- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.2 Gone !!, Pitching outside off and coming back sharply, chopra pays the price playing across the line 41/234.1 Serendipity!!!!!!!!!! Delhi Batsmen seem to be finding unique ways of getting out.Dhawan does not ground his bat in going for second run ,coming off his pads and pays the ultimate price.Younis Khan ,who notices this goes into a celebratory mode and also finds time for a sympathetic pat on the back for Dhawan. 137/511.3 Gone!!, Pitching outside off and swing in sharply, Manhas beaten for the swing and lets it through the gap between bat and pad. Twin blows inflicted by Younis now .From a position ,where they could have started accelarating,Delhi ,find themselves in tatters .Younis Khan on a hattrick 41/312.5 It's all happening over here.Pakistan are slowly imposing themselves on the game ,courtesy their bowling and impeccable fielding.This time they get to see the back of Virat Kohli,who coming into this was in good form in the Challenger Series. Kohli pushes it to cover and or a non existent single.Dhawan,at the non strikers end rightly refuses the single and by the time Kohli could get back to the crease ,he sees the stumps rearranged by Butt's direct hit 46/447.3 uses his feet and looks to play over the extra-cover.....Afridi drags it wide outside the off stump...Bhatia can only push it towards short thirdman and takes off for a non-existent single.....Sohail Tanvir picks up the ball and scores a direct hit at the non-strikers end. 191/839.4 great catch, fuller out side off, tehlan going for a expansive drive through long off ends up straight to alm who takes a blinder of his own bowling 157/644 sweeps and gets a top edge....Shoaib Akhtar running in from fine leg takes the catch. 173/748.5 short ball pulled in the air to wide long on....where Sohail Tanvir settles under it and takes the catch. 200/9Extras21 (lb 5, nb 4, w 12)TOTAL213/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.26)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gautam Gambhir, 1.5 ov), 2-41 (Aakash Chopra, 11.2 ov), 3-41 (Mithun Manhas, 11.3 ov), 4-46 (Virat Kohli, 12.5 ov), 5-137 (Shikhar Dhawan, 34.1 ov), 6-157 (Mayank Tehlan, 39.4 ov), 7-173 (Punit Bisht, 43.6 ov), 8-191 (Rajat Bhatia, 47.3 ov), 9-200 (Gaurav Chabra, 48.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shoaib Akhtar 10 0 46 1 4.60 4 1 Umar Gul 6 0 31 1 5.16 0 2 Sohail Tanvir 10 2 25 0 2.50 2 1 Younis Khan 6 0 25 2 4.16 6 0 Shoaib Malik 5 0 16 0 3.20 0 0 Fawad Alam 9 0 36 1 4.00 0 0 Shahid Afridi 4 0 29 1 7.25 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.2 fuller outside off,driven in the air through mid on, bhatia moves to his left and takes a comfortable catch.Thats the end of nazir 66/21 Gone !!, Pitching on the leg stump and swinging in, kamran rapped on the pads trying to defend it on the front foot, Huge appeal and first strike for the delhi team 13/136.3 Wayward delivery outside off, misbah tries to drive it over mid off managing only to find gambhir, who takes a good catch diving to his left 182/3Extras11 (lb 3, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL215/3 (42.4 Overs, RR: 5.03)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Kamran Akmal, 0.6 ov), 2-66 (Imran Nazir, 6.2 ov), 2-157* (Salman Butt, retired not out ), 3-182 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 36.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Kunal Lal 8 0 68 1 8.50 5 1 PJ Sangwan 9.4 0 61 1 6.31 1 0 A Bhandari 7 1 25 1 3.57 1 0 C Nanda 10 0 28 0 2.80 0 0 M Manhas 8 0 30 0 3.75 0 0
Match Details
Series
Players per side
14(11batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
Pakistanis , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, First Session 09.00-12.30 Interval 12.30-13.15, Second Session 13.15-16.45
Match days
2 November 2007 (50-over match)
Umpires
Close of Play
- Fri, 2 Nov - day 1 - Pakistanis 215/3 (42.4 ov)
Match Notes
- Salman Butt retired hurt at 157/2
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