Nokia CLT20: Mumbai Indians v Somerset – Match Recap
Mumbai Indians 160 v Somerset 150 - Mumbai Indians won by 10 runs
Mumbai Indians booked a date with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the forthcoming final of this season’s Champions League T2 on Sunday, October 9, 2011 after beating rivals Somerset by 10 runs in the second semi-final of the mega league tournament on Saturday,
October 08, 2011 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
After winning the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 chose to bat first in the crucial match to put enough runs on the board for the bowlers to restrict the opposition on a small total to advance to the final.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steve-Kirby-c2577.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007 as the duo clobbered 43 runs in the second wicket partnership, leaving Somerset in complete disarray as the English club needed to grab wickets to get back in
the game.
It was then on the penultimate delivery of the eighth over when Rayudu after playing a knock of 19 runs was caught behind by wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Dibble-c917. At the time of his departure, Mumbai had managed to post 62 runs on
the board for the loss of two wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Merwe in the 12th over.
In the next over, Blizzard after smashing 54 runs off 39 deliveries had his stumps shattered by left-arm spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Kartik-c78034. By this time, Mumbai had posted 92 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets.
Later, the batting side ended their 20-over innings after posting 160 runs.
A target of 161 runs was not tough enough and Mumbai needed to bowl exceptionally well to restrict Somerset from succeeding in their chase.
Somerset were left flabbergasted when on the second delivery of the first over of their innings they lost the services of opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Trego-c2181, who found his way back to the pavilion without scoring a run when he had his stumps uprooted by Mumbai’s top pacer
Lasith Malinga.
Malinga struck again in his next over when he hit timber once again by grabbing the wicket of Merwe, who smashed 10 runs before walking off the field.
Meanwhile, opener Kieswetter enforced his batting superiority once again by standing defiant against the opposition as he exhibited tremendous batting.
Middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729 Hildreth gave an impressive show as he forged an 83-run third-wicket partnership with Kieswetter.
However, he was dismissed in the 14th over after playing an innings of 39 runs off 33 deliveries when he was bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453.
Later, Kieswetter fell in the 19th over after playing a belligerent knock of 62 runs off 46 deliveries when he was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 off the bowling of Franklin.
In the end, Somerset could only bolster 150 runs in response to Mumbai’s tally.
Pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 was named as the Player of the Match for grabbing four wickets in the match.
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