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CANT vs CS, 9th T20, Super Smash 2025-26 live
CANT
145-1(12.4)
Canterbury won by 9 wickets 🏆
CS
(20.0)139-6
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P'ship : 107(53)
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A total dominating performance by Canterbury Kings as they register a nine-wicket win over Central Stags. Kings continue with their supreme form this season. As far as Stags are concerned, they aren't playing like a defending champion should.
This is Mohammad Anab signing off on behalf of my colleagues Manan Mehta, Akshay Bhide and Bishal Mandal. Cheers!
This is Mohammad Anab signing off on behalf of my colleagues Manan Mehta, Akshay Bhide and Bishal Mandal. Cheers!
Cole McConchie (Canterbury Kings Captain): "Yeah Boyle is a superb striker. 140 can get tricky if you do not go hard enough but he just played superbly.
Our bowling unit is a pretty good one over the years. Sheat has a very clear mind and Michael Rae bowls strength to strength. The others are all chipping in beautifully.
The way Dane Cleaver and Dean Foxcroft were going we needed to stem the flow of runs. Happy to do that in the middle overs and help the side out as we restricted them to a low total.
Yeah, a bit of time at home now before our next game. Hopefully can play some golf and relax a bit.
Yeah, we are shaping up well as a unit. Just need to make sure we are focused. With 6 quality teams in the side, one cannot take anything for granted at any moment so yeah."
Our bowling unit is a pretty good one over the years. Sheat has a very clear mind and Michael Rae bowls strength to strength. The others are all chipping in beautifully.
The way Dane Cleaver and Dean Foxcroft were going we needed to stem the flow of runs. Happy to do that in the middle overs and help the side out as we restricted them to a low total.
Yeah, a bit of time at home now before our next game. Hopefully can play some golf and relax a bit.
Yeah, we are shaping up well as a unit. Just need to make sure we are focused. With 6 quality teams in the side, one cannot take anything for granted at any moment so yeah."
Jayden Lennox (Central Stags Captain): "I think we were short by around 30 runs. Frustrating for us not to win a game yet. Maybe we will just regroup in a couple of days and then return back to the form in the next game. It was one of those days when our batters struggled. You just didn't get anything from the Kings' bowlers to score. A little bit of restructuring will happen in our squad as some of our players will go to India for the national duty."
Fraser Sheat (Player of the Match): "I just backed my strengths and trusted that it will work today. Kept a good length and tried to make them play straight. Held good shape.
Didn't realize that I didn't give a single boundary. I would have taken that any day. Restricting them to just 140 and then seeing how our batters went about the chase was superb to watch. Great day."
Didn't realize that I didn't give a single boundary. I would have taken that any day. Restricting them to just 140 and then seeing how our batters went about the chase was superb to watch. Great day."
Player of the Match: Fraser Sheat
11:34 AM IST, 7:04 PM Local Time: Canterbury Kings finish the match in style with a maximum. They register a comprehensive victory by nine wickets with more than seven overs remaining. The target of 140 set by the Central Stags was absolutely a cake walk for the Kings' top-order batters. Kings register a hat-trick of victories today while Stags face their third defeat on the trot.
Batting first, the Central Stags were restricted to 139 for 6 from their 20 overs, never quite finding the momentum needed to post a truly competitive total. While there were useful contributions through the middle of the innings, regular wickets halted any sustained acceleration. Canterbury’s bowlers kept tight lines and applied pressure throughout, ensuring the Stags were unable to capitalise at the death.
Josh Clarkson (42*) and Dean Foxcroft (37) contributed with the bat for Stags while pacer Fraser Sheat was the pick of the bowlers for Kings with 3/17.
In stark contrast, the Kings’ reply was emphatic. Their openers came out with clear intent, punishing loose deliveries and rotating the strike effectively. Tom Latham started with the onslaught and played some glorious strokes before chopping one back to the stumps and getting dismissed for 23.
However, Kings didn't step back from their approach as the number 3 batter Matthew Boyle and opener Chad Bowes led the onslaught. It was Boyle in particular who hammered the Stags bowlers and went on to make an unbeaten 73 off 30 balls. Bowes also remained unbeaten at 40 off 34 balls. The duo added 107 runs for the second wicket.
Canterbury raced to 145 for 1 in just 12.4 overs, making light work of the chase and ending the contest with more than seven overs to spare.
The result underlined Canterbury’s growing confidence in the competition, highlighting both their bowling discipline and batting firepower. For the Central Stags, it was a disappointing outing, with the inability to push beyond the mid-140s ultimately leaving them with too little to defend.
Stags have registered a hat-trick of losses and remain at the fifth spot in the points table. Meanwhile, Kings remain at the top of the standings.
Batting first, the Central Stags were restricted to 139 for 6 from their 20 overs, never quite finding the momentum needed to post a truly competitive total. While there were useful contributions through the middle of the innings, regular wickets halted any sustained acceleration. Canterbury’s bowlers kept tight lines and applied pressure throughout, ensuring the Stags were unable to capitalise at the death.
Josh Clarkson (42*) and Dean Foxcroft (37) contributed with the bat for Stags while pacer Fraser Sheat was the pick of the bowlers for Kings with 3/17.
In stark contrast, the Kings’ reply was emphatic. Their openers came out with clear intent, punishing loose deliveries and rotating the strike effectively. Tom Latham started with the onslaught and played some glorious strokes before chopping one back to the stumps and getting dismissed for 23.
However, Kings didn't step back from their approach as the number 3 batter Matthew Boyle and opener Chad Bowes led the onslaught. It was Boyle in particular who hammered the Stags bowlers and went on to make an unbeaten 73 off 30 balls. Bowes also remained unbeaten at 40 off 34 balls. The duo added 107 runs for the second wicket.
Canterbury raced to 145 for 1 in just 12.4 overs, making light work of the chase and ending the contest with more than seven overs to spare.
The result underlined Canterbury’s growing confidence in the competition, highlighting both their bowling discipline and batting firepower. For the Central Stags, it was a disappointing outing, with the inability to push beyond the mid-140s ultimately leaving them with too little to defend.
Stags have registered a hat-trick of losses and remain at the fifth spot in the points table. Meanwhile, Kings remain at the top of the standings.
OVER 13
Canterbury
145/1
Matthew Boyle
73(30)
Chad Bowes
40(34)
Toby Findlay
1-24(2.4)
12.4 T Findlay to M Boyle
6 SIXXXX!!!! Done and dusted and Boyle the man to finish it off. Rightly so! Shortish ball on the stumps, Boyle hangs back and pulls it with power over the midwicket fence for a maximum. The Canterbury Kings win by 9 wickets and with 44 balls to spare!
Scores are level now.
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