19.6Mohammad Amir to Watson, 1 leg bye, Watson dances outside leg, Amir follows the batsman with a full ball and hits the pad. They pinch one
19.5Mohammad Amir to Watson, SIX, Watson plonks his front leg out of the way and hits it over midwicket 19.4Mohammad Amir to Watson, FOUR, change of pace, 126ks, shortish, fools Watson. He now has a wry smile on his face. Pulls and sends a top edge over the keeper 19.3Mohammad Amir to Smith, 1 leg bye, Smith backs away, Amir follows him with an offcutting ball and hits the pad 19.2Mohammad Amir to Smith, no run, Smith backs away, aims to ramp over short third man. This short ball veers in and climbs over the stumps 19.1Mohammad Amir to Smith, no run, Amir bangs it short on middle, Smith swats and connects only with thin air Rishav: "With fine leg up amir bowls a bouncer. Grace heaven that wasnt a boundary" 19.1Mohammad Amir to Watson, 2 wides, slower, short ball down leg, beats the hook. Wide 7.6Imad Wasim to Maxwell, 1 run, length ball on off, this is punched down to long-off n the front foot Uer: "Today is bowled Day. Bringing back memories of 90s !" 7.5 Imad Wasim to Smith, 1 run, full on off, driven down to long-off 7.4Imad Wasim to Smith, FOUR, full and heading down leg, Smith goes low and sweeps it, beating fine leg's slide in the deep 7.3Imad Wasim to Maxwell, 1 run, flat and straight, shovelled to long-on Maxi ahead of Watson 7.2Imad Wasim to Finch, OUT, The arm-ball does the trick. Australia's top-three batsmen have all been bowled. This rushes on off the surface, snakes in, keeps low. Beats Finch's defences and raps middle AJ Finch b Imad Wasim 15 (16b 1x4 0x6) SR: 93.75 7.1Imad Wasim to Finch, no run, darted outside off, cuts and misses Arunav: "Is it just me or Sami looked funny chasing that ball?" akhil: "What is afridi doing here??? he needs to bring in imad wasim" 6.6Shahid Afridi to Finch, 1 run, slides on, turns a bit outside off, chopped to Amir at short third man 6.5Shahid Afridi to Finch, no run, skiddy ball on middle, Finch inches forward and blocks it back Sujjad: "Wahab is on fire...."s 6.4Shahid Afridi to Smith, 1 run, flat and quick on off, stays back and whips it away through midwicket 6.3Shahid Afridi to Finch, 1 run, low full toss on off, bunted to long-on 6.2Shahid Afridi to Smith, 1 run, down the track and mis-hits a drive to the right of Afridi 6.1Shahid Afridi to Finch, 1 run, slides on outside off, 94ks, forced through the covers Afridi replaces Sami waqas: "waoooo wahab you beauty 148.1ks " "Cricket is not cricket without Afridi," reads a banner in the stands 5.6Wahab Riaz to Smith, 4 leg byes, short and on the leg stump, Smith raises his bat up, the ball kisses the thigh and runs away fine on the leg side 5.5Wahab Riaz to Smith, 4 runs, short and on off, Smith gets across off, snaps his wrists and turns it through midwicket. Lazy chase from Sami, allows an all-run four 5.4Wahab Riaz to Smith, no run, back of a length and angled away outside off, Smith ventures across off and pushes it to the covers 5.3Wahab Riaz to Finch, 1 run, back of a length and slanting away outside off, skewed to leg off an inside edge 5.2Wahab Riaz to Smith, 1 run, Smith shuffles across off instantly and nudges this behind square Smith at No.4 5.1Wahab Riaz to Warner, OUT, Wahab nails the stumps again, hits the top of middle. Warner is gone now. 148.1ks dynamite! Back of a length and ducks back in, Warner, who had aimed to make swinging room and open up the off side, is caught in an awkward tangle. Wahab KO's Warner. The stumps light up... DA Warner b Wahab Riaz 9 (6b 2x4 0x6) SR: 150.00 4.6Mohammad Sami to Warner, 1 run, nice and full on middle, Warner pings a drive to mid-off 4.5Mohammad Sami to Warner, no run, Warner feigns to move away outside leg, this is fired full on middle, the left-hander adjusts and punches to short cover, where there is a tumbling save Sami is leaking runs 4.4 Mohammad Sami to Warner, FOUR, back of a length and width outside off, 143ks, Warner climbs onto it, slapped to the right of point ASC: "Semifinal predictions - NZ vs SA and WI vs AUS" Subodh Yeole: "Glad to see Finch back! You just can't sit outside when you're the number 1 ranked player." 4.3 Mohammad Sami to Finch, 1 run, short on off, just below 140ks, punchily played to mid-on for one 4.2Mohammad Sami to Finch, no run, back of a length and outside off, punched crisply to mid-off Afridi walks up to Sami and has a word with the bowler 4.1 Mohammad Sami to Finch, FOUR, short and outside off, 141ks, Finch uses the pace of Sami. Chopped hard into the ground, the ball bounces over backward point, and rolls away to the fence 4.6 Sami to Warner, 1 run, change of pace and on a fuller length, Warner had to delay his shot and does so, sends it wide of mid-off and retains strike with the single 4.5 Sami to Warner, no run, fuller and attacking the stumps, Warner stays leg-side of the ball, opens the bat face and drives to short extra cover, who did well to move quickly and field the ball 4.4 