swinging away thru the mid wicket, and NZ have done it! They qualify for the World Cup semi finals for the 4th time
India vs New Zealand, 8th Super at Nottingham, Jun 12 1999 - Ball by Ball Commentary
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
all but the long leg were in the circle, one of the easier boundaries you'll find, The two batsmen embrace, Parore in particular looks chipper
and so we have a livewire match tomorrow, Australia will need to win to qualify, and if they do the semis will probably be Aus-SA and Pak-NZ, if SAf win tomorrow the semis will be SA-Zim and Pak-NZ. So one could say that SA have plenty to play for.
presentations: Azhar with his usual. I managed to pick the words "good job" out of it. And he doesn't think 251 was enough. Ravi Shastri asks all the deep questions.
Fleming: "[Twose] has played very well. Our strength has been thru Roger and the later order" (he says giving the backhander to the top order, which includes himself)
Man of the Match is Twose: "Great feeling to get thru to the semi final.... Parore played a blinding innings.. we thought it was a good wicket... wasn't difficult [to get back concentration after the break]... I'm sure we can go the whole way"
so tomorrow it all begins at the standard time of 0945 GMT. Until then.
so tomorrow it all begins at the standard time of 0945 GMT. Until then.
flicked down the leg side, they get a double, 3 to win
Srinath single handedly ruins an exciting match with a showcase display of terrible bowling, short or wide or overpitched, everything
aimed at the toes, flicked away perfectly, down to the long leg boundary, fine leg running around uselessly
lofting high and a long way over the extra cover, one step down the wicket, Parore very aggressive
well maybe we won't have the last over finsih after all, down the leg side, Parore just flicks it, would've been wide otherwise, tragic bowling
even shorter this time, Parore once again closes his eyes and hopes for the best, hooks it down and into the ground, ball travels very fine
around the wicket, short and quick, manages to play it off the handle of the bat at waist height, down behind point
3 overs to go, we may actually have a match here decided in the final over, wonders will never cease
grinding it away to the mid on, and no run there, very devious over from Kumble
Kumbles dives well to save
cutting behind the umpire at point again, down into the deep, Azhar should just put all 9 men in the region between point and the keeper for Parore
big googly, Parore jumping back, and bottom edging the cut into his foot
squeezed back down the wicket to the bowler
Agarkar couldn't get more runs for the NZ cause despite the misfield
driving thru the covers, into the deep
coming one step down the wicket, slashing the diagonal bat at it, ball travels high over the backward point and to the boundary
late cut, perfectly played, just to the right of the gully, too wide and quick for the 3rd man
cuts down to Dravid who misfields at 3rd man, allowing the second
playing outside the off stump, ball keeps low, misses the squatting mutant cut swipe shot
driving outside the off stump, splices of the bat and forward of the umpire at point
pulling down the on side, probably wanted it down into the ground, but instead went to Kumble running in from wide long on