another length ball and attempts another strike over the bowler's head, ends up holing out to Ferguson at long-off this time
South Aust vs KKR, Group B at Hyderabad, Sep 27 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
A comprehensive win, this, for the Redbacks. That stand between Ferguson and Christian really set it up for them. Huge pressure in the chase for KKR, especially after losing those early wickets. Some outstanding fielding by the Redbacks too, there were catches dropped by KKR. A superior performance helping the Redbacks come back strongly after a big defeat in their first match. KKR, meanwhile, have lost two in two in the main round and find themselves in a difficult situation. We'll get you the presentation in a bit. George Binoy will be updating his bulletin.
Klinger: "The innings from Callum and Christian were unbelievable. Those two were fantastic, they pushed a lot of twos and ran really hard when the pitch slowed up. We left out Tair purely because of the conditions. Tait, with extra pace, on this wicket is slightly easier to way probably."
Gambhir: "I never thought they would get to 180-odd. It was a brilliant effort from Ferguson and Christian. Sometimes we've bowled well in patches, and sometimes batted well in patches. At times we haven't complemented our batsmen, sometimes our bowlers."
Ferguson is the Man of the Match: "It was difficult early on, took a while to get in. Christian came in and made it easier for me by hitting some boundaries. It was Yusuf's last over and we thought we would attack him. We finished the innings well."
That's all we have for you today. See you again for the double-header tomorrow. Cheers.
the slower one to follow that up and it's a good one, tried to chop that behind point but missed it
superbly done, in the slot for Bhatia and he shovels it flat over the bowler's head for another big one
full outside off, tried to dig it out wide of point but couldn't connect, almost yorker length
bowled on a length on middle, tried to swing it over midwicket, got a leading edge over point for a boundary
picked the slower one and deposited it over the bowler's head for a maximum, connected superbly
Putland to finish off
short and wide, slashed hard, got a thick edge to the third-man boundary, raises the 150 for KKR
good, clean strike first up, a low full toss and he made room to thump it hard over the long-on boundary
Abdulla's the new man
a first-ball duck for Binga, it nipped back in from a good length outside off, big heave and a miss, crashed into middle
length ball outside off, pushed away past the bowler for a single
Binga walks in
a slower full toss and ten Doeschate tries to give it his all but mistimes it, lobs a catch to extra cover to end an entertaining stay
he's fighting hard is ten Doeschate, full toss and he absolutely drills it down the ground to beat long-on
driven hard towards deep midwicket, no chance of a second there, ten Doeschate keeps the strike
juicy full toss and ten Doeschate takes full toll, sends it miles into the stands over deep square leg, a little too late but the narrower the defeat the better KKR's net run-rate
cracked towards long-off for a single
the back-of-the-hand slower one, lands slightly short on leg, he tries to whip it to square leg, struck high on the pads
Tom Cooper lost it in the deep it seems, firm strike past long-on, one bounce four in the end
slower one from Richardson, chipped towards deep midwicket for a single
moves around the crease as Harris delivers and cracks that down the ground to long-on
full outside off, square-driven well to deep point for a single