Highlights
T20 WC 2012
Australia vs. Ireland, 2nd Match, Group B
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sep 19, 2012
Batting: Ireland
| Over No. | Event Type | Event | Team Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | OUT | Shane Watson to Porterfield, out Caught by Starc!! Dear o dear, a wicket first ball. Shane Watson tried to bang it short, gets the extra bounce, forced Porterfield to pull, gets a top edge and the ball went flying straight to fine leg. Starc made no mistake. Good thinking by Shane Watson, tested Porterfield with the bouncer first up and it worked pretty well. Porterfield c Starc b Shane Watson 0(1) | 0/1 |
| 0.5 | OTHER | Shane Watson to Stirling, no run, Stirling was early into the shot, he wanted to play it on the frontfoot, but Shane Watson dished out a short ball, Stirling was in an awkward position as he pulled it, the ball fell wide of the man at mid wicket, Stirling wanted a single, sent back by Ed Joyce and he's back home safely | 0/1 |
| 1 | FOUR | Shane Watson to Stirling, FOUR, that's more like it! Thumps it over cover off the backfoot, good power generated, almost went all the way, hit that pretty well on the up | 4/1 |
| 2.2 | FOUR | P Cummins to Ed Joyce, FOUR, on the pads, too full, Stirling closes the face of the bat and eases it behind square on the on side, Maxwell was the fielder in the deep, he fumbles slightly, and touches the rope while he tries to pull the ball back, they get four runs | 11/1 |
| 3.3 | OUT | Starc to Stirling, out Caught by Shane Watson!! It was Watson who bowled and Starc who caught it last time around, they've kept the combination going. Starc the bowler this time and Watson the catcher. Stirling tried to slice it over backward point, it was slightly short of a good length, he got more height than distance as he played it on the frontfoot, Watson takes a good running catch, he had to cover a couple of paces to his right and he did pretty well. Stirling c Shane Watson b Starc 7(12) [4s-1] | 15/2 |
| 4.2 | FOUR | P Cummins to Ed Joyce, FOUR, CRUNCH! Length ball around the leg stump, Ed Joyce makes room slightly and thumps it straight past the bowler and to the right of mid on, hit with power, the fielder tried to get to the ball but it was too quick for him, good shot! | 20/2 |
| 4.4 | FOUR | P Cummins to Ed Joyce, FOUR, too short and at a comfortable height this time, Ed Joyce pulls it through mid wicket, races away to the boundary in no time | 24/2 |
| 5.5 | OUT | Glenn Maxwell to Ed Joyce, out Caught by Warner!! Ireland are in trouble here, it's been a nervous start. Ed Joyce was looking good but gets carried away, looks to go over mid off, doesn't get it past the thirty yard circle as he had to stretch forward before going ahead with the shot, Warner does no mistake, walks a couple of paces back before taking it cleanly with fingers pointing up. Ed Joyce c Warner b Glenn Maxwell 16(18) [4s-3] | 25/3 |
| 6 | FOUR | Glenn Maxwell to Gary Wilson, FOUR, to deep extra cover | 29/3 |
| 7.2 | OUT | Brad Hogg to Gary Wilson, out Lbw!! Loud appeal from Brad Hogg and the keeper, given! Did I hear two sounds? Not sure, we need replays to confirm, Gary Wilson put his leg across to work it to the on side, turns in slightly and it traps him right in front of the stumps, it was going to hit middle and leg. Gone! Gary Wilson lbw b Brad Hogg 5(5) [4s-1] | 33/4 |
| 10.5 | FOUR | Glenn Maxwell to Niall O'Brien, FOUR, Niall O'Brien sweeps hard and gets it through backward square leg, placed well too, he will get a boundary | 53/4 |
| 11.3 | FOUR | Brad Hogg to Kevin O'Brien, FOUR, Bailey should have kept a man at slip, Kevin O'Brien stretches and throws his bat at it as he fails to read the wrong-un, gets a thick outside edge and it runs away to the third man boundary | 57/4 |
| 11.4 | FOUR | Brad Hogg to Kevin O'Brien, FOUR, consecutive boundaries for Kevin O'Brien, it was too short from Brad Hogg, poor ball, Kevin O'Brien goes back and cuts it behind point, struck it really hard, Hussey at the boundary ran wide and dived to his right, but in vain | 61/4 |
| 12.2 | FOUR | Christian to Kevin O'Brien, FOUR, top shot! Fuller one, Kevin O'Brien drives it gently between mid off and cover, superb placement, didn't try to hit it hard, concentrated more on finding the gap | 68/4 |
| 13.3 | FOUR | Starc to Kevin O'Brien, FOUR, short ball and Kevin O'Brien takes toll! Pulls it handsomely over mid wicket, one bounce over the ropes, he's a destructive player, we've seen it in the 50 over World Cup, he's playing a fine knock here too | 75/4 |
