When was the last you saw a team scoring 200+ in T20 and still getting defeated?
It was Yuvraj going crazy on his birthday and we chased down 215 successfully vs The Lankans.
Another day was in New Zealand, Brendon McCullum, the danger man was on his usual smashing form, smashing every ball outta park, Tait and co frustrated, the scoop, the square cut, every shot was adding to Australia's tension!
It came down to last over, a T20 opener batting there till 2oth over? With his brother on other side, Nathan was tring hard to give strike to Brendon, so that Brendon can get past Gayle's record of 117 in T20 Internationals, Brendon was 1 run short, but never mind, he was 116*
All of us knew strengths of Aus team, they can get any damn score, they just dont give up. 214 is nothing if they are on fire.
So, we got 214 with Dan and Southee yet to bat, Bond bowled well to keep economy low, but rest of our bowlers were still getting smashed.
It came down to 82 from 36
66 from 30
49 from 24
36 from 18
And now Dan and co were tensed, 3 overs left, who should bowl, what should be done, Nathan has already given 17 off 6 balls, Franklin and Oram dont know what Aussie batters are doing, Dan is done with his overs! And so is Bond.
Southee was given next over, guess what, he gave just a run per ball, funny he didnt leak runs, he aint Bond, he is a new comer! He just played in our Under 19 WC team but he is barely 20!!!
Now this was close
30 off 12
Oram couldnt do justice, gave away 18 in an over and we Kiwi fans were again disapponited :(
Southee, the saver, Aus needed 12 off last and looking at past overs they will get it, guess what, Southee did let go just one boundary and ran out Carkie to make sure they dont get last run,
214 - 6 Nz
214-4 Aus
And the SUPER OVER
Whom to be trusted? Southee, of course! He had the ball and Aus sent its two top quality batters (all of their batters are top quality anyways)
2 1 0 W 1 2
Aus 6-1
Baz came to open with Guppy
But any run Baz gets here will not be added to his total :(
Bowler being Tait, the danger man
1 wd 1 wd FOUR
And Nz was 9-0 after 4 balls
They say game is tied, but its not, we have won the points and so tied the series 1-1
Southee saved the team when noone else was able to.
New comers can do a lot, now he is inevitable part of our team, noone can replace him! He is just 22 but he is worth the place, Baz knows Southee is equally creditable for the win. Without Baz we could never had that many runs, without Southee we could have never kept it so tight, without Dan, Southee wouldnt have got hat last over, his talent could have been never found and without this team effort, we could have not won!
Thanks Aus for finding this gem for us :)
Baz's inning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Qa17dzhwM
Southee's last over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghg_Dparjcg&feature=related
Do thank the people that have uploaded this, I just found, these are not mine :D
