Highlights Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces T20 Super Smash 20.01.2025

Ferns pitches one up, on a good line once again. Snedden moves onto the front foot and drives for a single run through the off side.

Pitched up, on a good line once again. Snedden moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

OUT! Ferns gets the wicket! Full ball, on line again. Sears moves onto the front foot and punches a drive, but is caught by Olliver on the off side.

Pitched up, on a good line. Younghusband gets on the front foot and drives for a run through the off side field.

Ferns pitches one up, outside off stump. Sears pushes forward and drives through the off side for one run.

OUT! Caught. Full ball, pitching outside off once more. Van Beek gets on the front foot and punches a drive, but is caught by WT O'Donnell down the ground.

Olliver pitches one up, pitching outside off. Younghusband moves onto the front foot and eases a drive for a pair of runs.

Olliver pitches one up, on a good line once again. Van Beek moves onto the front foot and drives for one run.

Full ball, pitching on a good line. Younghusband pushes forward and punches a drive through the off side field for a single run.

OUT! Olliver gets the wicket! Olliver pitches one up, pitching outside off again. Tashkoff gets forward and outside edges, and is caught by Fletcher behind square.

Pitched up, outside off. Van Beek pushes forward and drives for a single run through the off side field.

On a good length, pitching outside leg and angled across the batter. Tashkoff gets on the front foot and is hit on the pad while trying to leave the ball

Full ball, outside off stump once more. Van Beek pushes forward but misses while trying a drive

Pitched up, outside off stump. Tashkoff pushes forward and drives on the off side for 1 run.

McKenzie pitches one up, on line again. Van Beek gets on the front foot and punches a drive on the leg side for a single run.

Full, pitching on a good line. Tashkoff moves onto the front foot and drives for a run down the ground.

Pitched up, on a good line once again. Tashkoff gets forward and drives for a pair of runs.

McKenzie pitches one up, on a good line. Tashkoff gets forward and drives down the ground for 2 runs.

Full, outside off. Van Beek pushes forward and eases a drive on the off side for two runs.

Wide. Full, too wide outside leg.

Full, pitching on a good line. Tashkoff pushes forward and drives for one run.

Keene pitches one up, pitching outside leg and angled across Tashkoff. He pushes forward and drives

Keene pitches one up, on a good line once more. Van Beek gets forward and drives for a single run.

Full ball, on a good line once again. Van Beek gets on the front foot and eases a drive

OUT! Keene finds a way through! Full ball, on line. Abbas gets forward but swings and misses while trying to play a drive, and the ball careens into the stumps

Full ball, pitching outside off stump. Tashkoff moves onto the front foot and eases a drive for a pair of runs on the off side.

McKenzie pitches one up, outside off stump. Tashkoff moves onto the front foot but misses while attempting a drive

Full ball, on line again. Abbas gets forward and drives for one run.

Full ball, pitching on a good line. Tashkoff moves onto the front foot and drives for a single run.

Full, outside off stump. Abbas gets on the front foot and drives for one run.

Wide. Too wide outside leg.

Full, outside off stump. Tashkoff gets forward and drives through the off side for a single run.

Full, outside off stump again. Tashkoff pushes forward and punches a drive down the ground for one run.

Pitched up, outside off stump. Abbas moves onto the front foot and drives for one leg bye behind square on the on side.

And again! Fifty comes up for Abbas in emphatic style! Full ball, pitching outside leg stump and angling across Abbas. He gets on the front foot and pulls for a half dozen runs back behind square.

MAXIMUM! Pitched up, on a good line. Abbas moves onto the front foot and pulls behind square for six runs.

Full ball, outside off stump. Tashkoff gets on the front foot and drives on the off side for 1 run.

SIX! WT O'Donnell pitches one up, on a good line. Tashkoff gets on the front foot and punches a drive for a half dozen runs on the off side.

Full ball, pitching on leg and angled across Tashkoff. He moves onto the front foot and drives for one run.

Pitched up, pitching outside off. Tashkoff gets on the front foot and defends

On a good length, on leg stump and angling across the batter. Tashkoff moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

OUT! Ashok gets the wicket! Good length, outside leg and angling across. Bracewell moves onto the front foot and drives, but is caught by McKenzie on the leg side.

Full, outside leg and angled across the batter. Bracewell gets on the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

MAXIMUM! Full, on line. Bracewell moves onto the front foot and drives on the off side for a half dozen runs.

