25/09Result
Group B (N), Nokia Champions League T20 at Hyderabad, Sep 25 2011
Somerset won by 5 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Roelof van der Merwe
Roelof van der MerweSomerset
25/09Result
Group B (N), Nokia Champions League T20 at Hyderabad, Sep 25 2011
Somerset won by 5 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Roelof van der Merwe
Roelof van der MerweSomerset

Compton: "There was no need to panic, we could play a few dot balls, feels very good to finish it off. "

Paaritosh writes in: "Seems like India can't defeat England even in the club level this season!"

"If it takes a weird name to get comments posted, you HAVE TO post mine! I've been trying to post my comments for every single match since the India tour of England with my real name :(" says Thirupathaiah Avululla, a tongue-twister that's hard to beat.

Post-match presentation
Gautam Gambhir: "I think we batted really well, but the first six overs the way van der Merwe batted, he took the game away from us. It was a very competitive total we put up."

Alfonso Thomas: "I thought I lost it when I brought Suppiah in to bowl against Yusuf. but this man behind me (Roelof) is a wonderful cricketer. The belief in the team (is one of our strengths)."

The Man of the Match is Roelof van der Merwe: "It is always good to play an innings to win, and help the team win. Very happy at Somerset and hopefully can help them do well. I have worked hard at my game in the (South African) winter."

That's the end of the fun from the CLT20 for today. If you haven't had your share of Twenty20 kicks for the day, hop over to the England-West Indies game. Thanks for all the mails, see you tomorrow.

19.4
4
Bhatia to Compton, FOUR, Compton finishes it in style, moves across the stumps and scoops that towards the fine leg boundary to end the game
19.3
1
Bhatia to Snell, 1 run, mistimed pull to a short ball, down to long-on for a single, 2 needed off 3 now
19.2
0
Bhatia to Snell, no run, slower ball, length and on off stump, defended with soft hands to the off side, Bhatia races through to field that, dot ball
19.1
1
Bhatia to Compton, 1 run, very wide outside off, Compton slaps it past point, would have been a wide if Compton had left that alone

Bhatia to bowl the final over. Four needed to win

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs | SOM: 158/5 (4 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.31, RRR: 4.00)

  • Nick Compton14 (15b)
  • Steve Snell5 (4b)
  • Lakshmipathy Balaji3-0-23-0
  • Brett Lee4-0-27-0
18.6
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run, short and outside off, chopped past point for a single
18.5
0
Balaji to Compton, no run, a superb yorker from Balaji, through the batsman's legs to the keeper, too little too late?
18.4
4
Balaji to Compton, FOUR, there's the boundary that turns the game Somerset's way, on the leg stump and is helped along to the deep backward square leg boundary for four, surely there's no way back from this for Kolkata
18.4
2w
Balaji to Snell, 2 wides, slips this down the leg side, past the keeper Bisla as well, I thought that might go for five wides, but Lee is there at fine leg to cut it off

Every night game in the tournament so far has been a last-over finish

18.3
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run, short and just outside off, tapped towards point for one more
18.2
1lb
Balaji to Snell, 1 leg bye, slower short ball, batsman had finished playing the shot before it reached him, struck on the shoulder, off towards short fine

Balaji might not be the best choice for Kolkata, can he repay the faith shown by Gambhir here?

18.1
1
Balaji to Compton, 1 run, Balaji starts with a short ball that is pulled towards deep midwicket for just a single

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs | SOM: 148/5 (14 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.22, RRR: 7.00)

  • Nick Compton7 (10b)
  • Steve Snell5 (3b)
  • Brett Lee4-0-27-0
  • Rajat Bhatia3-0-21-2
17.6
1
Lee to Compton, 1 run, chopped towards point, a diving stop from Tiwary
17.5
1
Lee to Snell, 1 run, length ball on off, crisply driven off the front foot but can't beat mid-off
17.4
2
Lee to Snell, 2 runs, short of length ball on the pads, Snell gets it away towards square leg and gets two, 16 needed off 14 now
17.3
1
Lee to Compton, 1 run, a short ball is pulled behind square leg for a single
17.2
0
Lee to Compton, no run, slower bouncer, this is over the batsman's head, that should have been called a wide, KKR get away with that one, umpire perhaps distracted by another big caught behind appeal
17.1
0
Lee to Compton, no run, short ball from Lee, batsman hangs the bat at that one, there's a huge appeal for caught behind, not given

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | SOM: 143/5 (19 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.41, RRR: 6.33)

  • Steve Snell2 (1b)
  • Nick Compton5 (6b)
  • Rajat Bhatia3-0-21-2
  • Brett Lee3-0-22-0
16.6
2
Bhatia to Snell, 2 runs, length ball is eased towards long-on, batsmen sprint two

Steve Snell, Somerset's hero in their opening game, is the new batsman

16.5
W
Bhatia to Suppiah, OUT, once again Suppiah tries to move past off and guide the ball down to fine leg, Bhatia gets the better of him this time, Suppiah can't get bat on ball and is bowled, Bhatia doesn't realise that and appeals for an lbw

AV Suppiah b Bhatia 15 (14m 11b 2x4 0x6) SR: 136.36

16.4
4
Bhatia to Suppiah, FOUR, a lap-sweep from Suppiah brings the boundary Somerset were looking for, audacious sot this, moves across the stumps and helps the ball very fine down the leg side

"This is not fair, I am following cricinfo from office, risking my job and my comments are not posted!" Are you sure your boss isn't following this game from the office as well. Can't be too many people named Ritchie Vachhrajani.

16.3
1
Bhatia to Compton, 1 run, nudged down towards short fine leg for one more
16.2
1
Bhatia to Suppiah, 1 run, slaps this one to deep midwicket for a single

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Somerset 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15PD TregoCR Jones
2nd105PD TregoRE van der Merwe
3rd1JC HildrethRE van der Merwe
4th2NRD ComptonJC Hildreth
5th18AV SuppiahNRD Compton
6th23SD SnellNRD Compton

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MI4215-0.28
T&T42240.176
COBRA41230.229
CSK4132-0.712
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM4215-0.557
RCB42240.325
KKR42240.306
WAR42240.246
SOA4123-0.533
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TeamMWLPTNRR
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KKR2112-0.225
AUCK2020-0.075
Qualifying Tournament Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
T&T22041.659
RU2112-0.275
LEICS2020-1.375