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 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 14.1 R Ashwinto J Symes, 2 runs

Lunges forward and works it through squareleg and puts in a dive to complete a risky second run.

Over 14.2 R Ashwinto J Symes, no runs

Defends the flighted delivery towards the bowler.

Over 14.3 R Ashwinto J Symes, 1 run

Gets forward and drives it to straight long off for one.

Over 14.6 R Ashwinto J Symes, 1 run

Goes back and taps the quicker one to short thirdman for one.

Over 15.1 RA Jadejato J Symes, 1 run

Goes back and taps it to short thirdman for one.

Over 15.5 RA Jadejato J Symes, no runs

Gets forward and pushes it to the bowler.

Over 15.6 RA Jadejato J Symes, 1 run

Drives it along the ground to long off for one.

Over 16.1 R Ashwinto J Symes, 1 run

Goes back and flicks it behind squareleg for one.

Over 16.3 R Ashwinto J Symes, 1 run

Gets forward and slices his drive through covers for one.

Over 16.4 R Ashwinto J Symes, Boundary!

Stretches forward and smacks the full toss in the air through extra covers for a boundary.

Over 16.4 R Ashwin to Chris Morris, NB +1 run
Gets forward and drives it powerfully along the ground to long off for one. Freehit coming up!

Over 16.5 R Ashwinto J Symes, 1 run

Goes back and flicks it through mid wicket for one.

Over 17.1 DE Bollingerto J Symes, 1 run

Makes room and drills the yorker to long off for one.

Over 17.3 DE Bollingerto J Symes, 2 runs

Carves the full delivery in the air towards deep cover point for a couple.

Over 17.4 DE Bollingerto J Symes, Boundary!

Whacks the length ball flat in the air towards wide long on for a boundary.

Over 17.5 DE Bollingerto J Symes, 1 run

Cuts the short and wide delivery to backward point for one.

Over 18.2 BJ Hilfenhausto J Symes, Boundary!

Slashes at a widish full ball and gets a thick edge which flies to fine thirdman for a boundary.

Over 18.3 BJ Hilfenhausto J Symes, 2 runs

Slices his big flick shot towards backward point and a touch catch gets spilled down by the backward running Morkel.

Over 18.4 BJ Hilfenhausto J Symes, 2 runs

Bends down and heaves it nicely towards wide long on where the fielder palms the ball down to save the boundary.

Over 18.5 BJ Hilfenhausto J Symes, 1 run

Slashes the full ball and gets a thick edge which is stopped by Bollinger at thirdman.

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."