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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
24th Match, Group E: India v South Africa at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2009
ICC World Twenty20 - 24th match, Group E
India v South Africa
South Africa won by 12 runs
T20I no. 113 | 2009 season
Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham (neutral venue)
16 June 2009 - day/night (20-over match)
South Africa innings (20 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
GC Smith*
c Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh
26
37
26
2
0
100.00
8.3 Harbhajan has lured Smith to his demise. Smith was charging out, Harbhajan slowed up the pace, retained the flight but got it to dip rapidly on Smith who lunged out in the end, trying to drag it to the on side and top-edging it high to midwicket. Harbhajan pumps his fist. 59/2
HH Gibbs
b Singh
5
7
3
1
0
166.66
1.4 ah! the commentator's curse. He gets a fatal inside edge. It was a heavily packed off-side as Dhoni had moved an extra fielder after the previous four and Gibbs went for the leg side. Mistake. It wasn't all that short and it was outside off stump, Gibbs went for the pull and dragged it back to his stumps. 13/1
AB de Villiers
c & b Jadeja
63
56
51
7
0
123.52
17.2 AB falls after a very fine knock on a sharply turning track. He rushed down the track, didn't reach the pitch and tried to adjust with a big slog sweep but the ball turned to get the leading edge. Jadeja back-pedaled to get under the ball. 110/4
JP Duminy
st †Dhoni b Raina
10
20
15
0
0
66.66
14.4 Stumped! Duminy, who never looked in on this spin track, was beaten in the flight as he lunged forward before he was beaten by the turn. Dhoni did the rest. Seeing Duminy struggle, you just have to nod in admiration at how well AB has played on this spin track. 98/3
MV Boucher†
c Singh b Khan
11
17
15
1
0
73.33
19.2 Caught at the long-off boundary. It was full, it was the slower one, and it was around the off stump, Bouch flayed it hard and high to left of RP who holds a good catch running around the boundary. 120/5
JA Morkel
not out
8
13
8
1
0
100.00
J Botha
not out
4
3
2
1
0
200.00
Extras
(lb 2, w 1)
3
Total
(5 wickets; 20 overs)
130
(6.50 runs per over)
Did not batRE van der Merwe, WD Parnell, M Morkel, DW Steyn
Fall of wickets1-13 (Gibbs, 1.4 ov), 2-59 (Smith, 8.3 ov), 3-98 (Duminy, 14.4 ov), 4-110 (de Villiers, 17.2 ov), 5-120 (Boucher, 19.2 ov)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Z Khan
3
0
26
1
8.66
(1w)
19.2 to Boucher, Caught at the long-off boundary. It was full, it was the slower one, and it was around the off stump, Bouch flayed it hard and high to left of RP who holds a good catch running around the boundary. 120/5
RP Singh
2
0
21
1
10.50
1.4 to Gibbs, ah! the commentator's curse. He gets a fatal inside edge. It was a heavily packed off-side as Dhoni had moved an extra fielder after the previous four and Gibbs went for the leg side. Mistake. It wasn't all that short and it was outside off stump, Gibbs went for the pull and dragged it back to his stumps. 13/1
I Sharma
1
0
6
0
6.00
RA Jadeja
3
0
9
1
3.00
17.2 to de Villiers, AB falls after a very fine knock on a sharply turning track. He rushed down the track, didn't reach the pitch and tried to adjust with a big slog sweep but the ball turned to get the leading edge. Jadeja back-pedaled to get under the ball. 110/4
RG Sharma
2
0
15
0
7.50
Yuvraj Singh
4
0
25
0
6.25
Harbhajan Singh
4
0
20
1
5.00
8.3 to Smith, Harbhajan has lured Smith to his demise. Smith was charging out, Harbhajan slowed up the pace, retained the flight but got it to dip rapidly on Smith who lunged out in the end, trying to drag it to the on side and top-edging it high to midwicket. Harbhajan pumps his fist. 59/2
SK Raina
1
0
6
1
6.00
14.4 to Duminy, Stumped! Duminy, who never looked in on this spin track, was beaten in the flight as he lunged forward before he was beaten by the turn. Dhoni did the rest. Seeing Duminy struggle, you just have to nod in admiration at how well AB has played on this spin track. 98/3
India innings (target: 131 runs from 20 overs)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
G Gambhir
c Duminy b Botha
21
27
19
3
0
110.52
6.2 And spin does the trick right away. It was flighted around the off stump, Gambhir tried to chip it over extra cover but the ball spun to take the edge and flew towards deep cover 48/1
RG Sharma
c Steyn b Duminy
29
39
28
3
0
103.57
9.5 SA are doing superbly here. Rohit falls to a spinner now. Very risky shot. He shuffled outside off stump and tried to flick it from there but ended up slicing a dolly of a catch to backward point. 56 for 3 and they are wobbling here. Enter the captain. 56/3
SK Raina
c M Morkel b Botha
3
7
8
0
