India vs South Africa, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: South Africa tour of India, 2019 Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Date & Time: Oct 10-Oct 14, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Shami 2-44(17 ov)
85.6
Shami to Philander, no run, I0$. Testing the line around fourth stump, ignored by Philander
85.5
Shami to Philander, no run, meek push from the crease to mid-off
85.4
Shami to Philander, no run, 138.7kph, bumper from Shami. Philander takes notice and sways his head away
85.3
Shami to Maharaj, 1 run, soft-handed dab to the vacant cover region
85.2
Shami to Maharaj, no run, back of a length and fizzing off just outside off. Maharaj keeps his bat inside the line and allows it to pass
85.1
Shami to Maharaj, no run, oh, nasty! Shoots up from a short of length, gunning at the mid-riff and Maharaj had nowhere to hide. Presented his bat forward and gets slammed on the glove. Fortunately, it drops short of the fielder at deepish FSL
83.6
Shami to Maharaj, no run, pushes it towards extra cover, wants a single but Philander ain't too interested
83.5
Shami to Maharaj, no run, dangles the carrot outside off and Maharaj fell for it, almost.. Full outside off, Maharaj gets a bit itchy and drives it away from his body. The late movement beats him on the outside edge
83.4
Shami to Maharaj, no run, cutting back into the right-hander, well-defended by Maharaj
83.3
Shami to Maharaj, no run, banged in short, nibbles away outside off. Maharaj stays out of the line
83.2
Shami to Maharaj, no run, unnecessary from Maharaj. Wants to have a piece of this short of length and swings his bat, gets nowhere close to the line and misses it. Inches above the stumps!
83.1
Shami to Philander, 1 run, wow! Where did this come from all of a sudden? Ghastly bounce off a length, floors Philander, who groped his bat at it and elicits an inside edge which flew away to fine leg. It ballooned up in the air only to trickle down to the fielder. This delivery got Kohli and rest of the Indians excited
81.6
Shami to Philander, FOUR, steered past gully. This new cherry will race across the turf, no stopping that. Delicate hands from Philander, slices it by opening the bat face and used all the pace on offer to pick up his fifth four
81.5
Shami to Philander, no run, 140.9kph. Wobbly seam fuller length delivery, landing it on fifth stump line. Easy leave for Philander
81.4
Shami to Philander, no run, length, straightening a wee bit. Philander combats for it by dead-batting it with an inclined bat in addition to soft hands
81.3
Shami to Philander, no run, good length and slanted in, Philander throws his weight forward early and jabs it off the inside edge onto his pad
81.2
Shami to Philander, no run, I0$, creates the angle back into the right-hander by going wide of the crease and also gets seam movement just outside off. Philander covers his sticks and shoulders arms
81.1
Shami to Philander, no run, fizz straightaway for Shami. Gets this one to deck back in at Philander and tucks him for room, fended after taking the bottom hand off the handle to mid-wicket
79.6
Shami to Philander, FOUR, this will only fuel more frustration for Shami and India. Take nothing away from this shot from Philander. Late curl back into the right-hander, Philander keeps his bat straight and checks the drive past mid-on
79.5
Shami to Philander, no run, defended to cover
79.4
Shami to Philander, no run, pounds it on a good length, Philander plays it with soft hands to point
79.3
Shami to Philander, no run, lifter, miles outside off. Philander sees it through to the keeper
79.2
Shami to Maharaj, 1 run, goes wide of the crease and plants it in on the pads. Clipped along the carpet to deep square leg
79.1
Shami to Maharaj, no run, I0$, fuller length and holding its line outside off. Upright seam from Shami but not enough to induce Maharaj into a stroke
77.6
Shami to Maharaj, no run, short of length, Maharaj neatly is behind the line and blocks it to cover
77.5
Shami to Maharaj, no run, shorter in length and the line is outside off. So, Maharaj thinks it's not necessary to feel for it
77.4
Shami to Maharaj, no run, fullish at 139.1kph, keeps his bat close to his pad and pushes it to point
77.3
Shami to Maharaj, no run, the surprise weapon from Shami -- it's the bouncer which keeps climbing up at Maharaj, who watched it closely and ducks his shoulder in time
77.2
Shami to Maharaj, no run, sharply tails in, Maharaj is ready on the front foot to evade it
77.1
Shami to Maharaj, no run, gives an inkling of the reverse on this full ball that is aimed at the stumps, Maharaj is solid as ever in blunting it out
75.6
Shami to Maharaj, no run, that's disappeared into a puff of dust! Tailing into the toes of Maharaj, 139km/h, who could've sustained a second injury, as his instincts kick in and he digs it out into the turf, dragging his feet back towards leg to get back in line. Fantastic ball!
