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Daredevils vs Cape Cobras, 20th Match, League B at Delhi, , Oct 19 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
20th Match, League B (N), Delhi, October 19, 2009, Champions League Twenty20
(18.3/20 ov, T:115) 84

Daredevils won by 30 runs

Player Of The Match
39* (38)
owais-shah
New
COBRA
Full commentary

Cobras now take on T&T in Hyderabad. The other semi-final will be an all-Australian affair in Delhi.

I think Puttick will be hard pressed to explain his decision to bowl first on this track, which was extremely hard to bat on.

Richards from South Africa: "All the talk about T&T being the only fun loving team is getting a little much. Lets be honest, Simmons and Pollard are not the exactly a barrel of laughs when they batting. During Pollards demolition of the Aussies, he did not even BLINK let along smile or joke, he was focussed, and intimidating to say the least. The Bravo brothers do smile. Contract to Cobras, captain is most laid back guy at the tournament, and they are chilled relaxed and laughing all the time. I guess people see what they wanna see, or what the hype says they should see!!"

Wendy from Trinidad and Tobago wants the Caribbean side to win because: "hope that TT win the finals as there will be another public holiday if they do and we can use that to go to the beach"

Post-match presentation

The Man of the Match is Owais Shah. "I really struggled to get off the mark, once you get in it all becomes easier. I think the guys were desperate to win though we were out of the tournament."

Puttick: "We are not too concerned (by Gibbs' form). He's a good player, he's a guy for the big occasion. Francois is very raw, but he's got the ability to bowl really quickly, he's an exciting talent. We are not happy to lose any game. We are all really pysched for the game, Hyderabad is one of the best wickets we have played in in India."

Gambhir: "We have given something for the crowd to cheer. We wanted to finish on a high note, and that's what we did. It's great to have Nannes in the side. Owais batted very sensibly, we always knew that 120 was a winning total. I want to thank the Delhites for supporting us."

Liam from T&T: "Wendy, we won't get a public holiday for winning a club tournament, unfortunately. Let's not give Trinidad a bad name now.

And Richards, I think the fun-loving aspect was more to do with efforts in the field and wicket celebrations, which are unmatched in this tournament."

That's it from us at Cricinfo today. Join us on Wednesday for the semi-final between NSW and Victoria. Till then it's goodbye from us. Thanks for the many mails, and the discussions.

18.3
W
Nagar to Philander, OUT

game over, Delhi have won, Cobras have been bowled out for 84, it was a short ball, the batsman swung it towards deep midwicket, Dilshan jumps at takes the catch just inside the rope, the umpire ask for the replay which shows he never touched the boundary, so Cobras lose

Vernon Philander c Dilshan b Nagar 12 (16b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75
18.2
2
Nagar to Philander, 2 runs

looked to swipe that to midwicket, top-edges it, the bowler chases after it and puts a dive it after making plenty of ground, can't pull off the catch though

18.1
Nagar to Philander, no run

down the track and clubbed to mid-on

end of over 181 run
COBRA: 82/9CRR: 4.55 RRR: 16.50
Francois Plaatjies0 (8b)
Vernon Philander10 (13b)
Pradeep Sangwan 2-0-4-0
Yogesh Nagar 2-0-7-1
17.6
Sangwan to Plaatjies, no run

Plenty of appeals for caught-behind, did that carry to the keeper? the umpire doesn't think so, the batsman definitely edged that one

17.5
Sangwan to Plaatjies, no run

a yorker into middle and leg, just gets the bat on that one

17.4
Sangwan to Plaatjies, no run

the batsman looks to dab it to third man, misses the ball

Sangwan from round the wicket

17.3
Sangwan to Plaatjies, no run

length ball on middle, the batsman looked to push it towards cover and set off for single, edges it back towards the bowler

17.2
Sangwan to Plaatjies, no run

big appeal for lbw, but that was pitching well outside leg stump

17.1
1
Sangwan to Philander, 1 run

short and wide, slashed towards cover point for a single

end of over 173 runs • 1 wicket
COBRA: 81/9CRR: 4.76 RRR: 11.33
Francois Plaatjies0 (3b)
Vernon Philander9 (12b)
Yogesh Nagar 2-0-7-1
Dirk Nannes 4-0-19-3
16.6
Nagar to Plaatjies, no run

way outside off, the batsman responds by offering the forward press

16.5
Nagar to Plaatjies, no run

well outside off, the batsman is beaten as he looks to open the face

16.4
1
Nagar to Philander, 1 run

full ball, got on one knee and smashed it to deep midwicket

16.3
1lb
Nagar to Plaatjies, 1 leg bye

Nagar getting plenty of turn as well, that one, surprisingly bounced too much, sails over the stumps after the batsman is beaten

16.2
W
Nagar to Zondeki, OUT

Cobras lurch towards defeat, a short ball is slapped straight to midwicket, Zondeki also goes for a first-baller

Monde Zondeki c Dilshan b Nagar 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
16.1
1
Nagar to Philander, 1 run

walks across and whips an offstump ball towards midwicket

end of over 163 runs • 2 wickets
COBRA: 78/8CRR: 4.87 RRR: 9.25
Vernon Philander7 (10b)
Dirk Nannes 4-0-19-3
Tillakaratne Dilshan 4-0-16-2
15.6
W
Nannes to Henderson, OUT

Henderson has a short stay at the crease, he had to keep out only one ball from Nannes, wasn't up to the task, it was fast and full, barrels into offstump

Claude Henderson b Nannes 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
15.5
W
Nannes to Canning, OUT

Nannes does what he was brought back for, a back of length ball cannons into the bails, Canning has to go, Cobras collapsing here

Ryan Canning b Nannes 3 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
15.4
1
Nannes to Philander, 1 run

yorker just outside off, squeezed towards mid-on

15.4
1w
Nannes to Philander, 1 wide

down the leg side, that was 129.7 kmh, keeper Dinesh Karthik is chatting with the commentators, kept his concentration to stop that one

15.3
1
Nannes to Canning, 1 run

the batsman skips away from legstump, and flicks the ball angling into him towards deep midwicket

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