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37.3 187/5 Lee to Dhoni, out Caught by Clarke at point!! Finally the pressure has got to MS and though he has hit it well, he has found Pup at point. The famous whip-lash square cut with Dhoni rising onto his toes to crack that short and wide delivery outside off, he went at it, but could not get it up and over the man. To the right of Pup and he latched on. That was flying, but Pup won't drop those. Now the game has shifted back in favor of the Aussies. They are all smiles now. The crowd's voices and a billion voices in India have been muted. Pressure game from now on. Dhoni c Clarke b Lee 7(8) [4s-1]
33.2 168/4 David Hussey to Yuvraj, out Gambhir Run Out!! Major Brain melt down from Gambhir and he is gone. Yuvraj is absolutely seething out there. Unbelievable stuff from Gambhir, he could have been run-out 2 times and the third time he is gone. Third time lucky for the Aussies. The ball went wide of slip, White misfielded it, Gambhir was running down the wicket like a headless chicken as Sidhu would say. White picked it up and threw it back to David Hussey who did the rest. Aus are back in this and it's the sheer ridiculousness of Gambhir that has put India in this state. Gambhir run out (White/David Hussey) 50(64) [4s-2]
28.3 143/3 David Hussey to Kohli, out Caught by Clarke at short mid wicket!! What a wicket that is for David Hussey and Australia. Against the run of play a wicket has fallen and this pulsating game takes another twist. Ian Chappell was saying that India were cruising and now they are not. Rank bad ball, a juicy full toss, so juicy that Kohli could have hit it anywhere he would've liked to. His cross batted hoick finds Pup who takes a smart catch. David Hussey and Punter can't believe their luck. Kohli walks back still thinking where that ball might have landed if he had connected properly. Kohli c Clarke b David Hussey 24(33) [4s-1]
18.1 94/2 Tait to Tendulkar, out Caught by Haddin!! Tendulkar is out. But as he was walking back, he was stopped by Erasmus, to check for all the conditions that a no-ball can occur. Tait satisfied all those and he gets the biggest player in the opposition out. Short of length delivery outside off, Tendulkar tried to punch it on the up and edged it. Regulation take for Haddin. That bounced a tad and that caught the edge. Once again Tendulkar walked. Game on folks. No 49th ODI ton or 100th international ton today. Blame it on me, I jinxed it. Tendulkar c Haddin b Tait 53(68) [4s-7]
8.1 44/1 Watson to Sehwag, out Caught by Michael Hussey at square leg!! The golden arm for Australia has struck. Pin drop silence in the crowd. Horrid shot from Sehwag it must be said. Surprise bouncer from Watson, bent his back and produced good disconcerting bounce off the deck. Sehwag was in no position to hook, in the end a lame top edge goes spiralling up in the air and Mr. Cricket settles under that easily. End of Sehwag who for some strange reason looked very nervy today - his body language was of a man who was consumed by self doubt. Sehwag c Michael Hussey b Watson 15(22) [4s-2]
Fours
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47.4 261/5 Lee to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, India have won and are through to the semis End of the road for Australia. Their reign has been ended by India. Magnificent scenes as Yuvraj makes room and flays that over cover
46.1 250/5 Johnson to Raina, FOUR!!, Ravi Shaz has the Baba countdown on and he says it has begun, Raina gets inside the line and gently glances it off the hips, fine leg is too wide and an easy 4, only 11 needed now, lots of celebrities in the crowd are heaving a sigh of relief.
42.5 229/5 Watson to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, 500 marks for Lee for the effort alone, though he can't prevent the boundary, Lee ran some 30-40 yards from deep fine and as he slid to prevent the 4, it hit his right hand and bobbled back onto his face, Lee is leaving the field as he is bleeding profusely, blood flowing out from below the right eye, a gory sight that, he is a much loved man back here in India and one has to feel sorry when you see blood on a cricket field, hope he is back on the field soon. Can he do a Anil Kumble for Aus? I'm sure he will come back and bowl.
