MI London vs Southern Brave Match 9 Full Commentary
Live · Jul 27 2026, Mon - 11:00 PM (IST)
Match 9, - Utilita Bowl
MIL 30/2 (6.2)
SOB 129/9 (20.0)
MI London need 100 runs in 68 balls at 1.47 rpb
CRR:4.69 | RR: 7.35
MIL SOB
We are back for the chase. Chris Jordan and his men are in a huddle before they take their respective positions on the field. They are followed by the two MI London openers, James Vince and Will Jacks. Jofra Archer is ready at the top of his mark to steam in. Here we go...
... THE RUN CHASE ...
Can Brave defend 129? The hard new ball came on nicely, but batting seemed to become difficult as it softened. Just as we saw in the women's game earlier, the square boundaries proved difficult to clear, and the men found it no different. Southern Brave will look to make use of those dimensions. Early wickets will be key if they are to put MI London under pressure and stay firmly in the contest. Stick around as the chase is coming up shortly.
Let's hear from Trent Boult - Boult says that the wicket looked good and the ball came onto the bat nicely, but it was a good bowling effort to keep the opposition under 130 runs. On the wicket of Ben McKinney, Boult says that he didn't know Ben played the scoop and goes on to say that he felt good about his bowling today. Ends by saying that the slower ball did grip a bit, and they have an experienced bowling attack as well, which helped.
Brave finish below par - Having been asked to bat first, Southern Brave lost a couple of early wickets, but Jamie Smith blazed his way through the Powerplay. However, he couldn't carry that momentum into the middle phase. Brave did manage to get a couple of productive sets, but the wickets of Smith and Tristan Stubbs at crucial junctures stalled their progress. Those who followed were unable to inject the desired impetus, and the back end of the innings fizzled out for the home side as they could only manage 34 runs in the last 25 balls, losing 5 wickets along the way.
A job well done by MI London - A thoroughly professional performance from Sam Curran and his men, who will walk off well pleased with the all-round effort they produced. Southern Brave have fallen short of the total they would have had in mind, and the innings never really took off for the home side.
OUT! LUKE WOOD IS RUN OUT! Excellent finish from Tom Curran and Southern Brave finish with 129/9 on the board. Curran bangs it in well short and angles it across off. Luke Wood reaches up to cut it away but is beaten and Jofra Archer tries to pinch a bye. Wood is caught ball-watching and responds really late. The keeper lobs the ball back to the bowler and Curran dislodges the bails at his end. Archer and Wood did cross each other, so it is Wood who is given out.
Another batter gets caught in the deep. Luke Wood to face the last ball.
OUT! CAUGHT! The square boundaries are huge at this venue and you simply can't flick the ball over the ropes here. Full and fast from Tom Curran, in the slot around leg. Saif Zaib picks it up well and whips it down to deep mid-wicket. Nathan Sowter takes another good low catch in the deep and the Brave lose their 8th wicket.
A quicker short ball now, at the batter. Jofra Archer hangs back and swats the pull down to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Jofra Archer comes out to bat.
OUT! TAKEN! James Vince takes a near-identical catch to the last one and Tom Curran has a wicket to his name. Curran just takes off a few miles off the delivery, digging it in short over the stumps. Chris Jordan is forced to take on the pull but gets a top edge over mid-wicket. Vince comes in from the deep and reverse-cups it with ease.
FOUR! A cheer from the crowd as the skipper starts the final set with a boundary. Too full and straight, clipped away off the pads and through square leg for a boundary.
Tom Curran to close out the innings.
Full toss on off, Saif Zaib hangs very deep in the crease and ends up hitting it off the higher part of the blade through mid off for one more.
Very full again, outside off, this is hit away along the turf and through extra cover for just a single.
The skipper of Southern Brave, Chris Jordan is in next.
OUT! CAUGHT! Trent Boult answers right back and as soon as Chaudhary hit it, he knew he was a goner. The slower bumper into the wicket, angled across the batter a bit. Nikhil Chaudhary is taken aback and looks to pull but one hand comes off the handle of the blade. The ball gets lofted towards deep mid-wicket, where James Vince takes a simple catch standing well inside the ropes.
FOUR! Chaudhary really dug that one out of the turf. Another yorker, wide outside off. Chaudhary stays back and gets it to the right of mid off for a drilled boundary.
A leg stump yorker from Boult, and he gets it spot-on. Saif Zaib misses the flick and the ball thuds off the pads to the leg side. Just a leg bye.
Trent Boult returns.
A bit shorter, angled at the batter. Zaib hangs back and miscues the pull in front of mid-wicket for a single. Sam Curran ends with 22/2 in his 20 balls.
