Bhuvneshwar ends the game with another one in the blockhole, and hits the stumps as Morkel misses
India vs South Africa, 1st Match, Group B at Cardiff, Jun 06 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st Match, Group B, Cardiff, June 06, 2013, ICC Champions Trophy
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end of over 506 runs • 1 wicket
SA: 305/10CRR: 6.10
Ryan McLaren71 (61b 11x4 1x6)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 7-0-49-2
Ishant Sharma 8-0-66-2
That is it for this game. Cheers
Shikhar Dhawan is the Man of the Match. Dhawan: "Really happy. South Africa are a great bowling unit, pressure is always there, but you have to move on with it. Priority was to stay at the wicket, we knew we could play shots and recover. Left-right pairing works as well."
MS Dhoni: "Rohit batted well along with Shikhar, gave us a good platform, but we lost too many wickets during the middle, we were short by at least 25 runs. Before you play the pull, best option is to take a single, if that is not working, go after the bowler. Boys played with plenty of aggression, but it was controlled. [Spin] was needed at that point of time. It worked for us, we got those run outs as well. You talk about giving guys consistent chances, last ODI Rohit played, he did as an opener, selectors also backed us up, they said let him play all three games as an opener, it worked for us."
AB de Villiers: "We got ourselves into a great position to win the game with the bat. I am proud of the way we fought back through the day from some unfortunate instances, but we lost too many wickets. Amazing effort to keep them to 330, about par. We were above the run rate, but lost wickets at the wrong times, good captaincy from MS. Couple of runs outs cost us a bit."
Spinners turned it around for India, after Jadeja's run-out of Peterson gave them the opening. South Africa were 155 for 2 in the 25th over when Peterson fell. It was terrific batting from the openers that set up the match though. It was cold and overcast for a while in the morning but they got through that period with confidence. Not to forget Jadeja's late hitting, of course
49.6
W
Bhuvneshwar to Morkel, OUT
Morne Morkel b Kumar 8 (11b 1x4 0x6 31m) SR: 72.72
49.5
1
Bhuvneshwar to McLaren, 1 run
in the blockhole from Bhuvneshwar once more, a lesson for Ishant, squeezed out to the off side
49.4
1
Bhuvneshwar to Morkel, 1 run
full again, hit down to long on
49.3
1
Bhuvneshwar to McLaren, 1 run
low full toss driven to wide long off
49.2
1
Bhuvneshwar to Morkel, 1 run
smashes a full toss to extra cover, Ishant dives and half-stops it
49.2
1nb
Bhuvneshwar to Morkel, (no ball)
digs out a full delivery, and bowler has overstepped
49.1
1
Bhuvneshwar to McLaren, 1 run
pitched up, driven down to long off
end of over 4910 runs
SA: 299/9CRR: 6.10 • RRR: 33.00
Morne Morkel6 (7b 1x4)
Ryan McLaren68 (58b 11x4 1x6)
Ishant Sharma 8-0-66-2
Umesh Yadav 10-0-75-2
48.6
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Ishant Sharma to Morkel, no run
has a slog at a slower length ball and is beaten
48.5
1
Ishant Sharma to McLaren, 1 run
pitched up, swung down to deep forward square leg
48.4
4
Ishant Sharma to McLaren, FOUR runs
very full outside off, steered between short third man and backward point for four more
Bharath: "This is India's field of expertise. Not taking the last wicket."
48.3
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Ishant Sharma to McLaren, no run
skips out, misses, ball runs to the keeper off the pads
48.2
1
Ishant Sharma to Morkel, 1 run
makes room and gets off strike with a steer to backward point
48.1
4
Ishant Sharma to Morkel, FOUR runs
Morkel finds the boundary with a pull over midwicket
end of over 484 runs
SA: 289/9CRR: 6.02 • RRR: 21.50
Ryan McLaren63 (55b 10x4 1x6)
Morne Morkel1 (4b)
Umesh Yadav 10-0-75-2
Ravindra Jadeja 9-1-31-2
47.6
•
Umesh Yadav to McLaren, no run
driven straight to extra cover and McLaren can't keep the strike
47.5
•
Umesh Yadav to McLaren, no run
moves across and tries to scoop it to fine leg but misses
47.4
4
Umesh Yadav to McLaren, FOUR runs
high full toss sliced over backward point, and there's a fumble in the deep from Rohit to concede the boundary
47.3
•
Umesh Yadav to McLaren, no run
yorker squeezed out to third man
47.2
•
Umesh Yadav to McLaren, no run
worked out to midwicket
47.1
•
Umesh Yadav to McLaren, no run
lofts this pitched up ball over extra cover, long off gets to it, and no run is taken
end of over 477 runs
SA: 285/9CRR: 6.06 • RRR: 15.66
Ryan McLaren59 (49b 9x4 1x6)
Morne Morkel1 (4b)
Ravindra Jadeja 9-1-31-2
Umesh Yadav 9-0-71-2
46.6
1
Jadeja to McLaren, 1 run
worked to deep square to keep the strike
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