that's it, it's all over. flighted outside off, lofted over mid-off for a boundary
Bengal vs Tamil Nadu, 4th Quarter-Final at Bengaluru, Dec 26 2008 - Match Result
An excellent comeback by TN after Bengal had the better of the first three days of this match. Balaji was their main performer, scoring 47 in the first innings to reduce the lead to 39, and then backed that up with a superb six-wicket haul to help bowl out Bengal cheaply.
There was still a matter of 227 runs to be chased down, and TN did it in style, with Vijay and Mukund providing them the ideal start. After their departure, S Badrinath took over, and although not entirely convincing in his knock, did well enough to see his team through to a comprehensive win.
TN now meet UP in the semis, with their match in Vadodara against Gujarat more or less settled.
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slog-swept to deep midwicket, single taken, finally
A disappointing end to what otherwise has been a good match
dropped, full toss on middle, struck straight to long-on where the catch is put down, Badr goes back as he does not want the single, is almost run-out at the strikers end
swept to fine leg, no run again
This is dull stuff
wide, well wide down the leg side
reverse-swept to deep point, runs halfway down the wicket but decides against the single when he realises the second isn't on offer
tossed up on the leg stump driven to long-off, decides against the single.
gets on the back foot to a rank long hop on leg stump, and we all know the result, he defends
this one's on target, defended back to the bowler
wide again, this is poor stuff. Uninspiring cricket from both teams here.
wayward delivery bowled well wide of leg stump, five wides. Did he do that on purpose to deny Badri the hundred?
short on middle and off, defended off the back foot
driven uppishly to deep cover
short outside off, cut away to deep point, they run hard back for the second but Tiwary fails to collect at the non-strikers end to allow the batsmen to complete the run
short outside leg, pulled away between deep midwicket and deep square leg for a boundary
The field spread out
and again, perhaps wants to allow Badri to get his hundred.
pushed back to the bowler
he has too much patience does Karthik, defends it to the on-side
tossed up outside off, Karthik defends again.
flighted outside off, defended on the off side
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | |
Toss | Bengal, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2008/09 |
Series result | Tamil Nadu advanced |
Hours of play (local time) | 09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30 |
Match days | 26,27,28,29 December 2008 - day (4-day match) |
Umpires | |
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