14/05Result
2nd Semi-Final, ICC World Twenty20 at Gros Islet, May 14 2010
Australia won by 3 wkts (1b rem)
Player of the Match
Michael HusseyAustralia
14/05Result
2nd Semi-Final, ICC World Twenty20 at Gros Islet, May 14 2010
Australia won by 3 wkts (1b rem)
Player of the Match
Michael HusseyAustralia

Hussey let out a roar of joy as he hit that shot. Waqar Younis hung his head down. Joy and sorrow overlap on the field.

It has been said before but it's worth repeating here. John Arlott had written about it in 1948 at the end of a successful tour of England by Don Bradman's men. ""Australianism," wrote Arlott, "means single-minded determination to win - to win within the laws but, if necessary, to the last limit within them. It means where the 'impossible' is within the realm of what the human body can do, there are Australians who believe that they can do it - and who have succeeded often enough to make us wonder if anything is impossible to them. It means they have never lost a match - particularly a Test match - until the last run is scored or their last wicket down."

Spare a thought for Pakistan, though. What guts they showed. What a game they played. Yet they lost.

Afridi: "It was a very good total. The way the White and Hussey played .. they played mature and good innings. We perhaps lost it in the last over. Ajmal has bowled really well in this tournament ... Kamran and Salman gave us a good start and Umar then played really well."

Clarke: "Michael Hussey is absolute freak. He and White played superbly. Once Cameron got out I thought It was going to be really tough but with Hussey in you never know. We thoughts if we have wicketrs in hand we can chase. BUt after losing three quick wickets, I thought it was going to be difficult. People will enjoy our win today and I can't wait to get to Barbados! I need some runs. I do."

Hussey: "By the end there I was just swinging hard as I could every ball. I can't believe we have won the game. This is the best feeling of my career. White played well. Pakistan played really well, I wasn't sure whether we would do it. This game continues to amaze. This is the best feeling in my career. I can't explain it. "

And that's it from us. Thanks for logging on. Good bye and good luck.

19.5
6
Saeed Ajmal to MEK Hussey, SIX, Australianism prevails! What a great dramatic game this has been. Goose bumps! What a heartbreak for Pakistan. Michael Hussey has played like a dream. Whaddaplaayaaaa! He finished the game with yet another big hit. This is the Twenty20 innings of his lifetime. And what a way to finish it in style. He cleared the front foot and swung the ball over long-on. The while ball disappeared beyond the boundary. The Australian dug out erupted in joy. The Pakistani camp is stunned. U N B E L I E V A B L E. Hussey is mobbed by his team-mates. Clarke envelops him with a hug. The entire squad is out there on the ground. Take a bow Michael Hussey. Respect.
19.4
4
Saeed Ajmal to MEK Hussey, FOUR, Absolutely crunched! And the scores are level! Unbelievable scenes here. Michael Hussey you beauty! What immense drama here. It was a length delivery outside off stump, Huseey slashed out at it and edges it past backward point fielder . IT went over the leaping fielder. It was that close. It was that dramatic.
19.3
6
Saeed Ajmal to MEK Hussey, SIX, OMG! It's a six! Fabulicious! Stunning! What a strike. What drama! This time he went down on his knee to swing it over long-on for a glorious six!
19.2
6
Saeed Ajmal to MEK Hussey, SIX, What a thunderous wallop. Tonked! Ajmal drops it short and Hussey waits before he plays a crunching pull shot. IT's a six!
19.1
1
Saeed Ajmal to Johnson, 1 run, almost yorker length as he follows Mitch who was moving away outside leg stump .. edged to short fine-leg region.

Hussey calls for a drink. 18 from the last over. Ajmal to bowl.

END OF OVER:
19 | 16 Runs | AUS: 174/7 (18 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.15, RRR: 18.00)

  • Michael Hussey38 (20b)
  • Mitchell Johnson4 (2b)
  • Mohammad Amir4-0-35-3
  • Saeed Ajmal3-0-23-1
18.6
4
Mohammad Amir to MEK Hussey, FOUR, Very important delivery in the context of the game and Hussey keeps Australia alive with a four. It was the low dipping full toss, attempted yorker, .. Hussey had moved down the track, collected it on the full and dragged it to left of deep midwicket .. Mis bah rushes and throws in a dive but ends up dragging the ball with him over the boundary/.
18.5
2
Mohammad Amir to MEK Hussey, 2 runs, backs away even as he gets down the track and drives to right of Umar at long-off. Two more.
18.4
2
Mohammad Amir to MEK Hussey, 2 runs, Kamran is screaming away out there..he wants the throw ...this one was heaved away towards long-on .. and they will take the second run. Pretty comfortable run actually.
18.3
2lb
Mohammad Amir to MEK Hussey, 2 leg byes, tries to repeat the paddle shot that he attempted the first ball .. this time he doesn't connect properly.. the ball rolls away to third man ..
18.2
2
Mohammad Amir to MEK Hussey, 2 runs, full pitched outside off, driven to Umar at long-off .. they turn for the second run. Umar fires the throw to Aamer who breaks the stumps. The call is referred upstairs. Mitch dives to get back in the crease in time.
18.1
4
Mohammad Amir to MEK Hussey, FOUR, Four of the first ball. Hussey leans across, waits for the fulll ball to arrive and paddles it to the fine-leg boundary. Icy cool.

