Somerset v Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago was starting their campaign in CLT20, While somerset has already won its game against Deccan Chargers.T&T decided to bat first amd they batted with zeal.Their star performers Dwayne and Darren Bravo missed out on the big score but the rest of the guys chipped in with good partnerships. Dinesh Ramdin made sure that T&T reaches 150.Somerset where hoping that their experienced opening pair can guide the innings and give them a solid state. But Dwayne Bravo had other plans, he squared up Trescothick to find the edge while Langer (15) pulled off-spinner Sherwin Ganga straight to William Perkins at square-leg.Suddenly two of the most experienced players in the somerset squad were back in the hut,making Somerset lose their way in the middle overs with no one to give the innings some momentum they kept lagging behind the required run rate.Zander de Bruyn (43 n.o., 38b, 3x4, 1x6) played well to take somerset to 106.
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| Trinidad & Tobago innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| LMP Simmons | c Thomas b Phillips | 22 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 115.78 |
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| 4.5 it had to end sometime, the way they were going! Simmons makes room and slashes hard at a short of a length ball outside off stump, he slices it in the air and straight to Thomas on the third-man boundary, simple catch and the first wicket goes with the score on 43 43/1
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| WKD Perkins | b Willoughby | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 181.81 |
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| 5.1 and he's struck right away! He bowled a full and straight ball, Perkins should have played straight but he tried to work the ball on the leg side and missed, the ball crashed into middle stump 49/2
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| DM Bravo | c & b Willoughby | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 300.00 |
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| 5.6 caught and bowled! Or is it? What's going on? Bravo hit the ball hard towards Willoughby's right, the bowler stuck out his right hand and plucked an excellent reflex catch on his follow through, there were no celebrations though from the bowler but it's certainly out, Bravo eventually made his way off the ground 59/3
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| D Ganga* | b Waller | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 127.77 |
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| 10.6 bowled! Ganga moved back and tried to pull, his left leg was outside leg stump and I think the ball bounced off it on to his stumps, yes it did, it hit his left thigh and deflected on to the stumps 90/5
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| DJ Bravo | c Suppiah b Waller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 6.2 Bravo's gone too! Waller delivers a flighted delivery outside off stump, Bravo reaches out for it and tries to drive through cover, his foot is far from the pitch of the ball and he ends up edging straight to Suppiah at short third man, T&T are unravelling here 60/4
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| D Ramdin† | b Thomas | 39 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
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| 19.4 bowled him! Ramdin moves across his stumps and tries to flick a full ball from outside off, the ball cannons off the inside edge on to off stump 149/8
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| KA Pollard | c Suppiah b Willoughby | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
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| 15.4 Pollard's caught! He got a full toss outside off stump and tried to pull it but ended up slicing it high in the air to Suppiah at point, Pollard's not walking because he thinks it might be a no-ball for height but he's been given his marching orders by the umpire 121/6
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| R Rampaul | b Thomas | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
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| 17.3 Rampaul stayed in his crease and tried to pull a ball that was much too full, he missed and Thomas hit middle stump, T&T's batsmen have gone down swinging today ... 128/7
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| S Ganga | not out | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 225.00 |
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| D Mohammed | run out (Thomas) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 19.5 from Thomas, Mohammed's run out! He digs out a terrific yorker straight back to the bowler and sets off for a run. He wanted to give Ganga the strike but there was not even the remotest hope of a run, Thomas picks up the ball and ambles to the striker's end and runs out Mohammed 149/9
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| S Badree | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
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| Extras | (w 4) | 4 |
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| Total | (9 wickets; 20 overs) | 150 | (7.50 runs per over) |
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| Somerset innings (target: 151 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| ME Trescothick | c †Ramdin b DJ Bravo | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
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| 1.5 edged and caught! Bravo pitched the ball on a good length and slanted it across the left-hander, Trescothick didn't move his feet while having a poke outside off and edged it to Ramdin who took a comfortable catch 13/1
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| JL Langer* | c Perkins b S Ganga | 15 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 68.18 |
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| 5.6 caught! Somerset are slipping! Ganga bowls a flatter one and the length is a bit short, Langer pulls it firmly but hits it straight to the fielder Perkins at square leg, the set batsman is gone and T&T are well and truly on top here 28/3
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| C Kieswetter† | c DM Bravo b DJ Bravo | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
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| 4.6 caught Bravo, bowled Bravo. Kieswetter gives Dwayne the charge and tries to swat him over mid-off, he gets no elevation and the ball lands in younger brother Darren's hands, T&T are taking control here, two wickets and the run-rate is pretty low 26/2
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| Z de Bruyn | not out | 43 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 110.25 |
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| AV Suppiah | b Mohammed | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
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| 11.1 bowled him! Somerset needed to accelerate and Suppiah charged Mohammed, trying to hit him over midwicket, he was beaten by the flight and turn and the ball hit middle and leg 52/4
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| PD Trego | c DM Bravo b Mohammed | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 |
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| 13.6 what a celebration that is from Mohammed! He does a flip, thumps his chest and does a bit of a jig as well, and all because Trego's attempted reverse sweep landed in Darren Bravo's hands at point 69/5
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| C Hildreth | run out (Mohammed/†Ramdin) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 14.2 from Pollard, Somerset are spiralling towards defeat! Hildreth pushed the ball towards point and set off for a non-existant single, he was sent back by de Bruyn and had no chance to make his ground, Mohammed's throw was accurate and Ramdin whipped off the bails, no third umpire needed 69/6
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| BJ Phillips | c Simmons b S Ganga | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
