short, wide again, and Mahmood cuts this between point and short third man. That's a hammering for Hampshire
Hampshire vs Auckland, Qualifying Pool 1 at Centurion, Oct 10 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
Qualifying Pool 1, Centurion, October 10, 2012, Champions League Twenty20
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All right, that's it from game one today. There's another coming up soon. Do join us for that. Here's Sidharth Monga signing off. Cheers
Quotes from presentation
"It's a shame when the toss of the coin dominates the whole game," says Dimitri Mascarenhas. "Craberry batted nicely, we thought we could get to 140 at one stage, but it didn't happen. Its pretty tough, it is a dead rubber tomorrow, but the boys will want to leave South Africa and the Champions League with a win."
"Boys were surprised I won the toss," says Gareth Hopkins. "The boys adjusted well to the wicket. It was a good toss to win. It was a little bit sticky up front, and flattened out later. Mahmood is a quality attack. It's huge for us. We were here last year, lost two off the last ball, that really hurt. Playing the game last night up front helped. There was calmness, and we have carried the momentum."
"Good start," says MoM Azhar Mahmood. "Yesterday first-ball six, today too, but a good comeback. Lovely time with the Auckland. They are a great bunch of guys, both on and off the field. Very happy with my performance, just need to work on a few things. Hope to get that first ball right."
This takes Auckland into the main draw, and renders inconsequential tomorrow's match between Sialkot and Hampshire. Mahmood has had a match and a half here. He bowled smartly, digging it in, running his fingers over the ball. He knew the wicket was sticky, and that spongy bounce was going to be difficult to hit. However, when he batted, he made the wicket look easy to bat on
14.3
4
Maxwell to Mahmood, FOUR runs
14.2
•
Maxwell to Mahmood, no run
full, looks to play the rare defensive, and is hit on the pad
14.1
1
Maxwell to Kitchen, 1 run
short, wide, punched away in front of square
Maxwell to bowl now
end of over 1412 runs
AUCK: 118/2CRR: 8.42 • RRR: 0.66
Azhar Mahmood51 (29b 4x4 4x6)
Anaru Kitchen5 (8b 1x4)
Shahid Afridi 4-0-23-1
Sean Ervine 2-0-17-0
13.6
6
Afridi to Mahmood, SIX runs
Mahmood reaches fifty with a slog-sweep. What a day he has had. Could be the first man ever to have hit a fifty and taken five in Twenty20 match. Clears the front leg and sends it flat over deep midwicket. Oh, I am just being told Andrew Hall has done this before
13.5
1
Afridi to Kitchen, 1 run
swiped away for a single to deep square leg
13.4
•
Afridi to Kitchen, no run
fired in, on off, pushed away uppishly to mid-off
13.3
1
Afridi to Mahmood, 1 run
cut away in front of point, gets a single
13.2
4
Afridi to Mahmood, FOUR runs
down the wicket again, right down to the pitch of it, drives it to the right of long-off for four more
13.1
•
Afridi to Mahmood, no run
inside edge as he charges down, but it goes safe to midwicket
"If AA win this, then the game between the Hants and Stallions becomes a game only for the record keepers. We might just go back from "A Few" to "Few" again." Rakesh, I suggest we call that game off
end of over 1313 runs
AUCK: 106/2CRR: 8.15 • RRR: 2.28
Anaru Kitchen4 (6b 1x4)
Azhar Mahmood40 (25b 3x4 3x6)
Sean Ervine 2-0-17-0
Shahid Afridi 3-0-11-1
12.6
•
Ervine to Kitchen, no run
short ball, just outside off, looks to run this fine, or perhaps go over the keeper's head, but is beaten
12.5
4
Ervine to Kitchen, FOUR runs
down the wicket, takes this on a length, drives it between mid-off and the bowler
12.4
•
Ervine to Kitchen, no run
length ball, on off, defended off the front foot
"If Auckland lose this from here do you think Kitchen might get that Sinking feeling?" mark, we always find room for bad punners here at Cricinfo
12.3
1
Ervine to Mahmood, 1 run
he is backing away every ball. Pulls this one to deep square for one
12.2
4
Ervine to Mahmood, FOUR runs
short, into the body, and he has pulled it away disdainfully, bisecting the two fielders in the deep
12.1
4
Ervine to Mahmood, FOUR runs
Mahmmod is in a hurry to get back to hotel. Backs away, takes a short ball that provides him no room, and cuts it through cover
end of over 123 runs • 1 wicket
AUCK: 93/2CRR: 7.75 • RRR: 3.62
Anaru Kitchen0 (3b)
Azhar Mahmood31 (22b 1x4 3x6)
Shahid Afridi 3-0-11-1
Liam Dawson 1-0-14-0
11.6
•
Afridi to Kitchen, no run
googly... Kitchen has no clue as he cuts, but it misses the off stump by a bit
11.6
1w
Afridi to Kitchen, 1 wide
another wide down the leg side
11.5
•
Afridi to Kitchen, no run
angling into the pads, angled away to short fine
11.4
•
Afridi to Kitchen, no run
and now a loose full toss with silly point in. Afridi apologises, and he better. Hit straight to cover, though
11.4
1w
Afridi to Kitchen, 1 wide
and Afridi fires in a wide down the leg side after getting those catching men in
Slip and silly point in for the new man Kitchen
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