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[Highlander999]

Cool, can't wait to see what happens

 

[dullah]

Great presentation. Good comeback by the Indians. South Africa should look to score big time in the last 5 overs.

Good works

 

[surendar]

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India In SouthAfrica
India Vs SouthAfrica
Twenty20 Match,Johannesburg.
End of SA Innings.

Target 210 for India!
( Morkel's suprise hittings took SA to cross 200 mark )

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Well, with last hopes of SA on Boucher and Pollock, Indian skipper doesn't want them to score freely and hence introduced another slow left arm/spinner, Yuvraj Singh. This indeed was a big gamble, but after clicking of Sehwag, Dhoni was confident on Yuvi as well. Yuvi indeed started off well against Pollock.

Free-Hit frustrated Yuvraj.

First three balls of Yuvraj was exceptional. Two of those decieved Pollock to the keeper and the third one went straight to fielder. These enhanced the pressure on SouthAfrica. All these pressures got released when Yuvi bowled a no ball. : Spinner bowling a no ball is one of the worst things to happen for any team.

Pollock, with great difficulty, put that no ball in gaps perfectly. However, it was well fielded near the boundary and it allowed Pollock to return for the second run. The umpire announced a free hit in next ball. Dhoni just made sure that field is well spreaded.

In free hit delivery, Yuvi attempted to bowl in the block hole, but Pollock gave himself some room and smashed that away in style for the maximum. It went very high with great distance resulting in a huge huge six. Yuvraj was just able to gave a sarcastic smile. Apart from this free hit, it indeed was a very fine over from Yuvraj. Dhoni introduced Pathan into the attack.

Boucher, The Victim of Pathan!

It was when both Boucher and Pollock were going on nicely, Pathan brought a crucial breakthrough by getting rid of Boucher.

He changed his bowling angle. In one of the deliveries, Boucher moved well enough to make a good contact with the ball and attempted a big shot in offside. But, the ball landed safely in Zaheer's hands, who was standing near the boundary ropes.

This brought lot of frustrations to Boucher as he thought that it was a Six for a moment. He returned to the pavilion with disappointments and celebrations continued for India. Botha arrived as the new batsman.

Pollock, The Victim of Zaheer.

After Pathan's over, Dhoni doesn't want Yuvi to continue. He brought back Zaheer into the attack. Infact that over produced two wickets which delighted the Indian skipper very much.

Pollock was the first one to go. The batsman went over Zaheer blindy and as a result, ball failed to make a proper contact with the ball. It got the top edge and it went very high in the air. Murali Kartik came running forward to take that catch. But as soon as he(Murali) realised that its going to fell short of him, he made a brilliant/exceptional dive and managed to get hold of that ball finally. It was an amazing catch.

The fielders went running towards Kartik and lifted him also to celebrate the departure of Pollock. Batsman gave a smile and started walking towards the pavilion with nodding his head. Morkel replaced Pollock.

In the same over, Botha got dismissed while trying to pull Zaheer over the fielder, Kartik(who was standing in inner circle this time). The power of that shot wasn't sufficient enough to cross Murali and hence, it ended as an easy catch for the fielder(Murali). Two wickets in same over brought back Zaheer's confidence after his expensive intial spell.

Fireworks from Morkel!

For some strange reason, Dhoni stopped Pathan(who bowled his previous over so well) and sticked with Yuvraj again. This bowling change seemed to be very strange as both the previous overs were wicket producing overs. Infact, it costed a lot for Indians. :

Morkel went blindly over Yuvraj which included a huge SIX and three magnificent boundaries. That huge six came in offside which made Dhoni to curse himself for bringing Yuvi back instead of Pathan. All the three fours were smashed in leg side. The fielders stood clueless and suprised of this attacking approach from Morkel.

But, in the end, Yuvraj got his revenge by getting rid of Morkel. The same wildness of Morkel costed his own wicket. Raina took a safe catch near the boundary, but it was too late to get this breakthrough as SouthAfrica had crossed 200 that time.

Last over was given to Pathan and infact, he did his job well by bowling a tight last over. SouthAfrica finally ended with the score of 209 for the loss of 9 wickets. Everyone left the field for the short break and change of innings.

SA Scorecard.

Well, with India coming back very well into the game in middle, it was Morkel who had spoiled the entire scenario for India. His(Morkel's) quick fire helped SouthAfrica to cross 200 at ease. Chasing 210 is never going to a easy task against the strong bowling attack of home team. But with promising, young players in Indian side, its still possible. Have to wait and see how this contest turns out between these two teams. Stay tuned!



SA : 209/9( 20 Overs)
A.Hall : 10*(5)
D.Steyn : 1*(2)

J.Morkel : 25(8) Dismissed by Yuvraj.
J.Botha : 0(2) Dismissed by Zaheer.
S.Pollock : 21(20) Dismissed by Zaheer.
M.Boucher : 6(11) Dismissed by Pathan.


V.Sehwag : 3/36(4 Overs)
M.Kartik : 2/31(4 Overs )
Yuvraj Singh : 1/27(2 Overs)
I.Pathan : 1/32(4 Overs)
Z.Khan : 2/38(3 Overs)
Sreesanth : 0/42(3 Overs)

India need 210 from 20 Overs.

 

[gamerkid22]

Well A.Morkel should have sent up the order as he has the potential to bat. Anyways 209 is a good target and Indians will have some problems in chasing it. Sehwag has to fire for India.

 

[treva]

Gamer your thinking of the other Morkel. Great late hitting to set India a tough target. Should be a good chase...

 

[Highlander999]

209 is a big total but I have confidence in you Suren.

Amazing work mate and good luck in SOTM

 

[Spoobir]

Huge total by SAF there, Yuvi will have to make up for his 9 run ball with some great batting.

Brilliant Pres!

 

[gamerkid22]

Gamer your thinking of the other Morkel.

I don't think so. Well JA Morkel is Johannes Albertus Morkel i.e. Albie Morkel who is a good all-rounder and his elder brother is Morne Morkel who just bowls

 

[treva]

Ahh yes. The JA Morkel fooled me

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Very good score by South Africa. They cant think that they have won that easily. India will give them a tough time! Yuvraj and Dhoni would be the key batsmen.

 

[icyman]

Good comeback by India.
To restrict SA from 70/0 in 5overs to 209 is a pretty good comeback.
The T20 Champs will be high on confidence now.
I reckon we should get this one,suren.

 

[Pakistani Army]

The Indians have done very well. Sehwag was the pick of the bowlers with his 3 wickets. It just goes to show how crucial Spin plays a part in Twenty20 Matches.

 

[innes]

so how come you use cricket 05, and not 07?
love the stort man.. looks like your going to sotm!

 

[Deleted member 13648]

Wow, good score posted. I reckon you'll get it though Suren. USE THE FORCE!

Nice presentation as always

 

[surendar]

:happy Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments and views :happy

Here comes the weekend.. So, updates coming soon!