Professional Lions outclass Mumbai Indians
A calm and collected Neil McKenzie, and a young and fearless Quinton de Kock added 121 for the third wicket to take Lions to a comprehensive win, their second over the superstar-filled Mumbai Indians
A calm and collected Neil McKenzie, and a young and fearless Quinton de Kock added 121 for the third wicket to take Lions to a comprehensive win, their second over the superstar-filled Mumbai Indians
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Siddarth Ravindran
Anand: "De Kock for IPL."
121-run stand there between McKenzie and de Kock means that both IPL teams have lost today.
Suresh: "McKenzie just shows hitting sixes is not the only way to score in t20s...better timed and placement boundaries would do easily!!"
Raja: "Simon is happy man :-) Both teams lost."
Zainuddin: "@Matt. de Kock should thank Bodi for saving him from facing Malinga oops Malinga should thank Bodi from saving him for de Kock."
Post-match presentation:
Harbhajan: "I think we didn't look to attack their spinners, he got away with 15 runs for four overs. McKenzie played superbly, along with another youngster. Mitchell Johnson was the only left-hand batsman we had, overall Lions played much better than us, they know the conditions better than us. credit to them. We need to play better cricket. There was a bit of dew, but we can't complain about that."
Petersen: "We are very happy. I thought the first 5-6 overs they dominated, but then Phangiso brought us back in it. We had our plans, and we just wanted to execute, we did it today. de Kock is obviously a good player, he hits the ball sweet, McKenzie played like a young man, he showed again what a player he is. We know what we are about, what sort of cricket we can play. We put the bowling together from over five or six."
Man of the Match is Neil McKenzie: "I'm just enjoying my cricket. de Kock is really an exceptional talent, got a good head for him, can hit the ball a long way, a nice leader for the future. We knew we had to be on our game today, even though there were quite a few Sachin Tendulkar fans out there, nice to win on our patch."
Righto, that's a wrap from the Sunday's matches. Thanks for joining us for the ride. Last word goes to Steve, who says: "McKenzie redefines T20. Finesse still counts."
ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from Lions v Mumbai Indians at Wanderers
A calm and collected Neil McKenzie, and a young and fearless Quinton de Kock added 121 for the third wicket to take Lions to a comprehensive win, their second over the superstar-filled Mumbai Indians
Neil McKenzie and Quinton de Kock strung together a perfectly-paced chase against Mumbai Indians, but the senior batsman was not constantly at his young partner's ear; Lions are making sure they don't smother de Kock in expectation
Sachin Tendulkar drew the biggest cheers from the Wanderers crowd, as though they realised it may be the last time they were watching him play
With a pace attack including Lasith Malinga and Mitchell Johnson, Mumbai Indians have a pairing that can lurch from the sublime to the ridiculous but coach Shaun Pollock is excited what they could produce
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| DC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1.44 |
| TITNS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -0.017 |
| KKR | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.488 |
| PS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -0.474 |
| AUCK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -0.963 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1.656 |
| LIONS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0.14 |
| CSK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -0.049 |
| MI | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -0.471 |
| YOR | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1.791 |
| Qualifying Pool 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUCK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.904 |
| Sia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -0.511 |
| HAM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.331 |
| Qualifying Pool 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| YOR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.507 |
| UvNxt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -0.244 |
| T&T | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -0.777 |