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| 15.1 Phillips has holed out! He lofted the ball high towards wide long -on, Simmons covered good ground from deep midwicket and held a well-judged catch while on the move 74/7
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| AC Thomas | run out (D Ganga/†Ramdin) | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 |
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| 17.4 S Ganga to de Bruyn, another run out! de Bruyn hits the ball hard to cover and sets off, Thomas is running to the keeper's end - the danger end - and is caught short by the throw 96/8
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| MTC Waller | b DJ Bravo | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
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| 19.4 Waller tries that cheeky chip shot again by moving outside off stump, he misses again and this time he loses off stump 106/9
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| CM Willoughby | b DJ Bravo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 19.6 and that is that! Bravo hits the top of the stumps after Willoughby swings wildly and misses, he takes off on a celebratory run and his team-mates rush towards him 106/10
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| Extras | (lb 7, w 7) | 14 |
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| Total | (all out; 20 overs) | 106 | (5.30 runs per over) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago
It was a crunch game for both Otago and RCB.Kumble won the toss and decided to bat first.No surprising as he wants to give the bowlers enough confidence with a huge total. Robin Uthappa made merry on a day were his timing was flawless.Otago Bowlers kept pitching the ball right up to Uthappa,even though he was hitting every ball in his half with sheer power.He was hitting straight through the line of the bowl with very less moment of the deck.Royal Challengers relished a solid start as openers Kallis and Robin Uthappa (42, 31b, 5x4, 2x6) shared a 75-run partnership.Ross Taylor and Virat Kolhi made sure that their bowlers had plenty of runs to bowl at.Otago were up against a huge total and a determined Kumble.The collapse began with Brendon McCullum being caught at mid-on,with their star batsmen gone the Volts began to loss wickets at regular intervals.Otago was bowled out for 108 in 17.5 overs and fittingly Kallis caught the last batsman — Neil Wagner — in the deep.
| Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| JH Kallis | not out | 73 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 123.72 |
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| RV Uthappa | c Cumming b Redmond | 42 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 135.48 |
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| 9.5 Redmond strikes, or has he, Uthappa is done in by the turn, takes the leading edge as he looks to work the ball to the leg side, the ball loops towards short cover, Craig Cumming dives forward to take a great catch, Uthappa is gone, slight confusion as to whether the catch was taken cleanly, the umpire is satisifed 75/1
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| V Kohli | c NL McCullum b Wagner | 32 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 168.42 |
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| 16.1 Wagner makes amends by getting rid of Kohli, a length ball outside off, Kohli lofts it straight to long-off, the end of a good cameo from Kohli 134/2
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| LRPL Taylor | not out | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 290.90 |
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| Extras | (lb 1, w 8) | 9 |
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| Total | (2 wickets; 20 overs) | 188 | (9.40 runs per over) |
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| Otago innings (target: 189 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| BB McCullum | c Kumble b Kallis | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
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| 3.2 Vijay Mallya, the Bangalore owner, pumps his fist as McCullum holes out, the batsman looked to club that to long-on, mishits it and the fielder at mid-on is waiting to end McCullum's innings, what a match Kallis is having 18/1
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| AJ Redmond | c Uthappa b Kallis | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 110.00 |
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| 3.4 Kallis is on fire here, easy to choose the Man of the Match now, Kallis has got rid of Redmond now, it was a quick short ball, Redmond goes for the pull, it was onto him too early, he can only scoop it to cover 19/2
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| HD Rutherford | c Kumble b Kallis | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 140.00 |
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| 5.3 How much better can Kallis' day get? He bowls a slower ball and Rutherford lofts it high in the air to Kumble at mid-off, easy catch and Kallis and Bangalore pick up a third wicket 32/3
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| NT Broom | run out (†Boucher) | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 |
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| 8.3 from Kumble, Otago lose their fourth, Broom leaves his crease after missing the ball outside off, doesn't realise Boucher has stopped the ball, he takes a couple of steps down the pitch before realising where the ball is, tries to get back but the bails are off 49/4
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| CD Cumming* | c Uthappa b Akhil | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 117.64 |
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| 14.2 Akhil strikes with his second ball, a shortsih ball just outside off, Cumming lashes it to Uthappa at backward point, more fireworks go off at the Chinnaswamy 90/8
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| NL McCullum | lbw b Kumble | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
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| 10.2 Kumble strikes, McCullum's got to go, he went for the reverse-sweep, misses the ball and is struck in front of middle 67/5
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| AD Mascarenhas | lbw b van der Merwe | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
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| 11.3 van der Merwe gets rid of Mascarenhas, another lbw victim, Otago are sinking fast here, that was a poor decision though, it looked to be sailing over the stumps 70/6
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| IG Butler | lbw b Kumble | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
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| 12.1 another lbw, the quicker one from Kumble, Butler is struck on middle and off, low on the pads, massive appeal and the umpire lifts his finger, no complaints about that decision 75/7
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| DC de Boorder† | b Vinay Kumar | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 94.11 |
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| 17.2 a slower ball from Vinay gets him a wicket, 104kmh, short of length and heading for offstump, the batsman was through with his shot too early, the off bail is dislodged 106/9
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| WC McSkimming | not out | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.30 |
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| N Wagner | c Kallis b Vinay Kumar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
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| 17.5 Otago are going home, Bangalore have walloped them by 80 runs, Kallis finishes the match by taking the catch at long-on, another cheap wicket for Vinay 108/10
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| Extras | (b 4, lb 4, w 2) | 10 |
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| Total | (all out; 17.5 overs) | 108 | (6.05 runs per over) |
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