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BW vs RD, 22nd T20, ETPL 2026 summary
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162-3(18.0)
Rotterdam Dockers won by 7 wickets 🏆
BW
(20.0)161-6
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P'ship : 75(36)
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That's it from our coverage of the contest. Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Akshay Bhide and scorer/analyst Manish Bishnoi. Stay tuned for more action from around the world.
Action resumes in the ETPL as the Dublin Guardians take on the Glasgow Cosmic in a short while.
An important victory for the Rotterdam Dockers keeps them in a better position to make the playoffs as they reach the 2nd position in the ladder. Belfast Wolves still pretty much in contention to make the top 3 as they grace the 3rd place at the moment in the ladder.
Faf du Plessis (Rotterdam Dockers Captain): [on the win] "We were too efficient in the field today. There's a couple of 40+ year olds that threw their bodies around all day and set the tone. Extremely efficient with the ball and in the field. Surprisingly, the wicket skidded on really well. Looked like a really good wicket so we were happy at the halfway stage with the score but it slowed down completely. The guys bowled well and took all the pace off. Tricky wicket and a tricky chase. 42-43 in the powerplay was a good tempo and then batting a little bit through the middle and the way Klaasen, if he hits the ball in the middle like that, he makes it look a lot easier for the rest of us.
[on the 2 points] Very important. It's a team that we are competing with in terms of top 3. We were very much on today and trying to make sure that in all departments, we are ready mentally, physically to put in a real good show. That for me is the most pleasing. The way the guys showed up with their bodies in the field. Really, really big 2 points."
[on the 2 points] Very important. It's a team that we are competing with in terms of top 3. We were very much on today and trying to make sure that in all departments, we are ready mentally, physically to put in a real good show. That for me is the most pleasing. The way the guys showed up with their bodies in the field. Really, really big 2 points."
Heinrich Klaasen (Player of the Match): [on what he enjoyed the most] "The ball actually hitting the middle of the bat. The sound of the bat today for me is what I've been searching for about a year and a half now. Today gave me a lot of confidence and hopefully that will continue for the rest of the tournament.
[on what he concentrates on] It's been a lot of phone calls to people I trust. But at the end of the day it's just a small detail that really actually that made a big change in the last 3 games. It was just my right knee just bending a little bit more. Simple as that, but overthinking it way too much making the game so complicated for yourself. It's been a long search and finally over the last 2 games, I'm a little bit more pleased.
[on du Plessis] He's been incredible so far. It's like red wine, he's just getting better and better. Glad I can contribute a little bit to the team to get us one better."
[on what he concentrates on] It's been a lot of phone calls to people I trust. But at the end of the day it's just a small detail that really actually that made a big change in the last 3 games. It was just my right knee just bending a little bit more. Simple as that, but overthinking it way too much making the game so complicated for yourself. It's been a long search and finally over the last 2 games, I'm a little bit more pleased.
[on du Plessis] He's been incredible so far. It's like red wine, he's just getting better and better. Glad I can contribute a little bit to the team to get us one better."
Player of the Match: Heinrich Klaasen
Glenn Maxwell (Belfast Wolves Captain): [what went wrong] "Probably the toss would have been nice. They bowled really well through the middle and held us back. We really assessed the conditions really well after being sent in and felt like we got ourselves to a nice position where we could go and then they took all the pace out of the ball through the middle. Even with Miller's power at the end, we weren't able to get to a total which was quite enough.
[on the acceleration] We had the power to access both sides of the ground. I don't think we sort of went out and thought about the wind. They obviously bowled very well. We weren't trying to target any specific area and try and keep the whole ground in play.
[with the ball] We had them for a bit until Heinrich Klaasen came out and played a really powerful innings. He was probably the only guy with Miller to come out there and try hit the ball from the first ball and played a brilliant innings on a wicket that was spinning and holding up and the slower ones were getting some grip. He was able to show us power.
[on the mindset of team] We're in a good space. It would have been nice to win that toss and hopefully have the batter of the conditions but we're really playing well as a group to put 160 on the board."
[on the acceleration] We had the power to access both sides of the ground. I don't think we sort of went out and thought about the wind. They obviously bowled very well. We weren't trying to target any specific area and try and keep the whole ground in play.
[with the ball] We had them for a bit until Heinrich Klaasen came out and played a really powerful innings. He was probably the only guy with Miller to come out there and try hit the ball from the first ball and played a brilliant innings on a wicket that was spinning and holding up and the slower ones were getting some grip. He was able to show us power.
[on the mindset of team] We're in a good space. It would have been nice to win that toss and hopefully have the batter of the conditions but we're really playing well as a group to put 160 on the board."
6:19 PM IST, 1:49 PM Local Time: The Rotterdam Dockers register a thumping 7-wicket win over the Belfast Wolves and move to the 2nd position in the points table. Brilliant teamwork in the first innings helped them restrict the Wolves to 161/6 before chasing the total down with 12 balls to spare.
Keeper-batter Lorcan Tucker hit 58 off 42 balls for the Wolves after the Dockers won the toss and elected to bowl. David Miller looked in fine nick with 40 in 26 balls hitting 2 fours and as many sixes.
Anrich Nortje (2/37) and Logan van Beek (2/41) shared 4 wickets between them. David Wiese (1/24), Shubham Ranjane (1/25) and Roelof van der Merwe (0/13) were fantastic as well to keep things tight through the middle overs.
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