- Sunrisers 113; Mumbai 114-1
- Mumbai win by nine wickets
- Mumbai qualify for playoffs in second place
Well that was a bit of a thrashing. Mumbai bowled beautifully and followed that up with a near flawless run chase. They qualify in second place and will play Chennai Super Kings next week for a place in the final.
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14th over: Mumbai 114-1 (R Sharma 7, P Patel 51) target 114 Karn Sharma again and Parthiv cuts him against the spin for the run that takes him to 50. Simmons goes, but cap’n Rohit murders his first ball over long on for six. Two needed and he dabs to third man for a single. Patel backs away, it’s short and he clumps to mid on for an easy single to win it.
Tossed up outside off stump and Simmons cuts meekly to backward point. So close.
13th over: Mumbai 105-0 (Simmons 48, P Patel 49) target 114 12 needed and Bhuvi comes back. Patel knocks him away off his legs for a single, then Simmons backs away and top edges a pull; it’s an indication of how slow this pitch is that the ball dies on its way through to the keeper. Drive out to cover for two brings the target down into single figures.
12th over: Mumbai 102-0 (Simmons 46, P Patel 48) target 114 Patel brings out the reverse sweep against Karn and gets it down to third man for four. Cute shot, that. It’d be nice if the clearly talented Patel can stay to the end and see this home, as he’s yet to really capitalise on a start. A deft deflection next ball, down to the same region for four more. A single brings Simmons on strike, Sharma drops short and Simmons pulls him over midwicket for six. Fuller next, the slog sweep comes out and it’s flatter, to the same region and six more!
@DanLucas86 so can you explain why the winner ends up second? rcb will also have 16 points and will inevitably have a higher net run rate.
11th over: Mumbai 80-0 (Simmons 34, P Patel 39) target 114 Henriques again. Patel charges him and flat bats a short, slow one hard down to long off for four. 37 needed now at under four an over. A lovely little dab down to third man reduces that target by one more, as does a big tennis ball bouncey wide.
10th over: Mumbai 73-0 (Simmons 32, P Patel 34) target 114 Time for spin now as Karn Sharma comes into the attack. Danny Morrison is now interviewing Alex Hales: “unless there’s a dramatic injury you might now play,” says Mr Sensitivity Morrison. Karn’s first ball is too short and Simmons cuts with the spin behind point for four. Simmons knocks the ball out to midwicket for one, before Patel takes a leg bye after missing a sweep. The last ball is short again and, like Danny Morrison, begging to be hit. Simmons doesn’t get hold of it and they only get two behind point though.
9th over: Mumbai 65-0 (Simmons 25, P Patel 34) target 114 Steyn returns and he finds the edge of Patel’s bat; it’s a thick, fast one though and it flies wide of Ojha and down to the third man boundary for four. He chips to cover for a single, then Simmons looks to stand up and pull to the boundary, but he bottom edges it and they only get one. One more to Patel, then Steyn throws everything into a bouncer only for it to limp sadly down the leg side. You almost feel sorry for the guy. Now it’s time for a timeout, which I’m sure we just had.
8th over: Mumbai 56-0 (Simmons 23, P Patel 28) target 114 Henriques strays on to the pads, Patel flicks the wrists and works it very fine down to the long leg boundary. That brings up the half-century stand, while singles from the subsequent five deliveries make nine from the over. “Oh fucking hell” shouts a fielder.
7th over: Mumbai 47-0 (Simmons 21, P Patel 21) target 114 Praveen again. Simmons knocks him round the corner for one. Christ they are taking an absolute age between deliveries too. Round the wicket to Patel and he slaps unconvincingly over mid on, but it’s between the two fielders converging on the boundary and has enough pace over the outfield to beat them. A wide on height, then a single pulled hard to midwicket. A well-run two to fine leg off the last ball reduces the arrears to 66.
6th over: Mumbai 38-0 (Simmons 20, P Patel 16) target 114 Moises Henriques now into the attack. This is really drifting towards the inevitable now, with neither side seeming to care that I’m really hungry. Five dots and a single to Simmons from the over. Great.
5th over: Mumbai 37-0 (Simmons 19, P Patel 16) target 114 Time for a change of bowling – Praveen Kumar now. Second ball he emulates him namesake Bhuvi and drifts on to the pads, Simmons clipping behind square for another boundary. Third ball is in the same area, but Simmons goes a touch finer and only gets one. Round the wicket he comes to the right hander and immediately gives him a wide. Six off the over.