SIX! Full ball, outside off. Abbas gets forward and drives for a half dozen runs.

Wide. Full, too wide outside leg. It beats the wicketkeeper and flies away to the rope for five wides.

Pitched up, pitching outside off once more. Abbas pushes forward and punches a drive for 2 runs through the off side field.

SIX! Full, pitching outside off stump. Abbas gets forward and drives for 6 runs through the off side.

FOUR! Good line and length from Solia. Abbas pushes forward and plays a pull behind square for 4 runs.

Full ball, pitching outside leg again. Bracewell pushes forward and flicks behind square for 1 run.

FOUR! Good length from Solia, outside off. Bracewell moves onto the front foot and drives for four runs.

Full ball, on line once again. Abbas gets on the front foot and defends

Full, pitching on a good line. Bracewell gets forward and punches a drive for 1 run.

Pitched up, pitching outside off stump. Abbas gets on the front foot and punches a drive on the off side for one run.

Good line and length from Ashok. Bracewell moves onto the front foot and punches a drive for a single run on the off side.

Pitched up, outside off stump. Abbas pushes forward and punches a drive for a single run.

Ashok pitches one up, on a good line. Bracewell pushes forward and drives down the ground for 1 run.

SIX! Full, pitching outside off. Abbas pushes forward and drives for 6 runs on the off side.

Full, outside off stump once again. Bracewell gets on the front foot and drives for 1 run.

FOUR! McKenzie pitches one up, outside leg. Bracewell moves onto the front foot and plays a flick for 4 runs back behind square.

Length ball, outside off stump. Abbas moves onto the front foot and plays a flick back behind square for 1 run.

Full, on line. Abbas gets on the front foot and defends

Full, pitching outside off once again. Abbas moves onto the front foot and punches a drive through the off side field for a pair of runs.

Full ball, pitching outside off. Abbas gets on the front foot and drives for a single run on the off side.

Ashok pitches one up, pitching on a good line. Bracewell gets on the front foot and drives for one run down the ground.

Full ball, on a good line. Abbas gets on the front foot and eases a drive for a single run through the off side.

Length ball, pitching outside leg stump and angled across. Bracewell gets on the front foot and eases a drive for a single run down the ground.

On a good line and length from Ashok once more. Bracewell pushes forward and plays a defensive stroke

Pitched up, on line again. Abbas gets forward and drives for one run on the off side.

Good line and length. Bracewell gets on the front foot and defends

OUT! Caught. On a good length, outside off stump. Johnson gets forward and punches a drive on the off side. The umpire gives Johnson out, however the umpires then ask the batter to remain while a review is undertaken. The decision is upheld, and Johnson has to go.

Length ball, outside leg. Abbas pushes forward and is hit on the pads while trying to leave the ball

Good line and length from Ferns. Johnson moves onto the front foot and flicks for 1 run back behind square.

Ferns pitches one up, outside off. Johnson gets forward but decides to just let it travel through to Fletcher

Abbas gets forward and punches a drive through the off side field for three runs.

FOUR! Full, pitching outside off stump once again. Johnson pushes forward and drives through the off side for 4 runs.

Good length from Olliver, pitching outside off. Abbas gets on the front foot and eases a drive for a single run through the off side.

Full, pitching near leg stump and angled across. Johnson moves onto the front foot and drives for 1 run down the ground.

Full ball, pitching outside off. Johnson gets on the front foot and drives on the off side for 2 runs.

Full, on a good line. Abbas gets forward and flicks behind square for 1 run.

Full ball, outside off. Johnson gets on the front foot and punches a drive for a single run.

Good length, pitching outside off. Abbas moves onto the front foot and punches a drive through the off side field for 2 runs.

Wide. Pitching far outside leg.

FOUR! Full, pitching outside off. Abbas gets on the front foot and drives for 4 runs.

OUT! Keene gets the wicket! Full, outside off stump. Kelly moves onto the front foot and drives, but is caught by WT O'Donnell

On a good line and length from Keene once more. Kelly gets forward and defends

Full ball, on a good line. Johnson gets forward and drives through the off side field for a single run.

Pitched up, on line once again. Kelly moves onto the front foot and drives down the ground for a run.

Full, on line. Johnson moves onto the front foot and defends

Good length, pitching near leg stump and angled across the batter. Johnson moves onto the front foot and defends

OUT! Caught. Olliver pitches one up, on line. Blundell pushes forward and drives, but is caught by Ferns down the ground.

