Cricket News - Watson helps Rajasthan march into final

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Cricbuzz

3 hours ago

This
was Shane Watson's match. Imposing himself on the first semi-final, he
boosted Rajasthan Royals with an electric fifty before rattling Delhi
Daredevils' top order with an outstanding opening spell.

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	Rajasthan Royals innings (20 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		GC Smith	c Dhawan b Maharoof	25	21	5	0	119.04
		SA Asnodkar	c Tiwary b Maharoof	39	21	6	1	185.71
		Sohail Tanvir	c Karthik b Maharoof	5	5	1	0	100.00
		SR Watson	st Karthik b Mishra	52	29	4	3	179.31
		M Kaif	b Mishra	12	11	0	1	109.09
		YK Pathan	run out (Dilshan/Karthik)	45	21	3	4	214.28
		RA Jadeja	c Maharoof b Mahesh	7	5	0	1	140.00
		SK Warne	c Sehwag b Mahesh	0	1	0	0	0.00
		M Rawat	c & b Mohammad Asif	2	4	0	0	50.00
		MM Patel	not out	0	0	0	0	-
		SK Trivedi	not out	1	2	0	0	50.00
		Extras	(lb 1, w 3)	4
		Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	192	(9.60 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-65 (Smith, 6.4 ov), 2-65 (Asnodkar, 6.6 ov), 3-76 (Sohail Tanvir, 8.5 ov), 4-128 (Kaif, 13.4 ov), 5-155 (Watson, 15.6 ov), 6-171 (Jadeja, 17.4 ov), 7-172 (Warne, 17.6 ov), 8-190 (Rawat, 19.3 ov), 9-191 (Pathan, 19.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	GD McGrath	4	0	38	0	9.50	(1w)
	Mohammad Asif	4	0	32	1	8.00
	VY Mahesh	4	0	50	2	12.50	(1w)
	MF Maharoof	4	0	34	3	8.50
	A Mishra	4	0	37	2	9.25	(1w)

	Delhi Daredevils innings (target: 193 runs from 20 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		G Gambhir	c sub (T Kohli) b Watson	11	15	1	0	73.33
		V Sehwag	c Sohail Tanvir b Watson	3	4	0	0	75.00
		S Dhawan	c Jadeja b Watson	5	12	0	0	41.66
		MK Tiwary	c Asnodkar b Patel	0	3	0	0	0.00
		TM Dilshan	c Sohail Tanvir b Warne	33	22	5	1	150.00
		KD Karthik	c Kaif b Trivedi	10	12	1	0	83.33
		MF Maharoof	c Pathan b Warne	6	6	1	0	100.00
		A Mishra	b Patel	2	5	0	0	40.00
		VY Mahesh	c Rawat b Patel	3	10	0	0	30.00
		Mohammad Asif	run out (Pathan/Rawat)	3	5	0	0	60.00
		GD McGrath	not out	4	3	1	0	133.33
		Extras	(lb 3, w 4)	7
		Total	(all out; 16.1 overs)	87	(5.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-10 (Sehwag, 1.2 ov), 2-23 (Gambhir, 3.6 ov), 3-24 (Dhawan, 5.2 ov), 4-28 (Tiwary, 6.2 ov), 5-55 (Karthik, 9.5 ov), 6-75 (Maharoof, 12.1 ov), 7-76 (Dilshan, 12.5 ov), 8-77 (Mishra, 13.1 ov), 9-82 (Mahesh, 15.2 ov), 10-87 (Mohammad Asif, 16.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Sohail Tanvir	2	0	16	0	8.00	(2w)
	SR Watson	3	0	10	3	3.33	(1w)
	MM Patel	4	0	17	3	4.25
	SK Trivedi	3	0	20	1	6.66
	SK Warne	4	0	21	2	5.25
	RA Jadeja	0.1	0	0	0	0.00

Toss Delhi Daredevils, who chose to field first Series Rajasthan Royals advanced Player of the match SR Watson (Rajasthan Royals) Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RE Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire BR Doctrove (West Indies) Match referee J Srinath

Match notes

• Rajasthan Royals innings
  
• Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (34 balls), Extras 1
  
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (GC Smith 19, SA Asnodkar 33, Ex 1)
  
• Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (68 balls), Extras 3
  
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (SR Watson 37, M Kaif 11, Ex 2)
  
• SR Watson: 50 off 28 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
  
• Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (97 balls), Extras 3
  
• Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 192/9 in 20.0 overs (MM Patel 0, SK Trivedi 1)
  

• Delhi Daredevils innings
  
• Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (59 balls), Extras 5