Malinga's yorkers blow Delhi away

When batsmen face Lasith Malinga, they know what's coming at them: several yorkers, some low full tosses, the odd slower ball. Some might not swing but everything will be aimed at the stumps. Knowledge wasn't power for Delhi Daredevils' batsmen, though, as Malinga ripped through them in two spells, claiming the third-best figures in the IPL. His five-wicket haul helped shoot out Delhi for 95, their second-lowest total, and ruin the contest before the sun had set at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Malinga's performance allowed the Mumbai batsmen to chase in comfortable gear.

Malinga had been retained by Mumbai and he re-emphasised his value in no time at all. With his second ball, a pinpoint yorker, he breached Warner's defences. With his fourth, a fast and straight delivery, he hit Unmukt Chand's middle stump. Chand had made the novice error of playing across the line to a Malinga arrow, a mistake Virender Sehwag had committed in the World Cup final. Today Sehwag was watchful, defending Malinga with a straight bat when the line demanded it. He played out the 2011 IPL's first maiden over, seeing off Malinga's second without damage, and set himself to take on the rest of the bowlers.

Delhi, however, were in disarray when Malinga returned for his second spell. Inevitably the yorkers followed. He bowled Venugopal Rao with one, broke Morne Morkel's bat with another before dismissing him with a third next ball. Malinga finished with 5 for 13 - the fifth came with a slower ball - leaving his team with a straightforward chase.