Two runs in the end. Poor cricket all around to be fair. Brooks blocks it towards the off side solidly. Brooks leaves it alone comfortably. Brooks drives it through covers this time and gets a couple. A good-length delivery on that fourth stump line. Brooks looks to defend but the ball swings away and beats the outside edge of his blade. Brooks defends it off the front foot towards the off side.
Shamarh Brooks gets a boundary off the first ball after the Drinks! A nice half-volley on middle. Brooks drives it off the front foot past mid on for a boundary. Superb timing. Well, it was a cautious start by the Windies openers and they got lucky with the Irish bowlers bowling a lot of extras. Adair was all over the place but then Craig Young was brought in the 8th over. Since then, Young has sent back the Windies top-three without hardly any runs on the board.
This is just like the previous match but will this time Ireland be able to keep up the pressure? Or will Shamarh Brooks lead another fight back? Chase defends it off the back foot nicely. End of another good over. Ireland have chipped in with crucial wickets here. Chase blocks it solidly off the back foot. Roston Chase does not offer any shot to this one. Roston Chase drives but straight to the cover fielder. Shamarh Brooks hangs back and looks to drive on the up but it goes off the inner half of the blade towards the on side for a run.
Roston Chase leaves it alone watchfully. End of a successful over from Craig Young! It looks pretty plumb but there are two questions - did it get an inside edge or did it pitch outside leg? UltraEdge shows there's clear daylight between bat and pad. Ball Tracker confirms that it is indeed pitching in line and that's deadstraight. Brilliant review yet again and the decision is overturned OUT!
Nicholas Pooran departs now and Craig Young gets his third! A good-length delivery on middle. Pooran looks to drive it straight but misses as the ball nips back in sharply. The ball hits his pads and there is a huge appeal. The umpire does not respond and Ireland take a review. The replays roll in and the UltraEdge shows no bat involved. The Ball Tracker rolls and it shows three reds. A length delivery around off. Pooran looks to defend but ball seams away and beats the outside edge of his blade.
Brooks steers it to third man and gets a single this time. Brooks defends it with soft hands towards point. Brooks solidly defends it towards the on side. Pooran defends it towards point. A maiden over from Mark Adair. Brilliant stuff. Pooran drives it firmly back to the bowler. Pooran pushes it off the back foot to point.
Pooran drives it to cover-point this time. Pooran blocks this off the back foot towards the off side. Brooks blocks it solidly off the front foot. A wicket-maiden from Craig Young. Brooks opens the face of his blade a little and pushes it to point. Craig Young bowls a peach and Justin Greaves has no answer for it!
A fuller delivery on middle. Justin Greaves looks to drive but the ball swings away a tad and beats the outside edge of his blade to shatter the stumps. Justin Greaves never looked comfortable and has to walk back finally.
Ireland have sent back both the openers into the hut and will be looking to capitalise on this start now. Justin Greaves looks to drive but is beaten on the outside edge again. Justin Greaves drives it without much timing towards mid off.
Justin Greaves steers it to third man and gets a single. Justin Greaves looks to drive but misses. Justin Greaves looks to work it away towards the on side but misses. He is hit high on the pads and looks for a single as it rolls towards square leg but is sent back by his partner.
Pooran blocks this off the front foot towards covers and takes a quick single. He is off the mark. Justin Greaves works it to fine leg for a single this time. Good-length delivery around off. Justin Greaves looks to defend it but the ball seams away sharply to beat the outside edge of his blade.
Nicholas Pooran looks for the extravagant drive but misses. Ireland have reviewed for a caught behind against Shai Hope! The replays roll in and the UltraEdge shows that there is bat involved there. So the original decision will be overturned. Shai Hope has to walk back. Craig Young gets the first breakthrough for Ireland and boy he gets it with a peach of a delivery.
Young goes a bit fuller, angles it in at the off stump. The ball straightens after pitching and Shai Hope is caught on the crease as he neither moves forward nor goes back. The ball goes past the outside edge as Neil Rock collects it with ease.
