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World Cup - 2nd semi-final: West Indies v India at St Lucia, May 17, 2007
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23.1 Smith to Sehwag, OUT, Talk about a great bowling change! Smith straight into the attack and puts it just short of a length, Sehwag with little foot movement plays and misses as the ball nips back in and clips the top of middle stumps, enough to dislodge the bails. Much needed wicket for the Windies, the dangerous Sehwag departs to a great piece of bowling.
V Sehwag b Smith 70 (88m 79b 12x4 0x6) SR: 88.60
32.6 Nurse to Tendulkar, OUT, That's th big wicket! Just as Sachin looked to be getting started, Nurse puts the ball on an off stump line, balls nips away and Tendulkar follows, edge carries to fist slip and Gayle takes a comfortable catch. Big wicket for the Windies who can't allow India too many wickets in hand at the end.
SR Tendulkar c Gayle b Nurse 17 (37m 30b 2x4 0x6) SR: 56.66
41.5 Mohammed to Yuvraj, OUT, The captain departs! Beautiful thinking by Mohammed who has struggled on a pitch that has done nothing for his left-arm wristspinners, pitches up the googly at around 97 km/h, ball moves a little back into the left hander who is totally decieved, Yuvraj hits against the spin straight to Nurse at long-off.
Yuvraj Singh c Nurse b Mohammed 14 (31m 26b 2x4 0x6) SR: 53.83
44.3 Hinds to Gambhir, OUT, Slowly but surely India are losing the wickets in hand advantage they'd like to have had, Hinds comes from over the wicket and darts it in at Gambhir, the left hander misjudges the pace of the ball and rocks back to play the late cut only for the ball to skid back in and hit middle stump around half way up. Beautiful bowling by Hinds who is now making the most out of changes in pace, and the Indians have lost their fourth!
G Gambhir b Hinds 8 (9m 8b 2x4 0x6) SR: 100.57
45.4 Smith to Dhoni, OUT, Oh dear! This is big trouble for India now, the big hitting Dhoni continues his poor form which sees his average drop to just 21.33 for the tournament. Smith digs this one in very short and gets it to rise to Dhoni's chin (which is no mean feat, might I add), Dhoni attempts a pull shot but is too late as he gets a genuine top edge which fies high, Baugh waits underneath it and takes a simple catch, India are five down and into the tail!
MS Dhoni c Baugh b Smith 5 (3m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
45.5 Smith to Sharma, OUT, No, no, no. That just won't do. Ugly stuff from Sharma as he gets a good yorker from Smith, hardly something he couldn't have dug out or pushed away for a single, he instead decides to play an ambitious hoick over midwicket, missing the ball completely and Smith is on a hat trick! Madness from Sharma, needed to stay around with Jadhav, particularly with the four batsmen to come, instead he chooses a poor option and pays the price!
Joginder Sharma b Smith 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) 0.00
46.2 Hinds to Harbhajan, OUT, Goddim! Dheeraj Jadhav must be tearing his hair out at the other end! Stock delivery from around the wicket from Hinds, ball follows the arm on a middle stump line, Harbhajan attempts to sweep but misses by a mile as this skids on again from Hinds, India lose another as this collapse reaches epic proportions!
Harbhajan Singh b Hinds 3 (1m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
46.4 Hinds to Kumble, OUT, And Hinds gets his man! After his first ball to Kumble was turned down for lbw, he tosses this up and Anil goes for the wild slog, ball hangs in the air but eventually comes down well short of the boundary and Gayle takes a simple catch. The shot was there to play, Kumble was just unable to get onto it and India are digging their grave deeper.
A Kumble c Gayle b Hinds 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
47.4 Smith to Gagandeep, OUT, BANG! Perfect ball, yorker which swings back into Gagandeep a bit, he's nowhere near good enough to dig that out and it crashes into leg stump, that's the end of that.
Gagandeep Singh b Smith 0 (3m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
47.5 Smith to Maniar, OUT, BANG! BANG! Oh dear, that ends the innings, ball angling in at Maniar's legs who moves to the off side, misses a leg glance and it clean bowled first nut.
