Champions League Twenty20, 6th Match, Qualifying Group: Mumbai Indians v Northern Districts at Raipur, Sep 16, 2014
7.30pm Toss time. It's heads, and Northern Knights have chosen to bowl. Both teams are unchanged.
8.00pm Here we go then. It's Hussey and Simmons to open for Mumbai, and Trent Boult has the new ball, with two slips in position. As the players make their way out, a final look at the scenarios (scenarii?), completely up-to-date.
Navdeep Kumar P: "Those Extra $150,000 were spent to stop Anderson from scoring against Mumbai in this all important decider match."
Vinay: "Got to shake my head at Mumbai Indians not picking Corey Anderson: the man who a) is ridiculously destructive, b) knows the Knights better than anyone else in the team, c) cost them an extra $150,000 and d) is the reason they (rather than Rajasthan) are even here in the first place! "
8.00pm Here we go then. It's Hussey and Simmons to open for Mumbai, and Trent Boult has the new ball, with two slips in position.
3.1
Southee to Hussey, OUT, down the pitch, and he gets no elevation on that attempted big hit down the ground, and mid-on has to dive forward and to his right to catch that. Well taken!
MEK Hussey c Kuggeleijn b Southee 7 (12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 58.33
End of over 5 (15 runs) Mumbai Indians 26/1 (RR: 5.20)
Jalaj S Saxena10 (7b 1x6)
LMP Simmons8 (11b 1x4)
SC Kuggeleijn1-0-15-0
TG Southee2-0-2-1
5.3
Styris to Jalaj S Saxena, OUT, fantastic low catch from Williamson at short cover. That was full, and Saxena drove that hard, almost parallel to the ground barely a foot above the turf, and Williamson stayed low and threw himself forward and to his left to take that inches above the ground. They look at a couple of replays, and his hands are well underneath the ball
Jalaj S Saxena c Williamson b Styris 10 (8b 0x4 1x6) SR: 125.00
7.3
Styris to Simmons, OUT, you miss, Styris hits, in the grand tradition of Kiwi dibbly-dobblers. Simmons made room to slap that through the off side, and the ball sneaked below his bat and crashed into off and middle
LMP Simmons b Styris 13 (17b 2x4 0x6) SR: 76.47
End of over 8 (6 runs) Mumbai Indians 39/3 (RR: 4.87)
AP Tare5 (3b 1x4)
AT Rayudu3 (8b)
SB Styris2-0-12-2
IS Sodhi1-0-1-0
9.4
Styris to Tare, OUT, what a catch! I don't think Watling knew too much about that as Tare made room for the late cut. The ball, angling in towards middle stump, bounced on him and took his top-edge, and the keeper somehow got his gloves in the way and clung on to the ball
AP Tare c †Watling b Styris 7 (10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 70.00
End of over 10 (2 runs) Mumbai Indians 45/4 (RR: 4.50)
KA Pollard1 (2b)
AT Rayudu6 (11b)
SB Styris3-0-14-3
IS Sodhi2-0-5-0
10.5
Boult to Rayudu, OUT, follows it with the bouncer, and Rayudu's feet are stuck in cement. He leans back, trying to ramp that over the keeper, and only manages to glove it through to the keeper
AT Rayudu c †Watling b Boult 6 (14b 0x4 0x6) SR: 42.85
End of over 11 (1 run) Mumbai Indians 46/5 (RR: 4.18)
Harbhajan Singh0 (1b)
KA Pollard2 (4b)
TA Boult3-0-10-1
SB Styris3-0-14-3