- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.6 Chips it to mid-off! Pitched up front angling away, tries to flay this one over the off-side infield, only manages to toe-end the ball straight to du Plessis at mid-off, who takes it cleanly as the ball was dipping down. 14/31.2 Smuts bites the dust! A touch fuller outside off and toe-ends the ball in the air to mid-on. Faf du Plessis settles underneath and completes the catch 8/11.6 Knocked over the off stump! Gem of a delivery from Wiese. Good length ball angling in with the seam movement, tries to parry it down awkwardly but fails to get inside the line of the ball, crashes onto the top of the off stump. 12/28.4 Hoicks it straight to Wiese at long on! Short of a length ball outside off, stands tall inside the crease and swings it away, fails to generate enough power or elevation, picks out the long on fielder near the ropes 60/416.3 Edged and taken! Takes his third and second in this over! He is on fire! On a length and whooshing away in the channel, he pokes at it tentatively, it was a wide tempter and he gets a faint edge to the keeper as he extended his hands and tried to fetch it. Wheels continue to come off 127/713.2 Wanders down leg-side and lofts it down the ground, ball was skidding and dipping at him, toe-ended and has been caught at long-off; van der Merwe is absolutely fired up, his passion for the game is unwavering! Gets a major breakthrough and boy, didn't he love it? 107/516.1 Over the wicket, full and wide of off, he leans out and lowers his center of gravity trying to carve it over cover and the toe-end doesn't take the ball over the ropes, Manenti hung onto it brilliantly amid a strong breeze! Moondra gets reward for disciplined bowling; he has been very consistent today; ends up slicing it 126/618.3 Nortje has the last laugh! Stumps shattered, what a sight, a common one for Nortje! Hard length and it nibbles back hitting the top of middle-stump as Santner shuffles across to guide it behind square on leg and got beaten for pace, wrong line and he has to go! Looks disconsolate after perishing in this fashion. His ebullience did not last long 144/819.3 And he wraps up the innings with a harmless full-toss angled at off, he shuffles a touch and he flicked it in the air, taken at deep midwicket! Watt was hoping it might be adjudged as a no-ball on the basis of height but no luck as the ball was dipping and the umpire has no issues with it! 148/1018.6 Wickets continue to tumble! Nortje you can do no wrong! Thumps the deck hard and follows his shimmy, he ends up getting a healthy edge to the keeper, gone without troubling the scorers! 144/9Extras7 (lb 2, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL148 all out (19.3 Overs, RR: 7.58)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (JJ Smuts, 1.2 ov), 2-12 (Andries Gous, 1.6 ov), 3-14 (Ross Adair, 2.6 ov), 4-60 (Brandon McMullen, 8.4 ov), 5-107 (Gareth Delany, 13.2 ov), 6-126 (Tom Curran, 16.1 ov), 7-127 (Laurie Evans, 16.3 ov), 8-144 (Mitchell Santner, 18.3 ov), 9-144 (Jack Jarvis, 18.6 ov), 10-148 (Mark Watt, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB J Moondra 4 0 19 3 4.75 16 3 0 0 0 D Wiese 3.3 1 18 3 5.14 14 1 1 2 0 A Nortje 4 0 23 3 5.75 12 3 0 0 0 RE van der Merwe 4 0 29 1 7.25 5 0 2 0 0 Vikramjit Singh 3 0 35 0 11.66 3 1 2 2 1 Saqib Zulfiqar 1 0 22 0 22 0 2 2 0 0
05/09Result
14th Match, European T20 Premier League at The Hague, Sep 5 2026
Player of the Match
05/09Result
14th Match, European T20 Premier League at The Hague, Sep 5 2026
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.2 Curran strikes! Bit short on waist height, he gets cramped but remains committed to an ugly pull and ends up miscuing it straight to Adair at short midwicket, hits the splice. Ball rushed onto him and he moved leg-side to whack a pull, onto him quickly and he misses it out altogether 1/16.5 That is a massive breakthrough! It's a procession! Fired in quick and outside off, he crouches and attempts to spank an inside-out drive and ends up guiding it straight to Adair who has been a livewire in the field today! Half of the side is already back in the hut! Former rugby player always alert and vigilant in the field, attacks the ball 40/51.5 Oh, another one! Crackerjack! Too good for thee! Neither too short, nor too full, had to play length and the ball jags back in just enough to take the inside-edge and the ball goes on to rattle the stumps! What a terrific start! They have pegged them back with these two early wickets! Exactly what the doctor prescribed for Rotterdam after mustering a under-par score 1/22.4 Man in form departs! One big shot too many, that leapt alarmingly off the deck and he went for a front-foot pull and ends up getting a top-edge, taken at deep fine leg, excellent sprinting catch, pocketed it low and Rotterdam are in a spot of bother! A rushed stroke 8/32.6 Carnage out there! There is a botch-up! What on Earth is happening out there? A frantic 15 minutes has sent Rotterdam way back in this game! Klaasen is way short of his crease at striker's end! Evans hits the bull's eye! That was tapped to cover and a stutter pushes them further into the abyss! There was no run there, Faf du Plessis grimaces 9/47.6 Tries again and holes out in the process, it was a quicker delivery thumped into the surface and it slid across off, he goes for a labored pull and has been taken at deep midwicket region, admonishes himself after this miscued shot 50/68.6 Darted into his body, very quick through the air, shows his buffet of variations, it drifted back from a hard length at middle and he gets castled in the process, beaten by the clever change of pace and the slide continues! 56/711.6 Fires in a near yorker on middle, he is behind the line and drills it straight back to Watt who takes a screamer! He tumbles but doesn't let go off the ball, excellent reflexes, razor-sharp concentration; the pressure of dots got to Wiese, he have had enough! Now Rotterdam in a danger of suffering a crushing defeat and a big blow to their NRR, been an insipid response 69/812.4 The fall continues, goes down on one knee and across his stumps for a big yawning sweep, ends up chopping it back onto the stumps, mistimed it completely! Smuts picks his first! Now just one wicket away from a thumping win. One of the games that Edinburgh would need to dust off as a rare bad day at the office 71/917.6 Seals the deal; took a while to get the final wicket but they finally wrap things up and register an emphatic win! Tries a big swipe across the line and ends up chopping it back onto the stumps. It was a hard length delivery that was tight at off, slower back of the hand ball, he tried to smash it across the line and ends up making a mess of his stumps. Edinburgh Castle Rockers stay atop and unbeaten! 93/10Extras7 (lb 4, w 3)TOTAL93 all out (18 Overs, RR: 5.16)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Levitt, 1.2 ov), 2-1 (Vikramjit Singh, 1.5 ov), 3-8 (Ben McDermott, 2.4 ov), 4-9 (Heinrich Klaasen, 2.6 ov), 5-40 (Faf du Plessis, 6.5 ov), 6-50 (Ben Manenti, 7.6 ov), 7-56 (Saqib Zulfiqar, 8.6 ov), 8-69 (David Wiese, 11.6 ov), 9-71 (Roelof van der Merwe, 12.4 ov), 10-93 (Anrich Nortje, 17.6 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Rotterdam Dockers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
5 September 2026 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Edinburgh Castle Rockers 2, Rotterdam Dockers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 28 runs, 3 wickets)
- Edinburgh Castle Rockers: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (47 balls), Extras 2
- Edinburgh Castle Rockers: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (74 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Edinburgh Castle Rockers - 148/10 in 19.3 overs (TA Boult 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 3.5: Review by Edinburgh Castle Rockers (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Black, Batter - F du Plessis (Struck down)
- Rotterdam Dockers: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 4
