Matches (21)
IPL (2)
ACC Premier Cup (2)
Pakistan vs New Zealand (1)
PAK v WI [W] (1)
WI 4-Day (4)
County DIV1 (5)
County DIV2 (4)
Women's QUAD (2)

Daredevils vs CSK, 9th match at Durban, IPL, Apr 23 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
9th match, Durban, April 23, 2009, Indian Premier League
(20 ov, T:190) 180/9

Daredevils won by 9 runs

Player Of The Match
105* (54) & 2 catches
ab-de-villiers
Cricinfo's MVP
145.2 ptsImpact List
ab-de-villiers
New
CSK
Full commentary
end of over 205 runs • 2 wickets
CSK: 180/9CRR: 9.00 
Muthiah Muralidaran0 (1b)
Albie Morkel13 (14b 1x4)
Dirk Nannes 4-0-32-0
Daniel Vettori 4-0-29-2

Presentation time now

MS Dhoni: "Thanks to Hayden we were close. They were remarkable with their death bowling, we were nowhere close to that. I hope our bowlers are paying attention." Is Flintoff listening? Well, he did bowl at the death and was licked by AB

AB de Villers, Man of the Match: "I was a little bit scratchy, and there was a little bit good fortune, thanks to Albie." Albie dropped AB just after the 50, it's a good idea to remind your compatriot of the costly drop. Not that Chennai will be forgetting that anytime soon.

Thanks for joining us, hope you had fun.

**

This one could qualify as a choke. After the Hayden blitz, Chennai required 84 from 10 overs, with eight wickets in hand. And when Raina got out, they were still the favourites, 51 required off 35, and Flintoff and Morkel still in. But then they choked, losing wickets, imploding amid sensible bowling and sharp fielding by Delhi. Bowling changes worked perfectly for them, especially with Sangwan and Vettori. All in all, the first close match of the tournament. Dharmin reminds: "Even last year the two teams had a similar contest with Chennai chasing about 188. Chennai won that one after Gony hit 15 runs in last over. No repeat of that this time."

19.6
Nannes to Murali, no run

short of a length, Murali goes for the big swing, and misses, the ball misses the stumps too, but Delhi have completeed a solid comeback

19.5
1
Nannes to Morkel, 1 run

and it's all over for Chennai, Delhi have won it, a full delivery, Morkel looks to clear his leg and hit big, and the same story repeats, the inside half of the bat, and only a single to long-on

19.4
W
Nannes to Morkel, OUT

this is not smart from Bala, Morkel fails to hit a full and wide delivery, but Bala for some reason wants the single, Morkel doesn't. Sangwan from cover flicks it to the bowler, and Bala is at the strikers' end

Lakshmipathy Balaji run out (Sangwan/Nannes) 0 (0b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

We are down to Morkel now, three boundaries will do it

19.3
W
Nannes to Joginder Sharma, OUT

Warner, the substitute, makes the difference again. Joginder hit a fullish delivery straight to mid-off and ran, and gave up half-way through, and Warner hit the middle stump out of the ground

Joginder Sharma run out (sub [DA Warner]) 4 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
19.2
2
Nannes to Joginder Sharma, 2 runs

just short of a length, Joginder slaps it to wide of long-on, and they take two again. Surprising? Wouldn't they want Morkel on strike?

19.1
2
Nannes to Joginder Sharma, 2 runs

Joginder makes room, lofts it over extra cover, but they stroll only for two

Joginder Sharma is in, 15 required off the last over

end of over 199 runs • 2 wickets
CSK: 175/7CRR: 9.21 RRR: 15.00
Albie Morkel12 (12b 1x4)
Daniel Vettori 4-0-29-2
Ashish Nehra 4-0-33-1
18.6
W
Vettori to Gony, OUT

and he has run himself out now, hit powerfully towards Sehwag at cover, who underarms it to Vettori, and Gony is slow and short of the crease. What a twist. The crucial second was lost in this run-out because of a near-collission between the batsmen

