3.4 to Valthaty, Paul holes out to deep midwicket. It was a shortish delivery, not quite a bouncer, but on the middle and leg stump line and that does Paul in. He goes for a swat pull but gets more elevation than distance (sorry about that cliche!) and Blizzard waits for it to arrive at the boundary. 22/1 15.2 to Marsh, Magnificent catch from Pollard. Absolutely awesome. Shaun had killed that shortish ball with a violent pull. Pollard rushed to his right at deep midwicket and lunged out to take it so safely with both hands. He stands, turns towards the crowd and holds his arms aloft. Fabulicious effort. 128/3 15.6 to Hussey, Spontaneous combustion time! He leaned forward to pick out mid-off with his aerial off drive. 129/4 18.1 to Karthik, Viv Richards or Yashpal Sharma? In the end its just DK! He walked across the stumps and wafted the full delivery up in the air. Almost ala King Viv and Yashpal, who played that shot in that 1983 tourney, but this time, unlike those two, DK doesn't get the distance. He has been snapped up at deep backward square-leg 148/6 18.6 to Harris, Pollard again. Munaf again. Again and again. Ryan lifted this slower length delivery to right of long-on and Pollard rushed forward to his right and lunged out to take a low catch. He is delighted. Munna bhai too is delirious. 155/7 |
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