slower ball, Suryakumar waits and swipes it past backward square leg, and the man in the deep cannot get to it
Lahore Lions vs KKR, 7th Match, Group A at Hyderabad, Sep 21 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
KKR won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
That is all from this game. Good night
Narine is the Man of the Match. Narine: "Mainly it is trying to keep down the run rate in the Powerplay and hopefully pick up a wicket or two. He (Kuldeep Yadav) is a pretty good bowler, he is young, has a lot to learn."
Gambhir: "Important that the openers give a good platform, made it easy for the middle order. Middle order had won us the last game. A kind of wicket where you never know what a good total is. Robin took his time and later played good shots. I do not want to be too critical (about the fielding). We have won 11 in a row which is a great achievement."
Hafeez: "We got the target we wanted to. 150 on this pitch with the way the ball was turning. Fielding was not up to the mark. We did not take some chances. Still it was a good show, youngsters are learning every game, we have to give them confidence, they will do well. Shehzad was magnificent. Narine bowled well."
Uthappa says the pitch deteriorated just a touch, started keeping a bit low, but once he and Gambhir adjusted, it was fine.
So KKR went from 100 for 0 to 147 for 6 but they have got through with three balls to spare. Didn't really have the runs in the end, Lahore, although their fielding was atrocious at times.
Sunil Narine in this CLT20: 3 for 9 and 1 for 9. Yet to concede double figures
he gets a full toss on the pad, and hits it in the gap through midwicket for a couple
Suryakumar on strike
KKR doing a KKR
Russell departs first ball of the over, full and wide, he bends and slices it straight to sweeper cover
goes for the blockhole, Russell is able to flay a drive out to the sweeper
backs away to leg and has a swish at a length ball, which nearly hits the leg stump as Russell misses
gets a quick lifter first ball, and sways inside the line
given immediately, RTD caught on the crease with a sharp good length delivery, main question would have been if it pitched within line, replays show it did
slower back of a length ball worked behind square, keeper and fine leg are after it, but enough time to take two
another length ball sent down to third man with a steer
slower one wide outside off, dabbed to third man
whoa, what a strike, Suryakumar Yadav sends it soaring over the fine leg boundary first ball, walks across to off, Cheema bowls it back of a length around leg, and Yadav just whips it high, way over the man in the ring
squirts a length ball to point
cramps him for room, angles in a length ball around off, RTD taps it back, Cheema threatens to throw it back at the batsman, bringing a roar from the crowd
Riaz runs in and holds on, three men were converging on this mishit, Cheema pitches up a slower one, Yusuf has a swipe and miscues it high in around the mid on region
he's clobbered this over deep midwicket, taken a short of a length ball from well outside off and mowed it
very full outside off, he jams down bat on it and squirts it wide of point, sweeper runs across to stop it
driven hard but not timed well enough, to the sweeper
pacy length ball, RTD taps it in front of cover for a single
was setting himself up for a big one, but this was not full enough and he bailed out to nudge it square to leg
sharp bouncer, he tries to guide it over the keeper, misses again
slapped to mid off, who fails to collect it cleanly, ho hum
starts short and just down the leg side, Yusuf tries to swat it fine, misses