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AF vs BW, 20th T20, ETPL 2026 summary
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144-5(19.0)
Belfast Wolves won by 5 wickets 🏆
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(20.0)141-10
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In the end, 141 was competitive but not enough. The Flames' bowling kept Belfast interested, and Bracewell's two wickets and Dutt's control made the chase less straightforward than the final margin suggests. But the Wolves kept their wickets sufficiently in hand and never allowed the asking rate to become prohibitive. The decisive difference was their ability to keep finding runs after every setback. Amsterdam's de Leede and Campher had produced the innings' most explosive batting, but Miller's unbeaten 42 was the calmest and perhaps most important knock of the match.
Glenn Maxwell (Belfast Wolves Captain): (On the tense finish) "Yeah, probably a little bit. But, I mean, with the experience of David Miller out there, I was always confident that he could get it done. The chat out there was that we were potentially going to get a boundary ball in the last couple of overs, and we'd try and maximise that and stay ahead. He certainly did that with back-to-back sixes.
(On Edwards' decision to bowl a left-arm spinner to David Miller) Oh, not really. I think with that breeze and the size of the boundary, you're able to defend yourself as a finger spinner. But yeah, I think with someone like him, with his power hitting, you've got to be pretty accurate. At a time with only 12 balls left, he's going to take chances, and he took his chance and made the most of it.
(On his bowling performance and restricting the opposition) Yeah, it was a completely different innings to yesterday, really. They came out of the blocks, they played really well, and once we worked out what the wicket was receptive to, we were able to change the pace, get certain guys bowling from different ends, and set some different fields as well. The bowlers really adapted really quickly to that. Mark Adair and Fred Klaassen were absolutely outstanding. They really pulled it back for us, along with our spin, Humphreys, to keep them to that score.
(On the approach to the chase) We still thought it was going to be a difficult chase. You can't go out there and blast, I think, as you could at Voorburg. You had to sort of bat well and consolidate, make sure you had wickets at the back end.
(On responding after yesterday's defeat) There were still learning experiences to come out of it. I think to understand that we're not playing on the same wicket as we were the last couple of weeks, and to make sure that our batters went back to our mindset at the start of the tournament, where we started to take in the conditions, we started to understand the sort of pitch we were playing on and give ourselves a chance. I thought the batters did that absolutely outstandingly today. I thought Harry Manenti, in a different role, was the rock that we were able to bat around today and did a great job."
(On Edwards' decision to bowl a left-arm spinner to David Miller) Oh, not really. I think with that breeze and the size of the boundary, you're able to defend yourself as a finger spinner. But yeah, I think with someone like him, with his power hitting, you've got to be pretty accurate. At a time with only 12 balls left, he's going to take chances, and he took his chance and made the most of it.
(On his bowling performance and restricting the opposition) Yeah, it was a completely different innings to yesterday, really. They came out of the blocks, they played really well, and once we worked out what the wicket was receptive to, we were able to change the pace, get certain guys bowling from different ends, and set some different fields as well. The bowlers really adapted really quickly to that. Mark Adair and Fred Klaassen were absolutely outstanding. They really pulled it back for us, along with our spin, Humphreys, to keep them to that score.
(On the approach to the chase) We still thought it was going to be a difficult chase. You can't go out there and blast, I think, as you could at Voorburg. You had to sort of bat well and consolidate, make sure you had wickets at the back end.
(On responding after yesterday's defeat) There were still learning experiences to come out of it. I think to understand that we're not playing on the same wicket as we were the last couple of weeks, and to make sure that our batters went back to our mindset at the start of the tournament, where we started to take in the conditions, we started to understand the sort of pitch we were playing on and give ourselves a chance. I thought the batters did that absolutely outstandingly today. I thought Harry Manenti, in a different role, was the rock that we were able to bat around today and did a great job."
Mark Adair (Belfast Wolves, Player of the Match) - "(On whether he deserved the player of the match) I agree with Maxwell. A lot of the boys did really well. Fred Klaassen was also brilliant with the ball. The way David finished in the end was top class.
