swung away and backward square leg pouches
India U-23s vs U.A.E., 1st Semi-Final at Singapore, Aug 23 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
UAE were in the game for 75 overs, bowled well to hamper India's ambitions and 208 was gettable if everything went well, Shaiman Anwar was batting beautifully but two overs from Akshar Patel ripped out him and Sandip Patil and Saqib Ali and UAE were left rudderless and runless. India U-23 had been struggling until Man of the Match Akshar Patel came on for his second spell and took 3 for 3 in 3 overs, thanks to some excellent wicket-keeping by Smit Patel. The Patels of U-23 match-winners for India today. Good effort by UAE but its India U-23 who move forward to the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup final on Sunday. We look forward to welcoming you back to follow all the action from the Singapore Kallang ground then.
full, played back to the bowler
tossed up, pushed away
forward in spidery defence
pushes forward, played to cover, doesn't really want to expose Guruge but a run's a run he decides
flicked off the pads wide of fine leg
full, outside off, driven hard, straight to cover
Akalp: "People calling Indian batsmen batted poorly need to look at the scores on this ground till now. India's score today is the second highest total in this tournament on this ground by any team, so we cannot say they batted poorly. Sometimes, conditions dictates the terms."
full, swung away to long-on
length ball, defended
short, misses with the pull
drives over the top of the infield
again, forward to defend. Responsibility for hitting obviously lies with Naveed
forward in defence
full, driven back to the bowler
tossed up, goes for the big one, small dent of off-stump