40 207/5 Lee to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, Imperious, graceful and lovely from Yuvraj, the crowd suddenly have found their voices, half volley outside off, a bullet like square drive, past the left of Pup at point, sweeper cover did not have a Cat's chance in Hell to stop that, 14 off that Lee over and Punter has a worried look on his face, suddenly Yuvraj has turned the game on it's head
39.4 203/5 Lee to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, chopped away, he did that like chopping Onions back home for his Mom at Chandigarh, Lee is getting reverse swing, tailing back in, but Yuvraj with the expertness of an Onion chopper came down on it late and guided it past Tait at third man, went away to the fence in a flash
39.1 197/5 Lee to Raina, FOUR!!, now Raina has been injected with a huge dose of self confidence after that last Yuvraj shot, rocks back and smashes the pull through mid wicket, Lee dragged it down and Raina timed it beautifully, they say he is not a good player of the short ones, but on these placid Indian pitches, he can be pretty effective
39 193/5 Tait to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, Yuvraj has pasted that to the deep point fence, short and wide outside off, Yuvraj went deliberately up and over point, one bounce over the ropes, Tait can't believe how hard Yuvraj hit that, he walks back in despair, cracker jack of a shot from Yuvraj and the crowd find their voice again
36.4 185/4 Johnson to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, Yuvraj has made up for that poor shot the previous ball with a magnificent on drive, the full face of the bat presented, high front elbow, high back-lift and as the ball met the bat, it made a sweet noise, mid on is too straight and had no chance, perhaps the shot of the day so far
35.1 177/4 David Hussey to Dhoni, FOUR!!, Punter is down in pain, went to stop that bullet backfoot punch from Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his left hand - remember that it's his injured hand, grimaces in pain, the ball beats sweeper cover and goes away to the fence, too short from David Hussey and put away by Dhoni
29.3 154/3 Krejza to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, that sledge-hammer vertical bat sweep from Yuvraj, the ones Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar play so well, the confidence is there in Yuvraj now, it was sliding down leg, Yuvraj on a bent knee got forward, before sweeping it beautifully, beating fine leg who had no chance
28.4 147/3 David Hussey to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, not a bad ball to get first up, another loopy full toss, Yuvraj gets forward and with a powerful swing of the bat sends it well over the head of the man at mid wicket, catchhhhhhh was the cry once again, but no where near catching that, Yuvraj hit that really hard and is off the mark
27.3 138/2 Clarke to Kohli, FOUR!!, Kohli was all the time looking for that shot, against Krejza, this time it is too full outside off, Kohli opened his arms, and the face of the bat to flay that past a disappointed Punter at cover, it went to the fence at the rate of knots, first boundary for Kohli
17.5 94/1 Krejza to Gambhir, FOUR!!, this is seriously poor bowling, 4th bad ball that he has bowled, short and on middle stump, Gambhir needed to find the gap and he did with a pull off the backfoot to the wide long on boundary, there is only a deep square in place for Gambhir and he found the gap easily
14.1 74/1 Watson to Gambhir, FOUR!!, Gambhir ala Ganguly charges out, makes room and goes inside out over cover, hit that pretty well and well over the fielder at cover, that should give Gambhir a lot of confidence
11.2 62/1 Johnson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, deft and Punter grimaces, a dejected Johnson walks back too, it was short of length outside off, Tendulkar stood beside the line of the ball and then dabbed it wide of backward point, third man had no chance, superb batting from Tendulkar and the crowd are on their feet
11.1 58/1 Johnson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, that's Tendulkar at his best, wonderful stuff from Tendulkar, walks across to off stump, knows that Johnson is just angling it across, a turn of the wrists and the ball raced through mid wicket, a whippy wrist work, all that was. More VVS style and panache in that shot
8.3 48/1 Watson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Ricky dived to his left at short cover, but to no avail, Narendra Modi - the Gujarat Chief Minister applauds the shot too, Tendulkar picked the cutter, leant forward and drove it past the man, Ricky has a wry grimace on his face as he gets up, beautiful shot from Tendulkar, who opened the face on it at the last moment to get it in the gap
7.4 44/0 Johnson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, vintage Tendulkar, bringing in all his class and experience into play, though it must be said that it was a poor delivery, short delivery, banged in, with no pace, Tendulkar rocked back and pulled it away with no trouble at all through mid wicket
6.4 39/0 Watson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Mistake - no slips and Tendulkar took the calculated risk and got away. Went after a widish full delivery outside off, threw the kitchen sink at that, the edge would've carried to 1st slip, Haddin dived to his right acrobatically, no chance at all for him to catch that, there is a short cover and a short mid as the catching men for Tendulkar
3.3 26/0 Tait to Sehwag, FOUR!!, Tait is losing his steam, full and sliding down on the pads, Sehwag will hit them with eyes closed all day, especially if it's not swinging or seaming, it does neither and Sehwag flicks it away emphatically, raced away
