- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.5 Mark Adair has the last laugh in the family! Digs it in short on off. Ross tries to pull it over the leg side. But it's a poor connection, and Tector in the deep has a simple one 19/118.5 No century for Smuts! He scoops it weakly to Netravalkar at short fine leg. Having shuffled across off, Smuts picks up this slowie (114ks), but does not get it away. Netravalkar moves across to his right from short fine leg and completes a fairly simple catch. Smuts falls for 98 171/59.3 fullish ball on middle and angling across. Gous uses his feet to get closer to the ball but the scrambled-seam delivery forces the error. He's through the lofted shot too early and Miller at long off does the rest 87/214.1 Terrific grab from Miller! He throws himself to his right from backward point and completes a stunning two-handed catch. Shortish and outside off, does not come onto the bat, which suggests it may have been a slower ball. Sliced in the air and over to Miller in the infield 135/316.2 pumped into the hands of Humphreys at wide long-off! Short and into the pitch, slowie, the line is well wide of off. He hides it away from the swinging arc of Evans, which does not middle his shot and finds the outfielder near the boundary 155/4Extras9 (lb 4, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL189/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.45)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Ross Adair, 2.5 ov), 2-87 (Andries Gous, 9.3 ov), 3-135 (Brandon McMullen, 14.1 ov), 4-155 (Laurie Evans, 16.2 ov), 5-171 (JJ Smuts, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MR Adair 4 0 33 2 8.25 9 4 1 0 0 MJ Humphreys 4 0 39 0 9.75 7 2 2 2 0 SN Netravalkar 3 0 33 1 11 5 3 2 0 1 CJ Jordan 4 0 45 0 11.25 2 3 2 0 0 FJ Klaassen 4 0 22 2 5.5 8 1 0 1 0 GJ Maxwell 1 0 13 0 13 0 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.3 Boult gets a third, and it is the big wicket! He comes around the wicket and bowls a back-of-a-length delivery angled into Stirling's gut. He backs away and tries to defend, but the ball hits him on the body and ricochets onto the stumps 37/32.3 top catch! And Boult appreciates the movement off the deck on the followthrough. Short of good length ball outside off and moving away slightly. Tector basically gave Smuts catching practice at short-third, who had to dive to his right to execute the dismissal 21/12.4 he's back over the wicket and Boult tucks Tucker up first-ball! Three ducks in a row for Tucker! Digs it in short in the corridor of uncertainty. Tucker tries to fend off the back foot but the ball kept rising. It knocks against the top-half of the bat and plomps right onto his bails. Was Tucker expecting the inswinging full ball because he was surprised by that one! 21/25.6 Jarvis gets Chapman, and the batter has disappointingly holed out at deep square leg. T Curran takes a sharp catch as Chapman's flick with poor timing needed the fielder to scurry to his right around the boundary line 51/411.2 This looks close and the finger goes up! On a length and slants in from around the wicket. Tom Curran catches Miller in the crease and has him playing around his front pad. This looks out unless Miller has hit this. Miller has reviewed the on-field out decision. Flat line on UltraEdge as ball passes Miller's bat. Ball-tracking indicates that it would have brushed leg stump, enough for the on-field out call to be upheld. Umpire's call on leg stump. Maxwell has a wry smile on his face 97/513.5 Maxwell goes and with it Belfast Wolves' hopes? Caught at deep midwicket. Slower short ball outside off, dug into the pitch. Maxwell unleashes another big swing, but can't clear Delany at deep midwicket. Maxwell has to depart for 35. Castle Rockers get closer to victory. Maxwell is livid with himself as he walks back 112/614.2 floated up on middle, angling into the stumps, Jordan gives himself some swinging room and lofts it in the air, but he ends up slicing it off the toe end of the bat to long-off. This game is slipping away from BW 114/717.1 Holes out to deep midwicket! Tom Curran caps it off with a hat-trick. Ladies and gents, this is the first hat-trick of the ETPL. After falling to his brother earlier in the day, Ross Adair has his little revenge. He catches his brother at the boundary. Slower offcutter from Curran, floated in, Mark Adair swings hard but does not get all of it. He skies it to deep midwicket where Ross Adair completes a tumbling catch. That is that 130/1015.5 lifter, rises at the throat, Curran bounces Klaasen out! He takes his eyes off the ball and ends up flapping a weak hook in the air. Ross Adair pouches it safely at deep square leg 129/815.6 Curran storms through the defences of Humphreys! Back of a length and skids through to ping the top of middle. It felt like Humphreys was late to bring his bat down on this. ECR are just one away from going to the top of the table 129/9Extras9 (lb 5, w 4)TOTAL130 all out (17.1 Overs, RR: 7.57)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Tim Tector, 2.3 ov), 2-21 (Lorcan Tucker, 2.4 ov), 3-37 (Paul Stirling, 4.3 ov), 4-51 (Mark Chapman, 5.6 ov), 5-97 (David Miller, 11.2 ov), 6-112 (Glenn Maxwell, 13.5 ov), 7-114 (Chris Jordan, 14.2 ov), 8-129 (Fred Klaassen, 15.5 ov), 9-129 (Matthew Humphreys, 15.6 ov), 10-130 (Mark Adair, 17.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 3 0 16 3 5.33 11 1 1 0 0 TK Curran 3.1 0 20 4 6.31 9 3 0 0 0 MRJ Watt 4 0 37 1 9.25 8 4 1 1 0 J Jarvis 3 0 23 2 7.66 7 2 1 1 0 MJ Santner 4 0 29 0 7.25 9 1 1 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Belfast Wolves , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
2 September 2026 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Edinburgh Castle Rockers 2, Belfast Wolves 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 1 wicket)
- Edinburgh Castle Rockers: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (33 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (JT Smuts 39, AGS Gous 6, Ex 5)
- JT Smuts: 50 off 28 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Edinburgh Castle Rockers: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (64 balls), Extras 6
- Edinburgh Castle Rockers: 150 runs in 15.2 overs (93 balls), Extras 7
- Over 18.6: Review by Belfast Wolves (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RG Milne, Batter - TK Curran (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Edinburgh Castle Rockers - 189/5 in 20.0 overs (MJ Santner 25, TK Curran 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 4 wickets)
- Belfast Wolves: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 2
- Over 11.2: Review by Belfast Wolves (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Black, Batter - DA Miller (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Belfast Wolves: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 7
- Tom Curran took a hat-trick with the wickets of 8-129 (Fred Klaassen, 15.5 ov), 9-129 (Matthew Humphreys, 15.6 ov), 10-130 (Mark Adair, 17.1 ov)