4th over: Mumbai 31-0 (Simmons 14, P Patel 16) target 114 Bhuvi again and this has all gone a bit flat now. Three singles, then short and wide from Kumar and he’s cut effortlessly through cover point for four by Patel. A good bouncer, but then the over finishes with a leg stump half volley that gets despatched to the square leg boundary for four.
3rd over: Mumbai 21-0 (Simmons 13, P Patel 7) target 114 Steyn again, with wickets needed pretty urgently. Simmons charges down the wicket while backing away a touch and thrashes Steyn through extra cover for four. Couple of singles, then Simmons stands tall to a long hop and pulls it imperiously from rib height round to square leg for four glorious runs. Two more to midwicket complete the over.
2nd over: Mumbai 8-0 (Simmons 2, P Patel 5) target 114 Bhuvneshwar Kumar from the other end. Couple of dots to Simmons, then, looking for the inswinger, he overcorrects and goes down leg. Wide. Simmons dabs down to third man for a single, the first run off the bat of the over, then Patel dabs to cover for the second and, indeed, the last.
1st over: Mumbai 5-0 (Simmons 1, P Patel 4) target 114 Steyn starts with some nice shape, moving it away from the right hander and beating Simmons, who was looking to drive. A push to short extra cover second ball gets the West Indian underway. A half volley outside off to Patel first up and it’s driven hard through cover point for four. An absolute peach two balls later zips past the outside edge and Steyn raises his arms in celebration... the ball missed bat by a fair new inches and it’s given not out. Same again next ball. Good bowling, but a wee bit embarrassing for Steyn.
We’re back. Steyn with the new ball.
@DanLucas86 So with SRH having decided to play the MI script, is there any point in this second innings?
It depends, there’s something there for the bowlers and Steyn and the Kumars are probably as good a frontline attack as there is in this tournament. Probably not though.
That was pretty poor from the Sunrisers, but let’s not let that detract from an outstanding bowling performance. McClenaghan was outstanding and Malinga not far behind. Suchith, Pollard and Harbhajan all backed them up nicely and should have made this comfortable for their batsmen.
20th over: Sunrisers 113 (Steyn 19) Pollard with 1-5 from his only over so far will bowl the last. Steyn on strike and the batsman swings and misses at the first ball, quicker than he expected and on a length. Slower next, Steyn backs away and gets a proper edge wide of Parthiv Patel and down to fine third man for four. Short again, Steyn backs away and top edges his cut just beyond Harby at backward point. And if you thought “Harby” was a stupid nickname, Danny Morrison is going with “Budgie”. Not “Bhaji”, but “Budgie”. Anyhow, the batsmen take two then Steyn bunts down to wide long on for a single. Praveen lifts the penultimate ball off his pads, coming down the track and out to square leg for a single, meaning Steyn is on strike for the last ball. It’s clumped out to wide long on again and Praveen is run out as they come back for the second. P Kumar run out 4
19th over: Sunrisers 104-9 (P Kumar 3, Steyn 11) Vinay Kumar to bowl over number 19. Can Hyderabad make 100? Can they avoid being bowled out? Steyn rocks back and drives on the up through extra cover for four. As Danny Morrison (sigh) points out, he’s not a bad number 11. I’m struggling to think of better. The hundred comes up as Kumar sends down another miserable long hop and Steyn cracks it straight through the hands of Rohit leaping at cover; it should be a catch, but instead it’s away for four. A single brings Praveen on strike and they appeal optimistically for lbw when he misses a full one; sliding down leg though. The leg bye they take and the single from the last ball make 11 from an over.
18th over: Sunrisers 93-9 (P Kumar 3, Steyn 1) Malinga again and his first ball is a well disguised slower ball that loops up off the bottom of Praveen’s bat, back over the bowler’s head for one. Karn doesn’t hang around and his wicket brings Steyn to the crease. Praveen then plays one of the weirdest shots you’ll see, a kind of French cricket block that has both dugouts laughing. It’s a very weird, but apparently effective way of dealing with Malinga’s yorker.
Full, slow and outside off. Karn tries to drive it but only succeeds is spooning the ball high into the night sky. Not high enough to make this anything other than an easy catch at cover.
17th over: Sunrisers 90-8 (P Kumar 1, K Sharma 15) McClenaghan comes back, 2-11 from his first three overs. He only leaks one more from the first two balls of this, before Bhuvneshwar Kumar holes out for a duck. They’re going to get bowled out here, aren’t they? They’ll do well to get past 100, certainly, from here. Although I’m reluctant to use the words “do well” in this batting performance. Praveen gets off the mark by backing away to leg and flat batting a bumper hard over extra cover for one. Karn Sharma then toe ends one and just gets enough on it to clear the “other”, left-handers extra cover. 3-16 for McClenaghan in the end: brilliant bowling.
Bhuvi looks to go up and over cover, but it comes off the bottom end of the bat and Pandya takes it cleanly in the deep.
16th over: Sunrisers 85-7 (B Kumar 0, K Sharma 11) Kieron Pollard is going to have a bowl. Couple of singles, then Reddy gets an inside edge down to long leg for two as Malinga slides around to save a couple. The wicket goes down next ball and this match is pretty much over.
Reddy goes for a big swing and gets a thick outside edge, up in the air and it’s taken at short third man. But we’re checking the replay and to be it looks like a front foot no ball... although the extreme close up suggests that there’s a tiny bit of rubber on the heel of his trainer that’s a millimetre behind the line. Yes, he’s out!
15th over: Sunrisers 80-6 (Reddy 14, K Sharma 9) Between overs, something that sounds like Simple Minds’ Promised You A Miracle comes over the PA [inset your own joke here]. Harbhajan continues, with 1-8 from his first two overs. He’s tossing them up looking for turn here, but then goes too full to Reddy and gets slog swept miles and miles over mid on for a massive six; the first of the innings.
14th over: Sunrisers 70-6 (Reddy 6, K Sharma 7) The first three wickets went down to seam, the next three to swing. I don’t know if Rohit Sharma is the superstitious type, but he switches back to the former with Malinga. He seems to be favouring the slower balls a touch too heavily for my liking, but oh well. Three singles to begin with, then Reddy backs away and pushes a slow, low full toss to cover for two. Nowt more than that though.
13th over: Sunrisers 65-6 (Reddy 3, K Sharma 5) This is getting silly. Down by the boundary, Sachin says that he’s hoping to restrict the Sunrisers to 110 – they could easily bowl them out for 20 fewer. Four from the over.
Rahul backs away and looks to cut. The ball turns in appreciably, takes the bottom edge and careens into the base of the stumps.
12th over: Sunrisers 61-5 (Rahul 25, K Sharma 4) Suchith again. We’re having a pitch-side interview with Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, so the crowd noise means it’s hard to hear what’s going on. Three dots and three singles from the over.
11th over: Sunrisers 58-5 (Rahul 23, K Sharma 3) We’re halfway through the innings in two senses of the phrase. Harbhajan comes on for his first bowl of the day. Two singles, then he gets one to spit and turn viciously past Karn’s outside edge. The next ball brings a thick leading edge, but it’s just wide of the man running round from backward point. Four from the over.
10th over: Sunrisers 54-5 (Rahul 21, K Sharma 1) Rahul takes a single, knocked down the ground, then more carnage. Henriques goes having a massive, wild, ugly, awful mow from halfway down the wicket, then Ojha just chips softly to give his wicket away. Karn Sharma survives the hat trick ball, but they won’t really be patting themselves over the bat at that over.
Suchith is on a hat trick! It’s full, Ojha comes forward and drives, but it’s uppish and taken low down by Rohit at mid-off!
Another one goes. Henriques goes for a wander down the track, misses it and Patel does the rest. And...
9th over: Sunrisers 50-3 (Rahul 18, Henriques 11) A new bowler, Hardik Pandya, into the attack. After a wide, Rahul knocks it out to mid on for a couple. Two balls later, after another wide, on height this time, Rahul plays a lovely inside out drive up and over mid off for four. Shot of the day, that. Another two, then Rahul cuts to the third man fielder for a single that brings up the 50.
8th over: Sunrisers 39-3 (Rahul 9, Henriques 11) Rahul comes down the track to Suchith and cuts the spinner deliberately up, just over point and it runs away for four. Other than that it’s very nicely bowled and concedes just three runs, all in ones.
@guardian_sport@DanLucas86 3-2. Arsenal win.
7th over: Sunrisers 32-3 (Rahul 3, Henriques 10) The Sunrisers have had better powerplays this season. Vinay Kumar is carrying on with the ball. He’s not especially threatening, not finding anywhere near as much movement as McClenaghan, but mere survival is taking precedence over actual run scoring at the moment and as if to prove that, Rahul edges to gully on the bounce. Three no-fuss singles from the over.
6th over: Sunrisers 29-3 (Rahul 1, Henriques 9) This is a bit of a surprise, McClenaghan’s going to bowl a third over on the trot. Morgan tucks him off his hips down to backward square leg for a couple, but two balls later McClenaghan rewards his captain’s persistence with another cheap wicket. He very nearly makes it two in two as Henriques gets a genuine edge about six inches wide of slip’s grasp. Away it goes for four to third man.
Short and wide-ish from McClenaghan, but not wide enough for this: Morgan rocks back and looks to ramp it up and over third man. He very nearly gets there, ramping it up and to third man. Bad luck, Eoin.
5th over: Sunrisers 21-2 (Morgan 7, Henriques 5) Vinay Kumar comes on for Malinga. Slightly back of a length and Henriques knocks his second ball to mid on and taking advantage of a misfield to run one. The next ball strays on to Morgan’s pads, on a good length, and is swinging toward leg, so Morgan feathers it round the corner for his first boundary. Three singles from each of the last three balls make that Hyderabad’s best over so far.
4th over: Sunrisers 13-2 (Morgan 1, Henriques 3) McClenaghan again as Rohit Sharma looks to press his foot on the throat. There’s still a bit of movement for the Kiwi bowler, which you don’t see very often in the fourth over in this competition. Henriques nudges one off his pads, with the swing, to short fine leg for a single. Two slips in place for Morgan, which is remarkable. The England captain comes down the pitch and pushes to mid on for a sharp single to get off the mark, then Henriques knocks the last ball out to midwicket for one more.
3rd over: Sunrisers 10-2 (Morgan 0, Henriques 1) It’ll be Malinga again, to Henriques. The Australian hasn’t faced a ball yet. And he technically still hasn’t after the first ball, what with it being a slow one down the leg side that’s called wide. The next three are dots though, all slow yorkers landed on a sixpence. Henriques pushes the fourth legal delivery to mid off for a quick single – the first run off the bat for 10 deliveries. Ooh and then Morgan gets hit on the front pad by another cracking inswinger. That’s close, but it might have been sliding down leg. Just. Another dot and Morgan is now nought from seven balls.
2nd over: Sunrisers 8-2 (Morgan 0, Henriques 0) Well this isn’t ideal for the home side. Warner goes to the first ball of the innings and that brings Morgan to the crease. Two batsmen on nought now. This is a beauty of an over from McClenaghan, fast and leaving Morgan groping outside off like Robin Thicke in a nightclub. A harsh wide, then he gets one to nip back in off the pitch and cut Morgan in half. Morgan looks terrified of the ball.
McClenaghan bangs it in short and Warner’s eyes light up. It’s a bit quicker than he’s expecting though, it takes the top edge, flies straight up and Pollard comes steaming in from square leg to pouch the comfortable catch!
1st over: Sunrisers 7-1 (Warner 6, Henriques 0) Lasith Malinga opens the bowling to li’l Davey Warner; the latter rocks back to a short ball and runs it down to third man for a run. Not so li’l Shikhar Dhawan comes forward and clips a single off his ankles. Short from Malinga and Warner hits a hook, all muscle there, through square leg for the first four of the day. Quick single to cover, then Malinga detonates Dhawan’s stumps with an absolute peach.
You knew it was coming, but dealing with it is another thing. A fast yorker, pitched a fraction outside off and swung back in to knock the stump out the ground.
Given the Bangalore have had six matches affected by rain, it is pretty stupid that the tie-breaker for teams level on points is the number of wins.
So no Alex Hales in the Mumbai side. If they lose this – and my gut feeling is that they will – this will be one of sport’s great wasted trips.
The RCB v Daredevils match has been washed out. The winner here therefore finishes second and will play Chennai Super Kings in the first qualifier for a place in the final.
Sunrisers win and will bat. Assuming that the first game doesn’t restart, the winner of this one finishes second. The weather is clear for now.
Afternoon folks. Really easy this one: the winner goes through to the playoffs, the loser doesn’t. The last game of the IPL 2015 group stage is effectively a semi final.
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