Lions have done it, the dug out races to the middle, Symes cranks up to another length ball and deposits it to the deep midwicket rope, there is no stopping it this time
CSK vs LIONS, Group B at Cape Town, Oct 16 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
Group B (D/N), Cape Town, October 16, 2012, Champions League Twenty20
158/6
(19.3/20 ov, T:159) 159/4
LIONS won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
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Abhishek Purohit signing off for the night. Cheers
Have a look at Sid Monga's report.
Phangiso is the Man of the Match. Phangiso: "It was a nice wicket to bowl on, one of those days where the ball came nicely out of the hand. It is one of those wickets, it was a bit slow, you got to slow up your pace."
Petersen: "Halfway through the game I thought we gave 15 runs too many. The batsmen stayed calm. Bodi played exceptionally well with McKenzie and the two young men finished it for us. It was a case of getting to the last three overs. Guys at the end showed some mettle and steel. Generally 10-15 overs is a sort of dead period, you tend to knock it around, but Gulam never allowed the rate to go beyond 10-11 runs an over."
Dhoni: "We got off to a very good start, we lost too many wickets in the middle, so we were not able to slog the way we could have, but we still got the score we wanted. I think 160 was a good score. The timing of the no-balls was crucial. Small things matter. All of a sudden the momentum shifted, they were able to score a lot more freely. The quicks were bowling well [so gave them three overs each at the start]."
Gulam Bodi does a little jig. Hugs all across the Lions camp. Alviro Petersen has one of his calm smiles on. Lions have gone up against two powerful IPL sides, and have come out on top.
Poor MS Dhoni, his bowlers continue to let him down, no matter which team he leads and what format he plays
19.3
4
Morkel to Symes, FOUR runs
19.2
4
Morkel to Symes, FOUR runs
that will help the Lions, length ball around off, clubbed coolly past the non-striker, long off dives, in vain
19.1
1
Morkel to Morris, 1 run
wide one swinging away further, he reaches out to stab it past point
third man is back, fine leg is in
Lions have to back themselves to get nine off the final over from Albie. They have managed to get 21 off two from Bollinger and Hilfenhaus
end of over 1911 runs
LIONS: 150/4CRR: 7.89 • RRR: 9.00
Chris Morris11 (6b 1x6)
Jean Symes31 (21b 3x4)
Ben Hilfenhaus 4-0-25-0
Doug Bollinger 4-0-18-2
18.6
1
Hilfenhaus to Morris, 1 run
squeezes a very full widish delivery to sweeper cover
18.5
1
Hilfenhaus to Symes, 1 run
now Bollinger pulls off a stop, another flying edge wide of third man, Bollinger arrives to save the boundary just in time
18.4
2
Hilfenhaus to Symes, 2 runs
very fine stop at deep midwicket, it was slogged from outside off to that area, and the fielder slapped the ball back in on the bounce before going over the ropes
18.3
2
Hilfenhaus to Symes, 2 runs
another edge, ball in the air, third man coming in, backward point running back, keeper running too, backward point sticks out a hand and puts in the slide, no luck
18.2
4
Hilfenhaus to Symes, FOUR runs
wide ball, swinging bat, thick edge, four to third man
Hilfenhaus seems to have an issue with the landing area as he pulls out of delivery stride
18.1
1
Hilfenhaus to Morris, 1 run
low full toss eased past the bowler to long off
end of over 1810 runs
LIONS: 139/4CRR: 7.72 • RRR: 10.00
Chris Morris9 (4b 1x6)
Jean Symes22 (17b 2x4)
Doug Bollinger 4-0-18-2
Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-42-1
17.6
1
Bollinger to Morris, 1 run
and Lions continue to keep up with the asking rate, ten more taken off this over, with a scythe to long on
17.5
1
Bollinger to Symes, 1 run
dabs a wide one to point
17.4
4
Bollinger to Symes, FOUR runs
pitched up around off, he's managed to mow it over midwicket and look a touch graceful at the same time
17.3
2
Bollinger to Symes, 2 runs
pitched up around off, and sliced high over point, sweeper cover cuts it off
17.2
1
Bollinger to Morris, 1 run
full toss again, sliced on the bounce to sweeper cover
17.1
1
Bollinger to Symes, 1 run
goes to leg side and digs out a low full toss on the stumps towards long off
Lions keeping up with the required rate of ten since the past seven overs. Bollinger will bowl his last over
end of over 1715 runs • 1 wicket
LIONS: 129/4CRR: 7.58 • RRR: 10.00
Chris Morris7 (2b 1x6)
Jean Symes14 (13b 1x4)
Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-42-1
Ravindra Jadeja 3-0-20-0
16.6
6
Ashwin to Morris, SIX runs
that is some connection, on the front foot and clean golf swing has sent the length ball miles over deep midwicket
16.5
1
Ashwin to Symes, 1 run
coming in with the angle from round the stumps, worked through midwicket
16.4
4
Ashwin to Symes, FOUR runs
he's got it away, wide full toss, he had to reach out, and managed to drill it wide of sweeper cover
16.4
2nb
Ashwin to Morris, (no ball) 1 run
full delivery slammed to wide long off for one, Ashwin has overstepped
16.3
1
Ashwin to Symes, 1 run
driven to sweeper cover
16.2
W
Ashwin to McKenzie, OUT
excellent tumbling catch from Raina running across from long on, McKenzie had to go for the big one, this looked like the carrom ball, McKenzie did not get hold of it, ended up hitting it high, Raina sprinted across to his left, and held onto the ball even as he hit the ground
Neil McKenzie c Raina b Ashwin 32 (34b 4x4 0x6 56m) SR: 94.11
16.1
1
Ashwin to Symes, 1 run
works a flighted one off the pad behind square leg
Sami: "With Bodi gone, this is Anybodis game now!"
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