short of a length, Murali goes for the big swing, and misses, the ball misses the stumps too, but Delhi have completeed a solid comeback
Daredevils vs CSK, 9th match at Durban, IPL, Apr 23 2009 - Match Result
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MS Dhoni: "Thanks to Hayden we were close. They were remarkable with their death bowling, we were nowhere close to that. I hope our bowlers are paying attention." Is Flintoff listening? Well, he did bowl at the death and was licked by AB
AB de Villers, Man of the Match: "I was a little bit scratchy, and there was a little bit good fortune, thanks to Albie." Albie dropped AB just after the 50, it's a good idea to remind your compatriot of the costly drop. Not that Chennai will be forgetting that anytime soon.
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This one could qualify as a choke. After the Hayden blitz, Chennai required 84 from 10 overs, with eight wickets in hand. And when Raina got out, they were still the favourites, 51 required off 35, and Flintoff and Morkel still in. But then they choked, losing wickets, imploding amid sensible bowling and sharp fielding by Delhi. Bowling changes worked perfectly for them, especially with Sangwan and Vettori. All in all, the first close match of the tournament. Dharmin reminds: "Even last year the two teams had a similar contest with Chennai chasing about 188. Chennai won that one after Gony hit 15 runs in last over. No repeat of that this time."
and it's all over for Chennai, Delhi have won it, a full delivery, Morkel looks to clear his leg and hit big, and the same story repeats, the inside half of the bat, and only a single to long-on
this is not smart from Bala, Morkel fails to hit a full and wide delivery, but Bala for some reason wants the single, Morkel doesn't. Sangwan from cover flicks it to the bowler, and Bala is at the strikers' end
We are down to Morkel now, three boundaries will do it
Warner, the substitute, makes the difference again. Joginder hit a fullish delivery straight to mid-off and ran, and gave up half-way through, and Warner hit the middle stump out of the ground
just short of a length, Joginder slaps it to wide of long-on, and they take two again. Surprising? Wouldn't they want Morkel on strike?
Joginder makes room, lofts it over extra cover, but they stroll only for two
Joginder Sharma is in, 15 required off the last over
and he has run himself out now, hit powerfully towards Sehwag at cover, who underarms it to Vettori, and Gony is slow and short of the crease. What a twist. The crucial second was lost in this run-out because of a near-collission between the batsmen
and Gony turns it around, Vettori had bowled so far this game, with this flighted delivery is clubbed from down on a knee, this could well be eight over midwicket boundary
lovely bowling again, Morkel looks to make room, Vettori follows with an arm-ball, getting just a leg-bye
a dot ball, and a wicket, Badri, who looked out of place through the innings, steps out, and hits a flat delivery straight to Warner, the substitute, at long-off. How Delhi have come back. Good move too, to keep Vettori for the death
nice arm-ball, quick, angled in, and Morkel just turns it around to square leg, it was more than 100ks
Badri steps out, full, on the target, no room for Badri, and only a single to long-off
What a thriller we have here. Delhi have pulled Cehnnai back appreciably. Two runs a ball required now. And the wily Vettori is on, bowling the penultimate over
low fulltoss, ends a superb over, only five singles, Badri can't capitalise on the fulltoss, just managing to get it past Nehra
another full, late-swinging delivery, and Morkel clears his front leg, and gets the inside half of his bat again, only a single to midwicket
lovely, in-swinging yorker, dot ball. Could have been much more, Morkel looks for a leg bye, but the ball has gone to Karthik, who tries to throw the stumps down, with the gloves on, and just misses. 26 off 14 now
Badri tries to get out, steps out, chips it limple, from the pads, and it falls just short of a running-in square leg
full, swinging in, Morkel looks for a big hit, and gets only the inside half of the bat, and a single to square leg
almost a yorker, Badri goes for the big hit, manages a mis-hit towards lonmg-off, for a single
Nehra to continue
and Badri goes thirdman again, just outside off, Badri waits for it and opens the face at the last moment. Only 5 off the over, makes it tighter, 29 off 18
another short ball, and he survives again, Morkel looks to cut it through covers, but finds Gambhir at extra cover
Kingsmead, Durban | |
Toss | Delhi Daredevils, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2009 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 12.30 start, First Session 12.30-13.45, Interval 13.45-14.00, Second Session 14.00-15.15 |
Match days | 23 April 2009 - day (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Delhi Daredevils 2, Chennai Super Kings 0 |
Over 20 • CSK 180/9