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Match Details
CANT vs OTG, 3rd T20, Super Smash 2025-26 live
OTG
160-10(20.0)
Canterbury won by 28 runs 🏆
CANT
(20.0)188-5
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P'ship : 0(0)
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So what’s the takeaway? Control beats chaos. Every time. Canterbury ticked more boxes. Batting depth. Bowling variety. Calm decision-making. Otago had sparks, but couldn’t sustain pressure. A deserved 28-run win to start the season. Super Smash is underway. Plenty more questions to be asked. Plenty more answers to come. See you at the next one, tomorrow!!
Until then, I am Dev Rajawat, signing off, along with my co-commentator Karthik Raj and scorer Bishal Mandal. That’s it from our side. Thanks for joining. Goodbye from this tab! TAKE CARE! BREATHE AND SMILE! CIAO!
Until then, I am Dev Rajawat, signing off, along with my co-commentator Karthik Raj and scorer Bishal Mandal. That’s it from our side. Thanks for joining. Goodbye from this tab! TAKE CARE! BREATHE AND SMILE! CIAO!
Tom Latham (Player of the Match): "It was nice to contribute. We got a few partnerships and got to 190, good start to the tournament for us. (On Chad Bowes) He is very free-flowing and takes the pressure off me. Some days it comes and some days it doesn't but he got us off to a strong start. The bowlers looked to bring the stumps into play without being too full or too short."
Tom Latham has been named as the 'Player of the Match'.
12:13 PM IST, 7:43 PM LOCAL TIME: In T20 cricket, moments decide fate, and Canterbury owned more moments than Otago tonight. A commanding 28-run win to open their Super Smash 2025-26 campaign. Canterbury set the tone with a classy batting display and then squeezed, struck, and suffocated with the ball. Otago threatened. Briefly. Jamal Todd lit up Alexandra. Phillips and Chu stitched hope. But control kept slipping away. Canterbury stayed calmer. Sharper. Better.
So how did the chase begin for Otago? Cautiously… then explosively. Just 2 runs off the first over. 7 off the second. Quiet nerves. Then came Jamal Todd. Chaos followed. A 23-run third over off Kyle Jamieson - three sixes, one four. Boom. He went again in the next. Despite cramps. Despite the physio visiting more than once. Otago raced to 46/0 after four overs. Suddenly, 189 didn’t look that far.
What changed the game early? Leadership. A captain’s call. Cole McConchie brought himself on. Immediate impact. Llew Johnson, struggling for timing, departed. The first crack appeared. Todd, however, didn’t slow down. He brought up a stunning fifty off just 22 balls. Power. Intent. Fearless hitting. But again, McConchie had the answer. Todd gone. Momentum checked. Big wicket. Big moment.
Did Otago still have hope? Yes. Enter Phillips and Chu. Glenn Phillips joined Max Chu, and the third-wicket stand rebuilt belief. Calm strokes. Smart rotation. Timed boundaries. They added 58 runs and kept the required rate manageable. Chu went after Sean Davey in the 12th. Two sixes. Pressure back on Canterbury. But Ish Sodhi responded with a tight 13th over. Just four runs. The squeeze returned.
When did the chase start slipping away? The 14th over. One run. One wicket. Cam Paul bowled magic. Max Chu gone for a well-made 38. One run conceded. The equation tilted sharply. The crowd felt it. The batters felt it. Sean Davey returned in the 15th and delivered a double blow - Jack Boyle and Glenn Phillips gone in the same over. From 121/2 to 123/5. Just like that.
What followed? Collapse. Pressure. No way back. Paul struck again. Sodhi cleaned up Lockrose. Wickets fell in clusters. Otago slid from 121/2 to 135/8 in no time. The required rate ballooned beyond reach. Georgeson fought late with a few boundaries, but it was damage control by then. Paul finished things off, knocking over Bacon. Otago all out for 160.
Now rewind. Earlier, how did Canterbury build 188? Calm first. Then class. A flying Powerplay - 57 without loss. Chad Bowes fluent. Tom Latham elegant. Boundaries flowed. Latham looked in complete control, casually clearing the ropes early. The 95-run opening stand set the platform before Lockrose broke through, bowling Bowes in the 10th over. Canterbury were 100 up by 10.3 overs and cruising.
