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MI vs Somerset, 2nd Semi-Final at Chennai, , Oct 08 2011 - Match Result

RESULT
2nd Semi-Final (N), Chennai, October 08, 2011, Nokia Champions League T20
(20 ov, T:161) 150/7

MI won by 10 runs

Player Of The Match
4/20
lasith-malinga
Match centre 
Scores: Gopi Rangarajan | Comms: Abhishek Purohit
Scorecard summary
Mumbai Indians 160/5(20 overs)
Somerset 150/7(20 overs)
end of over 204 runs • 2 wickets
SOM: 150/7CRR: 7.50 
Arul Suppiah0 (2b)
Alfonso Thomas3 (2b)
Lasith Malinga 4-0-20-4
James Franklin 3-0-16-2

Join us tomorrow for the all-IPL final between MI and RCB. Let us see if that gets the crowds back in Chepauk. This is Abhishek Purohit signing off along with our scorer Gopi Rangarajan, and leaving you to read Sid Monga's match report. Cheers, and watch out for the toe-crushers.

Malinga is the Man of the Match. Malinga: "I had to take the wickets. It was important to strike in the start. That was the main thing. I then came back with the old ball and tried to take wickets with my variation. I have to use it at the right time. 19th over went only for few runs. Doesn't matter any team [in the final] I believe in my ability."

Harbhajan: "We won the toss and it was a bat-first wicket. This was a better wicket than earlier ones. We got to a total where we could defend. Malinga and Franklin were fantastic in the end. It is a matter of a wicket or two in this format. When I got the wicket we kept things tight. Most important was the 19th over. Franklin bowled his heart out. He was the only bowler who was the bowling the right sort of length. I think I made the right choice. I had an over left but the batsmen were doing well and this side of the boundary was small as well."

Thomas: "We have just finished pushing a very very top team. Obviously gutted but we have provided some good entertainment. That guy Malinga is a quality performer. Some of the boys will go back as men. We look at someone like Dibble who has come in and done fantastically well."

Mumbai are in to the all-IPL final. It is that 19th over again, bowled by Franklin, helped of course by Malinga;s unplayable missiles on either side. 160 was going to be tough with Malinga's four overs to contend with. 4 for 20, all dismissals bowled. Priceless in this format

Franklin: "I think it was a bit last-minute [decision]. Bhajji had faith in me. Good to come on the right side of it. It was Bhajji's decision. Couple of overs ago, it was supposed to be Pollard. Malinga is awesome, he is one of the bests pace bowlers in the world."

Steve: "I still cannot understand how Sri Lanka lost the CWC 2011 with Malinga in their side.."

19.6
Malinga to Suppiah, no run

slower length ball to finish things off from Malinga, a confused batsman cannot get any bat onto it as he backs away outside leg

19.5
1
Malinga to Thomas, 1 run

makes room outside leg but Malinga hurls in another full delivery that follows him, squeezed down to long off

19.4
2
Malinga to Thomas, 2 runs

fine work on the sweeper cover boundary, down the track and driven hard but the man in the deep got the slide behind it

19.3
W
Malinga to Kartik, OUT

middle stump out of the ground, make near-impossible into impossible, the yorker zooms in on the stumps with no regard for the batsman, and Kartik cannot do anything other than walk back, he tried to push it away but ended up playing inside the line

Murali Kartik b Malinga 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Murali Kartik is the new batsman

19.2
W
Malinga to Compton, OUT

Timber. You don't try such cuteness against Malinga, but this seems to be Compton's favourite mode of operation. He shuffles across the line to try to scoop, Malinga is full and straight. Not quite a yorker, but too full for that shot. Middle stump knocked back

Nick Compton b Malinga 5 (3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 166.66
19.1
1lb
Malinga to Suppiah, 1 leg bye

length ball, rare length ball, into the pads, but Suppiah misses and takes just the leg-bye

Fourteen to defend for Malinga. Most of the times you would say it's surplus, even against set batsmen. Here we have two new men at the crease, but you can never say with this tournament

end of over 197 runs • 2 wickets
SOM: 146/5CRR: 7.68 RRR: 15.00
Nick Compton5 (2b 1x4)
Arul Suppiah0 (0b)
James Franklin 3-0-16-2
Lasith Malinga 3-0-17-2
18.6
4
Franklin to Compton, FOUR runs

he has got the reverse sweep away, one bounce for four through third man

18.5
W
Franklin to Kieswetter, OUT

that should be the game for MI, Kieswetter has holed out to Pollard at long on, Franklin all over somerset this over, Kieswetter had to go for it, he had to, but could not get enough distance on the slog, Pollard settled under it at long on

