India 260/9 (50.0 ov)
Pakistan
India won the toss and elected to bat
Innings break
- India RR 5.20
- Last 5 ovs 39/3 RR 7.80
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| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR | This bowler | Last 5 ovs | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | |||||||||
| *Munaf Patel(rhb) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 (0b) | 0 (0b) | 61 | 74 | 15 | 6.72 | |||||||||
| Suresh Raina(lhb) | 36 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 92.30 | 5 (6b) | 22 (14b) | 114 | 2713 | 116* | 35.69 | |||||||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | This spell | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Econ | |||||||
| *Wahab Riaz(lfm) | 10.0 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 4.60 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 2-0-11-1 | 18 | 31 | 5/46 | 5.21 | |||||||
| Umar Gul(rfm) | 8.0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 8.62 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1-0-10-0 | 88 | 133 | 6/42 | 5.07 | |||||||
Recent overs . 1 . W 1 1 | 1lb . 2 1wd . 4 . | 1 1 1 1 2 4 | . W 1 1 W 2 Current partnership 2 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 12.00 (Raina 2, Patel 0) Last Bat A Nehra run out 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00 Fall of wicket: 258/9 (49.5 ov); Partnership: 2 runs, 0.3 overs, RR: 4.00 (Nehra 1, Raina 1) Umpire reviews remaining India 0 (1 successful, 2 unsuccessful); Pakistan 1 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful) |
End of over 50 (4 runs) India 260/9 (RR: 5.20)
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49.6 | Wahab Riaz to Raina, 2 runs | ||||||||||||||
49.5 | Wahab Riaz to Nehra, OUT, Nehra's been watching too much of Zaheer! A big swing, nowhere near it ... but Raina calls him through for one! Kamran throws to Riaz, who runs back and takes the bails off, Nehra doesn't bother to dive, easily run out | ||||||||||||||
A Nehra run out 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00 | |||||||||||||||
49.4 | Wahab Riaz to Raina, 1 run, full, fast and swinging! Raina jams down on it to send the ball to long-on | ||||||||||||||
49.3 | Wahab Riaz to Nehra, 1 run, Nehra does the right thing, just putting bat to ball and taking a single to gully | ||||||||||||||
Plenty of applause from the Pakistan dressing room for Wahab, although interestingly not from Shoaib Akhtar ... | |||||||||||||||
49.2 | Wahab Riaz to Khan, OUT, gone! Caught behind, it was only a matter of time. Another enormous heave, this time he does lay bat on ball but it's a thin edge and safely pouched by Kamran. Five wickets for Wahab Riaz in a World Cup semi-final! | ||||||||||||||
Z Khan c †Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 9 (10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 90.00 | |||||||||||||||
49.1 | Wahab Riaz to Khan, no run, predictably, Zaheer clears the left leg, shuts the eyes and swings ... nowhere near it. He just needs to lay bat on ball! | ||||||||||||||
Riaz to bowl the final over, Zaheer on strike. | |||||||||||||||
End of over 49 (10 runs) India 256/7 (RR: 5.22)
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Spoo looks on the bright side: "Looking positively, this has been one of the best batting powerplays for India this WC. They have discovered the method to deal with them. Lose all wickets early so you don't have anything to lose." | |||||||||||||||
48.6 | Umar Gul to Raina, FOUR, shot! Raina walks across to off stump, and picks a half-volley up and over fine leg ... the fielder is inside the circle there, and once it was past him it was four | ||||||||||||||
48.5 | Umar Gul to Raina, 2 runs, yet another full toss, Raina drives along the ground to wide long-off ... they take on the fielder's arm, Umar Akmal it is out there, and they're back for the second! | ||||||||||||||
And Raina asks for a change of bat now | |||||||||||||||