What stood out in the middle and death? Latham’s control. Otago’s fightback. Nicholls showed intent but couldn’t cash in after a no-ball reprieve. Phillips struck twice to slow things down. Otago clawed back impressively in the last six overs - just 48 runs conceded. Georgeson removed Latham for a superb 75 off 48. Bacon and Ferns closed well. Canterbury finished with 188/5. Competitive. Defendable. Enough.
So how did the chase begin for Otago? Cautiously… then explosively. Just 2 runs off the first over. 7 off the second. Quiet nerves. Then came Jamal Todd. Chaos followed. A 23-run third over off Kyle Jamieson - three sixes, one four. Boom. He went again in the next. Despite cramps. Despite the physio visiting more than once. Otago raced to 46/0 after four overs. Suddenly, 189 didn’t look that far.
What changed the game early? Leadership. A captain’s call. Cole McConchie brought himself on. Immediate impact. Llew Johnson, struggling for timing, departed. The first crack appeared. Todd, however, didn’t slow down. He brought up a stunning fifty off just 22 balls. Power. Intent. Fearless hitting. But again, McConchie had the answer. Todd gone. Momentum checked. Big wicket. Big moment.
Did Otago still have hope? Yes. Enter Phillips and Chu. Glenn Phillips joined Max Chu, and the third-wicket stand rebuilt belief. Calm strokes. Smart rotation. Timed boundaries. They added 58 runs and kept the required rate manageable. Chu went after Sean Davey in the 12th. Two sixes. Pressure back on Canterbury. But Ish Sodhi responded with a tight 13th over. Just four runs. The squeeze returned.
When did the chase start slipping away? The 14th over. One run. One wicket. Cam Paul bowled magic. Max Chu gone for a well-made 38. One run conceded. The equation tilted sharply. The crowd felt it. The batters felt it. Sean Davey returned in the 15th and delivered a double blow - Jack Boyle and Glenn Phillips gone in the same over. From 121/2 to 123/5. Just like that.
What followed? Collapse. Pressure. No way back. Paul struck again. Sodhi cleaned up Lockrose. Wickets fell in clusters. Otago slid from 121/2 to 135/8 in no time. The required rate ballooned beyond reach. Georgeson fought late with a few boundaries, but it was damage control by then. Paul finished things off, knocking over Bacon. Otago all out for 160.
Now rewind. Earlier, how did Canterbury build 188? Calm first. Then class. A flying Powerplay - 57 without loss. Chad Bowes fluent. Tom Latham elegant. Boundaries flowed. Latham looked in complete control, casually clearing the ropes early. The 95-run opening stand set the platform before Lockrose broke through, bowling Bowes in the 10th over. Canterbury were 100 up by 10.3 overs and cruising.
What stood out in the middle and death? Latham’s control. Otago’s fightback. Nicholls showed intent but couldn’t cash in after a no-ball reprieve. Phillips struck twice to slow things down. Otago clawed back impressively in the last six overs - just 48 runs conceded. Georgeson removed Latham for a superb 75 off 48. Bacon and Ferns closed well. Canterbury finished with 188/5. Competitive. Defendable. Enough.
OVER 20
Otago
160/10
Matthew Bacon
0(2)
Luke Georgeson
23(15)
Cameron Paul
3-32(4.0)
19.6 C Paul to M Bacon
W CAM PAUL GETS OTAGO ALL-OUT! Full and quick at the off-stump, Bacon walks down the track and looks to slash it over backward point but he misses the ball as it goes onto flatten the off pole. So, Otago have been bowled out for 160 to handover a 28-run win to Canterbury.
19.5 C Paul to M Bacon
0 Short outside-off, Bacon walks across to his right and attempts to help the ball over 45 but he misses the ball completely. Good heat from Paul.
19.4 C Paul to L Georgeson
1 Low full-toss outside-off, Georgeson directs it to short third for a single.
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