75.5
Shami to Maharaj, no run, 140.5km/h fuller length delivery, no swing on this, headed for the base of off-stump, Maharaj gets forward and blocks it out compactly into the off-side
75.4
Shami to Maharaj, no run, 140.9km/h, back of a length delivery in the channel outside off, seams back in a little, a bit of tail in from the arm too, and is on the backfoot and brings his bat down quite late but just in time to defend
75.3
Shami to Maharaj, no run, very full, don't think I saw any tail, but good pace, 144.3km/h, and Maharaj blocks from the crease. The seam wobbled a little, hence no swing. Don't often see that from Shami.
75.2
Shami to Maharaj, FOUR, short ball, 135.2km/h, Maharaj is quickly onto that, I think he saw it coming, and nails the pull to the deep square leg boundary for four
75.1
Shami to Maharaj, no run, seams back in from a wide-ish line outside off, stays low and goes to Saha on the bounce
73.6
Shami to Maharaj, no run, full and on the stumps, Maharaj misses the flick and immediately tries to get that foot outside the line of leg-stump, possibly to give the umpire the illusion that he was never in line. Massive appeal, and they don't take the review, but I get the feeling that was hitting leg..
73.5
Shami to Philander, 1 run, full and far too straight once again, Philander gets a thick inside edge on the attempted flick towards the fine leg fence for a single
73.4
Shami to Philander, no run, a hint of tail in this time, pitches on a back of a length, seams back in, Philander steps across and shoulders arms this time
73.3
Shami to Philander, no run, fuller length delivery on middle and leg, 140.2km/h, Philander nudges it towards mid-on from the crease
73.2
Shami to Philander, no run, contrast swing away, from a good length, presumably towards the shinier side, but far too wide. Philander chases it to drive through cover and doesn't make contact
73.1
Shami to Philander, no run, full one on the pads, a hint of tail in? Or was that an illusion? Whipped away towards one of the short midwickets
33.6
Shami to du Plessis, no run, pad-lined and du Plessis is late on his flick. It brushed something, must be the pad, before going towards the keeper. Saha couldn't stop it cleanly diving to his left, but isn't costly
33.5
Shami to du Plessis, FOUR, 140kph, Shami doles out a leg-stump half-volley, reverse-swung a bit there. Easy pickings for du Plessis, who uses his wrists to whip it away through midwicket
33.4
Shami to du Plessis, no run, 135.3kph, zippy ball fullish ball on middle and leg, du Plessis is a touch late to bring his bat down as he tries to block with a straight bat. Gets a leading edge towards point
33.3
Shami to du Plessis, no run, too wide outside off, nothing doing from du Plessis
33.2
Shami to du Plessis, no run, 139.1kph, slipped down the leg-side, past du Plessis's flick
33.1
Shami to du Plessis, no run, 135.7kph, seam-up ball from a length that keeps climbing outside off. Left alone and Saha gathers it in front of his face
31.6
Shami to de Kock, FOUR, juciy half-volley at 142.5kph and de Kock pounces! Leans forward and middles the cover-drive. Speeds away all along the ground
31.5
Shami to de Kock, no run, 141.5kph, length ball well outside off, steered to backward point
31.4
Shami to de Kock, no run, 141.3kph, very full and wide-ish ball, de Kock reaches out for a drive. Ends up toe-ending it towards mid-off
31.3
Shami to de Kock, no run, 139.1kph, good length delivery, de Kock moves across in his crease before dead-batting it
31.2
Shami to de Kock, no run, 135.7kph, full length ball on the stumps, de Kock offers a straight bat in his defence
31.1
Shami to de Kock, no run, fullish ball, pushed towards midwicket
29.6
Shami to de Kock, FOUR, nicely done! Wasn't too wide from Shami, but de Kock waited for this short of length ball on the back foot and opened his bat-face to run it wide of the gully fielder. Good placement
29.5
Shami to de Kock, no run, 136.9kph, in-slanter from a good length, blocked back at the bowler
29.4
Shami to de Kock, no run, 129.6kph, de Kock sees the width on this ball and tries to scythe it away. However, the length wasn't short enough to play that stroke and hence only managed an under edge. Fortunately for the left-hander, the ball evaded the off-stump
29.3
Shami to de Kock, no run, 135.1kph, pitched up on off, driven straight towards extra cover
29.2
Shami to de Kock, no run, 134.3kph, length ball on leg from round the wicket, de Kock is late to close his bat-face. The ball pops up off the top part of the bat, but falls well short of the midwicket fielder
29.1
Shami to du Plessis, 3 runs, 131.6kph, back of a length delivery with loads of width, du Plessis has ample time on the back foot to punch it away through the covers. Jadeja hunts it down
21.6
Shami to du Plessis, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, du Plessis gets well forward and defends it with soft hands
21.5
Shami to du Plessis, no run, fraction fuller and just outside off, defended back at the bowler
21.4
Shami to du Plessis, no run, fuller length delivery on off, du Plessis gets half-a-stride forward and defends it to the on-side
21.3
Shami to du Plessis, no run, on a good length and in that channel outside off, du Plessis watches it all along and lets it go
21.2
Shami to du Plessis, no run, Shami keeps it full and well wide of off, looking to lure du Plessis into the drive, he resists and lets it go
21.1
Shami to du Plessis, no run, on a good length and angling into the right-hander, du Plessis prods across and turns it to the on-side
19.6
Shami to du Plessis, no run, Shami shortens his length on middle, du Plessis gets right behind the line and defends
19.5
Shami to du Plessis, no run, tad fuller and a hint of shape away from the right-hander, du Plessis watches it all along and lets it go
19.4
Shami to du Plessis, no run, Shami shortens his length outside off, du Plessis gets right behind the line and defends it to the off-side
19.3
Shami to du Plessis, no run, fuller length delivery and well wide of off, du Plessis has his off-stump covered as he let it go
19.2
Shami to du Plessis, 2 runs, on a good length and angling into du Plessis's pads, nudged behind square on the on-side and he scampers back for the second run
19.1
Shami to du Plessis, no run, that's a brave leave from du Plessis, might have left it on length, nipped back in sharply from a length outside off and didn't miss the off-stump by much - Saha had to tumble across to his left to collect it
17.6
Shami to du Plessis, no run, tad fuller and in that channel outside off, du Plessis watches it all along, lifts his bat and lets it go
17.5
Shami to du Plessis, no run, fuller length delivery and well outside off, du Plessis watches it all along and lets it go
17.4
Shami to du Plessis, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, du Plessis gets half-forward and defends it to the off-side
17.3
Shami to du Plessis, FOUR, streaky and four, could have so easily played onto his stumps there, du Plessis. Back of a length and just outside off, he was indecisive in his thinking, made a late call to let it go, the ball brushed the inside edge and flew past the leg-stump. Was dismissed by the same bowler in the second innings of the Vizag Test - not offering a shot and losing his off-stump
17.2
Shami to Anrich Nortje, out Caught by Kohli!! Edged and caught! India have got rid of the nightwatchman early on day three. A fine catch from Kohli - at a fourth slip position. Banged in short and it kept climbing onto the right-hander, Nortje did his best to counter it, but was simply undone by the lift, gets a thick edge, off the shoulder of the bat and it flew low to the right of Kohli. He slid across, went with soft hands and completed the catch. Nortje has done his job, although he would have wanted to stay a bit longer. Anrich Nortje c Kohli b Shami 3(28)
17.1
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, the bouncer from Shami, short and angling into the right-hander, Nortje watches it all along, drops his wrists and sways away from the line
15.6
Shami to de Bruyn, no run, fuller length delivery and well wide of off, left alone
15.5
Shami to de Bruyn, no run, Shami keeps it full and in that channel well outside off, de Bruyn strides well forward and lets it go
15.4
Shami to de Bruyn, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, de Bruyn gets well forward and defends it to the off-side
15.3
Shami to de Bruyn, FOUR, cracking shot, de Bruyn is looking in good touch, played a couple of exquisite drives yesterday and starts with a similar approach today - full and sliding onto the pads, he presses across, closes the bat-face at the last moment and then clips it into the gap wide of mid-wicket
15.2
Shami to de Bruyn, no run, fuller length delivery and in that channel outside off, de Bruyn presses well forward, has his off-stump covered as he let it go by
15.1
Shami to de Bruyn, no run, good start from Shami, full and swinging in late into the right-hander, de Bruyn got a big stride forward, lifted his bat and let it go by
13.6
Shami to Anrich Nortje, 1 run, angling into the hips at 139.4km/h, tucked away towards deep square leg for a single
13.5
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, seams back in slightly, but Anrich Nortje uses his big forward stride to get behind the line and deadbat
13.4
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, seams back in from a marginally wide line once again, Anrich Nortje shoulders arms
13.3
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, good bounce from a back of a length, swings back in after passing the batsman who's shouldering arms, and through to the wicketkeeper
13.2
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, bangs it in short, bodyline stuff, Anrich Nortje is a little late ducking under it, but manages to do so in the end
13.1
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, back of a length and angling in from wide of the crease, Anrich Nortje is safely back in the crease to offer a deadbat
11.6
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, very full just outside off, squeezed out
11.5
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, skids off from a length just outside off, Nortje learns from his previous mistake and doesn't fiddle his bat at it
11.4
Shami to de Bruyn, 1 run, straying on the pads, clipped behind square
11.3
Shami to Anrich Nortje, 1 run, dropped. Mayank was the culprit, definitely could've done better. Oh well, he's been whisked off from that position after that drop. Length just outside off, Nortje pokes it with hard hands and feathers a thick outside edge which flew to Mayank at fourth slip. Went really quickly and he was a touch late to react. Stretches his left hand and couldn't hold onto it
11.2
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, I0$, slants it in after going wide of the crease. The angle tricked Nortje, who gets down in a hurry to block. Gets an inside edge onto his pad
11.1
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, I0$, nipping back in with some venom. Cramps the batsman for room and Nortje defends it awkwardly as it rushed onto him in a jiffy
9.6
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, angled in, blocked
9.5
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, huge shout and up goes the finger. But Nortje instantly challenges the on-field call indicating that it's come off the forearm. Rapid heat from Shami, getting it to sprang up all of a sudden from the deck. Nortje is stunned by the extra bounce as he fails to counter it. UltraEdge is on and it comes to Nortje's rescue as it jars the forearm indeed. So, he survives. Good review from the batsman, he lives to fight another day
9.4
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, full ball on the stumps, Nortje pushes forward in a tentative fashion and defends it to the off-side
9.3
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, short delivery, on cue and Nortje ducks under it
9.2
Shami to Anrich Nortje, no run, screaming appeal for a lbw but this seems to be heading down leg. In-ducker from Shami, Nortje, the nightwatchman's feet are cemented to the crease and ends up playing all around it. Crashes into the pads and yes, this was going down leg certainly. Hence, the Indians aren't reviewing it
9.1
Shami to Bavuma, out Caught by W Saha!! India review: Loud, pleading appeal for a caught-behind but umpire Chris Gaffaney is unmoved which has forced them to take the DRS. They are pretty confident and it's because there's a tiny edge. UltraEdge confirms it showing a spike. So, Bavuma doesn't last long. India continue to land punches here. Shami gets a wicket off his first delivery, couldn't have asked for a better start. But what a snorter of a delivery that was. Rears up off a length, luring Bavuma to feel for it before biting the outside edge. That bounce undid the batsman and the body language of Bavuma suggested that he did nick it behind. Anyway, the hosts are overjoyed, why not! Bavuma c W Saha b Shami 8(15) [4s-1]
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