Northern Knights 2016
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