Highlights
T20 Cricket League, 2012
Lions vs. Sydney Sixers, Group B
Newlands, Cape Town, Oct 18, 2012
Batting: Lions
| Over No. | Event Type | Event | Team Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | FOUR | P Cummins to Bodi, byes, FOUR, Jeez! What a start. It misses everyone and goes away to the boundary for 4 byes. Pitches on middle, seamed away past the bat and Haddin was completely at sea - went between him and the slip. To be fair to Haddin, you must say that he was a bit unsighted by the batter | 4/0 |
| 0.2 | FOUR | P Cummins to Bodi, FOUR, this time a fine deflection from Bodi. It was on leg stump and full, Bodi just glanced it past the short fine fielder inside the ring | 8/0 |
| 0.3 | FOUR | P Cummins to Bodi, FOUR, make that three in a row. Another leg-stump delivery, Bodi gets inside the line and tucks it wide of short fine. Poor bowling, but good batting | 12/0 |
| 1.5 | SIX | Starc to Bodi, SIX, bang on the rope! Whatay pick-up shot. From a good length outside off and just a whippity whip with a strong bottom hand to boot. The white ball sailed over deep backward square | 25/0 |
| 2.2 | OUT | Hazlewood to Petersen, out Caught by Haddin!! Wild hoick and an ugly way to get out. Petersen skipped out and aimed at cow corner, the ball bounced and took a tiny edge through to Haddin. Petersen c Haddin b Hazlewood 5(6) | 25/1 |
| 4.5 | SIX | Hazlewood to Bodi, SIX, second six for Bodi. Lots of bottom-hand in that lifted lofted shot, held the pose too and the ball crosses the ropes at a straightish mid wicket | 41/1 |
| 6.2 | SIX | Dominic Thornely to Bodi, SIX, beautiful shot. Makes room and goes inside out over cover - all the way as well | 49/1 |
| 6.3 | FOUR | Dominic Thornely to Bodi, FOUR, takes it on the full and from outside off and sweeps it to the deep backward square fence. Bodi looks good out there | 53/1 |
| 7 | FOUR | Dominic Thornely to Bodi, FOUR, quicker one on the stumps, Bodi kneels down and paddles it fine, beats fine leg with ease. 14 off the over | 57/1 |
| 7.1 | OUT | Shane Watson to Quinton de Kock, out Caught by Haddin!! The youngster Quinton de Kock goes. Played away from the body and lost his shape in trying to drive, a simple catch to the keeper. Quinton de Kock c Haddin b Shane Watson 4(14) | 57/2 |
| 7.5 | FOUR | Shane Watson to McKenzie, FOUR, this time spots the slower delivery and drives wide of cover, beats a desperate chase from mid off | 63/2 |
| 9.4 | OTHER | Henriques to Bodi, 1 run, pushed to mid on from the crease | 73/2 |
| 9.5 | FOUR | Henriques to McKenzie, FOUR, just out of the reach of a diving Haddin. McKenzie gloving his leg-side pull and getting it wide of the keeper. A boundary to boot as well | 77/2 |
| 10.4 | OUT | Hazlewood to McKenzie, out Caught by Haddin!! Another catch to the keeper and a good ball gets a wicket. Straightens from a short of length and McKenzie's limp poke produces a thin edge. McKenzie just opened the face on that - too close to do that McKenzie c Haddin b Hazlewood 17(16) [4s-2] | 82/3 |
| 13.3 | OUT | Henriques to Bruyn, out Caught by Haddin!! 4 wickets so far and all 4 caught by Haddin. Bruyn chips out and just gets a faint tickle on the attempted steer to third man. Bruyn c Haddin b Henriques 4(10) | 92/4 |
| 14.2 | FOUR | P Cummins to Symes, FOUR, overpitched outside off, Symes gets across and slams it past mid off who was inside the ring. Cleanly hit | 97/4 |
| 16.3 | FOUR | P Cummins to Symes, FOUR, a one-bounce four over wide-long on. It was on a good length outside off, Symes swung it high and handsome | 111/4 |