| 14 | FOUR | Starc to Kevin O'Brien, FOUR, top shot! Kevin O'Brien goes inside out, gets under the delivery and carves it beautifully over extra cover, he's trying his best to up the ante here | 81/4 |
| 14.1 | FOUR | Shane Watson to Niall O'Brien, FOUR, delicate and lucky! Slower one from Shane Watson, Niall O'Brien opens the blade, gets a tickle onto it, the ball bounces awkwardly in front of the keeper and goes rolling into the third man boundary, can't blame Wade, he got a really bad bounce | |
| 14.3 | OUT | Shane Watson to Niall O'Brien, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Niall O'Brien misses the ball completely as he looks to go for a wild hoick across the line, he had made a bit of room already and couldn't judge the line of the ball, good comeback from Shane Watson, a good partnership broken. Niall O'Brien b Shane Watson 20(24) [4s-2] | 85/5 |
| 15 | OUT | Shane Watson to Kevin O'Brien, out Caught by Wade!! Dear lord! Not the kind of end you wanted to see to that innings of his, it was another slower bouncer from Shane Watson, Kevin O'Brien tried to get under it and glide it over the keeper, ends up kissing the ball too softly, Wade leaps and takes it cleanly, that's the end of Kevin and Shane Watson is delighted. Kevin O'Brien c Wade b Shane Watson 35(29) [4s-5] | 86/6 |
| 16.2 | FOUR | P Cummins to Cusack, FOUR, Stand and Deliver stuff! Cusack stands tall and uses the width to free his arms and thump it over extra cover, finds the gap in the deep and gets four more | 95/6 |
| 16.5 | FOUR | P Cummins to Trent Johnston, FOUR, Trent Johnston shows Kevin O'Brien how to do it! Trent Johnston leans back and gets under the bouncer to get it over the keeper and into the fine leg boundary, he almost lost his balance while doing so, but did well in the end to manage a smile on his face | 100/6 |
| 17.1 | OUT | Starc to Trent Johnston, out Bowled!! A lethal yorker does him in! Not many lower order batsmen would have answers to deliveries like this, ran in from wide of the crease from around the wicket and dished out a toe crusher on the off stump, Trent Johnston was too late in getting the bat down and he has to make the long walk back to the pavilion. Trent Johnston b Starc 7(7) [4s-1] | 101/7 |
| 19.3 | SIX | Shane Watson to Nigel Jones, SIX, Shane Watson gets the slower bouncer wrong, Nigel Jones rocks back and pulls it over deep square leg, does well to clear the ropes, much needed runs these! | 119/7 |
Batting: Australia
| Over No. | Event Type | Event | Team Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | FOUR | Rankin to Warner, FOUR, in the air but safe, Warner was not in control of that totally but it is his strength that saves him, short ball outside off, Warner latches onto it and muscles the pull over the fielder at mid on and it races away to the fence, the ball hit the top half and that is why he could not time it well enough | 6/0 |
| 2.1 | FOUR | Rankin to Shane Watson, FOUR, sublime timing from Watson, back of a length delivery angled in on the middle and leg stump, it zips through to Watson as he uses the pace and glances it to the fine leg fence | 13/0 |
| 3.1 | FOUR | Trent Johnston to Warner, FOUR, WHAM! That has been absolutely powered by Warner. Good length ball and angling it across wide of the off stump, Warner pounces on the width and flays it to the deep extra cover fence | 25/0 |
| 3.3 | FOUR | Trent Johnston to Shane Watson, FOUR, rubbish ball from Johnston, short ball and down the leg side, Watson helps it along the way by swivelling and thumping the pull to the long leg fence, one bounce over the ropes | 30/0 |
| 3.4 | FOUR | Trent Johnston to Shane Watson, FOUR, runs are flowing here, slow and short delivery outside off, Watson stays on the front foot and crashes it on the up past the extra cover fielder for another boundary | 34/0 |
| 4 | SIX | Trent Johnston to Shane Watson, SIX, awesome shot to end what has been a very expensive over, Johnston stays wide of the crease and spears in a full ball on the pads, Watson uses his wrists nicely as he whippily flicks it over the ropes at long leg, 19 runs in that over from Johnston | 40/0 |
| 5.1 | FOUR | Dockrell to Warner, FOUR, not a nice welcome for Dockrell, flighted delivery bowled from round the wicket just outside off, Warner thrashes the drive to extra cover, the ball bounces awkwardly in front of the fielder and he lets it slip through as the ball purrs away to the boundary | 48/0 |
