that's it! Angles it on the pads and he clips it on the up just wide of short mid-on's reach, Lee leaps and the Punjab camp is a picture of relief
Chargers vs Kings XI, 36th match at Kimberley, IPL, May 09 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Kings XI won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Huge round of hugs in the Punjab camp. Preity Zinta of hugging fame is naturally delighted. Lee has certainly made a huge difference with bat and ball. Jayawardene set it up and the result could've gone either way when he was dismissed. Yuvraj and Sangakkara got a good stand going before both threw it away with silly shots in the same over.
So Punjab move to No.5 and share points with Deccan, who are one place above.
Presentation time.
Gilchrist: "We should have closed it out, but another exciting game. It was a funny wicket, it perhaps came on a lot better later on. We didn't quite execute a few deliveries towards the end. But an intriguing contest."
Yuvraj: "I was very cross with my shot and we needed one partnership and Irfan and Mahela did that. Lee really helped us. Jayawardene has always done well under pressure but unfortunately he has pulled a hamstring."
Jayawardene is the Man of the Match. "The hamstring's not doing that great. I knew I had to be there till the end. I knew we needed big boundaries. Me and Irfan spoke about batting another five overs. We were never behind the 8-ball."
That's it from me for the moment. Stay on for Rajasthan v Chennai. Goodbye!
Scores are level! Symonds joins Gilchrist in the discussion. Packed off side field/ Will they snatch a bye?
drops it on a length outside off and Lee reaches out and slaps it down to long-off and pushes hard for the second run
Yet another discussion. RP seems cool enough
a little slower and Lee doesn't pick it and swishes at thin air, man that was close to the offstump
Gilchrist runs across to have a word with RP. Mid-off goes back and third man comes in
clips it very close to the pads and they take a single, where are the yorkers?
that's four runs less! RP bangs it in short and that too down the leg side so it allows a free swing of the arms, he hooks it just in front of the rope at fine leg
That six has put Punjab as the favourites. This has been on pulsating passage of play. Don't go anywhere! RP will bowl the final over
full outside off and he smashes it to deep extra cover
full toss pushed to the covers
brute power! Pitched up outside off and Lee gets under the bounce and gives it a flat thwack over long-off's reach, it seemed like it would land down the fielder's throat but he got enough elevation
it's a low full toss from round the wicket and Ojha over-runs it at cover but just manages to get some hand on it
17 off 10
full on the stump and he bashes it down the ground to long-off
yorker on the pads and he nearly falls over on the shot
19 off 12, Chawla's capable of finishing this off
forces it hard down the pitch to long -on
How crucial will that be? This is another thrilled in the making
he gets width and cuts to sweeper cover, he turns around for the second run and he's struggling to make his ground, the throw from Teja is flat and quick and Gilchrist whips off the woodwork, the batsman is short of his crease and the decision goes upstairs
pushes it wide outside off and wide called
Punjab have been guilty of not finishing things off.
forces a full delivery hard to long-on
gets on his knee and sweeps again
he looks unstoppable! He gets on his knee and swats it in the air and bisects the big gap at deep square leg
makes room and gets a thick edge which goes to short fine leg
will this over be the turning point? Tossed up on middle and leg, he chips down the track and deposits him over long-on, 12 precious runs indeed
that's a pressure relieving six! Flighted on middle and leg and he gets on his knee and tonks him over deep midwicket, it was a front foot pull
Over 20 • KXIP 169/7
Kings XI won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)