Full ball, outside off. Kelly gets on the front foot and punches a drive for one run down the ground.

Full, pitching on a good line again. Blundell gets on the front foot and drives for a single run on the on side.

FOUR! Full ball, on line. Blundell gets forward and drives for four runs.

Full, pitching outside off stump. Blundell pushes forward and eases a drive for 1 run on the on side.

FOUR! Good line and length once again. Blundell gets forward and pulls behind square for four runs.

Pitched up, pitching outside leg and angled across the batter. Kelly gets forward and flicks for one run back behind square.

Good length, outside off stump. Kelly moves onto the front foot and drives for 2 runs on the off side.

Pitched up, pitching on a good line. Kelly pushes forward and defends

On a good length, pitching outside off stump. Blundell gets on the front foot and drives through the off side field for a single run.

Wide. Too wide outside leg.

Pitched up, on a good line again. Blundell gets forward and eases a drive on the off side for a single run.

Full, pitching near leg stump and angling across. Kelly gets forward and flicks behind square for three runs.

OUT! Ferns breaks through! Full ball, on line again. Robinson pushes forward and eases a drive, but is caught by WT O'Donnell down the ground.

On a good line and length from Ferns but angled across the batter. Robinson moves onto the front foot and leg glances for four leg byes behind square.

Ferns pitches one up, pitching outside off. Blundell gets on the front foot and drives for one run.

Wide. Too wide outside leg.

Ferns pitches one up, pitching outside off. Robinson gets forward and eases a drive on the off side for three runs.

On a good length, pitching outside off again. Fletcher moves onto the front foot and drives on the on side for a run.

Sears pitches one up, pitching outside off stump. Fletcher gets forward and drives for a pair of runs through the off side field.

Pitched up, pitching outside leg. WT O'Donnell gets on the front foot and flicks behind square for one run.

Good line and length but angling across Fletcher. He gets forward and flicks for one run back behind square.

Full ball, pitching on a good line. WT O'Donnell gets forward and punches a drive for one run.

Good length, outside off stump. Fletcher pushes forward and drives through the off side for a run.

On a good line and length. WT O'Donnell gets on the front foot and drives

Van Beek pitches one up, outside off stump. WT O'Donnell moves onto the front foot but misses while trying a drive

Pitched up, outside off once more. WT O'Donnell gets on the front foot but makes no contact while trying a drive

FOUR! Full, pitching outside off. WT O'Donnell pushes forward and punches a drive for 4 runs on the off side.

Pitched up, outside off stump again. Fletcher pushes forward and eases a drive through the off side for a run.

Van Beek pitches one up, pitching outside off stump again. Fletcher gets on the front foot and drives

Snedden pitches one up, pitching outside off stump again. Fletcher moves onto the front foot and drives down the ground for a run.

Snedden pitches one up, outside off stump. Fletcher gets forward and eases a drive for a single run through the off side field.

OUT! Snedden gets the wicket! Full, on line again. Jacobs pushes forward and eases a drive, but is caught by Younghusband down the ground.

On a good line and length. Jacobs pushes forward and pulls for a couple of runs behind square.

Full, pitching outside off once more. WT O'Donnell moves onto the front foot and drives through the off side for one run.

Snedden pitches one up, outside off stump. WT O'Donnell moves onto the front foot and drives for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Abbas pitches one up, pitching outside off stump again. Jacobs gets forward and drives through the off side for 4 runs.

Pitched up, pitching outside off. Jacobs gets on the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Abbas pitches one up, on a good line. WT O'Donnell gets on the front foot and drives for 1 run through the on side field.

FOUR! Abbas pitches one up, pitching on leg and angled across WT O'Donnell. He gets forward and plays a sweep back behind square for 4 runs.

Pitched up, pitching outside leg stump. Jacobs moves onto the front foot and leg glances for a single run behind square.

Full, pitching outside off once more. Jacobs gets on the front foot and eases a drive for a run through the off side.

Bracewell pitches one up, pitching outside off. Jacobs moves onto the front foot and drives for a run through the off side.

Bracewell pitches one up, pitching on a good line. Jacobs pushes forward and drives

On a good line and length once again. Jacobs moves onto the front foot and defends

Pitched up, pitching on a good line. WT O'Donnell gets forward and punches a drive for 1 run.

Pitching on a good line and length once more. Jacobs gets on the front foot and flicks a leg glance for 1 run behind square.

