Nine-ball mayhem: Seven boundaries, broken bat, and a wicket
Chasing Chennai Super Kings' 242, Dolphins opener Cameron Delport played nine action-packed deliveries in his innings. Here's what happened ball by ball
ESPNcricinfo staff
22-Sep-2014
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0.4 - [Ashish] Nehra to Delport, 3 wides, full and fast down leg side, Dhoni fails to collect cleanly but gets some glove on it.
0.4 - Nehra to Delport, FOUR, a cracking shot from Delport, he comes down the pitch and plays a lofted off-drive against a length delivery, he hit through the line and almost cleared the boundary at long off
0.5 - Nehra to Delport, SIX, another length ball disappears, Delport gets on the front foot and swings across the line, hitting the ball high and into the stands at deep midwicket
0.6 - Nehra to Delport, FOUR, that's gone so fast to the square leg boundary! Nehra banged it in short and Delport swivelled and pulled, hitting the ball ferociously
2.1 - [Mohit] Sharma to Delport, SIX, Delport has teed off! Golf-swinging a full ball from off stump over the long-off boundary. He's striking at 500
2.2 - Sharma to Delport, FOUR, Delport moves outside leg stump to create room for a short and wide ball, he then slashes hard and cuts the ball flat over point for a one-bounce four. He's hit five boundaries in five balls
2.3 - Sharma to Delport, FOUR, six in six, Delport is cutting CSK to ribbons, makes room once again and carves the ball over point, sensational hitting against the angle into him from round the wicket. They have already got 50!
2.4 - Sharma to Delport, 2 runs, makes room and lofts the ball over cover, he's mis-timed it and no wonder! The bat has broken as he played the shot, he's left holding the handle in his hand. Delport will hope the replacement bat hits the ball as well as this one
2.5 - Sharma to Delport, FOUR, bang! Sharma delivers a length ball and Delport hammers the drive through extra cover, makes a bit of room by moving outside leg and hits cleanly through the line
2.6 - Sharma to Delport, OUT, bowled him! Delport's blaze of glory has come to an end via a slower ball that cut into him from outside off, he played too early and aimed for point and missed. CSK players - some look a bit shell shocked - converge in celebration. Delport's made some IPL owners sit up and take notice for sure.