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mcgillianaireTwo weeks ago, Dimitri Mascarenhas hit five sixes off Yuvraj Singh's last over of the innings at The Oval. A few minutes ago, Yuvraj Singh dished out the same treatment to the English and became the first batsman to hit 6 sixes in a Twenty20 over. An awesome knock to put India in the driving seat. Now, can our bowlers deliver? We need to win this match and the next one against South Africa to have any chance of qualifying for the semis. And even then it'll come down to net run rate!
19.4 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, Flintoff's turn to suffer, a full swing and launched over long-off
19.3 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, 2 runs, improvised chip into the leg side, he stepped to the off and eased it one bounce to deep midwicket
19.2 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, no run, full toss and a wide one - it pitched nearer the keeper than the stumps.
19.1 Flintoff to Dhoni, 1 run, after the Lord Mayor's Show ... reverse sweep for a single
Unsurprisingly, that's also the fastest Twenty20 fifty - it came up from 12 balls. Three fours, six sixes.
18.6 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, and he has, Yuvraj leans back and smacks that over wide mid-on ... it was the maximum from the moment it left that bat and the crowd were roaring as it flew.
18.5 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, down on one knee and larruped over midwicket, that one was more nine iron, it went into the night sky and dropped with a thud in the jubilant crowd ... England have a team meeting. Shuffling deckchairs on the Jolly Roger though ... Broad looks like a man who knows he is about to be mauled again. Broad looks quizzical ... and miserable. Can he do it? Can Yuvraj do it?
18.4 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, Shiver me timbers!: Broad goes round the wicket, bowls a filthy wide full toss and Yuvraj steers it over backward point and it clears the rope again
18.3 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, he's hitting them everywhere, he steps to leg and smashes the ball over extra cover and it keeps on travelling ... the fireworks start on top of the scoreboard ... they've been going off in the middle for some time
18.2 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, now that really is sweet, no more than a dismissive flick off his legs, swatting a fly, and the ball arcs deep into the crowd beyond backward square leg.
18.1 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, that's out the ground, super shot over cow corner and it just kept going up. The dodgy TV measurement says that's 111 yards ... but as it landed outside the ground how the whatsists do they know? They guess, that's how.
17.6 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, 1 run, chipped to long-on
17.5 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, FOUR, short, hooked into the heavens where it hangs for several seconds before plopping two yards in from the boundary and perfectly between two approaching fielders
17.4 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, FOUR, half-volley which he squeezes with an open face over point for a one bounce four ... a high-risk shot but his connection was sweet
19.4 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, Flintoff's turn to suffer, a full swing and launched over long-off
19.3 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, 2 runs, improvised chip into the leg side, he stepped to the off and eased it one bounce to deep midwicket
19.2 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, no run, full toss and a wide one - it pitched nearer the keeper than the stumps.
19.1 Flintoff to Dhoni, 1 run, after the Lord Mayor's Show ... reverse sweep for a single
Unsurprisingly, that's also the fastest Twenty20 fifty - it came up from 12 balls. Three fours, six sixes.
18.6 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, and he has, Yuvraj leans back and smacks that over wide mid-on ... it was the maximum from the moment it left that bat and the crowd were roaring as it flew.
18.5 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, down on one knee and larruped over midwicket, that one was more nine iron, it went into the night sky and dropped with a thud in the jubilant crowd ... England have a team meeting. Shuffling deckchairs on the Jolly Roger though ... Broad looks like a man who knows he is about to be mauled again. Broad looks quizzical ... and miserable. Can he do it? Can Yuvraj do it?
18.4 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, Shiver me timbers!: Broad goes round the wicket, bowls a filthy wide full toss and Yuvraj steers it over backward point and it clears the rope again
18.3 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, he's hitting them everywhere, he steps to leg and smashes the ball over extra cover and it keeps on travelling ... the fireworks start on top of the scoreboard ... they've been going off in the middle for some time
18.2 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, now that really is sweet, no more than a dismissive flick off his legs, swatting a fly, and the ball arcs deep into the crowd beyond backward square leg.
18.1 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, that's out the ground, super shot over cow corner and it just kept going up. The dodgy TV measurement says that's 111 yards ... but as it landed outside the ground how the whatsists do they know? They guess, that's how.
17.6 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, 1 run, chipped to long-on
17.5 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, FOUR, short, hooked into the heavens where it hangs for several seconds before plopping two yards in from the boundary and perfectly between two approaching fielders
17.4 Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, FOUR, half-volley which he squeezes with an open face over point for a one bounce four ... a high-risk shot but his connection was sweet
