Chennai XI vs Lions 7th Match at Cape Town, 16 Oct, 2012

Toss: Lions, who chose to field first
Chennai XI 158/6 (20)
Lions 159/4 (19.3)
Lions won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: AM Phangiso
  • Chris Morris 12 * (7)
  • J Symes 39 * (23)

Over 6.1 JA Morkelto ND McKenzie, no runs

Goes back and cuts the loosener straight to covers.

Over 6.2 JA Morkelto ND McKenzie, 1 run

Goes back and flicks it to deep mid wicket.

Over 6.3 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, 1 lb

Attempts to pull a short ball and gets hit on the body, and collects a leg bye behind squareleg.

Over 6.4 JA Morkelto ND McKenzie, beaten, no runs

Goes back to steer it to thirdman and is beaten.

Over 6.5 JA Morkelto ND McKenzie, 1 run

Pulls down the short delivery to deep mid wicket for one.

Over 6.6 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, 1 run

Pulls down the rising delivery to the diving long leg for one.

Over 8.1 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, no runs

Goes back and pushes it to the bowler.

Over 8.2 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, Six!!

Gets across on the frontfoot and swipes it in an ugly fashion but the ball sails all the way over deep mid wicket for a six!

Over 8.3 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, 1 run

Pulls the short ball to deep squareleg for one.

Over 8.4 JA Morkelto ND McKenzie, 1 run

Makes room and flicks the length ball to wide mid wicket and sets off for a risky single. Ashwin comes in with a direct throw and the diving McKenzie is just in!

Over 8.5 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, Six!!

Makes room and pulls it flat in the air towards deep backward squareleg for a six!!

Over 8.5 JA Morkel to GH Bodi, NB+0
Goes back and slaps the wide ball to mid off. Freehit coming up because of the noball.

Over 8.5 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, Six!!

Makes room and pulls it flat in the air towards deep backward squareleg for a six!!

Over 8.5 JA Morkel to GH Bodi, NB+0
Goes back and slaps the wide ball to mid off. Freehit coming up because of the noball.

Over 8.6 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, 2 runs

Flays the widish full delivery to deep covers for a couple.

Over 13.1 JA Morkelto ND McKenzie, Boundary!

Swings across to a length ball and gets an inside edge which races away to fine leg for a boundary!

Over 13.2 JA Morkelto ND McKenzie, 1 run

Goes back and cuts it to deep point for one.

Over 13.3 JA Morkelto GH Bodi, Caught!

Slashes at a widish length ball away from his body and can only get a thick edge to MSD!

Over 13.4 JA Morkelto J Symes, beaten, no runs

Plays inside the line on the frontfoot and gets beaten by an away swinger.

Over 13.5 JA Morkelto J Symes, 1 run

Drives it on the up infront of point for one.

Over 13.6 JA Morkelto ND McKenzie, beaten, no runs

Looks to come forward in defence and is beaten by one that nipped back and went through the gate, the bounce made the ball sail over the stumps though.

Over 19.1 JA Morkelto Chris Morris, 1 run

Drives the widish low full toss to deep backward point for one. 8 from 6

Over 19.2 JA Morkelto J Symes, Boundary!

Makes room and slaps the short of length delivery past the non-striker and the ball beats the diving long off to his left for a boundary. 4 from 4

Over 19.3 JA Morkelto J Symes, Boundary!

Bends down and slogs it flat towards wide long on for a boundary!

And with that the Lions defeat Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets with three balls to spare! It is their second victory now, the first was against Mumbai Indians. So CSK have suffered their second straight defeat!

Presentation

Aaron Phangiso is surprisingly the Man of the Match ahead of Bodi and here is what he says: "It was a very nice wicket to bowl on. The ball came on nicely out of the hand. I enjoyed my bowling. The wicket was a bit slow so we had to make the batters play. It's always nice to bowl well, the confidence is high and I'm enjoying my bowling."

Alviro Petersen, the winning Lions' Skipper says: "We are delighted with the result. Halfway through the game, I thought we have 15 runs too many. Bodi and McKenzie were superb. The 2 young men finished it for us. We knew that if we could take it down to the last couple of overs, we were in the game. We did that magnificiently and always had the left hand - right hand combination in. The 10th-15th overs is a dead period, you just knock it around but Bodi hit a couple of sixes. We have to focus on one game at a time."

MS Dhoni, the losing CSK Captain says: "The way we batted, we got off to a very good start. We lost too many wickets in the middle overs which meant we couldn't slog. But 160 was a very good score. The timing of the two noballs turned out to be crucial. All these small things matter in this game. Hilfenhaus and Bollinger were bowling well so I gave them 3 overs initially. It's an uphill task from here. In the coming games we have to apply ourselves a bit more."