Akhtar demolishes Dehli

Akhtar demolishes Dehli

13 May 2008

IPL debutant Shoaib Akhtar took 4-11 as the Kolkata Knight Riders edged the Delhi Daredevils by 23 runs at Eden Gardens.

The Pakistani outcast scythed through Delhi’s top order, dismissing Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and AB de Villiers early in the innings – and that spell played a massive role in restricting them to 110 all out in pursuit of Kolkata’s 133. It was the Daredevil’s fourth straight defeat and the Knight Riders’ third successive victory, placing them in contention for a semi-final place.

Medium pace bowler Laxmi Shukla wiped out the tail to finish with figures of 3-6 in five deliveries. The Delhi batting attack struggled to impose themselves and only Salman Butt (48) and David Hussey (31) ensured that they posted a defendable total. Ultimately it proved sufficient against a batting attack that have regressed badly since their outstanding start to the tournament.


8 Comments

  • 1.The Cock Pump: Reply to this comment
    13 May 2008, 23:17 pm

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • 2.The Cock Pump: Reply to this comment
    13 May 2008, 23:18 pm

    Any news on Ollie???

  • 3.BillTong: Reply to this comment
    13 May 2008, 23:46 pm

    Steroids: 2 for 6; Shwab: 2 for 5 = 4/11

  • 4.Saturday: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2008, 10:59 am

    He’s annoying prick is Shoaib. The druggie did well though.

  • 5.PlayBall: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2008, 11:44 am

    I still recon he’s a chucker!!! He chucked some seriously quick deliveries down last night!!!!!

  • 6.Saturday: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2008, 14:54 pm

    I think his action looked suspect as well.

  • 7.grantr: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2008, 16:37 pm

    i thought he was banned from all forms of the game

  • 8.Hooker: Reply to this comment
    14 May 2008, 19:05 pm

    He throws end of story! He throws bloody well though!!

    Just thinking maybe they should take the ICL champ and the IPL champ and have a best of 3 series to see who rules the roost in India!

    That said I’m sick and tired of this T20 and can’t wait for a decent test or ODI. The T20 is becoming overkill as far as I’m concerned!!

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