(On whether there was any chat with the captain at the halfway stage with the ball) There was no chat with the skipper. The bowlers had their own plans. They're allowed to go wrong sometims. The boys did well. The way Freddie came back was amazing and we managed to keep things in check.
(On whether he thought he might have to come out and bat) I did think that I might have to come out and bat and I was padded up towards the end. But then I saw David smashing those two maximums and felt that it was a bit of waste(Laughs) but yes the boys signed off beautifully and it is time to go up now. "
(On whether there was any chat with the captain at the halfway stage with the ball) There was no chat with the skipper. The bowlers had their own plans. They're allowed to go wrong sometims. The boys did well. The way Freddie came back was amazing and we managed to keep things in check.
(On whether he thought he might have to come out and bat) I did think that I might have to come out and bat and I was padded up towards the end. But then I saw David smashing those two maximums and felt that it was a bit of waste(Laughs) but yes the boys signed off beautifully and it is time to go up now. "
PLAYER OF THE MATCH: MARK ADAIR
Time for the Post-Match Presentations...
Scott Edwards(Amsterdam Flames Captain)- "(On their batting effort) Yeah I though the way the guys came out and continued to come out was very impressive and positive for us. This was a tricky surface. It was a bit of a difficult one as to how the game went. We would have liked to do a few things differently. Had we got to 160 things could have been better and it would have been a nice total.
(On the surface) The surface was a bit two paced. It was very different to what Voorburg was. That one was a bit more skiddish as opposed to the Malahide wicket. A few guys got going here so it is possible to score big here.
(On the total that they scored) We knew we were a bit underpar. We had an okay sort of powerplay. We always felt that we were always behind the game. We kept getting the wickets which kept us in the game. But David Miller is a quality batter and he took the game away from us. "
(On the surface) The surface was a bit two paced. It was very different to what Voorburg was. That one was a bit more skiddish as opposed to the Malahide wicket. A few guys got going here so it is possible to score big here.
(On the total that they scored) We knew we were a bit underpar. We had an okay sort of powerplay. We always felt that we were always behind the game. We kept getting the wickets which kept us in the game. But David Miller is a quality batter and he took the game away from us. "
10:50 PM IST, 6:20 PM Local Time: It looked like Amsterdam Flames had escaped the opening Powerplay after being reduced to 9/2, but their recovery never quite became a full innings. Belfast Wolves were made to chase only 142, yet they had enough batting depth and enough calm in the final stages to get there at 144/5 in 19 overs, winning by five wickets with six balls remaining. The Flames' early burst with the bat through Bas de Leede and Curtis Campher threatened to change the contest, but Belfast kept taking wickets at regular intervals. In the chase, Paul Stirling and Harry Manenti laid the platform, David Miller held his nerve, and the Wolves finished the job.
Let's rewind a bit....
Amsterdam's innings began in the worst possible fashion. Saurabh Netravalkar removed Yuvraaj Samra for just 2, with Mark Chapman producing an excellent catch, and Mark Adair then had Steven Smith caught for four. At 9/2, the Flames were staring at a collapse, but Bas de Leede and Curtis Campher had other ideas. De Leede took the attack on, while Campher gradually joined in, and the pair launched a remarkable counterattack in the final over of the Powerplay. Amsterdam smashed 24 off Chris Jordan's over, turning a disastrous start into 56/2 after six overs. De Leede was already on 31 from 14 at that point.
Amsterdam's innings began in the worst possible fashion. Saurabh Netravalkar removed Yuvraaj Samra for just 2, with Mark Chapman producing an excellent catch, and Mark Adair then had Steven Smith caught for four. At 9/2, the Flames were staring at a collapse, but Bas de Leede and Curtis Campher had other ideas. De Leede took the attack on, while Campher gradually joined in, and the pair launched a remarkable counterattack in the final over of the Powerplay. Amsterdam smashed 24 off Chris Jordan's over, turning a disastrous start into 56/2 after six overs. De Leede was already on 31 from 14 at that point.
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