Manpreet Gony run out (Sehwag/Vettori) 6 (2b 0x4 1x6) SR: 300
18.5
6
Vettori to Gony, SIX runs

and Gony turns it around, Vettori had bowled so far this game, with this flighted delivery is clubbed from down on a knee, this could well be eight over midwicket boundary

18.4
1lb
Vettori to Morkel, 1 leg bye

lovely bowling again, Morkel looks to make room, Vettori follows with an arm-ball, getting just a leg-bye

18.3
W
Vettori to Badrinath, OUT

a dot ball, and a wicket, Badri, who looked out of place through the innings, steps out, and hits a flat delivery straight to Warner, the substitute, at long-off. How Delhi have come back. Good move too, to keep Vettori for the death

S Badrinath c sub (DA Warner) b Vettori 7 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 87.5
18.2
1
Vettori to Morkel, 1 run

nice arm-ball, quick, angled in, and Morkel just turns it around to square leg, it was more than 100ks

18.1
1
Vettori to Badrinath, 1 run

Badri steps out, full, on the target, no room for Badri, and only a single to long-off

What a thriller we have here. Delhi have pulled Cehnnai back appreciably. Two runs a ball required now. And the wily Vettori is on, bowling the penultimate over

end of over 185 runs
CSK: 166/5CRR: 9.22 RRR: 12.00
S Badrinath6 (6b)
Albie Morkel11 (10b 1x4)
Ashish Nehra 4-0-33-1
Aavishkar Salvi 3-0-41-0
17.6
1
Nehra to Badrinath, 1 run

low fulltoss, ends a superb over, only five singles, Badri can't capitalise on the fulltoss, just managing to get it past Nehra

17.5
1
Nehra to Morkel, 1 run

another full, late-swinging delivery, and Morkel clears his front leg, and gets the inside half of his bat again, only a single to midwicket

17.4
Nehra to Morkel, no run

lovely, in-swinging yorker, dot ball. Could have been much more, Morkel looks for a leg bye, but the ball has gone to Karthik, who tries to throw the stumps down, with the gloves on, and just misses. 26 off 14 now

17.3
1
Nehra to Badrinath, 1 run

Badri tries to get out, steps out, chips it limple, from the pads, and it falls just short of a running-in square leg

17.2
1
Nehra to Morkel, 1 run

full, swinging in, Morkel looks for a big hit, and gets only the inside half of the bat, and a single to square leg

17.1
1
Nehra to Badrinath, 1 run

almost a yorker, Badri goes for the big hit, manages a mis-hit towards lonmg-off, for a single

Nehra to continue

end of over 175 runs
CSK: 161/5CRR: 9.47 RRR: 9.66
S Badrinath3 (3b)
Albie Morkel9 (7b 1x4)
Aavishkar Salvi 3-0-41-0
Ashish Nehra 3-0-28-1
16.6
1
Salvi to Badrinath, 1 run

and Badri goes thirdman again, just outside off, Badri waits for it and opens the face at the last moment. Only 5 off the over, makes it tighter, 29 off 18

16.5
1
Salvi to Morkel, 1 run

another short ball, and he survives again, Morkel looks to cut it through covers, but finds Gambhir at extra cover

Win Probability
DC 100%
DCCSK
100%50%100%DC InningsCSK Innings

Over 20 • CSK 180/9

Joginder Sharma run out (sub [DA Warner]) 4 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
W
Lakshmipathy Balaji run out (Sangwan/Nannes) 0 (0b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
W
Daredevils won by 9 runs
Powered by Smart Stats
AskESPNcricinfo Logo
Instant answers to T20 questions
CSK Innings
<1 / 3>

Indian Premier League

TEAMMWLPTNRR
DC14104200.311
CSK1485170.951
RCB148616-0.191
DCH1477140.203
KXIP147714-0.483
RR146713-0.352
MI1458110.297
KKR143107-0.789