48.4 | Umar Gul to Khan, 1 run, Zaheer slams a full toss down the ground ... and another great piece of fielding from Pakistan! Younis Khan it is this time, sliding across from long-off to save runs. Still, 250 up for India | ||||||||||||||
Long-off, long-on and deep square leg are on the boundary | |||||||||||||||
48.3 | Umar Gul to Raina, 1 run, full toss again, but it's low. Raina attempts to heave it down the ground, but the ball hits the toe of the bat, making a weak, woody sound, and falls well short of the man at long-on | ||||||||||||||
48.2 | Umar Gul to Khan, 1 run, another full toss and Zaheer, backing away to leg, manages to carve into the off side to get Raina back on strike | ||||||||||||||
"Gul's only good ball today, and Pakistan's only good piece of fielding," shouts Nitin | |||||||||||||||
48.1 | Umar Gul to Raina, 1 run, swinging yorker, right on the toes! Raina gets an inside edge on it, and that looks to be heading for the fine leg boundary ... but no! Riaz dives at short fine to cut it off | ||||||||||||||
End of over 48 (8 runs) India 246/7 (RR: 5.12)
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47.6 | Wahab Riaz to Khan, no run, another ungainly swipe, Zaheer backing away to leg, and he hits nothing but fresh air. This is crazy batting | ||||||||||||||
47.5 | Wahab Riaz to Khan, FOUR, this is comedic stuff! How has he hit that for four? Riaz fires one in full and fast, and it's a case of ball hitting bat, a leading edge loops over the infield and rolls to the wide third man boundary. Well, they're runs no matter how you get them | ||||||||||||||
47.4 | Wahab Riaz to Khan, no run, Zaheer is batting like a No. 11 out there, again he clears the left leg and swings the bat in hope. Past the outside edge. Well, no danger of the lbw at least! | ||||||||||||||
47.4 | Wahab Riaz to Khan, 1 wide, Riaz switches to round the wicket and attempts to fire in the yorker, but it's too far outside off | ||||||||||||||
47.3 | Wahab Riaz to Khan, 2 runs, well, same shot this time he manages to get bat on ball but that is a shocking effort! The ball loops up, and Zaheer is lucky to survive as it drops safely in the deep near cover. They're back for the second | ||||||||||||||
47.2 | Wahab Riaz to Khan, no run, hmm, interesting shot from Zaheer, he clears the left leg and then flings the bat out, apparently with his eyes shut. Doesn't get close to laying bat on ball | ||||||||||||||
47.1 | Wahab Riaz to Raina, 1 leg bye, ... and immediately validates the decision with a superb, swinging yorker! Raina manages to get something in the way of the ball, and they sprint through for a leg bye | ||||||||||||||
Riaz replaces the out-of-sorts Gul ... | |||||||||||||||
End of over 47 (3 runs) India 238/7 (RR: 5.06)
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46.6 | Saeed Ajmal to Raina, 1 run, Ajmal comes round the wicket, zoning in on leg stumps and Raina flicks off the pads to keep strike | ||||||||||||||
46.5 | Saeed Ajmal to Khan, 1 run, yet another doosra, Zaheer steps forward and defends into space at cover, and Raina immediately calls for the single | ||||||||||||||
Slip immediately in for Zaheer | |||||||||||||||
46.4 | Saeed Ajmal to Harbhajan Singh, OUT, doosra, missed and stumped! Harbhajan jumped down the wicket and aimed for the straight boundary, but ran straight past the ball and is easily stumped by several metres. Ajmal the clear winner in the battle between the two offspinners | ||||||||||||||
Harbhajan Singh st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 12 (15b 2x4 0x6) SR: 80.00 | |||||||||||||||
Ha, what has Ajmal done here? He trots to the crease, then stops as he gathers and gives Harbhajan a smile. A touch of gamesmanship, but it's all in good fun. | |||||||||||||||
46.3 | Saeed Ajmal to Harbhajan Singh, no run, well, Harbhajan wasn't picked the doosra when he first came in but he seems to be doing so now. Defended | ||||||||||||||
46.2 | Saeed Ajmal to Raina, 1 run, a touch too full, Raina steps forward and drives to long-on | ||||||||||||||
| Commentator Liam Brickhill | Scorer S Balasubramanian | |||||||||||||||
