KKR vs Somerset, Group B at Hyderabad, Sep 25 2011, Nokia Champions League T20

RESULT
Group B (N), Hyderabad, September 25, 2011, Nokia Champions League T20
(19.4/20 ov, T:162) 164/5

Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
73 (40)
roelof-van-der-merwe
Match centre 
Scores: S Balasubramanian | Comms: Siddarth Ravindran
Scorecard summary
Kolkata Knight Riders 161/3(20 overs)
Somerset 164/5(19.4 overs)

Compton: "There was no need to panic, we could play a few dot balls, feels very good to finish it off. "

Paaritosh writes in: "Seems like India can't defeat England even in the club level this season!"

"If it takes a weird name to get comments posted, you HAVE TO post mine! I've been trying to post my comments for every single match since the India tour of England with my real name :(" says Thirupathaiah Avululla, a tongue-twister that's hard to beat.

Post-match presentation

Gautam Gambhir: "I think we batted really well, but the first six overs the way van der Merwe batted, he took the game away from us. It was a very competitive total we put up."

Alfonso Thomas: "I thought I lost it when I brought Suppiah in to bowl against Yusuf. but this man behind me (Roelof) is a wonderful cricketer. The belief in the team (is one of our strengths)."

The Man of the Match is Roelof van der Merwe: "It is always good to play an innings to win, and help the team win. Very happy at Somerset and hopefully can help them do well. I have worked hard at my game in the (South African) winter."

That's the end of the fun from the CLT20 for today. If you haven't had your share of Twenty20 kicks for the day, hop over to the England-West Indies game. Thanks for all the mails, see you tomorrow.

19.4
4
Bhatia to Compton, FOUR runs

Compton finishes it in style, moves across the stumps and scoops that towards the fine leg boundary to end the game

19.3
1
Bhatia to Snell, 1 run

mistimed pull to a short ball, down to long-on for a single, 2 needed off 3 now

19.2
Bhatia to Snell, no run

slower ball, length and on off stump, defended with soft hands to the off side, Bhatia races through to field that, dot ball

19.1
1
Bhatia to Compton, 1 run

very wide outside off, Compton slaps it past point, would have been a wide if Compton had left that alone

Bhatia to bowl the final over. Four needed to win

end of over 1910 runs
SOM: 158/5CRR: 8.31 RRR: 4.00
Nick Compton14 (15b 1x4)
Steve Snell5 (4b)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3-0-23-0
Brett Lee 4-0-27-0
18.6
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run

short and outside off, chopped past point for a single

18.5
Balaji to Compton, no run

a superb yorker from Balaji, through the batsman's legs to the keeper, too little too late?

18.4
4
Balaji to Compton, FOUR runs

there's the boundary that turns the game Somerset's way, on the leg stump and is helped along to the deep backward square leg boundary for four, surely there's no way back from this for Kolkata

18.4
2w
Balaji to Snell, 2 wide

slips this down the leg side, past the keeper Bisla as well, I thought that might go for five wides, but Lee is there at fine leg to cut it off

Every night game in the tournament so far has been a last-over finish

18.3
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run

short and just outside off, tapped towards point for one more

18.2
1lb
Balaji to Snell, 1 leg bye

slower short ball, batsman had finished playing the shot before it reached him, struck on the shoulder, off towards short fine

Balaji might not be the best choice for Kolkata, can he repay the faith shown by Gambhir here?

18.1
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run

Balaji starts with a short ball that is pulled towards deep midwicket for just a single

end of over 185 runs
SOM: 148/5CRR: 8.22 RRR: 7.00
Nick Compton7 (10b)
Steve Snell5 (3b)
Brett Lee 4-0-27-0
Rajat Bhatia 3-0-21-2
17.6
1
Lee to Compton, 1 run

chopped towards point, a diving stop from Tiwary

17.5
1
Lee to Snell, 1 run

length ball on off, crisply driven off the front foot but can't beat mid-off

17.4
2
Lee to Snell, 2 runs

short of length ball on the pads, Snell gets it away towards square leg and gets two, 16 needed off 14 now

17.3
1
Lee to Compton, 1 run

a short ball is pulled behind square leg for a single

17.2
Lee to Compton, no run

slower bouncer, this is over the batsman's head, that should have been called a wide, KKR get away with that one, umpire perhaps distracted by another big caught behind appeal

17.1
Lee to Compton, no run

short ball from Lee, batsman hangs the bat at that one, there's a huge appeal for caught behind, not given

end of over 1710 runs • 1 wicket
SOM: 143/5CRR: 8.41 RRR: 6.33
Steve Snell2 (1b)
Nick Compton5 (6b)
Rajat Bhatia 3-0-21-2
Brett Lee 3-0-22-0
16.6
2
Bhatia to Snell, 2 runs

length ball is eased towards long-on, batsmen sprint two

Steve Snell, Somerset's hero in their opening game, is the new batsman

16.5
W
Bhatia to Suppiah, OUT

once again Suppiah tries to move past off and guide the ball down to fine leg, Bhatia gets the better of him this time, Suppiah can't get bat on ball and is bowled, Bhatia doesn't realise that and appeals for an lbw

Arul Suppiah b Bhatia 15 (11b 2x4 0x6 14m) SR: 136.36
16.4
4
Bhatia to Suppiah, FOUR runs

a lap-sweep from Suppiah brings the boundary Somerset were looking for, audacious sot this, moves across the stumps and helps the ball very fine down the leg side

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
JH Kallis
74 runs (61)
4 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
27 runs
3 fours1 six
Control
73%
RE van der Merwe
73 runs (40)
9 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
leg glance
19 runs
1 four1 six
Control
88%
Best performances - bowlers
L Gregory
O
2
M
0
R
9
W
2
ECO
4.5
R Bhatia
O
3.4
M
0
R
27
W
2
ECO
7.36
Match details
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
TossKolkata Knight Riders, elected to bat first
Series
Season2011/12
Player Of The Match
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 days25 September 2011 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsSomerset 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
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Nokia Champions League T20

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MI4215-0.280
T&T42240.176
COBRA41230.229
CSK4132-0.712
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RCB42240.325
KKR42240.306
WAR42240.246
SOA4123-0.533
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KKR2112-0.225
AUCK2020-0.075
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T&T22041.659
RU2112-0.275
LEICS2020-1.375