Brisbane Heat vs Chennai XI 13th Match at Ranchi, 28 Sep, 2013

Toss: Chennai Super Kings, who chose to field
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
6
Chennai Super Kings, who chose to field
Chennai XI 140/2 in 15.5 Overs
Current Run rate: 8.84

Brisbane Heat 137/7 (20)

Player of the Match: MEK Hussey
Batsman
Runs
Balls
4's
6's
S/R
Mat
Runs
HS
Avg
57
48
7
0
118.75
38
721
60*
37.94
13
5
1
1
260
98
1617
56
37.60
Bowler
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Mat
Wkts
BBI
Avg
3.5
0
38
1
9.91
7
3
1/18
71.66
3
0
19
0
6.33
NA
NA
NA
NA
Recent Overs:
4
1
1
1
6
1
1
.
1
1
1
W
4
1
1
1
2
.
.
4
1lb
4
6
Current Partnership: 20 runs, 1.5 overs, RR: 10.91 (MEK Hussey, MS Dhoni )
Last Wicket: Suresh Raina 23(15)

Over 16.0  

Michael Hussey is the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 54 of 48 balls.

MS Dhoni: I think it was a great performance. The spinners were superb, with all the dew around. Overall, it was a good show. We were a bitdisappointed to have not restricted them to around 110-120, but we knew we had the batting to chase down the score. Hussey and Vijay were outstanding at the top of the order. Our spinners were good. Ashwin has all the variations, Jadeja will learn a lot as he he plays more matches. Raina knows his limitations. We know we can improve further, it is always difficult to bowl with a wet ball. It is nice to play in front of the Ranchi crowd. Everybody wants me to finish off the matche with a six. It is always nice to be back in your home city, we will be back in a few days for an ODI against Australia.

James Hopes: We got off to a pretty good start only to lose our way in the middle overs. Once again, the batting let us down. It was a beautiful batting track, we let ourselves down. We will take some learning curve from the tournament. It was valuable experience for some of the younger guys in the team and they will only learn from this exposure.
Chennai won the match by 8 wickets with 25 balls to spare.Chennai qualify for the semis after their 3rd clinical victory and Brisbane are knocked out of the main draw of the tournament.
15.5
6
Over 15.5 Ben Cutting bowls a good length delivery to MS Dhoni, Six!! Gets forward and drills it back over Cutting's head and it sails in to the crowd for a six.
15.4
4
Over 15.4 Ben Cutting bowls it short of length to MS Dhoni, Boundary! Gets across, rolls his wrists and pulls it down to the long leg fence for four.
15.3
1+lb
Over 15.3 Ben Cutting bowls it short of length to MEK Hussey, 1 leg bye, goes back and looks to work it towards the onside, is hit high on the pads as the ball rolls away towards backward point.
15.2
4
Over 15.2 Ben Cutting bowls it short of length to MEK Hussey, Boundary! Goes on to the back foot and pulls it away over square-leg for four.
15.1
0
Over 15.1 Ben Cutting bowls a pitched up delivery to MEK Hussey, no runs, gets forward and pushes it back to bowler.
End of Over 15 (9 runs)   Chennai XI 125/2

MS Dhoni 3/3 Cameron Gannon 3-0-19-0
MEK Hussey 53/45

14.6
0
Over 14.6 Cameron Gannon bowls it short of length to MS Dhoni, no runs, goes back and defends it to point.
14.5
2
Over 14.5 Cameron Gannon bowls it short and wide outside off to MS Dhoni, 2 runs, stays on the back foot and cuts it to deep-point for couple of runs.
14.4
1
Over 14.4 Cameron Gannon bowls a pitched up delivery to MEK Hussey, 1 run, gets forward and works it to square-leg for a single.
14.3
1
Over 14.3 Cameron Gannon bowls it short of length to MS Dhoni, 1 run, goes across and pulled away to deep mid-wicket.
14.2
1
Over 14.2 Cameron Gannon bowls a pitched up delivery to MEK Hussey, 1 run, gets forward and flicks it down the leg-side for a single.
14.1
4
Over 14.1 Cameron Gannon bowls it short and wide outside off to MEK Hussey, Boundary! Moves across on the back foot and pulled away to deep square-leg fence for four.
End of Over 14 (4 runs)   Chennai XI 116/2

SK Raina 23/15 DT Christian 3-0-16-1
MEK Hussey 48/42

13.6
W
Over 13.6 DT Christian to SK Raina, out LBW!! Good length delivery on the middle stump, Raina goes back and looks to play across the line but misses and the ball hits on the pads and the Umpire raises the finger.
13.5
1
Over 13.5 DT Christian bowls a good length delivery to MEK Hussey, 1 run, gets forward and works it to short fine-leg for a single.
13.4
1
Over 13.4 DT Christian bowls a good length delivery to SK Raina, 1 run, gets back and slices it to backward-point.
13.3
1
Over 13.3 DT Christian bowls a pitched up delivery to MEK Hussey, 1 run, gets across and flicks it down to long-leg and picks up just a single.
13.2
0
Over 13.2 DT Christian bowls a pitched up delivery to MEK Hussey, no runs, comes on to the front foot and pushes it back to bowler.