LIONS vs Sixers, Group B at Cape Town, , Oct 18 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
Group B, Cape Town, October 18, 2012, Champions League Twenty20
137/9
(19/20 ov, T:138) 141/5

Sixers won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
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end of over 1912 runs
SS: 141/5CRR: 7.42 
Steven Smith25 (25b 2x4)
Nic Maddinson0 (1b)
Sohail Tanvir 4-0-29-0
Chris Morris 3-0-35-1

That does it for this game. Another starts in less than an hour. Good bye for now

Starc is the Man of the Match. Starc: "Playing a lot and working on a few little things, ball is coming out of the hand nicely. Like bowling at the death. Wickets in Colombo [during the World Twenty20] were nice for the quicks early on. Good to bowl here with the pace and bounce. All of us [Sixers fast bowlers] are good mates."

Haddin: "We didn;t start well with the ball, we fought back well, happy with the total we got to chase. We have got good cover for Watson, wish him well for the Test series. Yes, we are thinking about the semi-finals now."

Petersen: "Just a couple of bad overs with bat and ball. T20 cricket is all about that. Phangiso is an underrated bowler, he has done well for us in the past couple of years."

Sixers' bowling strength and Watson combining again for their third successive win. Watson won't be there for the rest of their campaign though

18.6
4
Tanvir to Smith, FOUR runs

that should take Sixers into the semi-finals, very full delivery on the stumps, whipped crisply past the non-striker

18.5
2
Tanvir to Smith, 2 runs

very short, he gets up and pulls it hard into the ground, long on runs to his right and stops the boundary

18.4
4
Tanvir to Smith, FOUR runs

down the track, it is a slower one, but he has enough momentum to launch it over extra cover

18.3
Tanvir to Smith, no run

yorker, right on the stumps, jammed away to off

18.2
2
Tanvir to Smith, 2 runs
18.1
Tanvir to Smith, no run

allows it to come in with the angle, pushes to cover

end of over 185 runs • 1 wicket
SS: 129/5CRR: 7.16 RRR: 4.50
Nic Maddinson0 (1b)
Steven Smith13 (19b)
Chris Morris 3-0-35-1
Dirk Nannes 4-0-16-1
17.6
Morris to Maddinson, no run

angled across, tries to steer it to third man, beaten

17.5
W
Morris to Henriques, OUT

that has jagged back in sharply from short of a length, Henriques looking to chop it towards third man, ends up playing on, it stayed low too, that has done him in

Moises Henriques b Morris 9 (7b 2x4 0x6 8m) SR: 128.57
17.4
4
Morris to Henriques, FOUR runs

flicked neatly off the pad, and superb placement too, beats deep square leg to his left

17.3
Morris to Henriques, no run

tries to short-arm swat a back of a length ball, didn';t get up as much as he expected

17.2
Morris to Henriques, no run

straightens outside off stump, he goes after it and misses

17.1
1
Morris to Smith, 1 run

dabs it fine and wide of third man

end of over 178 runs • 1 wicket
SS: 124/4CRR: 7.29 RRR: 4.66
Moises Henriques5 (3b 1x4)
Steven Smith12 (18b)
Dirk Nannes 4-0-16-1
Sohail Tanvir 3-0-17-0
16.6
4
Nannes to Henriques, FOUR runs

back of a length, on the pads, and swung behind square leg off the front foot

16.5
Nannes to Henriques, no run

just outside off stump, steered straight to point

16.4
1
Nannes to Smith, 1 run

reaches out to a length ball and heaves it to deep square leg

16.4
1w
Nannes to Smith, 1 wide

straight and wide down leg from over the stumps

16.3
1
Nannes to Henriques, 1 run

drops a length ball in front of cover for one

16.2
1
Nannes to Smith, 1 run

opens the face and runs it to a diving point, who parries the ball away

16.1
W
Nannes to Haddin, OUT

violently swings a pitched up delivery, but hasn't timed it, and long on takes it tumbling forward

Brad Haddin c de Kock b Nannes 32 (21b 1x4 3x6 27m) SR: 152.38
end of over 168 runs
SS: 116/3CRR: 7.25 RRR: 5.50
Steven Smith10 (16b)
Brad Haddin32 (20b 1x4 3x6)
Sohail Tanvir 3-0-17-0
Dirk Nannes 3-0-8-0
15.6
Tanvir to Smith, no run

works it with the angle, but again to midwicket

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TITNS42110-0.017
KKR41260.488
PS4126-0.474
AUCK4126-0.963
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CSK4228-0.049
MI4032-0.471
YORKS4032-1.791
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YORKS22080.507
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