Pitched up, on line again. WT O'Donnell gets on the front foot and eases a drive on the off side for a single run.

Abbas pitches one up, on a good line once again. WT O'Donnell gets on the front foot and punches a drive down the ground for a run.

Abbas pitches one up, pitching on a good line. WT O'Donnell gets forward and plays a defensive stroke

OUT! Caught. Full, pitching outside off. Guptill moves onto the front foot and punches a drive, but is caught by Bracewell down the ground.

FOUR! Good line and length from Abbas. Guptill gets on the front foot and plays a pull back behind square for 4 runs.

Pitched up, pitching outside off stump once more. Jacobs gets forward and eases a drive for 1 run.

Pitched up, outside off once again. Guptill pushes forward and punches a drive for a single run.

SIX! Snedden pitches one up, outside off stump. Jacobs gets on the front foot and drives through the off side field for 6 runs.

Full ball, on a good line. Guptill pushes forward and guides a leg glance behind square for one run.

Full ball, outside off. Jacobs pushes forward and drives for 1 run through the off side field.

Pitched up, pitching outside off stump once more. Jacobs moves onto the front foot and eases a drive

OUT! Snedden breaks through! Full ball, outside off once more. Keene gets on the front foot and drives, but is caught by Johnson on the off side.

SIX! Full ball, pitching outside off stump. Keene moves onto the front foot and punches a drive for a half dozen runs through the off side field.

Full, pitching outside off stump. Keene gets forward and eases a drive for a single run on the off side.

SIX! Full ball, pitching on a good line once more. Keene gets on the front foot and drives for six runs on the off side.

Good line and length from van Beek once again. Guptill gets forward and leg glances behind square for a run.

Full, pitching on a good line. Guptill pushes forward and punches a drive for a pair of runs.

Wide. Pitching far outside leg.

Pitching on a good line and length. Guptill gets on the front foot and defends

Wide. Full ball, too wide outside leg.

Pitched up, on a good line. Keene pushes forward and punches a drive for a single run.

Length ball, outside off stump. Keene moves onto the front foot and drives for a single run through the off side field.

On a good line and length. Keene moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

MAXIMUM! Sears pitches one up, pitching outside off. Keene moves onto the front foot and punches a drive for 6 runs through the off side.

FOUR! Good line and length from Sears. Keene gets on the front foot and plays a pull back behind square for four runs.

Length ball, pitching outside leg stump. Guptill pushes forward and flicks for a single run behind square.

Full ball, pitching outside off once more. Keene gets forward and eases a drive for a run.

FOUR! Younghusband pitches one up, outside off. Guptill moves onto the front foot and punches a drive on the off side for 4 runs.

On a good line and length from Younghusband. Guptill gets on the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Wide. Too wide outside leg.

MAXIMUM! Length ball, pitching outside off stump. Guptill gets on the front foot and drives on the off side for 6 runs.

Full, outside off stump. Keene gets forward and drives through the off side field for 1 run.

And again! Keene brings up his 50 in emphatic style! On a good line and length. Keene gets on the front foot and pulls for 6 runs behind square.

SIX! Length ball, pitching outside off. Keene gets on the front foot and eases a drive for 6 runs.

Wide. Pitching well down the leg side.

SIX! Bracewell pitches one up, pitching outside off stump. Guptill gets forward and eases a drive through the off side field for a half dozen runs.

On a good line and length once more. Keene pushes forward and flicks a leg glance back behind square for one run.

Full, on a good line. Guptill pushes forward and drives for a run down the ground.

Full, on line again. Keene moves onto the front foot and eases a drive on the off side for one run.

MAXIMUM! Good line and length from Bracewell. Keene moves onto the front foot and plays a pull for six runs back behind square.

Full, on line. Guptill pushes forward and eases a drive for a single run.

Good length from Sears, outside off once again. Guptill pushes forward but decides to allow it to pass through to the keeper, and the ball flies away for 1 bye.

SIX MORE! Guptill brings up his 50 with a maximum! Full, outside off stump. Guptill gets on the front foot and eases a drive for a half dozen runs on the off side.

MAXIMUM! Good length from Sears, pitching on leg and angling across the batter. Guptill moves onto the front foot and plays a pull for 6 runs back behind square.

FOUR! Pitching on a good line and length. Guptill gets forward and flicks back behind square for four runs.

Full, outside off. Keene pushes forward and drives down the ground for a run.

