Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning (1) (22 July)
Q - 'When is the 'Standing Umpire' not the 'Standing Umpire'?....
A - 'When he's lying down!'
'Yes that would be a 'Fair Delivery' Michael' says Phil
James Shannon tosses the coin..
..Knights win the toss and elect to field first
Captains and Officials
Pulled for a boundary by Dom Joyce
Sliced away in the air by Joyce...
..and safely held by Shannon
Simmi Singh hits Jacob Mulder to Nicolai Smith at long off
Kenny Carroll has been caught by Theron off Mulder
Locan Tucker in trouble.....
...Shannon swoops towards the stumps....
...and Tucker is run out by a distance
Greg Thompson has 'thrown the ball in' as he is carried over the line...
...and completes the catch to dismiss Tyrone Kane
Thompson has just held another above his head, on the line to dismiss Max Sorenson
George Dockrell miscues to long-off....
..where Mulder holds the straightforward chance
Eddie Richardson skies one to opposing skipper Shannon....
..who makes no mistake with the chance
Shannon slices the first ball of the reply to short third man...
...and Kenny Caroll holds a superb running catch
James McCollum has edged Tyrone Kane to slip...
...where Sorenson was waiting
Richardson wins the lbw decision against Dougherty from umpire Foster
Great Thompson drives to Carroll at point.....
..and Kane roars with delight
Nicolai Smith is 'bowled' by Peter Chase but ......
...although the bail is 'Zinging' it stays on top of the stumps!
..worth a closer look!
...just checking for myself!
Nicolai Smith tries his luck to long-on...
...where Dockrell hangs on to the catch
Jamie Holmes glances down the leg-side....
..and Tucker holds on to a scrambling catch
Yaqoob Ali can't hold on to this return chance
Sliced away behind point by Theron...
...here it comes...
...there it goes...
Nelson out to long-off....
...where the ball wins again
Nelson edges Yaqoob Ali to keeper Lorcan Tucker
Theron saves the biggest for last - high over the pavilion for 6
Michael Curren of Hanley Energy presents Leinster Lightning captain Eddie Richardson with the Trophy
Happy Lightning squad with the trophy