Sami to Warner, FOUR, consecutive boundaries for Warner. He seems to be a man with intent. Again Sami offers width outside off and pays the price, Warner cracks it past the diving cover-point fielder, raced across the turf 4.3 Sami to Finch, 1 run, back of a length on the stumps, Finch stays behind the line and punches it straight past the bowler, mid-on moves across and keeps it to a singl 4.2 Sami to Finch, no run, back of a length and outside off, punched off the back foot to mid-off 4.1 Sami to Finch, FOUR, first boundary for Finch. Shortish and just outside off, Finch had the slightest of rooms to free his arms, cuts it hard on the practice wickets and the ball bounces over backward point Mohammad Sami [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack 3.6Wahab Riaz to Warner, FOUR 3.5Wahab Riaz to Warner, no run, 140ks, inswinging yorker, dug out Warner at No.3 3.4 Wahab Riaz to Khawaja, OUT, Wahab has Khawaja now. He lets out a roar. Khawaja steps away outside leg to crash this through the covers. But this was a full missile. Khawaja can't make contact. Thde left-arm quick pings the middle stump. It gets tilted back UT Khawaja b Wahab Riaz 21 (16b 3x4 1x6) SR: 131.25 3.3 Riaz to Khawaja, no run 3.2 Riaz to Khawaja, SIX, massive! That made a great sound when ball made contact with the bat. Short of a length and on off, Khawaja is too good on the pull, rocked back and nailed the pull over the deep square leg fielder, 3.1 Riaz to Finch, 1 run, immediately tests the bounce on the wicket. Banged in halfway down and around the ribs, Finch is one-leg to play the pull, is hurried onto the shot and can only glove it to short fine leg Wahab Riaz, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack 2.6Mohammad Amir to Khawaja, no run 2.5Mohammad Amir to Finch, 3 runs, back of a length and angled outside off, Finch stands tall and balanced as he punchily drives it through the covers. Umar chases hard, slides, snatches the ball, but fumbles a bit by the edge of the boundary. He recovers the ball with his right foot inside the ad skirting round the wicket Lvs1:45: "Wow what a powerful backlit khawaja has. No wonder it generates tremendous power ." 2.4 Mohammad Amir to Finch, no run, length and just a shade outside off, Finch hacks it to the midwicket region, off the inside half 2.3Mohammad Amir to Khawaja, 1 run, full at off, dropped in front of the covers for one 2.2Mohammad Amir to Khawaja, no run, length ball, offcutter, rips through the gate, and climbs over the off stump. Khawaja had no clue about that 2.1Mohammad Amir to Finch, 1 run, short and on middle and leg, pulled to the right of mid-on 1.6Mohammad Sami to Khawaja, FOUR, shortish and outside off, Khawaja creates more leeway by stepping outside leg. He drills it away to cover point, where Malik fumbles now, letting it sneak through the legs. Malik din't get hid body behind the ball. Sloppy 1.5Mohammad Sami to Finch, 1 run, back of a length, 144ks, Sami raps Finch high on the bat. Played in front of mid-on for a well-judged single 1.4Mohammad Sami to Khawaja, 1 run, very, very wristy! Khawaja steps forward, takes it from a fourth-stump line and manoeuvres it behind square leg 1.3 Sami to Khawaja, wide 1.2 Sami to Khawaja, no run, gets away with this one. Too straight, on middle and leg, Khawaja gets inside the line and tucks it to short fine, straight to the fielder and either side would have meant four more 1.1 Sami to Khawaja, FOUR, horrible delivery. Short and down leg, would have been a wide had Khawaja let it go. Instead, he helps it along the way with a pull, no chance for the fielder in the deep and bad start for Sami Mohammad Sami, right-arm fast, comes into the attack 0.6 Amir to Finch, no run, angled across the right-hander, Finch playing his first game after a while decides to have a sighter. Covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go. Top over that from Amir! 0.5 Amir to Khawaja, 1 run, becomes too greedy. Tries to shape it away from middle and leg, ends up drifting onto the legs, whipped away to fine leg. Where the fielder does well to get his body behind the line 0.4 Amir to Khawaja, FOUR, streaky! Amir shouldn't be too displeased with that. He had Khawaja in all sorts of tangle. Fuller and straightens around off, Khawaja is squared up completely and the leading edge races away through extra cover. How good are the bats these days? 0.3 Amir to Khawaja, no run, beauty! Back of a length and outside off, Khawaja has a flirt at that and is beaten. This certainly jagged away off the surface. Finch goes up and has a word with his partner 0.2 Amir to Khawaja, no run 0.1 Amir to Khawaja, no run, straightaway on the money, good length ball just outside off, Khawaja was in a dilemma whether to play or leave. No movement though and Khawaja decides better to let it pass. Hardly carried to Sarfraz Khawaja and Finch are at the crease. Khawaja is on strike. Amir will open the attack |
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