it's all over! Welegedara bowls length again, and Hussey lofts this inside-out, over long-off to finish this off
Wayamba vs Victoria, 16th Match, Group A at Centurion, Sep 20 2010 - Match Result
Doesn't hold back when he is hoping, does Hussey? He hoped to bowl Wayamba out for 50 tonight. He hopes for rain in Chennai-Warriors game. But on a serious note, they seem to have done all that was in their hands. Of course they would have wanted to finish the chase sooner, but that was not an easy pitch out there. It's over to Chennai and Warriors now. Okay bye
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David Hussey: "At 88 for 2, we were thinking we were in deep deep trouble. Full credit to Peter Siddle and James Pattinson. I think we have got two future Test players there. James hits the deck rather hard. We would have loved to finish in the seventh-eight over. Hoping for rain in the other game."
Jehan Mubarak: "From a position of 80 for 2 to lose the rest of our wickets for 25 runs is very disappointing. Even today the wicket wasn't the greatest to bat on, but once you get in, there is value for shots. It is just a matter of application, which we seem to be lacking in."
Peter Siddle is the MoM. Sid says: "Probably didn't bowl that well at the start. Got frustrated with the bad balls. Got lucky with the change of ends. Blokes around me bowled really well."
So Wayamba become the fourth team to crash out. But more interesting is the impact on Victoria's net run-rate. This is a big win. Okay Victoria's net run-rate has gone up to 0.366, which is still well behind Warriors' 0.975. Let's just sort out the equation now for all three teams.
Victoria will want Warriors to win by any margin. Or Chennai to win by a fairly big margin, so that Warriors' net run-rate falls below Victoria's.
Warriors will go through f they win, or if they lose by a margin not big enough to take their net run-rate below Victoria's.
Chennai simply need to win. Even if they win in Super Over, they are through. If they lose, they are out
If that game washed out, Victoria and Warriors will go through
length ball, lofted down the ground and they come back for two
free hit coming up
and he oversteps right away! Finch gets a single off the full toss, to third man
Welegedara to bowl his first over of the night
superb shot, comes down the wicket, drives this inside out, past extra cover, and beats sweeper-cover too. All along the ground
short ball, pulled powerfully, wide of deep square, comes back for two
makes room and cuts this over point, but sweeper-cover cuts it off
looks to go over the on side again, gets a think inside edge
Victoria now going for the home run! Finch gets the full toss on the pads, clears the front leg, and heaves it over midwicket
wide down the leg side
charges down the track, and drags it to long-on for one
full and quick, driven to long-on to bring up the fifty of the partnership
nice slower ball, Hussey is way early into this shot
fuller, driven down the ground for a single
makes room, cuts this off off line, and cuts uppishly, but between backward point and cover-point
sees him make room and floats it wide, Hussey gets enough bat to clear the infield, and mis-hits it enough to make sure it doesn't carry to sweeper-cover
full ball, hit to long-on for a single
Finch is looking to make room again, Herath follows him but with one that is tossed up in the air, slow. Finch has to delay his shot, and bunts it for one
looks to paddle this ball down the leg side, ends up with two leg-byes towards fine leg
makes room, looking towards extra cover, Herath bowls the carrom ball, cramping him up
driven to long-off for one
SuperSport Park, Centurion | |
Toss | Wayamba, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2010/11 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 17.30 start, First Session 17.30-18.50, Interval 18.50-19.10, Second Session 19.10-20.30 |
Match days | 20 September 2010 - daynight (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Victoria 2, Wayamba 0 |