1
