8.5 |
Anderson to Elgar,
no run,
back of a length, going across, squared up a touch and defended into the off side
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8.6 |
Anderson to Elgar,
no run,
length ball on the stumps, gets forward and blocks back to the bowler
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South Africa
50/1
D Elgar
0* (2b)
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9.2 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
no run,
short of a length, pushed across the left-hander, tries to drive on the back foot and chops just past his own stumps
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9.3 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
FOUR,
full and wide from Dernbach and Elgar leans into a square drive through point to get off the mark
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9.4 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
no run,
length ball, sliding across, left alone
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9.5 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
no run,
tight to off stump, good length, defends on the back foot to point
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9.6 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
no run,
leaves the ball alone outside the line of off
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South Africa
55/1
D Elgar
4* (7b 1x4)
|
10.3 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
pushed across on a fullish length, opens the face and steers one through backward point
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10.6 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
teasing delivery, leaving Elgar on a good length, stays back and fences at it uncertainly
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South Africa
58/1
D Elgar
5* (9b 1x4)
|
11.4 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
1 run,
full and wide of the wicket, gets forward and pushes through the covers
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South Africa
60/1
D Elgar
6* (10b 1x4)
|
12.1 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
fullish length delivery, on the stumps, nudged to midwicket who makes a tumbling stop
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12.2 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
angled across on a good length, tapped to cover
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12.3 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
full and wide, driven to deep extra-cover
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South Africa
61/1
D Elgar
7* (13b 1x4)
|
13.4 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
no run,
big appeal straight away, Elgar hit on the pad trying to nurdle a sweep, looked like it pitched outside the line and straightened too much anyway
|
13.5 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
no run,
flighted, around off and straightening, defended into the off side
|
13.6 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
tossed up outside off, connects with the sweep this time
|
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South Africa
66/1
D Elgar
8* (16b 1x4)
|
14.1 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
length ball, angled across, blocked into the off side
|
14.2 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
full and tight to off stump, drives through cover, taking his bottom hand off the bat
|
14.4 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
pushed across on a fullish length, dabbed into a gap in the cover region
|
|
South Africa
69/1
D Elgar
10* (19b 1x4)
|
15.4 |
Finn to Elgar,
no run,
full on off stump, Elgar defends square into the off side
|
15.5 |
Finn to Elgar,
1 run,
fuller and a touch wider this time, gives Elgar to chance to drive and he guides it through the covers
|
|
South Africa
72/1
D Elgar
11* (21b 1x4)
|
16.6 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
no run,
short of a length, worked out to midwicket and there's almost a mix-up as they look for a single
|
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South Africa
78/2
D Elgar
11* (22b 1x4)
|
17.3 |
Finn to Elgar,
no run,
good fielding at backward point by Morgan as Elgar drives firmly square into the off side
|
17.4 |
Finn to Elgar,
1 run,
on middle and leg, gives him the chance to tuck it away backward of square on the leg side
|
|
South Africa
80/2
D Elgar
12* (24b 1x4)
|
18.1 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
1 run,
full on off stump, Elgar likes to get onto the front foot wherever possible and then opens the face out to the sweeper on the cover boundary
|
18.3 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
no run,
beats him with a slower ball that grips a touch and takes him on the back leg but he's outside off stump
|
18.4 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
1 run,
short and outside off, Elgar aims to pull it off the front foot but doesn't get much timing and gets a single wide of mid-on
|
|
South Africa
87/2
D Elgar
14* (27b 1x4)
|
19.1 |
Anderson to Elgar,
1 run,
short of a length, worked wide of midwicket
|
19.3 |
Anderson to Elgar,
1 run,
enough width to allow Elgar to open the face down to third man and for a moment he was looking for a second but Dernbach's throw was decent
