| 44.5 | Malinga to Pollock, OUT, BINGO! Finally Malinga strikes, that is a superb bit of bowling. It's a slower ball on the stumps, Pollock just does not pick it, plays inside the line of the ball and loses his leg stump. Even with the game all but gone Sri Lanka are fighting. Pollock played a good hand but now he's gone! |
| SM Pollock b Malinga 13 (23m 24b 1x4 0x6) SR: 54.16 | |
| 44.6 | Malinga to Hall, OUT, ANOTHER! Andrew Hall goes off the very first ball! It's another speared-in yorker, Hall just about manages to dig it out, but he can't keep the ball down ... it bobs up into the air for the man at cover to pouch easily! Is there a twise left in this game |
| AJ Hall c Tharanga b Malinga 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00 |
Over number 45 - Chaminda Vass concedes just 1 run.
3 runs required from 24 balls. Malinga reloaded!
| 46.1 | Malinga to Kallis, OUT, Would you believe it? Malinga has got the hat-trick! Full, furious, outside off stump, Kallis goes for a square-drive and nicks it behind. Loud appeal. Kallis stays rooted. Even louder appeal and Harper raises the fatal finger. SA eight down and choking real badly. |
JH Kallis c  Sangakkara b Malinga 86 (187m 110b 4x4 0x6) SR: 78.18 | |
| 46.2 | Malinga to Ntini, OUT, And then they were one! Malinga gets four in four. Unbelievable! Screaming yorker and Ntini drives, plays all over it and ball crashes into the middle stump. Malinga is slinging down magic deliveries and SA are nine down. |
| M Ntini b Malinga 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00 | |
| 46.3 | Malinga to Langeveldt, no run, beaten Just kissed past the off stump. Tremendous nerves out there. Full and just outside off, yorker-length, Langeveldt pokes at it and gets beaten |
| 46.4 | Malinga to Langeveldt, no run, full, straight, on the off stump, pushed to mid-off. 3 to win from 20 balls. Camera pans to South Africa dressing room. They look stunned |
| 46.5 | Malinga to Langeveldt, 1 run, Jayasuriya mis-fields at squareleg and SA sneak in one run. SLower one, on the middle and leg, turned to behind square. Jayasuriya moves to his right but misfields. |
| 46.6 | Malinga to Peterson, no run, beauty, another delivery that teases the outside edge. Full and tailing |
2 runs required from 18 balls. Over number 47 - Vaas bowls a maiden over (in cricketing parlance).
2 runs required from 12 balls. 1 wicket in hand. It Malinga again.
| 48.1 | Malinga to Peterson, no run, Swing and a miss. What a cracking game this has been. Full and just outside off stump, slants away, he has a drive, but inside the line and the ball rushes past the outside edge. |
| 48.2 | Malinga to Peterson, FOUR, Peterson does it for SA with a edge past the slip. Fullish, outside off stump, Peterson drives, gets a outside edge and it runs down to third man boundary. SA have won. They nearly choked but have pulled it off. Peterson jumps in the air, pumps his fist and then smashes the stumps down at the other end. Immediately apologises! What a cracker of a game! |
This is what the beauty of the game is all about - the glorious uncertainties, as they call it.
Youtube video of Malinga taking 4 wickets in as many balls is available here. Not sure how long it will be there, considering ICC's endeavour to "protect" the commercial broadcast rights . It is a must watch, if you missed the game live.
Commentary Courtesy: Cricinfo
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