SM Maniar b Smith 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
6.6 Gagandeep to Ganga, OUT, First wicket for the Windies! Ball is full and around off stump, late swing from Gagandeep has Ganga all over the shop and he is wrapped on the pads. Umpire Simon Taufel thinks about it for a bit, and then gives Ganga his marching orders, Hawkeye agrees with the Australia, saying the ball was hitting middle and leg half way up.
S Ganga lbw b Gagandeep 32 (27m 28b 5x4 0x6) SR: 114.20
9.6 Gagandeep to Lara, OUT, Huuge wicket! Bowling from around the wicket, Gagandeep puts this just short of a length but on a better line than the one that was square cut for four earlier, Lara tries the same shot but is cramped for room and gets a bottom edge and chops it on! That is a huge breakthrough for the Indians in this World Cup semi-final!
BC Lara b Gagandeep 6 (7m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
17.4 Sharma to Chanderpaul, OUT, Gone! A resiliant knock from Chanderpaul ends abruptly as Sharma snares him! Ball it pitched up on middle stump, Chanderpaul defends deadbat, but this swings away from the left hander and takes out off stump, Chanderpaul looks perplexed by how late that ball swung and walks off several moments after his dismissal as the Indians celebrate their third wicket.
S Chanderpaul b Sharma 13 (31m 27b 2x4 0x6) SR: 48.14
21.5 Gagandeep to Sarwan, OUT, That's a blinder! The West Indians continue their inability to cover off stump as he misses a ball that is pitched on a good length on a fourth stump line, ball comes back in and Sarwan shoulders arms, only to hear the death rattle! Gagandeep is fast becoming the star of this semi-final with his third wicket, and the Windies now find themselves in some trouble. Great bowling.
RR Sarwan b Gagandeep 11 (15m 20b 1x4 0x6) SR: 54.98
29.1 Gagandeep to Hinds, OUT, Gagandeep has this ball on a string here, this match is now VERY interesting, from around the wicket, Gagandeep pitches this up and it goes with the arm, Hinds completely misses this one, still worried about the seam movement evident in the pitch, the Windies slump to 5-156 as the Indians mob Gagandeep.
RO Hinds b Gagandeep 16 (27m 21b 3x4 0x6) SR: 76.17
41.4 Harbhajan to Gayle, OUT, Good stand comes to an end here, possibly one that could put them in the final. Harbhajan tosses this wide outside off and Gayle obliges by swinging as hard as he can, thick top edge flies all the way to Sandeep Maniar at third man, and the Indians are back with a sniff.
CH Gayle c Maniar b Harbhajan 100 (157m 123b 14x4 0x6) SR: 81.30
47.4 Harbhajan to Bravo, OUT, Harbhajan gets the much needed breakthrough again as Bravo has a brainfade and falls so close to the target, six runs in fact. After not spinning a ball significantly all day, Bhaji tosses this up outside off stump, Bravo attempts a drive but this really turns sharply and smacks into off stump, Harbhajan goes for a celebratory run around the pitch while Bravo trudges off.
DJJ Bravo b Harbhajan 18 (24m 23b 3x4 0x6) SR: 78.25
48.2 Sharma to Baugh, OUT, Big wicket coming from a gutsy move from Sharma. Drops this short and at Baugh's body, Carlton goes to hit the winning boundary but can't control his pull shot, the top edgey shot goes straight up and down and Jadhav takes a smart catch at square leg! Is there a chance? Is there a chance? You bet there is!.
CO Baugh c Jadhav b Sharma 25 (73m 48b 3x4 0x6) SR: 52.08
48.3 Sharma to Mohammed, OUT, OH HO HO! Fielding change from Yuvraj works! Tendulkar at first slip takes one of the most important catches of his career as Sharma puts it on a good length and nips it away from Mohammed, Mohammed fends at the ball outside off stumps but Sharma has found the edge, ball travels to Sachin's left side, and he takes a very sharp catch. Four runs, one wicket, do we have the greatest ever World Cup game?
D Mohammed c Tendulkar b Sharma 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
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Simply suprerb mate! Hope Windies win the grand finals 