There is a sound and Ireland are confident. The umpire doesn't give it out but Paul Stirling reviews it in a jiffy. UltraEdge confirms that indeed there was an edge and Shai Hope has to depart. Hope plays it towards mid on. A length ball, outside off. Hope leaves it alone. Some aggressive intent now from Shai Hope.
Overpitched, around off but not quite a half-volley. Hope just stands tall and drives it through cover-point for another boundary. That was begging to be hit! A length ball, well outside off. Shai Hope hangs back and thrashes it over point for a boundary. Full and straight, punched out towards mid off. Greaves is already halfway through but Hope sends him back. Hope goes for the flashing cover drive but slices it towards third man for a single. Good-length ball, around off and Hope blocks it back onto the deck off the back foot.
He looks for the quick single but Greaves sends him back. Hope presses forward and nudges it out on the off side. Hope gets cramped for room as he tries to flick it away.
He misses and gets hit on the thigh pad. Hope finds the timing and the gap and breaks the shackles. Full length and outside off. Shaw leans into it and carves it through covers for a boundary.
Who will start from the other end? Time for some pace as Lockie Ferguson is set to steam in. What a start by Shakib Al Hasan.
Just 1 run off the over. Dhawan defends it onto the pitch. Three dots on the trot now! Dhawan defends it to mid-wicket. Dhawan defends it to short mid-wicket. Slightly short and outside off. Shaw stays on the back foot and cuts it to the left of point. Nitish Rana there dives to his left to make a half-stop. The batters cross. Shaw cuts it to point.
We are set for the clash! The umpires stride out to the middle. Eoin Morgan leads his side on the field. Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw walk out to bat for Delhi. Dinesh Karthik has his helmet on and is standing up as Shakib Al Hasan is going to start with the ball. Here we go Rishabh Pant, the skipper of Delhi, says that they would have bowled first too but there is no point in thinking over the toss too much. Informs Marcus Stoinis comes in for Tom Curran.
Ends by saying that the players are in the right frame of mind and hopes that the guys enjoy out on the field. Eoin Morgan, the skipper of Kolkata, says that they will bowl first.
Mentions they have played a couple of games in Sharjah and that has worked for them before. Adds, there are no changes to the side. Also says, he hopes there is a bit of an advantage with them, but against this Delhi side, it should be a test. Mentions in the UAE leg, his players have played with fire and have put on a great show. He says that it is very pleasant and cool out there. Adds that the highest score on this surface is and it was made by Bangalore, but teams after that have not been able to cross Matthew Hayden says that batting here should be a mix of playing fearlessly and sensibly.
Adds that scoring 50 runs in the Powerplay is what the batters should target. Says that spinners will play a big role in this game and it will get challenging to score runs once the ball gets old. Kolkata have been the comeback kings of the season and they are familiar with the Sharjah conditions, as they ended Bangalore's hunt in the Eliminator. Kolkata have also won all the games while chasing in UAE and would likely hope to repeat that if they chase here again.
In their last game, Sunil Narine was back to his best form and caused a lot of trouble to the opposition with both the bat and the ball. Also, on paper, it looks like they have a deep batting lineup, which was seen in their last game when Shakib Al Hasan and Eoin Morgan kept their calm and got Kolkata over the line.
Delhi reached the finals for the first time last season in But they could not get over the line against Mumbai. Although, they have been a dominant side in this season of the Indian T20 League. They topped the league stage with 20 points and would be eager to move an inch closer to their maiden trophy win.
Although, Delhi are coming into this game on the back of two consecutive defeats. They still remain a very strong team. Hello and a warm welcome to all! SR Watson is Out. Chennai Super Kings lost totally 6 wickets. Chennai Super Kings got 1 run.
SR Watson scored totally 80 runs. SR Watson scored totally 79 runs. RA Jadeja scored totally 5 runs. SR Watson scored totally 77 runs. Leave a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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