MI vs Somerset, 2nd Semi-Final at Chennai, Oct 08 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary

slower length ball to finish things off from Malinga, a confused batsman cannot get any bat onto it as he backs away outside leg

makes room outside leg but Malinga hurls in another full delivery that follows him, squeezed down to long off

fine work on the sweeper cover boundary, down the track and driven hard but the man in the deep got the slide behind it

middle stump out of the ground, make near-impossible into impossible, the yorker zooms in on the stumps with no regard for the batsman, and Kartik cannot do anything other than walk back, he tried to push it away but ended up playing inside the line

Timber. You don't try such cuteness against Malinga, but this seems to be Compton's favourite mode of operation. He shuffles across the line to try to scoop, Malinga is full and straight. Not quite a yorker, but too full for that shot. Middle stump knocked back

length ball, rare length ball, into the pads, but Suppiah misses and takes just the leg-bye

he has got the reverse sweep away, one bounce for four through third man

that should be the game for MI, Kieswetter has holed out to Pollard at long on, Franklin all over somerset this over, Kieswetter had to go for it, he had to, but could not get enough distance on the slog, Pollard settled under it at long on

down the track but cannot get more than a single towards long off with a mistimed swing

Franklin has gone through Buttler, it has been a struggle for Buttler, he shuffles and tries to mow a length ball on the leg side, misses it completely and is bowled

Kieswetter has copped a hard blow on the forearm, else it was a straight boundary, Buttler had absolutely smashed the full ball straight back at Kieswetter who could not get away in time, he had no chance actually

swings the length ball hard, Pollard saves the boundary on the wide long on boundary with a desperate run and a brave slide, parries the ball to deep midwicket

it is going to be near-impossible to consistently get runs off Malinga, length ball slung in fast around leg, he is backing away again and flailing, makes a bit of contact this time in the region of mid on

well bowled, coming in from a length outside leg as the batsman stands a mile further outside leg, misses with a flail, but Rayudu holds on to the ball

he has somehow found the boundary, somehow, backed away again, this time Malinga went full on off stump, he reached out and dragged it in the air wide of the man running across from long on

makes room outside leg, Malinga follows him with a 90 mph full delivery angled in, he connects but on the bounce to midwicket

keeps it full, slings it in, inside edge as he has a huge swing

tries to scoop Malinga but misses after walking outside off, the ball whizzes past off stump, Rayudu has failed to collect again, this is a nightmare for him

smashed along the ground past extra cover but long off gets to it quickly and gets rid of the ball quickly as well

oh well, have bat, will get boundary, doesn't matter how, he has walked outside off, Nechim has followed hi with a full ball, but even as the ball was slipping past him, he has withdrawn out of the attempted scoop and instead turned the face to send the ball high in the air to the fine third man boundary, incredible