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[icyman]

Tense situations !
I hope the Kiwis win-would be a good opponent in the Finals then.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Mortaza is a more than handy batsman...If he clicks, and with Mausds experience, we could win...
This is going to be tight! C"MON BANGLA!!! WHOOOOO!!!

 

[kuttakumar]

Still evenly poised......

 

[surendar]

LIVE​

Champions Trophy06,India
NewZealand Vs Bangladesh
Semi Finals,Live From Mohali.

Fleming's Trust On Astle!
( Astle given the ball for last over, Is this a Gamble? )​

After a long discussion from Fleming,Astle,Oram & Mills, NZ skipper finally came to an conclusion to give Astle the last over.

It suprised everyone in the stadium including the NZ coach! There were lot of bowling options -- Mills, Oram & Styris. Leaving all these options & going for Astle is a big gamble. NZ have already a lost a recent match with Mcmillan bowling the last over against England in one of the series Astle have bowled well so far in this innings but trusting him in this situation over the specialist bowlers is a huge risk.

It seemed that Fleming want to utilise the dew factor with Astle. As the ball is just skidding from the hands of the bowlers, Astle was expected to be effective than the fast bowlers in Fleming's opinion!

Suprised Field Setting!

Adding to bowling selection suprise, the fielding which Fleming set for Astle has suprised even more. From the field setting, it was expected that line to be straight wanting the batsmen to make mistakes like going over the top! Any edges wud easily find its way to the boundary as there are no fielders there! At the same time, fielders are very alert near the boundary!

Fleming's main intension is to prevent the boundary as run a ball won't do any harm for Kiwis. But for Bangladesh, they have to look for handy edges for boundaries! Excitement & Tension are widespread at the moment!


Bangladesh :- 218/7(49)
Mashud : 24*(28)
Mortaza : 0*(2)


Astle having The Ball.... Mortaza On Strike!
Bangladesh require 10 Runs from 6 Balls!
Bond : 5/18 ( 10 Overs )

 

[plympilgrim]

come on you banglas you can do it, with the field spread wide look for the gaps and two's

 

[Pakistani Army]

Astle.......pressure.....
lol
I think Kiwis will win

 

[surendar]

LIVE​

Champions Trophy06,India
NewZealand Vs Bangladesh
Semi Finals,Live From Mohali.

Astle's Hattrick Took NZ To Finals!
( Astle Suprised everyone with the Hattrick )​

With Astle given the ball, many of NZ supporters were not happy. They felt Fleming might have gone with Oram or Mills. But Astle gave a shock to all the spectators by taking a hattrick in first three balls finishing off Bangla's innings in style & taking his team to the finals!

49.1 -- Mortaza Dismissed By Astle!

Astle bowled an normal medium pace delivery which Mortaza attempted to go over the top by a backfoot shot. But Mortaza was completely decieved and missed the ball which striked the stumps. Mortaza was clean bowled by Astle.

Mortaza can't believe that he missed the medium pace delivery. He was disappointed very much and gave a worried look at his partner Mashud! Fleming was very much excited as his suprise change have started off well & this ( Wickets ) was what Kiwis needed! The entire NZ team was delighted and continued their celebrations.

Mortaza walked back to the pavilion & Razzak replaced Mortaza at the crease joining Mashud. There was some discussion between Mashud & Razzak... Razzak's main job is to pick single now and give strike to his well settled partner! Fleming maintained the same field setup and the pressure is slightly higher on Bangla than Kiwis but still the tension remained the same among fans & dressing rooms!

49.2 -- Razzak,The Second Victim of Astle!

Astle started his runnerup to deliver the second ball... The ball skidded fast from Astle's hands which turned as a bad line delivery offering width for the batsman... Razzak, tried to go over the huge gap in offside but was very unlucky that he got an thick edge & ball went towards the keeper. McCullum took an comfortable catch behind the stumps and Astle striked once again for Kiwis!

This was very unfortunate way of getting out.. Width was provided and Razzak did not get the timing right! Razzak made his way towards the dressing room with his head down. Kiwis took the complete control of the game with that wicket as there was just one wicket remaining & still 10 Runs needed from last 4 balls. Fleming & his team were brought together once again for the celebration.

Mashud have no idea of what to do with only one wicket left. Hossain was the new batsman at the crease. All Bangla needed is just a single to bring Mashud on strike! But Astle finished off in style!

49.3 -- HatTrick for Astle & Victory For Kiwis!

Fleming still maintained the same field inspite of more pressure on Bangla! Everyone was expecting to attack Hossain with slips etc.. NZ coach was very restless in the dressing room while Bangla dressing room was still filled with tension and worries!

Astle bowled the third delivery of this over and Hossian tried to work it on legside for a single but got an inside edge which made the ball to strike the stumps. This finishes the entire innings of Bangladesh. Astle got hattrick for the first time in his career! That too, hattrick in this stage of a big tournament is somewat special for Astle.

After the dismissal, Fleming ran towards Astle and lifted him and all the players started jumping on each other and celebrated this victory! Coach from kiwis dressing room came to the field quickly and joined the celebration of Kiwis. All NZ fans were very much excited and found jumping on their seats. Meanwhile, there was some disappointments among Bangla fans but they were bit contented to see their team having progressed to this stage of a big tournament. Also, Bangla coach and players came to the field and cheered each other for applying so much efforts in this tournament!

After the celebrations, NZ & Bangla players exchanged the warm handshakes and also with umpires. It still remain a great shock not becos of this victory but becos of Astle's hattrick in the crucial stage of the big match! With this Victory, Kiwis make a progress to the finals of Champions Trophy!

Bangladesh ScoreCard

NZ Bowling

In batting, there were some good starts from Bashar,Aftab,Ashraful,Saleh but they were unable to convert it to a huge one. Mashud was looking good but unfortunately did not get the strike in last over.

In bowling, all the bowlers performed well.Bond was excellent of all. Astle's last over with the hattrick won the game for Kiwis. Only Vettori was expensive but he provided an major breakthrough of getting rid of Bashar. Overall, it was a great bowling display by Kiwis!

Astle's Hattrick Qualifies NZ for Finals!
Bangladesh Eliminated in SemiFinals
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[Deleted member 13648]

Woah! A hat-trick, have you had one before in your story Suren?

C'mon New Zealand glad they're through!

 

[surendar]

Woah! A hat-trick, have you had one before in your story Suren?

No.. infact its first time i got in 05 game! i myself was suprised to experience that!

 

[Roofrom50]

Nathan Astle is on fire. A hattrick in this game, and the man of the series in my Game.

 

[plympilgrim]

oh well shame about banglas exit, great work as ever suren keep it up

 

[Pakistani Army]

Great works Suren (as usual)
Well Done to the Kiwis

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Oh everybody is here .i m only late for the party . Congrats Kiwwis . Now Be tah champions

 

[treva]

Great bowling by Astle when it counted

Nice win for the Kiwi's and looking forward to the 2nd semi-final

 

[shravi]

Great bowling by Astle. I hope to see a New Zealand vs India Final.