IPL5: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians - Match Recap - Dwayne Smith's heroics take Mumbai home in a last-ball thriller
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401 played a whirlwind cameo of 24 runs from just 9 balls to steer Mumbai Indians to a thrilling last ball win over defending champions Chennai Super Kings in their return leg Indian Premier League match, played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on
Sunday, May 6, 2012.
Chasing a competitive 174-run target, the Mumbai Indians needed four runs off the final delivery, with their West Indies import Dwayne Smith facing lanky http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204. Keeping his nerves in the tense situation, the Barbadian smashed the
ball straight down the ground for a boundary to take the hosts to a two-wicket win over Dhoni and men.
After losing opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 provided the side with an impressive launch pad, sharing a three-digit stand for the second-wicket partnership. The
partnership was worth 126 when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faf-du-Plessis-c1427 in the 16th over. The Master Blaster scored 74 runs from 44 balls, including 11 muscular boundaries and a six.
The next three overs saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 right-handed batsman showed nerves,
plundering a six and two successive boundaries to bag his side an improbable 2-wicket win over the two-time IPL champions.
Ben Hilfenhaus, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613 turned out to be the most expensive bowler for Chennai, conceding runs at an economy rate of over eleven.
Earlier, after winning the toss, the Mumbai skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, had put the tourists into bat, maintaining he was unsure how the wicket would play. But it turned out to a good sporting wicket, with assistance for both batsmen and bowlers.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 (15-ball 25). With Dhoni and Bravo looting boundaries from both the
ends, it looked like Super Kings would set a huge total, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 and RP Singh scythed through CSK’s middle and lower order to restrict the tourists to 173 for 8 in the end.
Slinga Malinga once again returned as the most successful bowler for Mumbai with 3 for 25 in his quota of four overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RP-Singh-c87028 also claimed three scalps conceding 28 runs in four overs.
Dwayne Smith was adjudged as the Man of the Match for his match winning cameo.
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