| 16.4 | FOUR | P Cummins to Symes, FOUR, cracking shot. Fullish outside off, Symes on a bent knee square drives powerfully beating point. The ball raced away | 115/4 |
| 17 | SIX | P Cummins to Symes, SIX, Symes winks at Bodi after smashing P Cummins for a six over long off. Makes room and flat-bats it over the fence. Really climbed into that short of length delivery that time | 121/4 |
| 17.1 | OUT | Starc to Bodi, out Lbw!! Plumb! Bodi shuffles across a bit too much and misses an inswinger that would have crashed into off and middle. Easy call for the ump.Bodi lbw b Starc 61(44) [4s-4 6s-3] | 121/5 |
| 18 | OUT | Starc to Symes, out Bowled!! The off-stump takes a shattering. Symes tried to be too cute - more of a pre-meditated shot, trying to paddle one and missed. Symes b Starc 23(16) [4s-3 6s-1] | 124/6 |
| 18.2 | OUT | Shane Watson to Tanvir, out Caught by Starc!! Short ball and pulled straight to the fielder at fine leg. Clever bowling from Shane Watson and he has a naughty smile at the departing Tanvir. Tanvir c Starc b Shane Watson 0(1) | 125/7 |
| 18.3 | FOUR | Shane Watson to Morris, FOUR, poor delivery from Shane Watson, drifts down leg and with fine leg up in the circle, Morris had to get bat on it and did so - flicking it away | 130/7 |
| 18.4 | FOUR | Shane Watson to Morris, FOUR, a repeat of the previous ball - only that it wasn't a full toss - swung away to the deep backward square fence. Shane Watson isn't happy with himself for bowling on leg-stump when short fine is inside | 134/7 |
| 19.2 | OUT | Starc to Tsolekile, out Tsolekile Run Out!! Easy run-out, Tsolekile dug it out to Watto at short mid, who ran on to break the stumps - out-running Tsolekile in the process. Tsolekile run out (Shane Watson) 0(2) | 136/8 |
| 19.4 | OUT | Starc to Phangiso, out Caught by Dominic Thornely at cover!! Fullish and on the stumps, Phangiso makes room and drives it head high to Dom. As easy as it gets. Phangiso c Dominic Thornely b Starc 0(1) |
Batting: Sydney Sixers
| Over No. | Event Type | Event | Team Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOUR | Tanvir to Lumb, FOUR, that's a good shot. Takes it from outside off and goes over square leg, one bounce over the ropes | 6/0 |
| 2.3 | FOUR | Tanvir to Lumb, FOUR, now gives the charge and pulls to deep mid wicket. Made full use of the length and hit it well | 11/0 |
| 3.3 | FOUR | Morris to Shane Watson, FOUR, low full toss on the pads, glanced away past the diving short fine. Easy boundary | 17/0 |
| 4 | FOUR | Morris to Lumb, FOUR, high and over point, carved away and third man running across can't get there | 22/0 |
| 5.1 | FOUR | Morris to Lumb, FOUR, scorching pull shot. Lined up the short ball and smashed it to the deep mid wicket fence | 30/0 |
| 5.3 | SIX | Morris to Shane Watson, SIX, a heave to a perfectly good ball and it is caught in the Lions dug-out by Ethan O' Reilly. Shane Watson just went to leg and got under that. | 37/0 |
| 5.5 | FOUR | Morris to Shane Watson, FOUR, Shane Watson has decided to up the ante. Low full toss and stroked through cover on a bent knee | 41/0 |
| 6 | FOUR | Morris to Shane Watson, FOUR, Shane Watson is teeing off now. Makes room, waits for the slower delivery and crunches it through the off-side. 19 came off that over | 45/0 |
| 7.1 | OTHER | Bruyn to Shane Watson, 2 runs, the 50 run stand is up with a sliced drive over point. Shane Watson comes back for the 2nd | 51/0 |
