comfortable two, Kings XI won, he made room and Perera chased him, landed full and that was driven wide of long-off for a couple
MI vs Kings XI, 28th match at Mumbai, Apr 22 2012, Indian Premier League
Kings XI won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
A hard-fought win for Kings XI, and a morale-boosting one. They've been one of the weaker sides this IPL and to beat Mumbai will do them a lot of good. Marsh anchored the chase and stayed through to the end, Miller hung around as well, the openers gave a good start and Mahmood struck an important six. That Karthik run-out was an important moment in hindsight, as Mumbai couldn't take advantage of the stand he and Franklin had built. In the end, Kings XI prevailed. We'll get you the presentation details in a bit.
Hussey: "Terrific performance, our fielding set the tone. 164 is about par, bowling and fielding was great. Shaun Marsh played beautifully tonight."
Harbhajan: "The fielding was the difference between the two teams, they stopped about 15-odd runs. Had we fielded the way they did, we could have won. It was a good cricketing wicket. We need to regroup and keep our plans simple."
Shaun Marsh is Man of the Match.
Marsh: "It was nice to get a win. They looked good to get 180-190, to bring them down to 160 set it up for us. We're back in the competition now. I backed myself to clear the fence and lucky enough it came off. "
That's all from this game, folks. The next game coming up is between Deccan and Kolkata in Cuttack. See you soon, bye.
full on the off, drives it in front of extra cover for a single
a decisive blow, an extraordinary shot, low full toss, Marsh made a bit of room and sliced it, the bottom hand came off, there is a deep point in place but that cleared him, Kings XI have it in control
They have decided to give Thisara the final over. Marsh to face. Here we go
That six spoiled it for Mumbai. Nine needed off six now. Tendulkar, Perera, RP, Harbhajan and Munaf have a mid-pitch meeting
flicked away towards deep square leg to keep the strike
was waiting for it and promptly dispatched it, short and slow, dragged it on middle, pulled away miles into the stands behind deep midwicket, thrashed
full toss and he mistimes it to long-off for a single, the pressure builds on Kings XI, four good balls from Munaf
Marsh steps away, trying to clear midwicket, but is struck on the pads, just a leg-bye in the end as it strikes him on the pads
low full toss on middle, drives it towards long-on, just the single, Pollard cuts that off
pitched up on middle, trying for the yorker, drags it through midwicket for a single
20 needed off 2 overs. Munaf runs in
flicked that one straight to square leg, can't get it past him, a dot ball
ooh, just landed short of midwicket, flicked it towards midwicket and it got to him on the half volley, just the single
full toss on the pads, he comes down the track and turns it towards deep backward square leg for a single
poor stuff from Ojha, another wide fired down the leg side and though Marsh misses on the sweep, Karthik can't collect it cleanly, two more runs
David Miller walks in, a powerful batsman
strikes it straight to Thisara at long-off this time, similar delivery but didn't time it as well, straight into the hands of Thisara who hardly had to move
Mahmood middles that one, bowled on a length outside off and he struck it hard through the line, Thisara was was standing at the edge of the ropes and it just managed to clear him
slips that one wide, down the leg side, and they get another run plus one more as Karthik fumbles
short outside off, swatted towards extra cover, didn't middle it, for a single
A shocker from Ojha, full and way too wide and it's called
Ojha to bowl
34 needed off 18, Munaf has another over to go, a poor finish to that last over.
low full toss outside off, it was the opening Marsh was looking for, drilled it hard through extra cover for a boundary, it brings up his half-century
doesn't strike it as well as he would have liked, short ball on leg and it's pulled towards deep square leg for two more
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2012 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10 |
Match days | 22 April 2012 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Kings XI Punjab 2, Mumbai Indians 0 |
Over 20 • KXIP 164/4
Kings XI won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)