Good running between the wickets again from this pair. Hard length at the stumps, hit away through wide mid on for a couple of runs.
The moon ball again, full and at 46 mph outside off. The ball dips on the batter and drags it through square leg for a single.
Juicy full toss, wide outside off. Saif Zaib reaches out and just slashes it away to deep backward point for one. Zaib should have done more with that.
The call is for two again, but this time Chaudhary won't get it. Full and angled into the stumps, Chaudhary comes down the track and jams it into the turf and back down the ground for one.
Sam Curran to bowl out now.
Another slower ball, pitched fuller on off. Chaudhary leans on and drills it down to the right of long off for two quick runs. Nelson is up for the Brave as well.
FOUR! Chaudhary calls for two, but he's picked the gap to perfection. Full toss on the pads, it is bowled slower and dips as well. Chaudhary lunges to reach it and manages to hit it well to the right of deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
A proper bumper now, over leg stump. Saif Zaib pulls it away through backward square leg for one.
1 run.
Oh, that could have gone back onto the stumps.
Leg-spin in tandem now as Nikhil Chaudhary is tossed the ball.
Turning back in at the pads, not all that short. Sam clips it with the spin in front of square leg for another single. Five singles off the set.
More air given by Rashid, very full, on off. Will works it to long off and rotates the strike.
Slightly fuller and this is tossed up, on off. Curran knocks it down to long on for one.
From the front of the hand, on a good length. Jacks punches it past cover for a run.
Down leg, turning back, on the shorter side. Curran pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Spin straight away after the Powerplay. Here's Adil Rashid.
The off-cutter from Marcus Stoinis, on a length and attacking the pads. Sam Curran taps it across to mid-wicket, and MI London end the Powerplay at 24/2, needing 106 more to win off 75 balls.
Pitched up on middle, bowled from over the wicket. Curran defends it off.
FOUR! Well in the gap this time. Shorter in length and over the stumps. Sam Curran hangs back and pulls it well to the left of David Miller at mid-wicket and picks up a boundary.
Gets through the in-field, but Jofra Archer manages to hunt it down. Back of a length and around off, Sam Curran pulls it down off the back foot towards mid-wicket. David Miller gets low to his right but lets it through. Archer goes after it from mid on and saves two runs.
Stoinis switches ends and continues. This is bowled on a good length around off, Jacks eases it square through the off side for a single.
Almost an action replay of the previous ball. A bit fuller this time, angled in towards the off stump. Curran blocks it off the front foot. 113 needed now off 80 balls. A double-wicket maiden from Stoinis to begin with.
On the money from Stoinis but that's a solid block from Sam Curran. Full of a good length around off, darting back in. Curran covers the line, prods forward and blocks it off.
MI London's captain, Sam Curran walks out to face the hat-trick ball.
OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Marcus Stoinis is a canny operator, and he's now on a hat-trick as well. Stoinis comes around the wicket, pushing it fuller and in the channel around off. Nicholas Pooran is drawn forward and looks to drive but the ball gently nips away and Pooran edges it through. The ball just carries to the keeper Jamie Smith, and he makes no mistake. MI London are 17/2.
Nicholas Pooran makes his way out to bat.
OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man in the deep, and James Vince's return to the Utilita Bowl ends in a two-ball duck against his former side. Marcus Stoinis bowls a skiddy bumper over middle, gets it around chest height. Vince nails the pull but hits it flat towards deep square leg. Tristan Stubbs takes a step or two to his left and takes a fine catch as that ball was travelling.
Stoinis hits a good length and gets the ball to just nip back into the batter. James Vince pushes it back down the pitch. Might have actually been the off-cutter from Stoinis.
Marcus Stoinis has been handed the ball now.
Back of a length, just outside off, Jacks hangs back and manages to dab it down towards short third for a single. Finally, after 15 balls, James Vince gets on strike.
Good-length delivery, just outside off and over 90 mph. Jacks looks to tap it on the off side but gets an underedge back on the deck.
WIDE! A quick bumper but ill-directed by Jofra. Banged in short and angled down leg, Jacks misses the pull and a wide is called. Archer thinks there might be glove on it but the keeeper isn't interested one bit.
On a good length around middle, Jacks pushes it off the splice of the bat towards mid on.
Good hustle from Luke Wood. Fuller on middle, quick again. Jacks heaves it away wide of mid on, not perfectly timed though. Wood opts against putting the early dive and chases it down, keeping it down to two runs.
Archer hits the good length, bowling it over off at 87 mph. Jacks blocks it down the deck.
Jofra Archer switches ends.
Another inswinger, this time on the pads and flicked down to long leg for a single by Jacks.