1.2 14/0 Tait to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Tendulkar is looking to take on Tait and be positive out here, might be the adrenaline is racing, short, wide and outside off, Tendulkar looks to repeat the Centurion 03 shot against Akhtar, this time the extra bounce of Tait takes the top edge and flies over the slip cordon, one bounce over the ropes, beats third man easily, Tait has his hands on his head
1.1 9/0 Tait to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Ponting is encouraging Tait even as Tendulkar gets off the mark with a deftly angled steer past backward point, short of length delivery outside off, Tendulkar stood beside the line of the ball and played it with an open face, third man is too fine and he can't cut it off, Punter with all the confidence of the ton behind him, eggs Tait on
0.3 5/0 Lee to Sehwag, FOUR!!, Watson's expression says it all, lovely cover drive, on the up, stand and deliver stuff, like Dilshan does, fast hands, just leant forward and knifed it on the up, Sehwag is away and so are India, Watson shakes his head and cannot believe that it has gone to the fence
Sixes
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45.1 245/5 Lee to Raina, SIX!!, The full Monty from Ravi Shaz and it is the full monty from Raina, a good length delivery from round the wicket, Raina as he has done many a time in the IPL for CSK launches that sweetly over long on, mid on was up and he took full toll off that, the white Kookaburra soared into the stands, whattayyyyyyyyy starttttttttttt
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44.4 237/5 Watson to Yuvraj, 2 runs, Yuvi is the man for India. 49th ODI FIFTY!!, 7th in WCs, 4th against Australia and 4th in this tournament, comes with a nudged couple down to deep fine leg, Yuvraj raises the bat and takes in all the applause from the crowd, what an effort under the massive pressure and the weight of a billion hopes
32.1 167/3 Johnson to Gambhir, 1 run, a dabbed single to third man brings Gambhir his 24th ODI FIFTY!!, third in World Cups and third against Australia and also the third in this World Cup, he raises the bat and acknowledges the cheers from the crowd
16.1 83/1 Tait to Tendulkar, 2 runs, 94th ODI FIFTY!! for Tendulkar and it comes with a wristy flick, deep square and deep fine do the mopping up, 14th in World Cups, 15th against Australia, no emotion from the man, he knows that his job is only half done, 1st fifty in this World Cup for he has got to 2 tons, can he make it a third one?
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37.3 187/5 Lee to Dhoni, out Caught by Clarke at point!! Finally the pressure has got to MS and though he has hit it well, he has found Pup at point. The famous whip-lash square cut with Dhoni rising onto his toes to crack that short and wide delivery outside off, he went at it, but could not get it up and over the man. To the right of Pup and he latched on. That was flying, but Pup won't drop those. Now the game has shifted back in favor of the Aussies. They are all smiles now. The crowd's voices and a billion voices in India have been muted. Pressure game from now on. Dhoni c Clarke b Lee 7(8) [4s-1]
33.2 168/4 David Hussey to Yuvraj, out Gambhir Run Out!! Major Brain melt down from Gambhir and he is gone. Yuvraj is absolutely seething out there. Unbelievable stuff from Gambhir, he could have been run-out 2 times and the third time he is gone. Third time lucky for the Aussies. The ball went wide of slip, White misfielded it, Gambhir was running down the wicket like a headless chicken as Sidhu would say. White picked it up and threw it back to David Hussey who did the rest. Aus are back in this and it's the sheer ridiculousness of Gambhir that has put India in this state. Gambhir run out (White/David Hussey) 50(64) [4s-2]
28.3 143/3 David Hussey to Kohli, out Caught by Clarke at short mid wicket!! What a wicket that is for David Hussey and Australia. Against the run of play a wicket has fallen and this pulsating game takes another twist. Ian Chappell was saying that India were cruising and now they are not. Rank bad ball, a juicy full toss, so juicy that Kohli could have hit it anywhere he would've liked to. His cross batted hoick finds Pup who takes a smart catch. David Hussey and Punter can't believe their luck. Kohli walks back still thinking where that ball might have landed if he had connected properly. Kohli c Clarke b David Hussey 24(33) [4s-1]
18.1 94/2 Tait to Tendulkar, out Caught by Haddin!! Tendulkar is out. But as he was walking back, he was stopped by Erasmus, to check for all the conditions that a no-ball can occur. Tait satisfied all those and he gets the biggest player in the opposition out. Short of length delivery outside off, Tendulkar tried to punch it on the up and edged it. Regulation take for Haddin. That bounced a tad and that caught the edge. Once again Tendulkar walked. Game on folks. No 49th ODI ton or 100th international ton today. Blame it on me, I jinxed it. Tendulkar c Haddin b Tait 53(68) [4s-7]
8.1 44/1 Watson to Sehwag, out Caught by Michael Hussey at square leg!! The golden arm for Australia has struck. Pin drop silence in the crowd. Horrid shot from Sehwag it must be said. Surprise bouncer from Watson, bent his back and produced good disconcerting bounce off the deck. Sehwag was in no position to hook, in the end a lame top edge goes spiralling up in the air and Mr. Cricket settles under that easily. End of Sehwag who for some strange reason looked very nervy today - his body language was of a man who was consumed by self doubt. Sehwag c Michael Hussey b Watson 15(22) [4s-2]
Fours
Overs Score Description
47.4 261/5 Lee to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, India have won and are through to the semis End of the road for Australia. Their reign has been ended by India. Magnificent scenes as Yuvraj makes room and flays that over cover
46.1 250/5 Johnson to Raina, FOUR!!, Ravi Shaz has the Baba countdown on and he says it has begun, Raina gets inside the line and gently glances it off the hips, fine leg is too wide and an easy 4, only 11 needed now, lots of celebrities in the crowd are heaving a sigh of relief.
