dabbed away wide of point to bring up the win with 16 balls to go. Duminy also becomes the highest run-getter in all Champions league games
NSW vs Cape Cobras, Group A at Chennai, Sep 24 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
Group A (D/N), Chennai, September 24, 2011, Nokia Champions League T20
135/8
(17.2/20 ov, T:136) 136/3
Cape Cobras won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
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That's all we have from the first game, but there is another one coming. Cheers
Herschelle Gibbs is MoM. He says: "Lovely to be back here. Nice to get off with a win. Ask Justin what was happening in the field. But even after those lapses, it's nice to finish the way we did. It was a two-paced wicket, slower, bowl back of a length, and it stops at you. You were better off hitting through the line rather than across."
Justin Kemp: We are really happy getting a win against a very good side. The guys came exceptionally well, we read the wicket well and took the pace off the ball. Then the guys batted exceptionally well. It's always a big occasion so we might have got ahead of ourselves when we dropped those catches. We are back to the drawing board on Monday."
Simon Katich: The openers got us off to a great start, we were aided by some of the drops, but we were later outplayed. The start we got we should scored at least 150. Well short of the mark. We clawed back well with the ball, but we need to improve."
So finally some team wins comprehensively as oppose to contriving to manufacture a thriller out of a straightforward chase. Cobras have done really well after a shambolic start to their day, where catches went down frequently. They gave away just 53 off the last overs they bowled, and then Gibbs and Levi mastered this slow track to see them home
17.2
1
Henriques to Duminy, 1 run
17.1
•
Henriques to Duminy, no run
length ball, wide off, driven straight to extra cover
end of over 179 runs
COBRA: 135/3CRR: 7.94 • RRR: 0.33
Justin Ontong11 (11b 1x4)
Jean-Paul Duminy13 (14b 1x4)
Pat Cummins 4-1-27-1
Steven Smith 4-0-27-1
16.6
2
Cummins to Ontong, 2 runs
slower ball, picks it early, lofts it over midwicket, comes back for two to level the scores
16.5
•
Cummins to Ontong, no run
slower ball, he closes the face early, gets a leading edge towards cover
16.4
4
Cummins to Ontong, FOUR runs
That should do it, or bring it within a blow of doing it. Length ball, gets under it, lofts it over mid-on
16.3
•
Cummins to Ontong, no run
slower ball, just outside off, pushed with an open face to point
16.2
1
Cummins to Duminy, 1 run
slower short ball, pulled away for a single
Time for a free hit
16.2
2nb
Cummins to Ontong, (no ball) 1 run
short, pulled away, in control, gets a single to deep midwicket. Another no-ball
16.1
•
Cummins to Ontong, no run
length ball, driven straight to point, Duminy is sent back
end of over 1612 runs
COBRA: 126/3CRR: 7.87 • RRR: 2.50
Jean-Paul Duminy12 (13b 1x4)
Justin Ontong4 (5b)
Steven Smith 4-0-27-1
Pat Cummins 3-1-18-1
15.6
4
Smith to Duminy, FOUR runs
reverse pull this time, from in front of leg, past point, square of deep point, Cobras close in
15.6
2w
Smith to Ontong, 2 wide
wides down the leg side, too far wide for the other Smith to make a clean collection
15.5
1
Smith to Duminy, 1 run
full outside off, pushed to mid-off for one
15.4
2
Smith to Duminy, 2 runs
reverse sweep, from leg line, to wide of what would have been deep point
15.3
•
Smith to Duminy, no run
Duminy comes down the track, beaten in the flight, hit on the pad
15.2
1
Smith to Ontong, 1 run
reverse-sweep, the ball doesn't come on, ends up taking a single to point
15.1
2
Smith to Ontong, 2 runs
long hop, pulled away wide of deep square, comes back for two
Surely Cobras won't make this a thriller?
end of over 152 runs • 1 wicket
COBRA: 114/3CRR: 7.60 • RRR: 4.40
Justin Ontong1 (3b)
Jean-Paul Duminy5 (9b)
Pat Cummins 3-1-18-1
Mitchell Starc 3-0-22-0
14.6
1
Cummins to Ontong, 1 run
inside edge onto the pad, but they will sneak in the single
Si this that time of the evening when teams cruising to wins play out inexplicable thrillers? That, to me, is the hallmark of this tournament
14.5
•
Cummins to Ontong, no run
full outside off, Ontong drives, misses
14.4
•
Cummins to Ontong, no run
short of a length, on off, pushed back to the bowler
"Gibbs better show this form at the WACA!" Jonesy, is he playing for WA in BBL? Anyway Justin Ontong is the new batsman
14.3
1
Cummins to Duminy, 1 run
short outside off, steered away to third man for one
14.2
W
Cummins to Gibbs, OUT
the slower ball gets Gibbs too. Gibbs has mastered this slow wicket so far, but this time for a change he goes for power more than touch. Ends up getting much more elevation than length. Caught at long-on
Herschelle Gibbs c Henriques b Cummins 55 (47b 5x4 2x6 56m) SR: 117.02
14.1
•
Cummins to Gibbs, no run
starts off with his first non-short ball of the night, slower too, hit to extra cover
Cummins comes back
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