IT'S A SIX...Cross launches it over long on. We have a one-over eliminator! What a match and it's not over
LEICS vs Lancashire, 1st Semi-Final at Birmingham, Aug 27 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
1st Semi-Final, Birmingham, August 27, 2011, Friends Life t20
(18/18 ov) 132/6
(11/11 ov, T:80) 79/6
Match tied (LEICS won the one-over eliminator) (D/L method)
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end of over 1110 runs • 2 wickets
LAN: 79/6CRR: 7.18
Gareth Cross12 (5b 1x6)
Farveez Maharoof0 (1b)
Wayne White 1-0-9-1
Josh Cobb 1-0-6-2
Leicestershire have won and move into the final and also a place in the Champions League qualifiers. Paul Nixon raced onto the field. His career isn't over yet. "There's a great belief in this side," Nixon says. "The underdogs are fighting"
Jefferson is Man-of-the-Match for the most important innings of his career. "Credit to him," says Glen Chapple. "We are obviously disappointed." Asked whether 13 was a good score in the one-over eliminator Chapple manages a smile. "It was about par!"
Matthew Hoggard: "Will's very destructive against spin, he watched the ball superbly well. Hats off to the batters out there."
Jefferson: "It couldn't have had more drama. Claude Henderson is a class act to produce those two dot balls."
Well, what a game that was. Amazing stuff. Whatever you say about Twenty20 cricket it certainly provides entertainment. I need to catch by breath, but will be back soon for the start of the second semi-final between Hampshire and Somerset.
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Gary Keedy will bowl for Lancashire. Reminder, Razzaq can't bat. Leicestershire need 14. Will Jefferson will be one batsman, and it looks like Josh Cobb who bagged a first-ball duck earlier. That feels like ages ago. What a bonkers game.
Ball One FOUR! mowed away through deep midwicket. Great start
Ball Two FOUR! drilled straight down the ground. Six needed off four balls
Ball Three One run: swept out to deep square leg
Ball Four One run: down the pitch, skewed out to deep cover. Four off two needed!
Ball Five SIX! Jefferson wins it with a six over deep midwicket! What a shot.
Henderson to bowl for Leicestershire. Moore on strike.
Ball One SIX! Moore comes down the pitch and lofts over long-off, great shot
Ball Two Two runs: Uses his feet and drives through the covers, sweeper can't keep them to a single
Ball Three One run: Short, pulled away to deep square leg
Ball Four FOUR! Huge top edge, deep square leg can't steady himself and it goes for four
Ball Five DOT: great yorker, dug out back to the bowler
Ball Six DOT: fired in, swing and miss. Excellent end to the over.
Lancashire have made 13
Leicestershire can't use Razzaq as a batsman because he was off the field at the end of Lancashire's innings! That's massive. I'll do my best to bring you this ball-by-ball.
What drama. Just to confirm with now have a one-over eliminator. Will bring you details shortly. Two wickets can fall in that over. Lancashire will bat first as they were chasing team. Both teams need to nominate their batsman and bowlers. And just to throw something else into the mix, more rain could be on the rain
10.6
6
White to Cross, SIX runs
A six will take us to a Super Over
10.5
1b
White to Maharoof, 1 bye
swing and a miss! Maharoof doesn't connect. Leicestershire nearly there
8 off 2 balls
10.4
1
White to Cross, 1 run
another terrific yorker, heaved through the leg side it's only a single
10.3
1W
White to Mahmood, 1 run, OUT
a mix up, they get a single but Mahmood is stranded having tried to come back for the second. Vital point: just one run.
Sajid Mahmood run out (du Toit/†Nixon/White) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 100
Lancashire desperate for a boundary
10.2
1
White to Cross, 1 run
low full toss outside off, squeezed down to short third man and it's just a single
11 off 5...Leicestershire favourites
10.1
W
White to Horton, OUT
gone! he strikes first ball, but the dot ball is as important as the wicket as Horton picks out long off
Paul Horton c Cobb b White 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0
11 needed off six balls for a place in the final and the Champions League qualifiers. It's Wayne White to bowl. No pressure.
end of over 106 runs • 2 wickets
LAN: 69/4CRR: 6.90 • RRR: 11.00
Gareth Cross4 (2b)
Paul Horton0 (0b)
Josh Cobb 1-0-6-2
Andrew McDonald 2-0-17-1
9.6
2
Cobb to Cross, 2 runs
low full toss, driven to long off and again they scamper back for a second...batsman pushing the fielders hard
9.5
2
Cobb to Cross, 2 runs
dropped! That would have been a hat-trick, it was slammed back at Cobb and it burst through his hands - a tough chance - and they somehow get back for two runs
Brilliant effort from Cobb so far, but are Lancashire going to mess up another semi final?
