it's over, Lions are through, and knock out Chennai, Mumbai and Yorkshire, launches this length ball over mid-on for four, Sydney and Lions qualify for the semi-finals, only dead rubbers remain in this group
Yorkshire vs LIONS, Group B at Johannesburg, Oct 20 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Group B, Johannesburg, October 20, 2012, Champions League Twenty20
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Jean Symes is ecstatic, and why not? Alviro Petersen is much more composed, a wide grin and some polite clapping from him to celebrate the victory.
Lions made it needlessly tight, with some muddle-headed batting in the second half of the innings, but Symes stepped up in the final two overs to seal it. It has been the highest quality of cricket on display today.
Varun: "6 of first 16 and 21 of next 6......Symes has done a MS to knock MS' side out !"
Freddy notes: "Good old T20 lesson for Yorkshire. Your best bowler should always bowl the 19th over during the chase."
Andrew Gale: "I thought we were 20 runs light at the halfway stage, but we bowled well and took it to the final over. We are missing some of our main players from the domestic competition, but it has been a great experience for our guys."
Alviro Petersen: "I thought the bowling was excellent, the batting... I thought we could do more. We discussed halfway through the game that DL could be a factor, towards the end they bowled some dot balls, but there were some calm heads out there."
Man of the Match is Jean Symes: "It was a bit of a challenge coming in and not being able to hit off the middle straight up. I would like to hit it a little bit cleaner and get a faster start."
Husain: "So the rest of the games in this group are dead...?" Yes. that isn't stopping Kanishkaa Balachandran from doing the commentary for Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings. Cheer him up here.
19.2
4
Patterson to Symes, FOUR runs
19.1
4
Patterson to Symes, FOUR runs
a low full toss on legstump, superb delivery, inside edged past the leg stump, and past the keeper for four, Lions nearly home and dry now
end of over 1914 runs
LIONS: 126/5CRR: 6.63 • RRR: 6.00
Jean Symes19 (20b 1x4 1x6)
Thami Tsolekile4 (8b)
Oliver Hannon-Dalby 4-0-35-1
Iain Wardlaw 4-1-23-1
Can't be too harsh on Hannon-Dalby, this is his first T20 game
18.6
1
Hannon-Dalby to Symes, 1 run
slices this towards sweeper cover, a miscue doesn't carry all the way to the man in the deep, falls short of him, six needed off the final over, 14 taken off this one
18.5
2
Hannon-Dalby to Symes, 2 runs
another low full toss and that is slammed towards long-on for two more
18.4
4
Hannon-Dalby to Symes, FOUR runs
slammed, a full toss on middle stump, needed to be slammed and is, drilled back powerfully past the bowler, four more and now the Lions are in a much better place
18.3
6
Hannon-Dalby to Symes, SIX runs
huge cheers from the crowd as Symes finally strikes a six, that was overpitched outside off, Symes makes a bit of room and slices that over sweeper cover for six
18.2
1
Hannon-Dalby to Tsolekile, 1 run
another length ball, Thami looks to muscle it, not much power on that and it reaches long-on on the bounce
18.1
•
Hannon-Dalby to Tsolekile, no run
length ball outside off, swing and a miss, seriously can't understand how Lions are making such a mess of this
end of over 183 runs
LIONS: 112/5CRR: 6.22 • RRR: 10.00
Jean Symes6 (16b)
Thami Tsolekile3 (6b)
Iain Wardlaw 4-1-23-1
Steven Patterson 3-0-13-2
17.6
•
Wardlaw to Symes, no run
a dot ball to finish off, Lions need 20 now off the final two, that was a full ball, Symes charges down and can only slap the ball back to the bowler, a fielder comes up to high-five Wardlaw as he takes his cap and walks off
17.5
1
Wardlaw to Tsolekile, 1 run
full toss on leg stump, pushed towards long-on for a single, what on earth are Lions doing? it is not as if the bowling has been unplayable
17.4
1
Wardlaw to Symes, 1 run
a mistimed swat over the bowler's head for a single
17.3
•
Wardlaw to Symes, no run
a toe-crusher from Wardlaw, lands on Symes' front boot, he looks to be in some pain here
17.2
1
Wardlaw to Tsolekile, 1 run
straight to Root at mid-off, a direct hit would have made that very interesting indeed
17.1
•
Wardlaw to Tsolekile, no run
beaten outside off, and more importantly a dot ball, Tsolekile is one off four
Wardlaw is back for his final over
end of over 174 runs • 1 wicket
LIONS: 109/5CRR: 6.41 • RRR: 7.66
Thami Tsolekile1 (3b)
Jean Symes5 (13b)
Steven Patterson 3-0-13-2
Adil Rashid 3-0-36-0
More weather updates from Firdose: "the SA weather service has issued a warning for severe rainfall tonight. So I think if it starts now, it's unlikely to stop."
16.6
1
Patterson to Tsolekile, 1 run
full ball on off stump, Thami moves across the stumps and clips it towards deep square leg for a single
Pauly Mac: "Feel sorry for Rafiq, he does all the hard work then Rashid ruins it all. Has Gale taken a blow to the head?? what was he thinking? we're just getting on top, i know i'll bring on the pie chucker!"
16.5
•
Patterson to Tsolekile, no run
length ball is pushed towards cover once more, another dot ball
16.4
•
Patterson to Tsolekile, no run
length ball around off, defended off the front foot towards cover
Firdose: "The TV guys say the storm will hit in 10 minutes."
16.3
1
Patterson to Symes, 1 run
on the pads, nudged to backward square leg for a single
16.2
W
Patterson to Pretorius, OUT
twist in the game? Pretorius is gone, slicing the ball towards sweeper cover for an easy catch in the deep, good cameo there from the man playing his first game this tournament
Dwaine Pretorius c sub (E Wilson) b Patterson 25 (14b 2x4 1x6 24m) SR: 178.57
16.1
2
Patterson to Pretorius, 2 runs
full ball on the pads, whipped towards deep midwicket, a dive from the non-striker makes sure he makes his ground in time
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