Cricket Nut

E-mail Subscription

Receive an e-mail notification of new posts on this site:

Spotlight Posts

GAME 1 - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders

[ more ]

Cricket Nut

GAME 37 - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers

May 16th 2008 23:20

DELHI 4/194 (Gambhir 79,Dharwan 68 no)

HYDERABAD 9/182 (Sharma 35, Rao 34, Afridi 33 - Mishra 5/17, Maharoof 2/39)

DELHI wins by 12 runs

An entertaining high scoring game - gotta love that. Set up by the high flyiing Delhi top order who bludgeoned 194 for the loss of just 4 wickets. While Sehwag failed his opening partner and top scorer in this competition Gambhir and middle order dynamo Dharwan both scored big fifties to get the sizeable total on the board.

Chasing the target All of the the Deccan chargers top orer got a start but no one scored more than 35 making the task really hard. The lower order collapsed under some great bowling from Mishra who took 5 for 17 and won the Man of the Match. The Deccan Chargers just needed one of the top order to make a 50 and they would have won this game.

The highly fancied team from Hyderabad now look like definitely missing the finals and have been massively dissappointing in this tournament.

Delhi look really threatening with their menacing top order capable of posting big scores and a bowling line up that takes wickets and limits opposing sides. They are looking good for a finals place

Vote

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: Shan Jayaweera - Category: No Category

Email this Post to a Friend

GAME 36 - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings

May 16th 2008 22:59

CHENNAI 6/156 (Badrinath 53, Dhoni 43 - Kulkarni 3/33, Bravo 2/37, Pollock 1/7)

MUMBAI 1/158 (Jayasuria 114no)

MUMBAI wins by 9 wickets with 37 balls to spare

This match marked the first appearance of Indian batting sensation and demi god Sachin Tendulkar. But he was well and truly upstaged by his Mumbai opening partner.

To set the scene, the Chennai Super Kings batted first and made a slightly dissappointing total of 156 for 6. Again Badrinath and Dhoni made runs but there was not enough of a consistant effort.

The Mumbai bowlers did well with Kulkarni picking up wickets but it was the pressure of Pollock's economical spell which cost just 7 runs in 4 overs that caused the wickets at the other end.

So in their chase Mumbai lost Tendulkar for just 12 runs but his opening partner - veteran Sri Lankan dynamo blasted an unbelievable 114 not out off just 48 balls!!! He hit a staggering 11 sixes in what is only the 5th century of the tournament (all by non indians)

He was a no brainer choice for man of the match.

So the early pace setters the Chennai Super Kings seem to be losing form at the wrong time of the season and find themselves dropping back to thrid place.

Mumbai on the other hand have been re-invigorated and are a few wins away from challenging for a spot in the finals

Vote

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: Shan Jayaweera - Category: No Category

Email this Post to a Friend

GAME 35 - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils

May 15th 2008 07:24

KOLKATA 6/133 (Butt 48, D.Hussey 31 - Maharoof 2/25)

DELHI 110 All out (Mishra 31 - Akhtar 4/11 Shukla 3/6)

KOLKATA win by 23 runs.

This game marked the debut of Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar and the one time world's fastest bowler didn't dissappoint with a performance of raw speed and ability.

It didn't start well for Kolkata with the team making only 6 for 144. Apart for 48 for pakistani Butt and 31 from David "little Mr cricket" Hussey nobody really fired. It was a dissapointing total and one the star studded Delhi line up should have gobbled up.

They didn't. Akhtar removed the dangermen Sehwag and Gambhir and when Dinda took Dharwan's wicket there was no one left to score the runs for Delhi. Akhtar was the man of the match winner on his return to the game.

The loss gives Delhi a nasty wake up and Kolkata a leg up on them. They are both battling for those remaining three positions with Chennai and Punjab so losses now - especially to those other teams vying for those positions are really really going to hurt.

Shan Jayaweera's Blogs