| 5.5 | OTHER | Dockrell to Shane Watson, 1 run, quicker ball just outside off, Watson uses the pace and guides it to short third man where Rankin stops it, that is the fifty partnership between these two | 50/0 |
| 6.4 | FOUR | Cusack to Warner, FOUR, poor line from Cusack, short of length ball on leg stump, Warner twirls his wrists and clips it to the fine leg fence, Warner now goes past 1000 runs in T20Is, he is the third international player to achieve this feat after Kevin Pietersen and Brendon McCullum | 59/0 |
| 7.1 | OUT | Dockrell to Warner, out Caught by Kevin O'Brien!! Dockrell finally gets a wicket. He stays round the wicket and bowls this flighted delivery on the pads with some air, Warner charges down the track and whips it flat to deep mid wicket, Kevin O Brien runs forward and tumbles to his right to take a smart catch, Warner did not time that as well as he would have liked it. Warner c Kevin O'Brien b Dockrell 26(23) [4s-4] | 60/1 |
| 8.3 | DROPPED | Stirling to Shane Watson, 1 run, catch dropped by Stirling, flatter delivery that skids on straight just outside off, Watson chips it back to the bowler who leaps to his left with his hand outstretched, the ball fails to stick and it rolls to mid off, costly miss this for Ireland | 66/1 |
| 8.5 | FOUR | Stirling to Shane Watson, FOUR, flighted delivery but it goes well down the leg side, Watson latches onto it and hammers the sweep to the fine leg fence | 71/1 |
| 9 | SIX | Stirling to Shane Watson, SIX, Watson finishes the over in style, Stirling drags it short and it is on the middle and leg stump, Watson sizes it up and clobbers the pull over the ropes at deep mid wicket | 77/1 |
| 9.2 | OTHER | Dockrell to Michael Hussey, 1 run, quicker ball outside off, Michael chops it to backward point and takes a quick single, Joyce fires an awkward throw to Wilson as Watson puts in the hard strides to make it back to his crease, Watson would have been a goner if that had hit | 78/1 |
| 9.3 | FOUR | Dockrell to Shane Watson, FOUR, slow and short delivery on the stumps, Watson latches onto it and mauls it cross-batted to long on for a boundary | 82/1 |
| 9.4 | SIX | Dockrell to Shane Watson, SIX, that is monstrous, again slow and short on the stumps, Watson rocks back and pummells the pull into the second tier of the stands at deep mid wicket, brings up his fifty in style | 88/1 |
| 10.1 | OUT | Kevin O'Brien to Shane Watson, out Shane Watson Run Out!! Fantastic fielding from Johnston. Kevin starts off with a slow, short of length delivery just outside off, Watson makes a bit of room and guides it to short third man, Michael Hussey hares through for a quick single and Watson is a bit late in taking off, he is not putting in the hard strides as Johnston fires the throw at the bowler's end, he scores a direct hit to catch Watson just short of the crease. Shane Watson run out (Trent Johnston) 51(30) [4s-5 6s-3] | 91/2 |
| 11 | OUT | Kevin O'Brien to Michael Hussey, out Lbw!! Well, this is interesting. This is an impactful over from Kevin. Good length ball that cuts back in on middle, Michael Hussey comes forward and gets the bat close to the pad as he tries to push it to point, the ball hits the pad first and then the bat, Kevin appeals for an LBW and umpire Dharmasena raises the finger, that was hitting middle stump. Michael Hussey lbw b Kevin O'Brien 10(11) | 95/3 |
| 11.5 | DROPPED | Rankin to Cameron White, 1 run, catch dropped by Johnston, oh boy, these are nervous moments for Australia, short delivery close to the off stump, White is cramped for room as he looks to muscle the pull to mid wicket, he miscues it completely and the ball lobs up to mid on, Johnston flings himself to his right with one hand and fails to latch onto it, Johnston is gutted | 100/3 |
| 14 | FOUR | Rankin to George Bailey, FOUR, finally Bailey connects with the pull shot, short delivery on the middle and leg stump, Bailey gets on top of the bounce and pulls it along the ground to the long leg fence | 110/3 |
| 14.1 | FOUR | Kevin O'Brien to Cameron White, FOUR, superbly done by White, short in length delivery outside off, White drags the pull from outside off stump and hammers it to the deep mid wicket fence | 114/3 |
| 14.3 | FOUR | Kevin O'Brien to Cameron White, FOUR, easily done by White, this short delivery sits up nicely on the middle and leg stump, White stays back and clobbers the pull to the fine leg fence | 118/3 |
| 15.1 | FOUR | Dockrell to Cameron White, FOUR, Australia win, tossed up delivery just outside off, White hoicks it over wide long on for a boundary, good start for them in the tournament | 125/3 |