And it's fitting he scores the winning runs, full toss on middle and he punches that between mid-on and midwicket after the field was brought in to complete a thrilling win
MI vs South Aust, 7th Match, Group B at Durban, Sep 14 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
South Aust won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Gloom in the Mumbai camp as a semi-final berth from here on in looks highly unlikely. South Australia, on the other hand, will back themselves to reach the knockouts after recording their second successive win. Mumbai were boosted by their middle order but were let down in the field with a spate of dropped catches and misfields, particularly when the openers were batting, to undermine the advantage they had gained after smashing 122 in their final ten overs. It's been excellent entertainment. Do stay tuned in for the presentation.
Daniel Harris is the Man of the Match for his half-century up front: "We felt they bowled well early. It was about having wickets in the shed and we had some luck. Mumbai hit their lengths, we were facing Malinga for the first time but we got away with a bit of luck. We knew we were on track and the guys at the end played extremely well under pressure and did the business for us."
Tendulkar: "To get to 180 was an excellent job by the batsmen. It was the fielding that cost us the game. We needed to keep keep getting wickets at regular intervals and we had our opportunities but we couldn't quite do it. Throughout it was 10-11 runs an over and we were very much in the game. We have to pick up our performance and it's important that we produce something special."
Klinger: "It was a super effort. WE backed ourselves to chase those runs. We've been chasing well in our practice games and I couldn't ask for a better effort from the boys. Our batsmen did well to run hard between wickets and target the short boundaries. I'd like to thank our supporters, families and members back home for a pretty special win for us."
That's all from us. Thanks for tuning in and do join us tomorrow for a double-header. Until then, it's goodbye.
What a cameo from Cooper. He's just been in for four balls
slog-sweep, tossed it up slightly this time and he had made up his mind, bent low and swung it over deep square leg into the crowd, 3 off 4
fires it hard on middle, whipped towards deep square leg where Duminy throws himself to his right to haul it in and keep them to two
11 to win off the last over. Ten to tie.Both teams were on 170 going into the final over. It's a spinner to bowl. Harbhajan's the man
yorker but well negotiated, pushed towards long-off to keep the strike
that's a scoop into the stands! Full toss again but this time it's been dealt with, just walked across and flicked it over fine leg into the crowd, turned his wrists at just the right time
good yorker on the off, dug out wide of extra cover for a single
they're still in the hunt, full outside off, makes room and slices it over point, it's a vacant region there in the deep and rolls over the ropes
Borgas on strike after crossing over. Top Cooper is his partner
full toss again but fails to clear the fielder, mistimed by someone who;s been striking the ball pretty well, straight down Tiwary's throat at long-on
full toss on middle, chipped over the bowler's head, it's well in front of long-on and long-off and they put enough pressure on the two to scamper back for the second
16 off that over, tension in the Mumbai camp, in the dugout as well as among the owners. Zaheer Khan has the ball
four more, full toss again and he places this one perfectly, fine leg was was a little finer and bisected the gap between him and deep square leg
full toss, the intended area was midwicket but that ends up going to fine leg, an inside edge, enough to silence the crowd
low full toss on the off, driven towards long-off, a fumble in the deep but they don't risk the second this time
full on middle, chips it just wide of long-on, enough time before Pollard gathers it to come back for the second
well struck, fullish on middle and leg and Christian picks out his gap, between long-on and deep midwicket, off the meat
dropped, but this came hard at the bowler, full on the off and it's absolutely smashed back towards Bravo who did well to protect his face with his hands and just conceded the single
Bravo will bowl.
41 needed off 18 now, still doable. No more Malinga to handle now. Bravo and Zaheer have an over each.
they're holding on at these crucial moments, Malinga saw Ferguson making room and banged that short, out came the attempt to slash him over deep point and Ferguson connected well but Murtaza was placed perfectly in the deep and didn't let his team down, holding on to a neat catch just inside the ropes
quick full toss on the off, crunched towards Harbhajan at extra cover who keeps them down to a single
superbly struck, full outside off, made a bit of room and crashed it over the diving extra cover fielder for a boundary
fires it outside off, the batsman lets it go but it wasn't wide enough, was just inside the line there
fullish on middle, pushes it down the ground to long-on for a single
yorker, predictably, and he digs it out into the leg side for a single
48 needed off 24. Malinga charges in