around the wicket, forced from off stump to deep-midwicket
Australia vs England, 1st T20I at Hobart, Jan 29 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st T20I (N), Hobart, January 29, 2014, England tour of Australia
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end of over 2024 runs
ENG: 200/9CRR: 10.00
Ravi Bopara65 (27b 2x4 7x6)
Danny Briggs0 (0b)
Josh Hazlewood 4-0-46-0
Dan Christian 2-0-21-0
That's all from Hobart, two more games to come in this series, Melbourne on Friday and Sydney on Sunday, same time, same channel you be sure of it, bye for now...
Here's the Presentation. Man of the Match is Cameron White for his innings at the top of the order. We haven't heard from George Bailey so I can't bring you the thoughts of the winning skipper I'm afraid.
Change of captain for England but Stuart Broad has simply inherited the losers badge: "I didn't think 213 was actually too many. When you've got big powerful hitters targeting a short boundary it's hard to keep the run-rate below 10. We didn't lay a platform to give ourselves the best chance. We didn't play as well as we could have done. Scoreboard pressure played a big part and you're always going to feel the pressure. We've come back from losses and hopefully we'll do that at the MCG. We could have taken our catches, that was important and that's happened all year. In Tests last year we dropped 35 catches and we need to iron that out."
Lovely innings from Bopara, a new career top score for him in international T20s, but he was left with far too much work to do after the top order failed and England have lost again, Australia taking this opening T20 by 13 runs. That England made 200 in reply shows what could have been achieved but their batting wasn't up to scratch at all. By contrast Australia had big innings from Cameron White and Aaron Finch at the top of the order and their middle order cameo - from debutant Chris Lynn - has basically won them the game in the end. Not a day for the bowlers.
19.6
1
Hazlewood to Bopara, 1 run
19.5
6
Hazlewood to Bopara, SIX runs
length outside off, Bopara slogs it with one hand and manages to clear the boundary again! What an innings this is!
19.4
6
Hazlewood to Bopara, SIX runs
full on the stumps and swung backward of square and over the rope, another superb strike
19.3
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Hazlewood to Bopara, no run
another low full toss, swung to leg but this isn't quite timed and they refuse any runs towards cow corner
19.2
6
Hazlewood to Bopara, SIX runs
low full toss and Bopara plays a delightful lofted drive over long-off and Bopara now has the fastest T20 fifty for England
19.1
•
Hazlewood to Bopara, no run
not anymore, standing outside off, aimed a swing at a ball outside off but only finds the bowler having mistimed it
19.1
5w
Hazlewood to Bopara, 5 wide
five wides to start, England still in the game!!
Final set, how many can Bopara swing here? Hazlewood to bowl...
end of over 1914 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 176/9CRR: 9.26 • RRR: 38.00
Ravi Bopara46 (21b 2x4 4x6)
Dan Christian 2-0-21-0
Nathan Coulter-Nile 4-0-30-4
18.6
W
Christian to Bopara, OUT
full at the stumps, flicks it to short long leg, they race a single, Dernbach dives in but is short of his ground sharp work from Finch in the circle and Wade made no mistake in whipping the bails off
Jade Dernbach run out (Finch/†Wade) 5 (4b 1x4 0x6 6m) SR: 125
18.5
4
Christian to Bopara, FOUR runs
back of a length and swung into the leg side gap in front of square, four more
18.4
4
Christian to Bopara, FOUR runs
punchy drive through extra cover, lovely stroke, excellent timing
18.3
1
Christian to Dernbach, 1 run
back of a length, carved out towards deep-cover, Lynn flies forward at it and almost pulls off a blinding catch
18.2
4
Christian to Dernbach, FOUR runs
full on leg stump and Dernbach slogs it down the ground, straight as a dye and gets four, good stroke actually
18.1
1
Christian to Bopara, 1 run
back of a length, heaved into the leg side, comes off high on the bat and rolls to deep-square leg for just a single
So if Bopara takes this over for 30, England may have a chance *snigger* Christian is on...
end of over 187 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 162/8CRR: 9.00 • RRR: 26.00
Jade Dernbach0 (2b)
Ravi Bopara37 (17b 4x6)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 4-0-30-4
James Muirhead 4-0-34-1
17.6
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Coulter-Nile to Dernbach, no run
full on off stump, carved out to deep cover but they refuse the run to keep Bopara on strike
17.5
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Coulter-Nile to Dernbach, no run
length ball outside off, Dernbach aims a huge swing at it and misses
17.4
W
Coulter-Nile to Broad, OUT
full toss on leg stump, Broad misses trying to poke it into the off side and it gets a tiny flick on leg stump which is enough to remove the bails. That literally touched the varnish
Stuart Broad b Coulter-Nile 13 (5b 0x4 2x6 6m) SR: 260
17.3
6
Coulter-Nile to Broad, SIX runs
another short ball, this time Broad steps inside it and pulls hard over square leg into the building site
17.2
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Coulter-Nile to Broad, no run
decent bumper, Broad tries to stay inside it and uppercut but misses
17.1
1
Coulter-Nile to Bopara, 1 run
yorker just outside off, dug out down to long-on
Coulter-Nile is back...
end of over 1711 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 155/7CRR: 9.11 • RRR: 19.66
Ravi Bopara36 (16b 4x6)
Stuart Broad7 (2b 1x6)
James Muirhead 4-0-34-1
Moises Henriques 3-0-36-2
Not a bad debut for Muirhead...
16.6
1
Muirhead to Bopara, 1 run
low full toss on off stump, clipped down to long-on
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