Red thunder has struck. Lions are in the final. Tanvir hits Morkel in the rib area with a short delivery, and the team rushes onto the field
LIONS vs Daredevils, 1st Semi-Final at Durban, Oct 25 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st Semi-Final (D/N), Durban, October 25, 2012, Champions League Twenty20
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end of over 206 runs
DC: 117/9CRR: 5.85
Morne Morkel18 (16b 1x4 1x6)
Umesh Yadav1 (2b)
Sohail Tanvir 4-0-22-1
Dirk Nannes 4-0-34-2
"Did anyone else feel a bit sick and depressed when Taylor mentioned IPL only in a few months? Honestly getting sick of all these drawn out T20 leagues." I hear you, Shih-Lon, but that's the future, I am being told. On that depressing note, it's goodbye for now. I'll see you guys tomorrow for the second semi-final. Cheers
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"The guys did really well up front," says MoM Neil McKenzie. "Bodi and Alviro set up a good platform. I just came out and pushed around. We were about 10 short, but the bowlers fired on all cylinders tonight. We needed to hit our four-day lengths on this wicket, and that's what we did. All the bowlers deserve the Man of the Match as a unit. No preference who plays us in the final, best of the luck to the Titans and the Sixers."
"The bowling was spot on today," says Alviro Petersen. "We needed our guys to go up that 10% extra, and they did. Chris Morris was special. We needed one of our three fast bowlers to come to the party in the Powerplay, and he did. Neil's experience was vital, Gulam played a nice innings too. Batting wise, we can improve, but we did well today. We love to play at Wanderers. We will celebrate tonight, and tomorrow, but we will be on the button come Sunday."
"We let ourselves down in the field," says Ross Taylor. "We gave 20-25 extra in the field. It was definitely gettable, but they bowled really well. Credit to them. We should have got the 140. We gave it all, but we were not good enough. We have IPL coming up in a few months, hopefully we can learn from these mistakes."
Bizarre bizarre game. Lions were superb in the field, but Delhi had a collective brain fade. This is not the time to analyse, though. Watch the red thunder celebrate. Phangiso has got a stump. They are all nodding to McKenzie too. Fireworks all around. And hugs among the men in red too
Back to the bizarre events now. Forget the selection, with captain sitting out for somebody who hadn't played a single delivery in this tournament. Chasing 138, look at Daredevils' order. Chand and Pathan ahead of the reluctant Taylor, who eventually batted at No. 6. And then even Pawan Negi ahead of Ajit Agarkar. As you have already pointed out many times, this is keeping in with the Daredevils' trend. They made some bizarre moves even in the IPL semi-final. With Mahela part of this think-tank, it is not quite unrelated how Sri Lanka are known for similar bizarre selections. I remember they played in last year's World Cup final a man who had not been part of the original squad and hadn't played a single match until then. Suraj Randiv it was, I recall. Oh well, also Chamara Kapugedera played only his second match. And Chaminda Vaas came out of cold storage and nearly played the final
19.6
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Tanvir to Morkel, no run
19.5
4lb
Tanvir to Morkel, 4 leg byes
slower short ball, kisses the pad on the way past the keeper
19.4
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Tanvir to Morkel, no run
full, just outside off, beats his bat
"No IPL Pun's yet? or are the censor's working overtime so as not to offend the BCCI/IPL Honchos?" Rakesh, we don't kick those who are down already
19.3
1
Tanvir to Umesh Yadav, 1 run
low full toss, gets a single to extra cover
More than six per ball now
19.2
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Tanvir to Umesh Yadav, no run
angling in from round the stumps, hits him on the thigh
19.1
1
Tanvir to Morkel, 1 run
slower ball, slogs, gets a thick edge for one
"I just cant understand whats wrong with DD captains, SEHWAG : Hands Over The Captaincy To JAYA, Who Does not Want To play And Hands over The captaincy to TAYLOR, who does not want to come to bat and sends in Irfan first! Just bizarre!" Aryan sums it up
end of over 197 runs • 1 wicket
DC: 111/9CRR: 5.84 • RRR: 29.00
Morne Morkel17 (12b 1x4 1x6)
Umesh Yadav0 (0b)
Dirk Nannes 4-0-34-2
Sohail Tanvir 3-0-20-1
18.6
1
Nannes to Morkel, 1 run
looks to cut, gets a bottom edge for one
"DD's tombstone will feature Chand at 4 and pathan at 5" And Sekhon, Mahela in invisible ink
18.5
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Nannes to Morkel, no run
short and wide, Morkel has backed away already and can't reach it
18.4
2
Nannes to Morkel, 2 runs
short of a length, outside off, punched wide of third man for two
18.3
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Nannes to Morkel, no run
short of a length, no room, defended, Morkel wants one, but Yadav doesn't fancy Nannes
18.2
4
Nannes to Morkel, FOUR runs
and very nearly a hat-trick. Short of a length, angling in, Morkel is cramped, bottom-edges it past the keeper
Umesh Yadav comes in. Lions one wicket from the final. Nannes will want to do it with a hat-trick
18.1
W
Nannes to Agarkar, OUT
Petersen takes another blinder. He is not happy because this was a sitter for Tanvir at extra cover, but it was Petersen who had to run in from mid-off and dive forward and take this catch
Ajit Agarkar c Petersen b Nannes 2 (7b 0x4 0x6 13m) SR: 28.57
Red Thunder are all but there. They can sense it. They need to make sure they don't concede three a ball now. Not bowling extras should do it for them. Nannes comes back
end of over 1810 runs
DC: 104/8CRR: 5.77 • RRR: 18.00
Ajit Agarkar2 (6b)
Morne Morkel10 (7b 1x6)
Sohail Tanvir 3-0-20-1
Chris Morris 4-0-7-2
17.6
1
Tanvir to Agarkar, 1 run
short of a length, angling in, pushed to cover for one
17.5
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Tanvir to Agarkar, no run
slower ball, Agarkar is beaten as he tries to drive over extra cover
Round the wicket
17.4
1
Tanvir to Morkel, 1 run
another mis-hit, and this falls short of cover for a single
17.3
2
Tanvir to Morkel, 2 runs
low full toss, driven straight of long-on, comes back for two
17.2
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Tanvir to Morkel, no run
short of a length, mis-hit to mid-off, Ajit wants one, but is sent back. No direct hit ensues
17.1
6
Tanvir to Morkel, SIX runs
slower ball, too full, and Morne has sent this into the orbit. Swings it over wide long-on. Clean hit
Sohail Tanvir is back now. Has two overs to go
end of over 172 runs • 1 wicket
DC: 94/8CRR: 5.52 • RRR: 15.33
Morne Morkel1 (3b)
Ajit Agarkar1 (4b)
Chris Morris 4-0-7-2
Aaron Phangiso 4-0-18-2
End of a match-winning spell surely? 4-0-7-2. And two wickets of Pietersen and Warner
16.6
1
Morris to Morkel, 1 run
short of a lenght, no room, punched away for one
16.5
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Morris to Morkel, no run
full and straight, goes between the boot and the stumps
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