0
37.50
8.6 Spin is king on this wicket. Botha lured Raina into the big hit with a well flighted delivery on the middle and leg stump. Raina went for the big slog sweep but was done in by the turn to edge it high to long-on. Gone! Another failure for the young man. 55/2
Yuvraj Singh
c †Boucher b Steyn
25
47
25
1
1
100.00
18.2 Big wicket. It was a similar delivery to the previous one; another yorker length delivery outside off stump, Yuvraj tries to square drive initially, gets the bat down in a hurry in the end to jab it away and it deflected to Boucher who dived to his left to take it. The bowler appeals for a catch. Bowden is not sure and goes upstairs. The ball bounced just before the bat hit the ground and the ball took the edge to Boucher, who took it cleanly. The verdict is out. 106/7
MS Dhoni*†
run out (†Boucher/M Morkel)
5
11
12
0
0
41.66
12.6M Morkel to Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni is run out. Yuvraj is stunned that Dhoni even ran for it. It slipped down the leg side, a wide, it runs to Boucher who doesn't collect it cleanly but the ball didn't roll away too far from him. He just took couple of steps and he had the ball. Dhoni was more than half-way down the track and Boucher relayed the throw to the bowler who took a few steps before calmly under-arming a direct hit at the non-striker's end. Yuvraj looks very surprised. 67/4
YK Pathan
c de Villiers b van der Merwe
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
13.3 South Africa climb all over India who spin away towards the abyss. Yuvraj stands alone. It was flighted delivery around the off stump, perhaps stopped a touch on Yusuf who pushed it tamely to cover. South Africa roar. 69/5
Harbhajan Singh
c de Villiers b Botha
14
18
15
1
1
93.33
17.2 Botha takes out Harbhajan with another full dipping toss. Harbhajan swung it straight to midwicket 100/6
RA Jadeja
not out
7
14
6
0
0
116.66
Z Khan
c de Villiers b Steyn
4
1
3
0
0
133.33
18.5 Zaheer holes out to AB at long-on. It was full, not yorker length, and Zaheer got under the ball and lofted it high but couldn't clear AB. And then they were two. 110/8
18.2 to Yuvraj Singh, Big wicket. It was a similar delivery to the previous one; another yorker length delivery outside off stump, Yuvraj tries to square drive initially, gets the bat down in a hurry in the end to jab it away and it deflected to Boucher who dived to his left to take it. The bowler appeals for a catch. Bowden is not sure and goes upstairs. The ball bounced just before the bat hit the ground and the ball took the edge to Boucher, who took it cleanly. The verdict is out. 106/7
18.5 to Khan, Zaheer holes out to AB at long-on. It was full, not yorker length, and Zaheer got under the ball and lofted it high but couldn't clear AB. And then they were two. 110/8
WD Parnell
3
0
22
0
7.33
M Morkel
4
0
23
0
5.75
(1w)
JA Morkel
1
0
12
0
12.00
J Botha
4
0
16
3
4.00
6.2 to Gambhir, And spin does the trick right away. It was flighted around the off stump, Gambhir tried to chip it over extra cover but the ball spun to take the edge and flew towards deep cover 48/1
8.6 to Raina, Spin is king on this wicket. Botha lured Raina into the big hit with a well flighted delivery on the middle and leg stump. Raina went for the big slog sweep but was done in by the turn to edge it high to long-on. Gone! Another failure for the young man. 55/2
17.2 to Harbhajan Singh, Botha takes out Harbhajan with another full dipping toss. Harbhajan swung it straight to midwicket 100/6
RE van der Merwe
4
0
13
1
3.25
13.3 to Pathan, South Africa climb all over India who spin away towards the abyss. Yuvraj stands alone. It was flighted delivery around the off stump, perhaps stopped a touch on Yusuf who pushed it tamely to cover. South Africa roar. 69/5
JP Duminy
1
0
3
1
3.00
(1w)
9.5 to RG Sharma, SA are doing superbly here. Rohit falls to a spinner now. Very risky shot. He shuffled outside off stump and tried to flick it from there but ended up slicing a dolly of a catch to backward point. 56 for 3 and they are wobbling here. Enter the captain. 56/3
Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat PointsSouth Africa 2, India 0
Player of the match AB de Villiers (South Africa)
UmpiresBF Bowden (New Zealand) and IJ Gould TV umpireSJA Taufel (Australia) Match refereeBC Broad Reserve umpireNJ Llong
Match notes
South Africa: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (40 balls), Extras 1
AB de Villiers: 50 off 41 balls (6 x 4)
South Africa: 100 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 1
Innings Break: South Africa - 130/5 in 20.0 overs (JA Morkel 8, J Botha 4)
India: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 1
India: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (105 balls), Extras 8
