Neil McKenzie single-handedly outplays Mumbai Indians

The match between Mumbai Indians and Highveld Lions was one of the most anticipated games for two reasons.One was because we had Sachin Tendulkar playing and the second was because Mumbai seemed to be a tough team based on their squad.Mumbai Indians started off with a flyer scoring a lot of runs in the first 6 overs with a lot of runs coming through extras but the lions were able to contain the Mumbai Indians towards the end of their innings restricting them to just 157 runs.The way the lions started it looked like they will not even get close to the target but the way Neil McKenzie played showed his true class and experience as he tormented the bowling single handedly and was given good support by Quinton De Kock who made a well crafted half century as well.Below is the full scorecard of the match.

Mumbai Indians	157-6 (20)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Dwayne Smith	lbw b Morris	26	19	6	0	136.84
Sachin Tendulkar	b Phangiso	16	24	2	0	66.67
Rohit Sharma	b Nannes	27	27	2	1	100.00
Mitchell Johnson	c Tsolekile b Tanvir	30	29	4	0	103.45
Kieron Pollard	b Tanvir	11	8	2	0	137.50
Dinesh Karthik	not out	19	9	2	1	211.11
Ambati Rayudu	run out (Tsolekile)	4	4	0	0	100.00
*Harbhajan Singh
Dhawal Kulkarni
Lasith Malinga
Pragyan Ojha

Extras: 24 b:5 lb:10 nb:0 w:9

Total: 157-6 (20) | Curr. RR: 7.85

FOW:Dwayne Smith (45-1, 4.4), Sachin Tendulkar (64-2, 8.4), Rohit Sharma (99-3, 14), Kieron Pollard (122-4, 16.4), Mitchell Johnson (151-5, 19), Ambati Rayudu (157-6, 20)

 

Highveld Lions	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Sohail Tanvir	4	0	31	2	0	3	7.75
Dirk Nannes	4	0	15	1	0	0	3.75
Chris Morris	4	0	44	1	0	5	11.00
Aaron Phangiso	4	0	17	1	0	0	4.25
Zander de Bruyn	4	0	35	0	0	1	8.75

Highveld Lions team: Sohail Tanvir, Dirk Nannes, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Zander de Bruyn, Jean Symes, Neil McKenzie, Quinton de Kock, Gulam Bodi, *Alviro Petersen, Thami Tsolekile

Powerplay: 1: 1-6 ovs

Highveld Lions	158-2 (18.5)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Gulam Bodi	c Sharma b Singh	19	28	2	1	67.86
*Alviro Petersen	c Rayudu b Malinga	14	11	3	0	127.27
Quinton de Kock	not out	51	33	5	2	154.55
Neil McKenzie	not out	68	41	12	0	165.85
Jean Symes
Thami Tsolekile
Zander de Bruyn
Chris Morris
Sohail Tanvir
Aaron Phangiso
Dirk Nannes

Extras: 6 b:0 lb:1 nb:0 w:5

Total: 158-2 (18.5) | Curr. RR: 8.39

FOW:*Alviro Petersen (26-1, 5), Gulam Bodi (37-2, 6.5)

 

Mumbai Indians	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Mitchell Johnson	3	0	20	0	0	2	6.67
Lasith Malinga	3.5	1	18	1	0	0	4.70
Dhawal Kulkarni	3	0	37	0	0	2	12.33
*Harbhajan Singh	4	0	36	1	0	0	9.00
Pragyan Ojha	2	0	19	0	0	1	9.50
Dwayne Smith	1	0	6	0	0	0	6.00
Kieron Pollard	2	0	21	0	0	0	10.50

Mumbai Indians team: Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Dhawal Kulkarni, *Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Dwayne Smith, Kieron Pollard, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik