The Rams 1. Trescothick 2. Gibbs 3. Vaughan 4. Laxman 5. Styris 6. Hussey 7. Dhoni 8. Hogg 9. Khan 10. Malinga 11. Hoggard Sticky Wicket XI 1. Neil McKenzie 2. Imran Farhat 3. Thilan Samaraweera 4. Ross Taylor 5. Jean-Paul Duminy 6. Mohammad Kaif 7. Mark Boucher 8. Daniel Vettori 9. Dilhara Fernando 10. Stuart Clark 11. Iain O'Brien Tipping Watch : The Rams 5 vs 3 Sticky Wicket XI
Code: Sticky Wickets 1st Innings ND McKenzie ct Hussey b Khan 56 143 4 0 I Farhat lbw b Malinga 6 16 0 0 TT Samaraweera ct Dhoni b Khan 16 21 2 1 LRPL Taylor lbw b Hoggard 24 48 3 0 JP Duminy ct & b Styris 67 118 7 2 M Kaif run out 0 1 0 0 MV Boucher run out 63 143 5 0 DL Vettori lbw b Hogg 3 31 0 0 CRD Fernando ct Malinga b Styris 6 8 1 0 SR Clark ct Trescothick b Malinga 22 32 2 0 IE O'Brien not out 23 37 2 0 Extras (byes 6 leg byes 13 no balls 10 wides 1) 30 Total (10 Wkts 98.0 Overs) 316 Fall of Wkts 23 45 91 173 180 216 227 234 265 316 Khan 23 3 72 2 3 0 Malinga 20 3 76 2 3 1 Hoggard 21 1 76 1 3 0 Hogg 25 7 53 1 0 0 Styris 9 2 20 2 1 0
Big last wicket partnerships are starting to bug me 3 batsmen getting out in the 60s is criminal, though Boucher was last man out.
Code: Rams 1st Innings ME Trescothick ct Boucher b Clark 4 8 1 0 HH Gibbs ct Samaraweera b Fernando 59 110 7 0 MP Vaughan lbw b Clark 30 53 2 0 VVS Laxman ct Farhat b Clark 0 7 0 0 SB Styris ct Duminy b O'Brien 7 7 1 0 MEK Hussey ct Boucher b Vettori 9 21 1 0 MS Dhoni ct Farhat b Vettori 16 36 1 0 GB Hogg lbw b Fernando 6 12 0 0 Z Khan ct Taylor b O'Brien 26 44 2 1 SL Malinga ct Taylor b O'Brien 17 41 3 0 MJ Hoggard not out 1 5 0 0 Extras (byes 0 leg byes 6 no balls 5 wides 1) 12 Total (10 Wkts 56.3 Overs) 187 Fall of Wkts 6 64 66 77 100 126 137 140 184 187 Fernando 13 2 46 2 4 0 Clark 16 2 60 3 0 1 O'Brien 11.3 3 27 3 1 0 Vettori 16 0 48 2 0 0 Same old Rams.
Code: Sticky Wickets 2nd Innings ND McKenzie lbw b Hoggard 76 198 7 0 I Farhat ct Hoggard b Hogg 51 89 2 1 TT Samaraweera ct Dhoni b Hogg 10 14 2 0 LRPL Taylor ct Dhoni b Khan 20 47 3 0 JP Duminy lbw b Styris 28 72 2 0 M Kaif ct Hoggard b Malinga 10 59 0 0 MV Boucher ct Malinga b Hogg 37 98 3 0 DL Vettori not out 117 194 11 4 CRD Fernando ct & b Hogg 1 12 0 0 SR Clark ct Gibbs b Hoggard 36 75 3 0 IE O'Brien ct Malinga b Khan 5 6 1 0 Extras (byes 0 leg byes 15 no balls 8 wides 2) 25 Total (10 Wkts 142.4 Overs) 416 Fall of Wkts 110 122 159 171 212 212 321 331 411 416 Khan 28.4 4 63 2 0 0 Malinga 29 3 103 1 1 1 Hoggard 29 5 79 2 5 0 Hogg 40 3 105 4 0 1 Styris 16 2 51 1 2 0
Code: Rams 2nd Innings ME Trescothick ct Fernando b Vettori 59 116 3 0 HH Gibbs ct Boucher b O'Brien 34 83 1 0 MP Vaughan ct Kaif b Vettori 103 225 11 0 VVS Laxman b Clark 90 163 10 0 SB Styris ct Samaraweera b Fernando 107 206 10 0 MEK Hussey not out 118 184 14 1 MS Dhoni not out 3 4 0 0 GB Hogg Z Khan SL Malinga MJ Hoggard Extras (byes 0 leg byes 16 no balls 13 wides 3) 32 Total (5 Wkts 161.2 Overs) 546 Fall of Wkts 76 114 281 325 540 Fernando 26 0 89 1 1 1 Clark 31 3 84 1 6 0 O'Brien 31 5 93 1 6 0 Vettori 39.2 1 145 2 0 1 Samaraweera 16 2 53 0 0 0 Duminy 11 2 33 0 0 0 Farhat 7 0 33 0 0 1 Rams won by 5 wkts.
The Hurricanes chase was worse IMO. Don't think they failed as badly in the first innings... but they chased down over 500 with the loss of 3 wickets