|
19.5 |
Anderson to Elgar,
no run,
tight on off stump, defended firmly into the off side
|
19.6 |
Anderson to Elgar,
no run,
full on off stump, pushes forward with a slightly open face and finds cover
|
|
South Africa
91/2
D Elgar
16* (31b 1x4)
|
20.6 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
opens the face square into the off side and finds the gap
|
|
South Africa
93/2
D Elgar
17* (32b 1x4)
|
21.1 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
no run,
round the wicket, full on middle, pushed back down the pitch
|
21.2 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
sign of pressure building? Comes down the pitch then aims to go over the leg side and gets a thick inside edge through square leg
|
21.5 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
touch short to the left hander who can go onto the back foot and drive to the cover sweeper
|
|
South Africa
98/2
D Elgar
19* (35b 1x4)
|
22.2 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
full on middle and off, pushed down the off side and Bopara dives, getting a hand on the ball, and mid-off tidies up to prevent the run
|
22.3 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
this time he beats the bowler with a firm push and mid-off is hanging back a little
|
|
South Africa
101/2
D Elgar
20* (37b 1x4)
|
23.1 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
FOUR,
manages to get a boundary but wasn't entirely convincing as he lofts Tredwell just over mid-on
|
23.2 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
that's smart batting, dabs into the off side to rotate the strike
|
23.6 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
full on middle, opens the face and plays it square into the off side...very good over for South Africa
|
|
South Africa
114/2
D Elgar
26* (40b 2x4)
|
24.1 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
driven square through the off side out to the cover sweeper
|
24.3 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
again he pushes towards mid-off who is too deep to cut off the single
|
24.5 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
shorter this time, played off the back foot by Elgar back to the bowler
|
24.6 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
fuller on middle and off, worked towards mid-on who is also unable to prevent the run...tip and run in that over
|
|
South Africa
119/2
D Elgar
29* (44b 2x4)
|
25.1 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
waits on the back foot against a slightly short ball and pushes to deep cover
|
25.3 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
the batsmen crossed so this is Elgar and he works it away from middle and off through square leg
|
25.6 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
no run,
driven back to Tredwell
|
|
South Africa
122/3
D Elgar
31* (47b 2x4)
|
26.4 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
full outside off, Elgar comes forward and drives to the sweeper
|
|
South Africa
126/4
D Elgar
32* (48b 2x4)
|
27.2 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
no run,
touch quicker this time, on off stump and defended to the covers
|
27.3 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
now he goes a little slower, variation from Tredwell, and worked off the pads to deep square
|
|
South Africa
129/4
D Elgar
33* (50b 2x4)
|
28.1 |
Bopara to Elgar,
2 runs,
short of a length, worked off leg stump and picks the gap between long leg and deep square
|
28.2 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
back on off stump, pushed firmly to the bowler
|
28.3 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
more tight stuff from Bopara, on off stump and Elgar can only defend to cover
|
28.4 |
Bopara to Elgar,
no run,
stringing the dots together as Elgar plays with a straight bat to the leg side
|
28.5 |
Bopara to Elgar,
1 run,
dragged down a touch short, pulled away through midwicket but without any great timing
|
|
South Africa
132/4
D Elgar
36* (55b 2x4)
|
29.1 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
almost picks out long-on as he tries to release the pressure by going over the top...goes once bounce to Anderson
|
29.3 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
2 runs,
well, Kieswetter almost plucked that out have seen the attempt to paddle it away and followed the shot but couldn't quite get a leap in
|
29.4 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
1 run,
chipped down the ground to long-off
|
29.6 |
Tredwell to Elgar,
2 runs,
tossed up slow outside off, that's well played as he opens the face and picks the gap between deep cover and long-off
|
|
South Africa
140/4
D Elgar
42* (59b 2x4)
|
30.4 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
no run,
full-bunger, right up in the blockhole, Elgar gets his bat down in defence
|
30.5 |
Dernbach to Elgar,
OUT,
bowled him, a slow legcutter! That's a corker of a delivery from Dernbach and it's his variations that have done for Elgar! The ball came out the back of the hand, pitched on a length and came back in to hit the top of off as Elgar played around it, foxed by the lack of pace and now back in the chicken coop himself
|
|
D Elgar b Dernbach 42 (88m 61b 2x4 0x6) SR: 68.85
|
|
South Africa
141/5
D Elgar
42 (61b 2x4)
|