Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    28
    19
    28
    5
    0
    147.36
    7.3 goes for one shot too many, and gets bowled! it was shortish, and he went back to pull it, but it skidded on to him, and past the blade to crash into the stumps, this is a big wicket, Kohli was hitting them cleanly 67/2
    2.4 van Wyk has pulled off a blinder, Vijay had been eyeing the straight boundary, and got a full delivery too, but got too much underneath the ball as he went for the shot, the ball seemed to go and touch the stadium arch before coming down, and van Wyk went haring across from mid off to take it low, diving forward 18/1
    12.5 and Rohit finds Makhaya on the long on boundary, it was there to be hit in the slot, and he connected too, but the elevation was not much, and Ntini timed his leap perfectly on the boundary to take a fine high catch, the crowd love it 109/3
    13.1 what do we have here? Yuvraj is run out by a mile, it squirted off the pads fine down the leg side, and Yuvi wanted the single, almost ran up to Yusuf to tell him that he too needed to run, YK was having none of it, Yuvi abandoned all thoughts of the run belatedly, but the throw was already in at the non-striker's end, and Yuvraj was about half way down the pitch 110/4
    15.6 YK goes now, looked to heave this length ball, but got an inside edge that crashed into off stump, this track is not conducive for the horizontal shots 136/5
    19.6 Suresh falls off the last ball, it was full and he launched into the big swing over midwicket, but the outside edge swirled high in the air over mid off, who made no mistake with the catch 168/6
    not out
    10
    11
    19
    0
    0
    90.90
    Extras
    4 (lb 1, w 3)
    TOTAL
    168/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.4)
    Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Murali Vijay, 2.4 ov), 2-67 (Virat Kohli, 7.3 ov), 3-109 (Rohit Sharma, 12.5 ov), 4-110 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.1 ov), 5-136 (Yusuf Pathan, 15.6 ov), 6-168 (Suresh Raina, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    WD Parnell402516.25103010
    M Ntini4046011.5045200
    J Theron403929.7563210
    RJ Peterson302006.6631010
    J Botha302518.3373100
    JP Duminy201216.0041000
  • BATSMEN
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    10.4 van Wyk has thrown it away, it was angled in on leg stump, he put the front leg forward and swung it straight to Ashish on the deep square leg boundary, who caught the ball and just stood rooted to the ground, for effect. Huge, huge wicket 93/5
    1
    3
    5
    0
    0
    33.33
    1.2 right through him! Amla was rooted to the crease and again played across the line, and again missed, but the ball was on target this time, moved back in a shade too, and pegged back off stump, Amla looks surprised, Nehra looks on matter-of-factly 6/1
    4.2 the slower one does the trick for Munaf, it was widish outside off, Ingram went for the slash, and the ball looped in the air for PK to take a simple catch at short third man, the lack of pace did him, he was already into the shot but could not get much on it 31/2
    9.1 tosses it up, and he lofts it to the right of Nehra at sweeper cover, who relays the ball to Raina at extra cover, who in turn hits the stumps with a pinpoint throw, and AB is well short of the crease on the second run, India have got a wicket out of nowhere, van Wyk is still there though 88/3
    9.4 Yuvi has taken out JP! soft dismissal, he just walked across the stumps, looking to work the ball square on the leg side, misses and is hit bang in front of the stumps, the finger goes up, and Yuvraj roars 89/4
    12.5 YK has struck! it was flat and angled in from round the stumps, he looked to swipe across the line, missed, and that was going to hit leg, I reckon. The umpire thought so and sent Miller on his way, South Africa are in trouble now, Yusuf is pumped up 108/6
    19.2 its almost over for South Africa, Botha picks out Rohit on the long on boundary with the lofted shot 144/9
    14.4 Peterson gives Kohli catching practice, it was angled across him, he came forward and lifted straight into Virat's hands at short extra cover, South Africa are imploding now 120/7
    18.3 Ashwin gets one, it was fuller on the leg stump, and Parnell swung it straight down the throat of deep square leg where Yusuf takes it gleefully 141/8
    not out
    1
    4
    6
    0
    0
    25.00
    not out
    1
    2
    2
    0
    0
    50.00
    Extras
    10 (b 4, lb 3, w 3)
    TOTAL
    147/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)
    Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Hashim Amla, 1.2 ov), 2-31 (Colin Ingram, 4.2 ov), 3-88 (AB de Villiers, 9.1 ov), 4-89 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 9.4 ov), 5-93 (Morne van Wyk, 10.4 ov), 6-108 (David Miller, 12.5 ov), 7-120 (Robin Peterson, 14.4 ov), 8-141 (Wayne Parnell, 18.3 ov), 9-144 (Johan Botha, 19.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    P Kumar301715.6692010
    A Nehra402225.50111100
    MM Patel2026113.0053200
    R Ashwin403318.2581220
    Yuvraj Singh402015.00122000
    YK Pathan302227.3380200

Match Notes

  • Ntini gets a grand send-off

    ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the only Twenty20 between South Africa and India in Durban

  • Unlikely pair shine brightest

    In Makhaya Ntini's farewell game, it was Rohit Sharma and Morne van Wyk, two players who weren't supposed to be there, who shone brightest

  • Ntini was more than a cricketer

    Makhaya Ntini was special not just because he was the first black African cricketer to play for South Africa, but because he bore the responsibility with such grace that South Africans of all colour embraced him

  • A salute to India in Durban

    Indians have been in South Africa for 150 years now, and cricket has been one of their connections to the motherland

  • India win despite van Wyk fifty

    Morne van Wyck hit a cultured half-century but it was Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina who helped India post a winning score on a low, slow pitch

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st6MN van WykHM Amla
2nd25MN van WykCA Ingram
3rd57MN van WykAB de Villiers
4th1MN van WykJP Duminy
5th4MN van WykDA Miller
6th15J BothaDA Miller
7th12RJ PetersonJ Botha
8th21J BothaWD Parnell
9th3J BothaJ Theron
10th3M NtiniJ Theron