absolutely zero! Afridi hooks a short ball and gets a top edge over short fine leg, the ball bounces inside the boundary but runs over the rope, actually it might be given as a single if the batsmen crossed before the ball went over the boundary, nope it has been declared a four
CSK vs Chargers, 26th match at Chennai, IPL, May 06 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Chargers won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
11.13 pm local time: The Deccan Chargers have registered their second victory of the tournament. They've lost several close games during the first six matches but they won this by seven wickets and two overs to spare, which is a massive margin. Deccan's bowlers led the way by restricting Chennai to 144. Ojha in particular was impressive in the manner with which he tied up and then dismissed Dhoni.
Once Gilchrist got going, the match was over as a contest. He raced away to a half-century and Chennai were never in the game after that.
Chennai have now slumped to their third consecutive defeat, the second one at home. They have severe top-order issues to sort out for Parthiv, Fleming and the No 3, who keeps changing, are just not clicking. The frequent fall of wickets at the top curtails the stroke-makers that follow in the lower-middle order. Dhoni has echoed that thought at the presentation ceremony, saying that the top order is playing too many shots too soon.
Adam Gilchrist is the Man of the Match for his superb fifty and the way he captained the side in the absence of Laxman.
Thank you for tuning in to the coverage of today's game, and for all your emails. See you tomorrow, same time, same place. This is George Binoy signing off, good night.
What are the chances that Afridi wins this with a single?
there are six of them! the length is full once again and Afridi slogs it high and far over deep midwicket, the scores are level
Only seven more runs to win now.
full toss on the pads, Afridi moves across and nudges the ball off his pads towards the fine leg boundary
well he's smashed him now! Afridi sees the full length and blasts the ball over the extra cover boudnary on the front foot, he didn't time it perfectly but it still went the distance
well I lost that one, Joginder bowled a bouncer and Afridi tamely ducked under it
I'm betting Afridi will try and smash Joginder.
a full ball swings into styris who opens the face and runs the ball towards third man off the front foot
it's Murali's last ball and Afridi decides to defend it watchfully off the front foot
Styris moves forward and drives through point for one
defended on the front foot towards the off side
Styris misses the flick and gets hit on the pad once again
Murali fires the ball down leg side, Styris misses the flick, that is a wide
another doosra on off stump, Styris defends off the front foot to the off side
The Chennai crowd cheers as Afridi walks to the middle.
Sharma's holed out! He stepped out of his crease and was looking to loft the ball over deep midwicket, it was the doosra from Murali and Sharma got a thick leading edge that swirled high in the air towards Badrinath who settles under the catch at long on
Murali's back for another spell.
that is high and six! Styris backs away towards the leg side, Morkel follows him and Styris gets under the length ball and lofts the ball high over deep midwicket, it didn't clear the boundary by much but it went miles in the air
full length on middle and leg, Sharma leans forward and flicks off his pads towards long leg
Stryis latches on to a short ball and pulls towards deep square leg, Deccan are cruising here
Sharma plants his front foot forward and lofts the ball across the line towards deep square leg
Sharma moves across his stumps and tries to hook a quick short ball, he takes his eyes off the ball and gets hit squarely on the helmet
Styris makes room by moving towards the leg side and drives towards long off
Morkel's back into the attack.
a full ball angles into off and middle stump, Styris stays in his crease and swings the ball through midwicket for a single
Over 18 • DCH 148/3
Chargers won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)