MI beat Somerset, set up final clash with RCB

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Chennai, 09 October 2011: Mumbai Indians held their nerves in crucial moments to eke out a narrow 10-run victory over Somerset in the second semifinal of the Champions League twenty20 on Saturday and set up a summit clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday. Lasith Malinga snapped four wickets and Aiden Blizzard cracked a 39-ball 54 but it was James Franklin’s two-wicket burst at the 19th over which set up the win for Mumbai Indians in the nail-biting semifinal.

 

Needing 22 off last 12 balls, Franklin picked up the wickets of Jos Butler (19) and Craig Kieswetter (62) – to turn the game in Mumbai’s favour. Malinga then completed the proceeding by taking two wickets in the last over. Chasing 161 to win, Kieswetter cracked seven fours and one six and stitched a crucial 83-run partnership off 63 balls with James Hildreth (39) to keep Somerset in the runchase but Franklin’s 19th over put paid to their hopes.

 

 

Defending 160, Mumbai Indians pacer Lasith Malinga rattled Somerset with his pacy yorkers as he first removed opener Peter Trego for a naught and then cleaned up Roelef van der Merwe to straight away derail Somerset’s runchase. However, Kieswetter and Hildreth joined hands and steadied the ship, reaching 67 in the first 10 overs. Hildreth then brought up the hundred in the 14th over with a boundary off Harbhajan.

 

But Harbhajan was quick to hit back as he cleaned up Hildreth in the very next ball to end the partnership and keep Mumbai’s hopes alive. However, Kieswetter was unfazed and brought up his fifty with a single in the 16th over, before amassing 16 runs with the help of a six and a four off Abu Nechim in the 17th over along with Jos Butler to keep Somerset in the hunt.

 

Needing 29 off 18 balls, Somerset scored seven runs, including a four off Malinga, in the 18th over to bring the calculation to 22 off 12 balls.

 

Match Summary

Champions League T20 2011 Mumbai Indians vs Somerset, 2nd Semi-final MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, October 8, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) & Billy Doctrove (WI) Third Umpire: Johanes Cloete (RSA) Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Toss: Mumbai Indians (Elected to bat) Match Status: Mumbai Indians won by 10 runs

Batting: Somerset Innings

Batsmen Somerset (150/7 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Peter Trego b L Malinga 0 2 0 0 0.00 Craig Kieswetter (wk) c K Pollard b J Franklin 62 46 7 1 134.78 Roelof van der Merwe b L Malinga 10 9 2 0 111.11 James Hildreth b H Singh 39 33 6 0 118.18 Jos Buttler b J Franklin 19 22 2 0 86.36 Nick Compton b L Malinga 5 3 1 0 166.67 Arul Suppiah not out 0 2 0 0 0.00 Murali Kartik b L Malinga 0 1 0 0 0.00 Alfonso Thomas (c) not out 3 2 0 0 150.00 Adam Dibble             Steve Kirby             Extras: b - 7, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 2 12   Total:(150 for 7 in 20 overs) 150 Run Rate: 7.50

Fall Of Wickets

1/0 (Peter Trego, 0.2 ov.), 2/17 (Roelof van der Merwe, 2.6 ov.), 3/100 (James Hildreth, 13.3 ov.), 4/141 (Jos Buttler, 18.3 ov.), 5/142 (Craig Kieswetter, 18.5 ov.), 6/147 (Nick Compton, 19.2 ov.), 7/147 (Murali Kartik, 19.3 ov.)

Bowling: Mumbai Indians

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Lasith Malinga 4 0 20 4 0 1 5.0 Abu Nechim 4 0 31 0 0 1 7.8 Yuzvendra Chahal 3 0 26 0 0 0 8.7 Harbhajan Singh 3 0 25 1 0 1 8.3 Kieron Pollard 2 0 10 0 0 0 5.0 Rajagopal Sathish 1 0 13 0 0 0 13.0 James Franklin 3 0 16 2 0 0 5.3

Batting: Mumbai Indians Innings

Batsmen Mumbai Indians (160/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Aiden Blizzard b M Kartik 54 39 5 3 138.46 Sarul Kanwar c J Buttler b S Kirby 2 6 0 0 33.33 Ambati Rayudu (wk) c C Kieswetter b A Dibble 19 19 2 0 100.00 James Franklin lbw b R van der Merwe 6 9 0 0 66.67 Kieron Pollard b A Thomas 24 18 0 2 133.33 Suryakumar Yadav not out 23 19 3 0 121.05 Rajagopal Sathish not out 25 12 2 1 208.33 Harbhajan Singh (c)             Lasith Malinga             Abu Nechim             Yuzvendra Chahal             Extras: b - 1, w - 1, nb - 2, lb - 3 7   Total:(160 for 5 in 20 overs) 160 Run Rate: 8.00

Fall Of Wickets

1/19 (Sarul Kanwar, 3.1 ov.), 2/62 (Ambati Rayudu, 7.5 ov.), 3/86 (James Franklin, 11.2 ov.), 4/92 (Aiden Blizzard, 12.3 ov.), 5/117 (Kieron Pollard, 16.2 ov.)

Bowling: Somerset

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Alfonso Thomas 4 0 34 1 0 0 8.5 Steve Kirby 3 0 31 1 2 1 10.3 Adam Dibble 4 0 20 1 0 0 5.0 Murali Kartik 4 0 30 1 0 0 7.5 Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 32 1 0 0 8.0 Peter Trego 1 0 9 0 0 0 9.0