2459dThe Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran

South Australia pull off massive chase

South Australia pushed the much-fancied Mumbai Indians to the brink of elimination after a pulsating match in Durban

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

DJ Harris
56(37) 4x4 - 3x6
Control %58%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull/hook on back foot
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 8 0 2 7 2 17 16
M Klinger
M Klinger
50(48) 2x4 - 3x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 12 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 2 9 5 4 6 2 22

Best performances - Bowlers

SL Malinga
SL Malinga
O4
M0
R22
W2
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
AG Murtaza
O3
M0
R29
W2
Eco9.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Gloom in the Mumbai camp as a semi-final berth from here on in looks highly unlikely. South Australia, on the other hand, will back themselves to reach the knockouts after recording their second successive win. Mumbai were boosted by their middle order but were let down in the field with a spate of dropped catches and misfields, particularly when the openers were batting, to undermine the advantage they had gained after smashing 122 in their final ten overs. It's been excellent entertainment. Do stay tuned in for the presentation.

Daniel Harris is the Man of the Match for his half-century up front: "We felt they bowled well early. It was about having wickets in the shed and we had some luck. Mumbai hit their lengths, we were facing Malinga for the first time but we got away with a bit of luck. We knew we were on track and the guys at the end played extremely well under pressure and did the business for us."

Tendulkar: "To get to 180 was an excellent job by the batsmen. It was the fielding that cost us the game. We needed to keep keep getting wickets at regular intervals and we had our opportunities but we couldn't quite do it. Throughout it was 10-11 runs an over and we were very much in the game. We have to pick up our performance and it's important that we produce something special."

Klinger: "It was a super effort. WE backed ourselves to chase those runs. We've been chasing well in our practice games and I couldn't ask for a better effort from the boys. Our batsmen did well to run hard between wickets and target the short boundaries. I'd like to thank our supporters, families and members back home for a pretty special win for us."

That's all from us. Thanks for tuning in and do join us tomorrow for a double-header. Until then, it's goodbye.

19.3
4
Harbhajan Singh to Cooper, FOUR, And it's fitting he scores the winning runs, full toss on middle and he punches that between mid-on and midwicket after the field was brought in to complete a thrilling win

What a cameo from Cooper. He's just been in for four balls

19.2
6
Harbhajan Singh to Cooper, SIX, slog-sweep, tossed it up slightly this time and he had made up his mind, bent low and swung it over deep square leg into the crowd, 3 off 4
19.1
2
Harbhajan Singh to Cooper, 2 runs, fires it hard on middle, whipped towards deep square leg where Duminy throws himself to his right to haul it in and keep them to two

11 to win off the last over. Ten to tie.Both teams were on 170 going into the final over. It's a spinner to bowl. Harbhajan's the man

END OF OVER:
19 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | SOA: 170/5 (11 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.94, RRR: 11.00)

  • Tom Cooper7 (2b)
  • Cameron Borgas14 (5b)
  • Zaheer Khan4-0-33-1
  • Dwayne Bravo4-0-46-0
18.6
1
Khan to Cooper, 1 run, yorker but well negotiated, pushed towards long-off to keep the strike
18.5
6
Khan to Cooper, SIX, that's a scoop into the stands! Full toss again but this time it's been dealt with, just walked across and flicked it over fine leg into the crowd, turned his wrists at just the right time
18.4
1
Khan to Borgas, 1 run, good yorker on the off, dug out wide of extra cover for a single

South Aust 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st112M KlingerDJ Harris
2nd4M KlingerGA Manou
3rd11GA ManouCJ Ferguson
4th13CJ FergusonDT Christian
5th18CJ BorgasDT Christian
6th24CJ BorgasTLW Cooper