short ball, hammered to the deep square leg fence and Mahmood gets a fifty and hits the winning runs as well.
KKR vs Auckland, Group A at Cape Town, Oct 15 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
Group A (D/N), Cape Town, October 15, 2012, Champions League Twenty20
(17.4/20 ov, T:138) 139/3
Auckland won by 7 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
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Gambhir: Once you get the momentum you've got to continue. How they played in the first over gave them momentum. We need to play smart cricket, some better cricket and hopefully we can win both our remaining games.
Hopkins: Bowlers are picked to do a job so I back them. We do have part timers, but didn't need them today. We got off to a good start with the bat and we left it to the master Mahmood to finish it off as well as he does.
Azhar Mahmood, predictably, is man of the match.
Mahmood: We bowled really well as a unit. We prepared really well, two weeks before the tournament and it's paid off. Martin Guptill and Louie started off really well and I was able to finish off. Hopefully I can keep my form going.
Thanks for joining through our ball-by-ball coverage. On behalf of Kanishkaa Balachandran, Sanjay Murari and myself, this is Andrew Fernando signing off.
08:35pm Great first-up win for Auckland and Mahmood is hitting some fearsome form. Two fifties on the trot now after having set the game up with the ball on both occasions.
That's Auckland's third emphatic win out of three, all achieved batting second. It might be a bit early to label them dark horses, but they have proved they are here to compete.
Rohit: "Guess you should've played the qualifiers KKR, you look a little out of practice!"
17.4
4
Sangwan to Mahmood, FOUR runs
Mahmood with three to get for a half-century and the Aces have three to get to win as well
17.3
1
Sangwan to de Grandhomme, 1 run
full and outside off stump, driven to deep cover
17.2
2
Sangwan to de Grandhomme, 2 runs
de Grandhomme pulls a back of a length delivery fine of deep square leg
17.1
1
Sangwan to Mahmood, 1 run
length ball on the stumps. Mahmood knocks that behind point and the batsmen scamper through
end of over 173 runs
AUCK: 131/3CRR: 7.70 • RRR: 2.33
Colin de Grandhomme6 (9b 1x4)
Azhar Mahmood46 (40b 2x4 2x6)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-38-1
Pradeep Sangwan 2-0-18-0
16.6
•
Balaji to de Grandhomme, no run
fired in at the pads. CDJ tries to hit that over the leg side but misses.
16.5
2
Balaji to de Grandhomme, 2 runs
shortish, and de Grandhomme gets the pull out. Doesn't time it well, but it goes wide of deep square leg and they get two
16.4
•
Balaji to de Grandhomme, no run
length ball outside off stump, the batsmen chops that into the off side
16.3
•
Balaji to de Grandhomme, no run
full and fired in at leg stump. De Grandhomme tries to hit that towards long on, but gets a leading edge and it travels to mid on instead
16.2
•
Balaji to de Grandhomme, no run
in the channel outside off, moves slightly away off the seam and beats de Grandhomme's bat
16.1
1
Balaji to Mahmood, 1 run
short ball turned to deep square leg. Auckland in sight of a great win
Balaji is back
end of over 1611 runs
AUCK: 128/3CRR: 8.00 • RRR: 2.50
Colin de Grandhomme4 (4b 1x4)
Azhar Mahmood45 (39b 2x4 2x6)
Pradeep Sangwan 2-0-18-0
Sunil Narine 4-0-24-2
15.6
4
Sangwan to de Grandhomme, FOUR runs
a hoick across the line and de Grandhomme gets among the boundaries. The deep midwicket was running around to catch that, but it was always going away from him
15.5
•
Sangwan to de Grandhomme, no run
pushed to backward point and de Grandhomme had taken a few strides down the pitch before being sent back. The fielder just had to hit the stumps, but he missed.
15.4
1
Sangwan to Mahmood, 1 run
short of a length, chopped down into the off side. Think that hit his gloves, but he seems fine.
15.3
6
Sangwan to Mahmood, SIX runs
But that doesn't stop Mahmood. Swings hard again, but aims it straighter this time and connects. Sends it over the bowler's head for six.
15.2
•
Sangwan to Mahmood, no run
wild swing. Doesn't need to do that. Ball skids through, just missing off stump
15.1
•
Sangwan to Mahmood, no run
length ball on the stumps, defended
end of over 153 runs • 1 wicket
AUCK: 117/3CRR: 7.80 • RRR: 4.20
Colin de Grandhomme0 (2b)
Azhar Mahmood38 (35b 2x4 1x6)
Sunil Narine 4-0-24-2
Pradeep Sangwan 1-0-7-0
14.6
•
Narine to de Grandhomme, no run
defends a straightening ball and short cover collects this one as well
14.5
•
Narine to de Grandhomme, no run
Finds short cover with a firm push
Colin de Grandhomme walks in
14.4
W
Narine to Kitchen, OUT
beaten completely in the flight. Not a lot of turn here for Narine, but he has varied his pace beautifully to get that wicket. Slow through the air again and very full. Hits Kitchen right in front and that is not a difficult decision for the umpire.
Anaru Kitchen lbw b Narine 24 (15b 3x4 1x6 20m) SR: 160
14.3
1
Narine to Mahmood, 1 run
short and straight, but Mahmood makes room to cut that powerfully
14.2
1
Narine to Kitchen, 1 run
Kitchen tries to paddle a straighter ball and he gets an under edge. The batsmen scamper one as short fine leg collects
14.1
1
Narine to Mahmood, 1 run
slow through the air, and full. driven to long off
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