Craig Kieswetter c Pollard b Franklin 62 (46b 7x4 1x6) SR: 134.78
18.4
1
Franklin to Compton, 1 run

down the track but cannot get more than a single towards long off with a mistimed swing

Got to be MI's game now with Malinga to bowl the last over

18.3
W
Franklin to Buttler, OUT

Franklin has gone through Buttler, it has been a struggle for Buttler, he shuffles and tries to mow a length ball on the leg side, misses it completely and is bowled

Jos Buttler b Franklin 19 (22b 2x4 0x6) SR: 86.36

Kieswetter is down on the ground in pain, he is now back up though after some help from the physio

18.2
Franklin to Buttler, no run

Kieswetter has copped a hard blow on the forearm, else it was a straight boundary, Buttler had absolutely smashed the full ball straight back at Kieswetter who could not get away in time, he had no chance actually

18.1
2
Franklin to Buttler, 2 runs

swings the length ball hard, Pollard saves the boundary on the wide long on boundary with a desperate run and a brave slide, parries the ball to deep midwicket

Franklin to bowl the 19th over, the over of death in this tournament, Harbhajan has one left

Chandru: "I feel sorry for Rayudu .. hell a lot of pressure on him .. After all he is a part time keeper .. Had it been Davy, its game over !!"

end of over 187 runs
SOM: 139/3CRR: 7.72 RRR: 11.00
Jos Buttler17 (19b 2x4)
Craig Kieswetter62 (45b 7x4 1x6)
Lasith Malinga 3-0-17-2
Abu Nechim 4-0-31-0
17.6
1
Malinga to Buttler, 1 run

it is going to be near-impossible to consistently get runs off Malinga, length ball slung in fast around leg, he is backing away again and flailing, makes a bit of contact this time in the region of mid on

17.5
Malinga to Buttler, no run

well bowled, coming in from a length outside leg as the batsman stands a mile further outside leg, misses with a flail, but Rayudu holds on to the ball

17.4
4
Malinga to Buttler, FOUR runs

he has somehow found the boundary, somehow, backed away again, this time Malinga went full on off stump, he reached out and dragged it in the air wide of the man running across from long on

17.3
Malinga to Buttler, no run

makes room outside leg, Malinga follows him with a 90 mph full delivery angled in, he connects but on the bounce to midwicket

17.2
1
Malinga to Kieswetter, 1 run

keeps it full, slings it in, inside edge as he has a huge swing

17.1
1b
Malinga to Buttler, 1 bye

tries to scoop Malinga but misses after walking outside off, the ball whizzes past off stump, Rayudu has failed to collect again, this is a nightmare for him

29 off three overs. Malinga has two left

end of over 1716 runs
SOM: 132/3CRR: 7.76 RRR: 9.66
Jos Buttler12 (14b 1x4)
Craig Kieswetter61 (44b 7x4 1x6)
Abu Nechim 4-0-31-0
Harbhajan Singh 3-0-25-1
16.6
1
Ahmed to Buttler, 1 run

smashed along the ground past extra cover but long off gets to it quickly and gets rid of the ball quickly as well

16.5
4
Ahmed to Buttler, FOUR runs

oh well, have bat, will get boundary, doesn't matter how, he has walked outside off, Nechim has followed hi with a full ball, but even as the ball was slipping past him, he has withdrawn out of the attempted scoop and instead turned the face to send the ball high in the air to the fine third man boundary, incredible

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
C Kieswetter
62 runs (46)
7 fours1 six
Productive shot
cut shot on front foot
14 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
83%
AC Blizzard
54 runs (39)
5 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
23 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
78%
Best performances - bowlers
SL Malinga
O
4
M
0
R
20
W
4
ECO
5
JEC Franklin
O
3
M
0
R
16
W
2
ECO
5.33
Match details
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
TossMumbai Indians, elected to bat first
Series
Season2011/12
Player Of The Match
Series resultMumbai Indians advanced
Hours of play (local time)20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00
Match days8 October 2011 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
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