9.4
W
Cobb to Moore, OUT
gone! Two in two. The game is turning. Moore sliced it and couldn't clear Taylor at backward point and Taylor is the shortest man out there!
Stephen Moore c Taylor b Cobb 43 (31b 7x4 1x6 36m) SR: 138.7
15 off 9 needed
9.3
W
Cobb to Brown, OUT
big wicket and another dot ball! Leicestershire cling on. Brown came down the track and tried to clear long-off, where White almost made a real mess of it but recovered very well
Karl Brown c White b Cobb 2 (3b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 66.66
9.2
•
Cobb to Brown, no run
cuts and misses...valuable dot ball
9.1
2
Cobb to Brown, 2 runs
driven down to long off and they scamper back for a second when he should only have been a single
Josh Cobb to bowl offspin. What pressure
end of over 912 runs • 1 wicket
LAN: 63/2CRR: 7.00 • RRR: 6.36
Stephen Moore43 (30b 7x4 1x6)
Karl Brown0 (0b)
Andrew McDonald 2-0-17-1
Claude Henderson 2-0-8-1
8.6
4
McDonald to Moore, FOUR runs
he's drilled it! Full outside off and driven through the off side to beat the deep cover sweeper. What an innings from Moore.
8.5
•
McDonald to Moore, no run
superb comeback, pinpoint yorker and Moore can't get it away
8.4
6
McDonald to Moore, SIX runs
what a time to hit a six! Moore comes down the track and launches it over long-off
8.3
•
McDonald to Moore, no run
can't get it away, driven straight back to the bowler
8.2
W
McDonald to Croft, OUT
gone! McDonald strikes first ball, Croft goes for a huge heave and sends it miles into the air. Henderson steadies himself running back from short third man to hold a superb catch under pressure
Steven Croft c Henderson b McDonald 10 (16b 1x4 0x6 7m) SR: 62.5
Here we go!
Hoggard, Razzaq and Henderson can't bowl again and this is McDonald's last over
2.05pm Restart at 2.10pm. Target confirmed as 80 off 11 overs
Target has been adjusted to 27 more off 17 balls...that won't be easy, but Leicestershire will have a damp ball
2.00pm The rain has stopped, the covers are coming off. We have about 11 minutes to get this game going. Leicestershire players warming up. But will it be for the eliminator?
"There are a few puddles on the outfield, but nothing the super sopper can't handle," says Liam. Time, though, isn't in anyone's favour.
"Imran, I think Nixon would've accepted the Runout if the runner was outside the crease when the ball hit the stumps!" says Rohit. I think that's the point.
"I don't see what the debate is about," says Imran. "The ball should be constituted as dead because Nixon was only trying to get the ball back to the bowler. If Mcdonald walked back to his marker and then the ball was lobbed to him and he drops it would the ball then be considered alive? No."
1.50pm Hearing that if we only have time to finish this over Lancashire would need 9 off 5 balls to win. Rain has stopped, they are mopping up. Cut-off time to restart the innings is 2.11pm
We are hearing that the D/L scores are tied. That makes it very interesting. That overthrow (the extra run) could be quite controversial. Paul Nixon asking the umpires whether the ball was dead. Pretty sure the run will stand. So, if there's no more play, it might be a one-over eliminator. Trying to get confirmation.
It's pouring down, the players are going off...so much for the Liam's comment!. The worst of the rain may be missing the ground. We are losing overs straight away, now, because the spare time has been used up
8.1
2
McDonald to Croft, 2 runs
pushed through the off side without any timing...they get an overthrow, could be costly. That was really silly from Leicestershire. Nixon lobbed the ball towards the bowler who wasn't watching, it deflect off the stumps and they took an extra run
end of over 83 runs
LAN: 51/1CRR: 6.37 • RRR: 6.83
Steven Croft8 (14b 1x4)
Stephen Moore33 (26b 6x4)
Claude Henderson 2-0-8-1
Andrew McDonald 1-0-5-0
"We can see rain falling to the North and the West of the ground, but so far it's missed us," says Liam
7.6
1
Henderson to Croft, 1 run
driven out to the deep sweeper, just a single so Leicestershire now ahead of the D/L! Drama.
Lancashire need three to be ahead of the D/L target
7.5
•
Henderson to Croft, no run
opens the face to backward point