Compton finishes it in style, moves across the stumps and scoops that towards the fine leg boundary to end the game
KKR vs Somerset, Group B at Hyderabad, Sep 25 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
Group B (N), Hyderabad, September 25, 2011, Nokia Champions League T20
(19.4/20 ov, T:162) 164/5
Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
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Compton: "There was no need to panic, we could play a few dot balls, feels very good to finish it off. "
Paaritosh writes in: "Seems like India can't defeat England even in the club level this season!"
"If it takes a weird name to get comments posted, you HAVE TO post mine! I've been trying to post my comments for every single match since the India tour of England with my real name :(" says Thirupathaiah Avululla, a tongue-twister that's hard to beat.
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Gautam Gambhir: "I think we batted really well, but the first six overs the way van der Merwe batted, he took the game away from us. It was a very competitive total we put up."
Alfonso Thomas: "I thought I lost it when I brought Suppiah in to bowl against Yusuf. but this man behind me (Roelof) is a wonderful cricketer. The belief in the team (is one of our strengths)."
The Man of the Match is Roelof van der Merwe: "It is always good to play an innings to win, and help the team win. Very happy at Somerset and hopefully can help them do well. I have worked hard at my game in the (South African) winter."
That's the end of the fun from the CLT20 for today. If you haven't had your share of Twenty20 kicks for the day, hop over to the England-West Indies game. Thanks for all the mails, see you tomorrow.
19.4
4
Bhatia to Compton, FOUR runs
19.3
1
Bhatia to Snell, 1 run
mistimed pull to a short ball, down to long-on for a single, 2 needed off 3 now
19.2
•
Bhatia to Snell, no run
slower ball, length and on off stump, defended with soft hands to the off side, Bhatia races through to field that, dot ball
19.1
1
Bhatia to Compton, 1 run
very wide outside off, Compton slaps it past point, would have been a wide if Compton had left that alone
Bhatia to bowl the final over. Four needed to win
end of over 1910 runs
SOM: 158/5CRR: 8.31 • RRR: 4.00
Nick Compton14 (15b 1x4)
Steve Snell5 (4b)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3-0-23-0
Brett Lee 4-0-27-0
18.6
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run
short and outside off, chopped past point for a single
18.5
•
Balaji to Compton, no run
a superb yorker from Balaji, through the batsman's legs to the keeper, too little too late?
18.4
4
Balaji to Compton, FOUR runs
there's the boundary that turns the game Somerset's way, on the leg stump and is helped along to the deep backward square leg boundary for four, surely there's no way back from this for Kolkata
18.4
2w
Balaji to Snell, 2 wide
slips this down the leg side, past the keeper Bisla as well, I thought that might go for five wides, but Lee is there at fine leg to cut it off
Every night game in the tournament so far has been a last-over finish
18.3
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run
short and just outside off, tapped towards point for one more
18.2
1lb
Balaji to Snell, 1 leg bye
slower short ball, batsman had finished playing the shot before it reached him, struck on the shoulder, off towards short fine
Balaji might not be the best choice for Kolkata, can he repay the faith shown by Gambhir here?
18.1
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run
Balaji starts with a short ball that is pulled towards deep midwicket for just a single
end of over 185 runs
SOM: 148/5CRR: 8.22 • RRR: 7.00
Nick Compton7 (10b)
Steve Snell5 (3b)
Brett Lee 4-0-27-0
Rajat Bhatia 3-0-21-2
17.6
1
Lee to Compton, 1 run
chopped towards point, a diving stop from Tiwary
17.5
1
Lee to Snell, 1 run
length ball on off, crisply driven off the front foot but can't beat mid-off
17.4
2
Lee to Snell, 2 runs
short of length ball on the pads, Snell gets it away towards square leg and gets two, 16 needed off 14 now
17.3
1
Lee to Compton, 1 run
a short ball is pulled behind square leg for a single
17.2
•
Lee to Compton, no run
slower bouncer, this is over the batsman's head, that should have been called a wide, KKR get away with that one, umpire perhaps distracted by another big caught behind appeal
17.1
•
Lee to Compton, no run
short ball from Lee, batsman hangs the bat at that one, there's a huge appeal for caught behind, not given
end of over 1710 runs • 1 wicket
SOM: 143/5CRR: 8.41 • RRR: 6.33
Steve Snell2 (1b)
Nick Compton5 (6b)
Rajat Bhatia 3-0-21-2
Brett Lee 3-0-22-0
16.6
2
Bhatia to Snell, 2 runs
length ball is eased towards long-on, batsmen sprint two
Steve Snell, Somerset's hero in their opening game, is the new batsman
16.5
W
Bhatia to Suppiah, OUT
once again Suppiah tries to move past off and guide the ball down to fine leg, Bhatia gets the better of him this time, Suppiah can't get bat on ball and is bowled, Bhatia doesn't realise that and appeals for an lbw
Arul Suppiah b Bhatia 15 (11b 2x4 0x6 14m) SR: 136.36
16.4
4
Bhatia to Suppiah, FOUR runs
a lap-sweep from Suppiah brings the boundary Somerset were looking for, audacious sot this, moves across the stumps and helps the ball very fine down the leg side
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