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‘Jacks will perform for RCB. RCB won’t’ -Fans react as Will Jacks hits five sixes in an over in T20 Blast for Surrey

Middlesex overcame Surrey's target with four balls to spare.

Jun 23, 2023 11:46 am

The Vitality T20 Blast has been a great tournament to watch. The performances have been of the highest standard and the games have been very close. The competition has seen many game-changing performances which has kept the fans on their feet and the tournament alive. Surrey and Middlesex played out a great game at the Oval in what was a thrilling finish. Middlesex won the toss and chose to field.

The openers gave a wonderful start to Surrey Jacks made a breathtaking 96 off 45 balls with eight fours and seven sixes at a strike rate of 213.33. In the course of that innings he hit the off-spinner Luke Hollman for five sixes in the 11th over. He just took a liking to him and hit the ball high and far which made sure it went out the ground. Hollman bowled the balls into Jacks’s hitting arc as he duly gave him the treatment.

Here is the tweet:

5 consecutive sixes by Will Jacks in a single over.

RCB player to watch out in IPL 2024.pic.twitter.com/L6hc1r7UWe

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 22, 2023

Stevie Eskinazi hit 73 off 39 balls for Middlesex in the run chase

Jacks got support from fellow opener Laurie Evans as he made a stunning 85 off 37 balls with nine fours and five sixes. This helped Surry to get to a daunting total of 252-7 in their 20 overs. The Middlesex bowlers were belted all over the ground in a haemorrhage of runs. Tom Helm, Matin Andersson and Ryan Higgins picked up two wickets each for their side. In the second innings, Middlesex gave Surrey a taste of their own medicine. Stevie Eskinazi the Middlesex skipper blazed away at the top and scored 73 off 39 balls with 13 fours and one six. Joe Cracknell hit 36 off 16 balls with four fours and two sixes.

Max Holden was the rock for Middlesex as he smashed an unbeaten 68 off 35 balls with nine fours and two sixes. Ryan Higgins also contributed to the cranage as he struck an important 48 off 24 balls with six fours and two sixes. Middlesex were even more fearless in their batting approach as they chased down the 253-run target with four balls to spare and took Surrey for the ride and won the game with no fuss.

Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:

They'll bench him just like Finn Allen

— Rushil (@rushilthefirst) June 22, 2023

I won't surprise if RCB release him 🥱 they don't need good players

— STARK (@starkt3000) June 22, 2023

He will warm the benches and RCB will try 8 different players for a role he would have been perfect for 🤡

— I'm Bored So I .. (@WITNTITS) June 22, 2023

RCB mei aate hi he will lose all his Will !!

The curse is in the Jersey not the players! Their line up was always strong!

— Bharat Patel (@jampachakar) June 23, 2023

He is an opening batsman and RCB will not use him at his best playing position. You can see his records of what he did for Pretoria Capitals in the south Africa league.

— Amrit (@stylishamrit) June 23, 2023

All sounds good until the word "RCB" is mentioned.

Lots of extraordinary individual performances.
They haven't played as a team. They have a very good pool of players. but still, they couldn't make it to the finish line.

— anand (@anand2eet) June 23, 2023

May be but only 4 players… that was hurting and gonna hurt RCB forever….it should focus on boarding 4quality indian bowlers including spinner thus having chance to play 3 and 4 (as impact ) foreign players like FAF,MAX, BRACEWELL, JACKS(impact)

— 🏆UVKing 👑 (@venkypowerstar) June 22, 2023

He doesn't have the slot to play at the top (Faf, Virat, Patidar, Maxwell). So 100% it's going to be a bench-warming session for Jacks. Maybe they can open with Faf and push Virat to No3. If not better they can release him, so that other teams like DC, KKR can use him.

— Srini (@SriniAnand3) June 23, 2023