he's done it! Would you believe it, Smith's blazed the final ball hard and flat, and even Faf cannot run quickly enough to his right to prevent the boundary. It was a length ball and Smith waited in his crease for it. An epic, hair-raising finish at the Wankhede and the stadium erupts
CSK vs MI, 49th match at Mumbai, IPL, May 06 2012 - Match Result
MI won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
7.40 pm I missed seeing who the first Mumbai Indians player to mob Smith was, but they are all out there, even the coaching staff. Hilfenhaus looks stunned. He's been hit by a hurricane. He had 14 to defend off the last three balls, and he missed the yorker three times. Clever batting from Smith, though, sitting back in his crease to alter the length.
Ramprashad: "Cricket is a great leveler. Hilfenhaus bowled a spectacular first over and a horrible last over!"
Well I don't think they're going to have time to show the presentation before the other match begins in Bangalore. Let's hope that game is half as exciting as this one was. Man of the Match? We don't know who's been named, probably Tendulkar for his half-century. But those last three balls constituted one of the all-time great Twenty20 finishes. Bat up Dwayne Smith.
Thank you for all your emails today, don't go too far though, hop over to RCB v DC. Daniel Vettori has been left out, Murali is playing. Cheers, and have a good evening.
Four to win off the final ball.
Smith is on f i r e. Hilfenhaus misses the yorker again, it's another full toss, Smith waits in his crease and blitzes it over the bowler's head
Smith keeps the game alive by clubbing a full toss flat over the long-on boundary, immense power, Hilfenhaus was going for the yorker but missed his length
a slower ball on a good length outside off, played to cover for a quick single
middle stump has been flattened and Smith watches helplessly from the non-striker's end. It was an accurate yorker from Hilfenhaus, Malinga cleared his front foot and slogged, he should have been looking to give Smith the strike instead
in the blockhole outside off, driven to long-off, it's Faf there and absolutely no chance to get Smith back on strike
Hilfenhaus to bowl the final over.
Mumbai need 16 off the final over, Smith is on strike. Malinga is at the non-striker's end.
well he's out now! Harbhajan Singh got a full toss, a low one outside off, but he could only swat it flat to Saha the substitute on the long-on boundary
Rohit: "It aint over until Bhajji's out...!!!"
a full ball on the pads, Smith flicks but only to short fine leg
that's huge! Smith stayed in his crease, got under a full ball and hammered it over long-on for a tremendous six
Faf's on fire in the field! He's run out Peterson and it's Chennai's game now. Bravo pitched in the blockhole outside off, well inside the tram line this time, Peterson dug it out towards mid-off and ran. Faf sprinted to the ball from the extra cover region, collected and threw at one stump while on the move. He hit. Peterson was not even in the frame.
full ball in the blockhole but wide outside off, it was just inside the tram line but the umpire calls it wide, tight tight call
the slower ball outside off stump, Peterson swings far too early and is beaten
SriSri: "While many of us dont like Jadeja, crucial breakthroughs like this when desperately needed, makes Dhoni to believe in him so much, I guess."
Bravo goes round the wicket ...
in the blockhole, dug out towards midwicket for a single
Mumbai are up against it now, two new batsmen at the crease and 25 to get off 12 balls. Peterson to face, Bravo to bowl.
this is probably a game-changing over. Rohit backed away towards leg to hit through the off side, Jadeja fired the ball in flat, quick and on a great length. Rohit was beaten and leg stump landed in Dhoni's gloves. The $2 million man earning his wages.
played off the back foot towards long on
Jadeja bowls a quick ball and hits the pads, a gem of an over so far for Chennai
Arun: "Rohit HAS to take MI home from here...atleast for his sake!" He'll have to keep his cool more than anything else.
Dwayne Smith is the new batsman.
bowled him! Chennai are clawing back into this game. Rayudu got down on one knee and slogged across the line, Jadeja skidded the ball through and hit middle stump
Rayudu reaches out for the ball outside off and mis-times it back to the bowler
angled into the right-hander from round the wicket, played from the crease towards mid-on
Jadeja to bowl. Rayudu is the new batsman, but at the non-striker's end.
bowled him! Karthik moved a long way across his stumps to flick a full ball behind square. Fine leg was in the circle so Karthik exposed middle and leg stump to try and get a third boundary in the over. He missed and Bravo hit middle and leg
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2012 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10 |
Match days | 6 May 2012 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Chennai Super Kings 0 |
Over 20 • MI 174/8