42.5 229/5 Watson to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, 500 marks for Lee for the effort alone, though he can't prevent the boundary, Lee ran some 30-40 yards from deep fine and as he slid to prevent the 4, it hit his right hand and bobbled back onto his face, Lee is leaving the field as he is bleeding profusely, blood flowing out from below the right eye, a gory sight that, he is a much loved man back here in India and one has to feel sorry when you see blood on a cricket field, hope he is back on the field soon. Can he do a Anil Kumble for Aus? I'm sure he will come back and bowl.
40 207/5 Lee to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, Imperious, graceful and lovely from Yuvraj, the crowd suddenly have found their voices, half volley outside off, a bullet like square drive, past the left of Pup at point, sweeper cover did not have a Cat's chance in Hell to stop that, 14 off that Lee over and Punter has a worried look on his face, suddenly Yuvraj has turned the game on it's head
39.4 203/5 Lee to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, chopped away, he did that like chopping Onions back home for his Mom at Chandigarh, Lee is getting reverse swing, tailing back in, but Yuvraj with the expertness of an Onion chopper came down on it late and guided it past Tait at third man, went away to the fence in a flash
39.1 197/5 Lee to Raina, FOUR!!, now Raina has been injected with a huge dose of self confidence after that last Yuvraj shot, rocks back and smashes the pull through mid wicket, Lee dragged it down and Raina timed it beautifully, they say he is not a good player of the short ones, but on these placid Indian pitches, he can be pretty effective
39 193/5 Tait to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, Yuvraj has pasted that to the deep point fence, short and wide outside off, Yuvraj went deliberately up and over point, one bounce over the ropes, Tait can't believe how hard Yuvraj hit that, he walks back in despair, cracker jack of a shot from Yuvraj and the crowd find their voice again
36.4 185/4 Johnson to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, Yuvraj has made up for that poor shot the previous ball with a magnificent on drive, the full face of the bat presented, high front elbow, high back-lift and as the ball met the bat, it made a sweet noise, mid on is too straight and had no chance, perhaps the shot of the day so far
35.1 177/4 David Hussey to Dhoni, FOUR!!, Punter is down in pain, went to stop that bullet backfoot punch from Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his left hand - remember that it's his injured hand, grimaces in pain, the ball beats sweeper cover and goes away to the fence, too short from David Hussey and put away by Dhoni
29.3 154/3 Krejza to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, that sledge-hammer vertical bat sweep from Yuvraj, the ones Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar play so well, the confidence is there in Yuvraj now, it was sliding down leg, Yuvraj on a bent knee got forward, before sweeping it beautifully, beating fine leg who had no chance
28.4 147/3 David Hussey to Yuvraj, FOUR!!, not a bad ball to get first up, another loopy full toss, Yuvraj gets forward and with a powerful swing of the bat sends it well over the head of the man at mid wicket, catchhhhhhh was the cry once again, but no where near catching that, Yuvraj hit that really hard and is off the mark
27.3 138/2 Clarke to Kohli, FOUR!!, Kohli was all the time looking for that shot, against Krejza, this time it is too full outside off, Kohli opened his arms, and the face of the bat to flay that past a disappointed Punter at cover, it went to the fence at the rate of knots, first boundary for Kohli
17.5 94/1 Krejza to Gambhir, FOUR!!, this is seriously poor bowling, 4th bad ball that he has bowled, short and on middle stump, Gambhir needed to find the gap and he did with a pull off the backfoot to the wide long on boundary, there is only a deep square in place for Gambhir and he found the gap easily
14.1 74/1 Watson to Gambhir, FOUR!!, Gambhir ala Ganguly charges out, makes room and goes inside out over cover, hit that pretty well and well over the fielder at cover, that should give Gambhir a lot of confidence