END OF OVER:
18 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 158/7 (34 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.77, RRR: 17.00)

  • Michael Hussey24 (14b)
  • Mitchell Johnson4 (2b)
  • Saeed Ajmal3-0-23-1
  • Mohammad Amir3-0-21-3
17.6
1lb
Saeed Ajmal to MEK Hussey, 1 leg bye, full delivery, Hussey tries to heave it to the on side but doesn't connect. A leg bye will give him the strike though
17.5
2
Saeed Ajmal to MEK Hussey, 2 runs, really full delivery, squeezed out to the empty spaces in midwicket. They run really hard. And will collect two runs.

Ian: "Kamran Akmal has come a long way to answer his critics on his glovework. It's been excellent, and in terms of attitude and character he's right in the middle of the action like all wickies should be. Add to that excellent 50 and he is probably looking at Man of the Match too, if Pakistan win."

17.4
6
Saeed Ajmal to MEK Hussey, SIX, Ajmal drifts to the leg side and Hussey jumps at the opportunity. He was well inside the crease and swings it over backward square-leg boundary
17.3
1lb
Saeed Ajmal to Johnson, 1 leg bye, on the middle and leg line, rolls away to the leg side
17.2
4
Saeed Ajmal to Johnson, FOUR, he slows up the pace .. flights it outside off, Mitch waits on the front foot and crashes it really hard to the midwicket boundary
17.1
W
Saeed Ajmal to Smith, OUT, Ajmal can be such a difficult bowler to get away in these circumstances. Those tantalizing doosras. It landed on the middle stump line, Smith was down the track and actually tried to loft it over the off-side which perhaps indicates that he thought it might be the doosra. But no wood on leather. The ball goes past the flashing blade and to Kamran Akmal who very calmly takes off the bails. Ajmal celebrates. What a lovely delivery

SPD Smith st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 5 (2m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125.00

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 144/6 (48 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.47, RRR: 16.00)

  • Steven Smith5 (3b)
  • Michael Hussey16 (11b)
  • Mohammad Amir3-0-21-3
  • Shahid Afridi4-0-34-1
16.6
1
Mohammad Amir to Smith, 1 run, leans across to scoop the full delivery over square-leg. Kamran screams the fielder to release the ball to him. The batsmen think about the second but the fielder has released the ball quickly. Just a single. Kamran is happy.
16.5
0
Mohammad Amir to Smith, no run, full and angling away from Smith who goes for the swing to the on side but makes no contact
16.4
4
Mohammad Amir to Smith, FOUR, slips it on the pads, it was the slow off cutter, and Smith stays back to play the leg glance to perfection
16.3
W
Mohammad Amir to White, OUT, Is this the moment of the chase? And would you believe it, it was a full toss that did the trick for Pakistan. A full toss on the off stump line. White's eyes opens up and he tries to smash it through the line to long-off. Perhaps that was the mistake. He couldn't find enough power behind it and couldn't clear long-off. But what an innings this has been from White. Great to watch. Superb under pressure. But he is gone now.

CL White c Mohammad Hafeez b Mohammad Amir 43 (31m 31b 0x4 5x6) SR: 138.70

16.2
1
Mohammad Amir to MEK Hussey, 1 run, goes for the yorker, ends up as a low full toss on middle and leg, flicked away but there is a man in the deep. Just a single.
16.2
1w
Mohammad Amir to MEK Hussey, 1 wide, pressure. Pushes this one down the leg side for a wide.
16.1
1
Mohammad Amir to White, 1 run, really full delivery on the middle, squeezed out to point

Michael Clarke was whistling in the dug out when Hussey hit that second six

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WktRunsPlayers
1st1SR WatsonDA Warner
2nd25BJ HaddinSR Watson
3rd32BJ HaddinMJ Clarke
4th4MJ ClarkeDJ Hussey
5th43DJ HusseyCL White
6th34MEK HusseyCL White
7th5MEK HusseySPD Smith
8th53MEK HusseyMG Johnson

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