full on the off, lofted drive straight at long-off
St Vincent vs Grenada, 12th Match at Coolidge, Jul 26 2006 - Ball by Ball Commentary
And here it and covers come as the ground staff try and beat the rain to the pitch
Match State: Delay - Rain
AT this stage Grenada win by 12 runs according to D/L
It is bucketting down at the moment and with this game officially over at 18:30 one doubts if the will get back onto the pitch
For those in other time zones, that is 30 minutes away
The crowd of course is praying for the rain to go away beacuse the home team come up against Nevis at 19:30
they are all still out there, either under umbrellas or crowding under any shelter they can find
The gates have also been closed for tonights game with another packed stadium
extra covers now being taken out to the middle
To get a full game in we only need 50 minutes for both teams to get 5 overs each in
The proceedings for the second game can therefore only be called off at 21:40
The rain has eased off, but still no attempt to get the covers off
News from here is not good for St Vincent fans, the game has been called off with Grenada winning by 12 runs according to the Duckworth Lewis method
full on the toes, clipped out cleany straight at midwicket
runs that on the late cut to 3rd man
movement in the crowd as it starts raining again
driven past a diving extra cover towards long-off
gently defends to the off
stroked into the covers, sweeper in off the rope
gets a slow full toss and nearly gets through, ends up dabbing to the on side
Ground staf expecting something as they prepare to get the covers out quickly
Grenada now +16 acroding to D/L
stroked down to long-off
defends back at the bowler
drives to long off
stroked back at the bowler
pushes to the off and sensibly wait from the batsman as the extra cover dives across to cut off
drives down the ground
too short, leg side, whipped away and Grenada not going to rely on D/L
worked leg side, fine leg has a long way to go
straight six over the bowlers head
full on the off, drives cleanly towards the deep cover sweeper
defends back down the ground
defends to cover