Scorecard Summary

ROTTERDAM DOCKERS 181/6(20 OVERS)

Faf du Plessis54 (35)
Heinrich Klaasen47 (27)

Reece Topley2/36 (4)
Tom Curran2/38 (4)

EDINBURGH CASTLE ROCKERS 176/5(20 OVERS)

Mitchell Santner*39 (31)
Brandon McMullen47 (30)

Shubham Ranjane3/22 (4)
Jasper Davidson2/42 (3)

Scorer: Ranjith P & Chetan | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs | ECR: 176/5 (6 runs required, RR: 8.80)

Mitchell Santner39 (31b)
Tom Curran33 (18b)

Logan van Beek4-0-43-0
David Wiese4-1-29-0

6:18pm That will be all from us today. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and we will be back with more soon. Until then, from all of us here at Cricinfo, it is goodbye. Take care, folks!

Shubham Ranjane, Player of the Match: (Batting) It was about reading the pitch. I had Klaasen there. It was easy the way he was striking it. Was just about waiting for the ball (to hit). It is about confidence, and that boosts you. (Bowling) Kept it simple and I kept doing what the skipper asked of me. It was about believing in myself and keeping faith in myself. (Keeper standing up) When Klaasen is behind the stumps, you have confidence that you can bowl your variations, and it gives a lot of confidence (while bowling).

Faf du Plessis, Dockers captain: Good game. When it goes to the wire, it is nice as a fan to watch. Nervy times there (with their batting). We have some experienced heads, so good to get across the line. (On the score) I said to the boys 185 felt par. Felt we were a little under (par). Maybe 10 runs short at the back end, but it was then about making sure we bowled well. Every pitch we have played on presents different challenges. There is no one way of playing, and it is about adapting (to each circumstance). Good for the domestic players, to get put into such situations. (On Ranjane's spell) You need to be so flexible with what the wicket and the conditions. The way the ball was coming off, felt it was not easy to hit. He has bowled beautifully two games in a row. I cannot believe four teams are still in it. Really good rule in a six-team competition (to have three qualifying).

Mitchell Santner, Rockers captain: (On the score) Probably a little bit over-par. Faf and Heinrich showed their class. Once we adjusted and tried to take them wider, we brought it back well. A bit tennis-ball, a bit stoppy (on the pitch). Anything full or short, you could get. As a bowling unit, we are learning, and so are the batters. Ranjane bowled really well - top of the stumps, making guys go square. Crunch time in the tournament. We have been playing good cricket, but still some things to improve. (On the next game) They are playing good cricket. It will be a big game for us. Could come down to NRR, but if we win it, hopefully we can take things in our control.

5:58pm Phew. What a game. It went right down to the wire, with Curran and Santner threatening a daring heist. Santner, though, just could not find the fence enough when it mattered, meaning that Curran's blistering cameo went in vain. The Rockers did not find sustained momentum throughout the innings either, and that just left them with too much to do at the end. Ranjane was the star of the bowling show, picking up three. Nortje also caused problems with his pace and bounce, and those contributions just helped the Dockers eke out a vital win in their playoff bid.

19.6

van Beek to Santner, FOUR, four to finish, but the Dockers hold their nerve to edge a thriller! Slower ball on a fullish length on leg. Santner swings for the hills and the ball skews off the outside edge past short third. All smiles in the Dockers dug-out. They have kept themselves very much in the hunt, and in the process, they have, for now at least, denied the Rockers a direct route to the final!

19.5

van Beek to Santner, 2 runs, goes a long way up, but not enough sauce to clear the fence. A bit of a slot ball just outside leg, but right off the toe-end. Barely gets past the ring in the mid on region

19.4

van Beek to Santner, no run, length ball, tucking up the batter just outside leg. Santner swings at it with all his might but misses. Ball trickles off the pad towards the bowler

12 off 3

19.3

van Beek to Curran, 1 run, right in the slot outside off but Curran cannot make it count. Drills it on the bounce to mid off. A direct hit would have caught him well short at the bowler's, but with the throw flashing past the stumps, Curran survives

19.3

van Beek to Curran, 1 wide, full and a mile outside off. Curran shuffles across, swishes and misses. Umpire calls it a wide, much to the Dockers' annoyance. But we have more drama still because the Dockers have sent this upstairs, arguing that Curran has nicked it. Flat line on UltraEdge, though. So, the wide call stays!

14 off 4. Rockers need a boundary here

19.2

van Beek to Santner, 1 run, fullish and speared into the pads. Santner shovels it towards deep backward square leg, and that will be just one more run

Over the wicket to Santner. 15 off 5

Rockers INNINGS		R	B
JT Smuts	caught	25	21
AGS Gous	bowled	6	4
B McMullen	caught	47	30
LJ Evans	caught	14	10
MJ Santner	not out	39	31
GJ Delany	caught	5	6
TK Curran	not out	33	18
FDW McCreath
MRJ Watt
J Jarvis
RJW Topley
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 6)
TOTAL	176 (5 wkts; 20 ovs)

Rockers INNINGS

caught

bowled

caught

caught

not out