11.2 62/1 Johnson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, deft and Punter grimaces, a dejected Johnson walks back too, it was short of length outside off, Tendulkar stood beside the line of the ball and then dabbed it wide of backward point, third man had no chance, superb batting from Tendulkar and the crowd are on their feet
11.1 58/1 Johnson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, that's Tendulkar at his best, wonderful stuff from Tendulkar, walks across to off stump, knows that Johnson is just angling it across, a turn of the wrists and the ball raced through mid wicket, a whippy wrist work, all that was. More VVS style and panache in that shot
8.3 48/1 Watson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Ricky dived to his left at short cover, but to no avail, Narendra Modi - the Gujarat Chief Minister applauds the shot too, Tendulkar picked the cutter, leant forward and drove it past the man, Ricky has a wry grimace on his face as he gets up, beautiful shot from Tendulkar, who opened the face on it at the last moment to get it in the gap
7.4 44/0 Johnson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, vintage Tendulkar, bringing in all his class and experience into play, though it must be said that it was a poor delivery, short delivery, banged in, with no pace, Tendulkar rocked back and pulled it away with no trouble at all through mid wicket
6.4 39/0 Watson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Mistake - no slips and Tendulkar took the calculated risk and got away. Went after a widish full delivery outside off, threw the kitchen sink at that, the edge would've carried to 1st slip, Haddin dived to his right acrobatically, no chance at all for him to catch that, there is a short cover and a short mid as the catching men for Tendulkar
3.3 26/0 Tait to Sehwag, FOUR!!, Tait is losing his steam, full and sliding down on the pads, Sehwag will hit them with eyes closed all day, especially if it's not swinging or seaming, it does neither and Sehwag flicks it away emphatically, raced away
1.2 14/0 Tait to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Tendulkar is looking to take on Tait and be positive out here, might be the adrenaline is racing, short, wide and outside off, Tendulkar looks to repeat the Centurion 03 shot against Akhtar, this time the extra bounce of Tait takes the top edge and flies over the slip cordon, one bounce over the ropes, beats third man easily, Tait has his hands on his head
1.1 9/0 Tait to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Ponting is encouraging Tait even as Tendulkar gets off the mark with a deftly angled steer past backward point, short of length delivery outside off, Tendulkar stood beside the line of the ball and played it with an open face, third man is too fine and he can't cut it off, Punter with all the confidence of the ton behind him, eggs Tait on
0.3 5/0 Lee to Sehwag, FOUR!!, Watson's expression says it all, lovely cover drive, on the up, stand and deliver stuff, like Dilshan does, fast hands, just leant forward and knifed it on the up, Sehwag is away and so are India, Watson shakes his head and cannot believe that it has gone to the fence
Sixes
Overs Score Description
45.1 245/5 Lee to Raina, SIX!!, The full Monty from Ravi Shaz and it is the full monty from Raina, a good length delivery from round the wicket, Raina as he has done many a time in the IPL for CSK launches that sweetly over long on, mid on was up and he took full toll off that, the white Kookaburra soared into the stands, whattayyyyyyyyy starttttttttttt
Others
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44.4 237/5 Watson to Yuvraj, 2 runs, Yuvi is the man for India. 49th ODI FIFTY!!, 7th in WCs, 4th against Australia and 4th in this tournament, comes with a nudged couple down to deep fine leg, Yuvraj raises the bat and takes in all the applause from the crowd, what an effort under the massive pressure and the weight of a billion hopes
32.1 167/3 Johnson to Gambhir, 1 run, a dabbed single to third man brings Gambhir his 24th ODI FIFTY!!, third in World Cups and third against Australia and also the third in this World Cup, he raises the bat and acknowledges the cheers from the crowd
16.1 83/1 Tait to Tendulkar, 2 runs, 94th ODI FIFTY!! for Tendulkar and it comes with a wristy flick, deep square and deep fine do the mopping up, 14th in World Cups, 15th against Australia, no emotion from the man, he knows that his job is only half done, 1st fifty in this World Cup for he has got to 2 tons, can he make it a third one?