plays the pick-up shot, finds Lumb at deep square leg
Sixers vs CSK, Group B at Johannesburg, Oct 14 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Group B, Johannesburg, October 14, 2012, Champions League Twenty20
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end of over 206 runs • 2 wickets
CSK: 171/9CRR: 8.55
Ben Hilfenhaus7 (5b)
Mitchell Starc 4-0-31-3
Shane Watson 3-0-31-1
That's all from game one today. Cheers for joining us
Quotes from presentation
"The end of the first innings, we thought we gave away 15 too many," says MS Dhoni. "It happens in this format. We batted really well. Hussey and Faf batted brilliantly up front. After that Suresh Raina was aggressive and calculated throughout. If we hadn't lost me and Raina, it would have been closer."
"It was important t get a good start, and that's what we did today," says Brad Haddin. "We need to get better ad better with the tournament. We know it's a hard ground to defend so we needed all the runs in the last five overs. We are happy with the result, but it is important to get better with each game."
"It was a nice day out," says MoM Moises Henriques. "Very happy to get the win. It was very important to change the pace. I certainly thought towards the end the ball was easier to hit. They were right in it until the last couple of overs. Just shows how close this tournament is. Steve Smith is a great fielder. When Raina's shot went up, I was very happy to see him under it."
Sixers finish a comprehensive win. It was Henriques's match: lovely cameo with the bat, and the wickets of Raina, Dhoni and Badri
19.6
W
Starc to Mahesh, OUT
Yo Mahesh c Lumb b Starc 2 (2b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 100
19.5
2
Starc to Mahesh, 2 runs
wristly flick from Mahesh, gets a single to deep square leg
19.4
1
Starc to Hilfenhaus, 1 run
low full toss, middle and leg, pushed to cover
19.3
2
Starc to Hilfenhaus, 2 runs
driven to long-on, they want the second, Smith's throw lands on a half-volley, which gives Yo Mahesh enough time to dive in
19.2
W
Starc to Ashwin, OUT
Ashwin is gone. Smith is superb on the boundary again. Moves across the stumps, gets a length ball, shovels it towards cow corner, but there is Smith in its way
Ravichandran Ashwin c Smith b Starc 18 (9b 3x4 0x6 12m) SR: 200
19.1
1
Starc to Hilfenhaus, 1 run
length ball, angling in from round the stumps, gets a single to long-on
21 required off the last over, but Ashwin is off strike
end of over 1910 runs • 1 wicket
CSK: 165/7CRR: 8.68 • RRR: 21.00
Ravichandran Ashwin18 (8b 3x4)
Ben Hilfenhaus3 (2b)
Shane Watson 3-0-31-1
Mitchell Starc 3-0-25-1
18.6
4
Watson to Ashwin, FOUR runs
Ashwin keeps on fighting with the bat. Length ball, on off, driven through extra cover
18.5
2
Watson to Ashwin, 2 runs
dropped by Maddinson. Slower ball, slogged away, hits the sky, comes down, and Maddinson can't hold on to it at deep midwicket
18.4
1
Watson to Hilfenhaus, 1 run
driven wide of cover for one
":) - it was shoking commentary from Ganga ... i chuckled too [it was a mistimed querdle at best]." Luke, I hope you have not patented "querdle". That's a nice word to be used in comms
18.3
2
Watson to Hilfenhaus, 2 runs
mistimed pull, clears midwicket
18.2
1lb
Watson to Ashwin, 1 leg bye
full, wide, Ashwin tries to sweep it, and is hit on the pad. Takes the leg-bye
"2 overs in a row! And people were worried our fast bowlers weren't going to get a proper preparation for the SA test series." James, these are small mercies of T20 theorymen
18.1
W
Watson to Jadeja, OUT
Jadeja slogs, Jadeja goes. Length ball, he just swings across it, and manages just a thick edge to cover
Ravindra Jadeja c Rohrer b Watson 2 (3b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 66.66
31 needed off the last two. Watson to bowl now
end of over 1813 runs
CSK: 155/6CRR: 8.61 • RRR: 15.50
Ravichandran Ashwin12 (5b 2x4)
Ravindra Jadeja2 (2b)
Mitchell Starc 3-0-25-1
Moises Henriques 3-0-23-3
17.6
•
Starc to Ashwin, no run
inside edge onto the pad, Ashwin is running, and is sent back. But Haddin misses by a mile
17.5
4
Starc to Ashwin, FOUR runs
length ball, on leg, he plays the pick-up through midwicket
17.4
2
Starc to Ashwin, 2 runs
Watson has taken this too casually. Has he dropped a Karbon Smart T20 league match? Ashwin has got too much height on this, Watson runs back, and seems to have been put off by the man running in from long-on. Doesn't even get a touch on this
17.3
2
Starc to Ashwin, 2 runs
shovels this yorker-length delivery towards deep midwicket
17.2
4
Starc to Ashwin, FOUR runs
Ashwin keeps showing he is a good enough batsman to bat No. 7. Makes room, takes the length ball, chips it over point
17.1
1
Starc to Jadeja, 1 run
length ball, no room, pushed into the off side for one
Starc is back
end of over 176 runs • 2 wickets
CSK: 142/6CRR: 8.35 • RRR: 14.66
Ravindra Jadeja1 (1b)
Ravichandran Ashwin0 (0b)
Moises Henriques 3-0-23-3
Pat Cummins 4-0-42-1
16.6
1
Henriques to Jadeja, 1 run
short of a length, angling in, tucked away for a single
Jadeja is the new man in
16.5
W
Henriques to Dhoni, OUT
and now the captain departs too. Henriques seals the Man-of-the-Match award. I can see people growing this moustache to emulate Henriques now. Bouncer, on off, Dhoni has no room, pulls towards deep midwicket, and Hazelwood dives forward to take a special catch. Special, considering he is a fast bowler
MS Dhoni c Hazlewood b Henriques 8 (8b 1x4 0x6 12m) SR: 100
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