8.1 |
Cusack to Strauss,
FOUR,
that's a cute shot from Strauss. The keeper was standing up, the slips were absent, so a delicate deflection races for four through third man
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8.2 |
Cusack to Strauss,
1 run,
on the pads, worked out to square leg
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8.3 |
Cusack to Pietersen,
no run,
driven to mid-off, but too well timed and KP wisely opts against a red bull run
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8.4 |
Cusack to Pietersen,
FOUR,
floated up, a touch too full, and Pietersen drills this on the up, through the gap, and away to the cover boundary
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8.5 |
Cusack to Pietersen,
1 run,
tucked off the toes, a scamper to mid-on
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8.6 |
Cusack to Strauss,
no run,
a misjudgement from Strauss, and that drops inches short of short midwicket. A late indecision - should he pull or shouldn't it - nearly costs the skipper!
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England
60/0
AR Cusack
1-0-10-0
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10.1 |
Cusack to Strauss,
no run,
bustling start from Cusack to the new over, his ODI bowling average is excellent, by the way. Strauss laces a drive but picks out cover. He's done that a lot today
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10.2 |
Cusack to Strauss,
no run,
swing and miss outside off. Strauss advancing down the wicket and swishing at fresh air
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10.3 |
Cusack to Strauss,
1 run,
this time Strauss finds bat on ball, though not very much bat and it squirts off the outside edge down to third man
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10.4 |
Cusack to Pietersen,
no run,
good line from Cusack, tight on off stump and Pietersen is rooted to the crease in defence
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10.5 |
Cusack to Pietersen,
no run,
again the line is tight and nowhere for Pietersen to do
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10.6 |
Cusack to Pietersen,
FOUR,
ah, a good over gets ruined thanks to a slight err in line. Who'd be a bowler? Angling onto leg stump and Pietersen flicks it airily to the midwicket boundary
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England
77/0
AR Cusack
2-0-15-0
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25.1 |
Cusack to Bell,
1 run,
tucked off the toes, another single to deep backward square
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25.2 |
Cusack to Trott,
1 run,
open-faced glide through third man
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25.3 |
Cusack to Bell,
FOUR,
quality strike to bring up the 150. A fraction over-pitched, a full flow of the bat, and the Sledgehammer puts this one over the infield, one bounce over long-on
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25.4 |
Cusack to Bell,
1 run,
off the strike with a dab. Sensible batting, as the cliche goes
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25.5 |
Cusack to Trott,
no run,
forward and defended back down the track
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25.6 |
Cusack to Trott,
1 run,
milked off the toes, through midwicket for another single. A better over from England's run-rate point of view
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England
152/2
AR Cusack
3-0-23-0
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39.1 |
Cusack to Bell,
1 run,
good tight line from Cusack, again Bell can only work into the leg side
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39.2 |
Cusack to Trott,
5 wides,
oh no! In his desperation to prevent width Cusack has fired this down leg and left O'Brien no chance standing up to the stumps
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39.2 |
Cusack to Trott,
1 run,
this is wide of off and almost punished as Trott threads a cut into space, but a diving, sprawling stop from Dockrell saves a certain boundary. Good work, limbs all over the place from him
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39.3 |
Cusack to Bell,
no run,
Bell leaning back at defending to cover
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39.4 |
Cusack to Bell,
1 run,
Bell very content to pick off singles into space. Driving down the ground
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39.5 |
Cusack to Trott,
FOUR,
wow! That was odd. Looked like Trott mistimed this and played too early on a back-foot punch. But it flew past mid-on and raced to the boundary
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39.6 |
Cusack to Trott,
FOUR,
he definitely timed this! Forward and flowing into a drive, races past mid-off
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England
257/2
AR Cusack
4-0-39-0
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