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ROW XI vs M.C.C., at London, , Jul 05 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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(45.5/50 ov, T:294) 296/3

M.C.C. won by 7 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)

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The spotlight had been on the old stars in the teams but Aaron Finch has made the most of it by smashing 188* on this special occasion. It was all too easy for a man in form. He waited, played within himself at times, but hit is way out whenever he needed to.. He wasn't being tested enough. In between, Tendulkar and Lara played a few entertaining shots, turning the clock back a few years..ROW were handed a blow after Shane Warne fractured his arm during batting, and the other bowlers lacked incisiveness. ROW's batting had been similar - an innings lifted by a Yuvraj Singh century after Saeed Ajmal had almost made a mockery of the occasion by picking up wickets at will. All in all, the match was a great success in bringing all these players together.. A better contest would have made it more interesting though. Thanks for all your comments and feedback. There is a game in Dominica starting soon if you are a cricket tragic. I will move over to watch that one.. Costa Rica are going to win it easily anyway. Ciao ciao.

Manasseh Anand: "Getting congratulated by SR Tendulkar on 50, BC Lara on 100 and S Chanderpaul on 150. What a day for Aaron Finch. Respect :)"

45.5
6
Yuvraj to Finch, SIX runs

all over, ends it with a big hit over long on! He finally comes out of the crease and makes a proper connection

45.4
Yuvraj to Finch, no run

now he looks to go over cover and misses again

45.3
Yuvraj to Finch, no run

now Finch looks for the cross-batted mow, lucky as it misses his leg stump

45.2
1
Yuvraj to Chanderpaul, 1 run

he waits in the crease before pushing it to deep point for a single

45.1
4
Yuvraj to Chanderpaul, FOUR runs

this is all too easy, tossed up on off, Chanders drags it to deep midwicket boundary

Yuvraj comes into attack

end of over 459 runs
MCC: 285/3CRR: 6.33 RRR: 1.80
Shivnarine Chanderpaul32 (45b 2x4 1x6)
Aaron Finch175 (142b 23x4 5x6)
Tino Best 8-0-63-0
Kevin Pietersen 2-0-29-0
44.6
1
Best to Chanderpaul, 1 run

short, Chanders gets behind the line and pulls it down to fine leg to bring the target down to single figures

44.5
1lb
Best to Finch, 1 leg bye
44.4
4
Best to Finch, FOUR runs

short and wide, a boundary straight down the ground, only that it is right behind Finch.. He was looking to upper cut this but gets a top edge

44.3
1
Best to Chanderpaul, 1 run

stands tall and pushes the back of length firmly to cover where KP's misfield allows a single

44.2
1
Best to Finch, 1 run

crispy crunchy punch to extra cover! He waits on the back foot before slapping the ball to extra cover with a straight bat, calls for a quick single

44.1
1
Best to Chanderpaul, 1 run

back of length delivery outside off, he steers it to third man for a single

end of over 4418 runs
MCC: 276/3CRR: 6.27 RRR: 3.00
Shivnarine Chanderpaul29 (42b 2x4 1x6)
Aaron Finch170 (139b 22x4 5x6)
Kevin Pietersen 2-0-29-0
Tino Best 7-0-55-0
43.6
1
Pietersen to Chanderpaul, 1 run

tossed up delivery on off, the batsman drives it to long off for a single

43.5
6
Pietersen to Chanderpaul, SIX runs

another long hop, another pull, this time it's flying, all the way into the stands

43.4
4
Pietersen to Chanderpaul, FOUR runs

stays back as this is short and slow, now Chanders whacks it to deep midwicket boundary with a weighty punch

43.3
1
Pietersen to Finch, 1 run

comes out of the crease and looks for a slog, picks up a single with an inside edge through midwicket

43.2
6
Pietersen to Finch, SIX runs

not on the second chance! Repeats the shot, gets it off the middle and off she goes into the crowd at deep midwicket

43.1
Pietersen to Finch, no run

looks to drag it from outside off, misses it

end of over 436 runs
MCC: 258/3CRR: 6.00 RRR: 5.14
Shivnarine Chanderpaul18 (39b 1x4)
Aaron Finch163 (136b 22x4 4x6)
Tino Best 7-0-55-0
Kevin Pietersen 1-0-11-0
42.6
Best to Chanderpaul, no run

it's outside off, What's Chanders going to do? He is going to leave it

42.5
Best to Chanderpaul, no run

meanwhile, Chanders is happy to leave everything outside off

42.4
1
Best to Finch, 1 run

Finally, a leading edge comes the bowler's way, unfortunately, it just drops a few inches short of him