Shami to Zubayr Hamza, out Bowled!! Absolute cracker-jack of a delivery! It’s a competition out there between the Indian pace duo. Shami responds to Umesh’s corker with a peach of his own. This was the fullish in-angler on off stump, drawing Hamza forward to push at it and the ball just held its line ever so slightly to beat […]
U Yadav to de Kock, out Bowled!! The off stump does a long jump! Umesh starts with a bang. He can do no wrong in this game, can he? Kept this on a good length around middle and off, de Kock’s footwork went nowhere and ended up playing down the wrong line in defence. Hint of away movement and […]
Ashwin to Rabada, out Rabada Run Out!! NEVER RUN ON A MISFIELD. Umesh Yadav scores a direct hit from mid-off and sends Rabada back. He is gutted. That was driven firmly to mid-off and Umesh fumbled, George Linde called for a single and Rabada was slightly late to react. That extra few seconds cost him dearly as […]
Jadeja to Klaasen, out Bowled!! Unplayable! Jadeja usually wrecks havoc in the second innings of a match, but here he’s weaving his magic in the first one itself. An absolute spinner’s delight. Pitches on off and spins away ever so slightly, opening him up like a can of worms. The off-stump goes for a toss and that brings an […]
Nadeem to Bavuma, out Stumped!! Maiden Test wicket for Shahbaz Nadeem! As they say, ‘one brings two’ – and here’s an example. Bavuma shimmies down the wicket to play this one, but the spinner drags back his length and extracts some sharp spin off the deck. Saha does well to grab it and although the batsman tries his best […]
Jadeja to Zubayr Hamza, out Bowled!! This wouldn’t need a review. Jadeja has knocked him over! A straighter delivery around middle and leg, it skids along the deck and Hamza got outfoxed due to the lack of bounce. He was looking to punch it off the back foot, but the ball goes through him and takes down […]
U Yadav to du Plessis, out Bowled!! That’s the foxing set up. Poor du Plessis, he’s been watching Yadav dish out filthy leg-line after leg-line to Hamza, but no, he ain’t getting any of those. He’ll get a peach. Perfectly landing on a good length, threatening to angle in, forcing him to play for it inside the […]
U Yadav to de Kock, out Caught by W Saha!! Oh ho ho! Umesh Yadav produces a jaffah now and de Kock has edged it to the keeper now. That was banged in short, down leg, de Kock was hopping up and just could not get his top glove out of the way. Everyone went up and […]
Shami to Elgar, out Caught by W Saha!! That’s a rippah from Shami and Elgar fails to evade the delivery as he tried to leave it. Gloves it faintly off the left thumb and the keeper does the rest. That was banged in short of length and Elgar thought of leaving it but the ball was close […]
George Linde to U Yadav, SIX, Umesh has made his intentions clear with the very first ball. Sees the flight and just has a whack, nowhere close to the middle but the power of the man takes it over cow corner quite comfortably. George Linde to U Yadav, SIX, consecutive sixes and the crowd have found their […]