WCM: Match No. 27
South Africa
3
VS
India
3
WCM: Match No. 27
South Africa Vs India
2010-03-08 20:09:21
Commentary
8`
Goal
Lloyd Norris Jones shows clear pair of heels, breakes thro'idfield, Dhananjay Mahadik and Sandeep Singh chases but behind, him, he is inside the net, from top of the net forehand shot, Adrian on the ground, ball inside, beautiful goal
17`
Goal
SA shows better trap and fast runs upfront, wages couple of surges, against the run of play India attacks from left, Sarwanjit puts the ball from close range
39`
Goal
SA's first PC in the second half, indirect shot, bounces from gk, Ian Haley near the baseline pushes inside which is deflected
47`
Others
A fast furious attack, couple of shots, Rajpal from top of cricle, goal given to India, sustained pressure from SA, both umpires consult, they refer to third umpire on their own
66`
Goal
Shivender scores off a cross and gk rebound
70`
Others
DRAW: Match ends in draw, exciting to the end, as both teams were equal, India lucky to garner a point.
68`
Others
A SA player jumps over Shivender, who falls down, writhing in pain, game stopped, physio Shrikant rushes to field
58`
Others
Sandeep's hard push, Prabhjot deflects, ball inside, umpire goes for the whistle, SA players resent and counter-claim, umpires refer to third umpire, no goal, India gets only a advantage, all third umpire decisions go against India today
56`
Others
Almost 8 minutes of constant Indian attacks, but no goal or PC
55`
Others
Sarwanjit's scoop nearly goal, goalie jumps and palms it away, soon Sarwanjit lost possesion inside the D on hurry
52`
Others
Three shots at goal in the space of last two minutes, SA solid defence, India too elaborative
48`
Goal
Indian goal reversed, instead SA gets PC, it lead to another of which SA scores, earlier scoreboard read 3-2 in India's favour now the same score in favour of SA!
42`
Others
A through pass from Sandeep, but a forward inside the circle carried, a good ball indeed, wasted
41`
Others
Tushar's cross, not trapped inside the circle
36`
Others
Shivender sends a cross, Chandi attempts to trap, but ball bounced, and cleared
35`
Others
HALF TIME: Both teams play fast, create equal chances, good entertainment for the crowd
33`
Others
Sandeep steals the ball from Taine Paton near Indian D, good tackle from Sandeep, India mounts a counter attack, Chandi side the D, loses ball possession, SA launches an attack, shot just misses the target
31`
Others
Captain Austin Smith/s diagonal pass from midfield, a forward dives but the ball not connected, a reprieve for India
29`
Others
A good SA attack, the ball get deflected from the midfield, ballons and falls beyond the backline
28`
Others
Vikram Pillay sends a cross from near right side flag, not tapped inside the cirle
27`
Others
Diwakar Ram marks dangererous striker Hyke efficiently.
25`
Others
Chandi comes in in place of Rajpal Singh
24`
Goal
Shivender earns a PC, not stopped properly, stopper Arjun still manages to send to Diwakar, who drag flicks to score. Crowd enjoys every bit of good hockey here
23`
Others
No shot at the goal, India makes three substitutions, Rajpal, Shivender and Danish Mujtaba coming into the field of play. This is momentous occasion for Mujtaba, who is playing his first match in the world cup
22`
Penalty Corner
India gets three corners, taken by Gurbaj, of no use, India on full attack, gets a hit in from top of the circle, and it results in India's first PC
20`
Others
Centre-forward Thoronton harasses Sandeep Singh, though the latter manages to get thebetter of him
19`
Others
Sardar does everything except passing to his team mate, a good move fizzles out
18`
Others
Tushar at the left-half position intercepts and creates an Indian move, only to be missed out by Baljit Chandi
14`
Others
Sardar from the midfield feeds Arjun on the left, Chikara joins Arjun in the run down, but on the top of circle ball snatched
12`
Others
India on the attack from left flank, Arjun's hit in rising, in the same minute, Rajpal sends a cross from right, the ball rolls over the entire length without anybody attempting to touch or defelct.
10`
Penalty Corner
SA keeps up the pressure, in a melee manages to manufacture, drag flick lands on to another forward, sho tries to deflect but short of length, ballons to backline
5`
Others
Vikram Pillay loses possesion at the left side of the circle, India on the solo, co-rodinated play is absent
3`
Others
India takes control of the proceedings, even as captain Austin Smith tries to shackle the midfield
2`
Others
First attack comes from SA, as Thoronton Mcdade sends in a cross from right corner, ball hits the side netting
1`
Others
Match starts
0`
Others
This is match no. 27, last match of the Pool B. England and Australia have qualified to the semis from this pool.
0`
Others
A placard in the stands read: Let us play for the pride'. How true!
0`
Others
Three sides of the stands are nearly full, crowd as enthusiastic as ever, despite India's three loses in the trot
0`
Others
In the last world cup both teams met twice, once in the pool (draw 2-2) and in the 11th place decider (India won 1-0)
0`
Others
Today's contestents have won only one match so far in the four matches, both have defeated Pakistan incidentally
0`
Others
Umpires for the match: Ged Curran of Scotland and Roel van Eert of Netherlands
0`
Others
Deepak Thakur and PR Sreejesh are rested for the match
0`
Others
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