| 7.5 | SIX | Bruyn to Shane Watson, SIX, Shane Watson picks the slower delivery this time and goes over wide long on by reaching out and lofting it. Went a long way back | 58/0 |
| 8.3 | OUT | Phangiso to Lumb, out Bowled!! Once again it is Phangiso who gets the break-through. Lumb came down the track, looking to go across the line, heaved and missed. The stumps are re-arranged. Lumb b Phangiso 22(22) [4s-4] | 60/1 |
| 8.4 | OUT | Phangiso to Dominic Thornely, wide, out Stumped!! Clever! Very clever. Phangiso slyly slips it down leg, Dominic Thornely over-balances in trying to flick and steps out, the keeper does the rest. Was it pre-planned? Certainly looked like it. Dominic Thornely st Tsolekile b Phangiso 0(0) | 61/2 |
| 9.4 | FOUR | Symes to Shane Watson, FOUR, bottom-edged pull and beats short fine who was running desperately to haul it back in. Symes would feel a bit disappointed | 65/2 |
| 9.5 | SIX | Symes to Shane Watson, SIX, that is a cracking pull. Not a short one, but Shane Watson made his own room and muscled a pull over the ropes at wide long on | 71/2 |
| 10.2 | DROPPED | Phangiso to Haddin, no run, dropped by Phangiso. Haddin hits it straight back at Phangiso who gets both hands, but cannot grasp it. Went for the rebound, but that too was beyond his reach | 73/2 |
| 10.5 | OUT | Phangiso to Shane Watson, out Caught by Tsolekile!! Phangiso has been a star for Lions and he removes the dangerous Shane Watson. Watson went for the slog-sweep and top-edged it straight up in the air, the keeper had an easy job. Shane Watson c Tsolekile b Phangiso 47(38) [4s-4 6s-3] | 74/3 |
| 13.2 | SIX | Symes to Haddin, SIX, stays on the crease and lofts with the angle - high and over deep square leg. Lots of height, but got the elevation as well | 90/3 |
| 13.3 | SIX | Symes to Haddin, SIX, much more cleaner hit. Haddin launches it into the grass banks at deep mid wicket. Just a clean extension of the arms | 96/3 |
| 13.4 | SIX | Symes to Haddin, SIX, 3 in a row. Now the slog-sweep, not well timed, but just over the man on the ropes at deep backward square. Is this the over that turns the game? Certainly looks like it | 102/3 |
| 15.3 | FOUR | Tanvir to Haddin, FOUR, crack! Really short from Tanvir, Haddin gets on top of it and pulls past mid wicket. No one at deep mid wicket and the ball races away | 114/3 |
| 16.1 | OUT | Nannes to Haddin, out Caught by Quinton de Kock!! Good low catch after diving forward. Haddin wanted to go a bit squarer, wider of long on, but found the man. Too late for the Lions? Haddin c Quinton de Kock b Nannes 32(21) [4s-1 6s-3] | 116/4 |
| 17 | FOUR | Nannes to Henriques, FOUR, that should do nicely. Short ball on the stumps, Henriques swivels and pulls beating short fine who was inside the circle | 124/4 |
| 17.4 | FOUR | Morris to Henriques, FOUR, beautiful flick shot. Right into the gap at mid wicket. Got forward and timed it wonderfully, raced away to the fence | 129/4 |
| 17.5 | OUT | Morris to Henriques, out Bowled!! Kept low and chopped on. Not the right shot to be playing, trying to steer and it kisses the off stump. The keeper didn't know and was diving to collect the ball. Henriques b Morris 9(7) [4s-2] | 129/5 |
| 18.4 | FOUR | Tanvir to Steven Smith, FOUR, that should bring them very close and it does so. Mid off was up and Steven Smith chipped out and lofted the slower delivery over the man | 135/5 |
| 19 | FOUR | Tanvir to Steven Smith, FOUR, Sydney are through to the semis of the competition. Right up there and Steven Smith bottom-hands an on-drive past the non-striker. It goes away to the fence at long on | 141/5 |