Sears pitches one up, on line. Keene moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Tashkoff pitches one up, on a good line. Guptill pushes forward and defends

SIX! On a good length, pitching outside off. Guptill gets on the front foot and hooks for 6 runs behind square.

Pitched up, pitching outside off. Keene pushes forward and drives through the off side field for a run.

Pitched up, on leg stump again. Guptill gets forward and plays a flick back behind square for a run.

Good length from Tashkoff, on leg stump and angled across the batter. Keene pushes forward and drives for 1 run on the leg side.

SIX! Full ball, outside off once more. Keene gets forward and drives on the off side for six runs.

FOUR! Length ball, pitching outside off stump. Guptill gets forward and pulls for four runs back behind square.

Full ball, pitching on a good line. Guptill gets on the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Good length, pitching on leg and angled across Guptill. He moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Full ball, pitching outside off stump. Keene gets on the front foot and leg glances back behind square for a run.

On a good line and length from Younghusband once more. Guptill moves onto the front foot and pulls behind square for a single run.

Pitching on a good line and length. Guptill gets forward and eases a drive

FOUR MORE! On a good length, pitching outside off stump. Keene gets forward and eases a drive through the off side for four runs.

FOUR! On a good line and length. Keene gets on the front foot and plays a pull back behind square for 4 runs.

Full, pitching outside off. Guptill moves onto the front foot and eases a drive for one run.

Van Beek pitches one up, on a good line. Keene pushes forward and leg glances for one run back behind square.

Full, pitching outside off stump once more. Guptill gets on the front foot and punches a drive for 1 run.

Full, pitching outside off stump once more. Guptill pushes forward and defends

Pitched up, outside off stump. Keene moves onto the front foot and drives

Good length from Snedden, pitching on leg and angling across the batter. Keene gets forward and defends

Full, pitching outside off stump once again. Keene pushes forward and drives for a pair of runs through the off side field.

FOUR! Full ball, outside off stump. Keene pushes forward and eases a drive on the off side for four runs.

Good line and length from Snedden. Guptill gets on the front foot and tucks a leg glance back behind square for 1 run.

FOUR! Good line and length. Guptill gets on the front foot and plays a pull back behind square for 4 runs.

Wide. Snedden pitches one up, too wide outside off.

Good line and length from Bracewell. Guptill gets on the front foot and defends

FOUR! Good line and length. Guptill pushes forward and pulls back behind square for four runs.

Full, pitching outside off stump. Guptill gets forward and eases a drive on the off side for a couple of runs.

Good length from Bracewell, pitching outside leg. Keene pushes forward and pulls for a single run behind square.

Bracewell pitches one up, on line. Guptill gets on the front foot and drives through the off side field for a run.

Wide. Pitching far outside leg.

Bracewell pitches one up, pitching on a good line. Guptill moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

FOUR! Good length from Sears, pitching outside off stump again. Keene gets forward and eases a drive for 4 runs.

Sears pitches one up, pitching outside off stump. Guptill moves onto the front foot and punches a drive on the off side for a run.

Sears pitches one up, pitching on leg and angled across. Guptill gets forward and plays a defensive stroke

Good line and length from Sears. Guptill gets forward and drives

Length ball, outside off stump once more. Guptill gets forward and plays a defensive stroke

FOUR! Pitched up, outside off. Guptill gets on the front foot and eases a drive for four runs through the off side.

FOUR! Good line and length from van Beek once again. Keene gets forward and pulls for 4 runs behind square.

Full, on line. Keene moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Full, pitching outside off stump once again. Keene pushes forward but watches it travel through to the keeper

Full ball, outside off stump. Guptill gets forward and eases a drive for a run.

FOUR! Full, pitching outside off stump. Guptill pushes forward and punches a drive for 4 runs.

Full ball, on a good line. Guptill gets on the front foot and drives

Good length, outside off stump again. Keene moves onto the front foot but allows it to travel through to Blundell untouched

Snedden pitches one up, outside off once more. Guptill pushes forward and slices a cut for 1 run behind point.

FOUR! Pitched up, pitching outside off stump. Guptill gets on the front foot and drives for 4 runs through the off side field.

Good length, outside off. Guptill gets forward and defends

Snedden pitches one up, pitching outside off stump once more. Guptill moves onto the front foot but decides to just let the ball go through to Blundell unchallenged

On a good length, pitching outside off. Guptill gets forward but opts to let it travel through to Blundell unchallenged