that will do for RCB, short again, and Uthappa pulls this for four to cow corner
Guyana vs RCB, 5th Match, Group B at Centurion, Sep 12 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RCB won by 9 wickets (with 46 balls remaining)
Guyana's misery has been by chronicled by Siddarth Ravindran here. I now have two hours to go before the US Open final. Hopefully it will be tighter than this match. Just so that Alter. G can read and gnash his teeth, I'm outta here
Anil Kumble: "Perfect game. The first couple of overs were critical.Once Sarwan was out cheaply, the pressure was on them. The thought was always there [to boost the net run-rate], but you needed solid platform too. Rahul and Kallis did just that, for Robin to be able to tee off."
Ramnaresh Sarwan: "Majority of them have bever played in these conditions, and it is a learning experience. But we really need to learn fast. We need to."
Jacques Kallis is MoM. He says: "Coming back from a back injury, so couldn't put too much work in the lead-up. But we have got fantastic preparation. Credit should go to Ray. We got good nets, good net bowlers."
Ram is getting cheeky. He writes, "Sorry West Indies. Congratulations East Indies." And KM is worrying about those who love the English language. "OMG, poor Alter G. would be crying while reading the last paragraph.." Time for the presentation
Patrick writes in with a stunning bit of information. "Do you know the word "grandfathered" is a verb, which means - To exempt (one involved in an activity or business) from new regulations!" Seriously, I felt grandfathered would be similar as, well, err, fathered. Anyway let me use another irregular verb and say that Bangalore have bossed Guyana here. Bangalore were ruthless with the ball, efficient with the bat, and have a solid net-run-rate boost. Guyana looked out of their depth. The only positive being Barnwell's bowling. He has some promise, bowls nice slower legcutters. Bravo-like almost
KM: "I remember Hyden was volunteering to secure Ishant Sharma's dental future in 2008 (radio show?)" Elephant's memory there
short, pulled wide of long-on for two
slogs this time, looking to finish the game off, gets an underside edge for one
another stunner, a flick, nonchalant, innocent little flick, and it has cleared long leg
stunning! slower ball first of all, mis-timed second of all, but this keeps sailing and sailing. And sailing. Over long-on. His bat is huge. It doesn't have a leading edge. It has a leading face
and Uthappa gets into his stride, nice drive between the bowler and mid-off
slower ball again, defended towards midwicket
into the pads, helped away for one
another wide, this time for height
Kevin O'Connor has mistaken us for somebody esle, "You guys are mad but very entertaining. What time is visiting hours."
slower legcutter, way wide of off stump
Jatin: "i think oldest grandfather in cricketers should b none other than sanath jayasuriya." And KM: "what about Matthew Hyden? He could give non-grandfatherly people dentures.."
and he gets off the mark with a gentle single past midwicket
Abhishek Shukla: "not sure about Grandparents day, as i never met my Grandparents. BTW, One of the great legends of country music, Johnny Cash, died after a short illness on this day in 2003." Okay I will listen to I Walk the Line and Ring of Fire today. Uthappa is the new batsman, by the way
bowled him! sharp and quick offbreak, beats Dravid who is making room. Keeps low too. The stumps are a mess here
stays a touch low, taps it towards short third for a single
spinning into the pads, helped away for one
Harris: "Any mention of grandfatherly cricketers should include M. Yousuf :)"
short again, pulled to long-on for one
short again, pulled away for one
Rick gets all emotional: "not a big ask to do on grandparents day, remove their dentures and brush them"
short and wide, cut away, can't beat point
Alfred: "Why are we talking about grandparents? They should clean/wash their dentures themselves. I commend grandfatherly cricketeers like Tendulkar and Vettori."
another slower ball, defended back to the bowler
crunchy drive, high elbow, on the bounce to extra cover. Sarwan misfields to allow him a single
mis-times the drive, but gets a single to long-on