Morkel blitz blindsides Bangalore

Chennai Super Kings 208 for 5 (Du Plessis 71, Dhoni 41, Murali 3-21)
beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 205 for 8 (Gayle 68, Kohli 57,
Bollinger 3-24) by five wickets

Albie Morkel ransacked 28 runs off the first six balls hefaced - the
19th over - to pull off an incredible heist forChennai Super Kings,
the second highest successful chase in the IPL. Pursuing 206, Super
Kings needed 43 off 12 balls and Royal Challengers Bangalore would
have thought the match safe,only for Morkel to shatter thenotion by
savaging Virat Kohli's over.Morkel launched three sixes,two fours and
ran a two, to leave Super Kings with 15 to get in the last over.
Althoughhe was caught on the boundary, and Super Kings needed 14 off
four balls, Dwayne Bravo was on hand to finish it off, helped by a
no-ball and a full toss from Vinay Kumar. It was a compelling finish
to an inningsthat had its platform laid by aggression from Faf du
Plessis and innovation from MS Dhoni, who promoted himself to No. 4,
but until thatrocket-fueled thrust from Morkel, Super Kings had been
behind for 38 overs.

De Villiers, Murali overcome Delhi

Royal Challengers Bangalore157 for 8 (de Villiers 64*, Bracewell 3-32)
beat Delhi Daredevils 137 for 7 (Murali 3-25) by 20 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalorewere without their talisman Chris Gayle,
who had an injured groin, but four otheroverseas players performed
roles expected ofthem to give the campaign a successful start in front
of apacked Chinnaswamy Stadium. AB de Villiers prevented Royal
Challengers from finishing on a below-par score with awell paced
half-century that contained a mix of the orthodox and the
unconventional, while Muttiah Muralitharan, in his first game in these
colours, confounded Delhi Daredevils'batsmen during an incisive,
economical and match-turning spell.

England level series to stay No. 1

England 460 (Pietersen 151, Cook 94, Herath 6-133) and 97 for 2 beat
Sri Lanka 275 (Mahela Jayawardene 105, Swann 4-75) and 278 (Mahela
Jayawardene 64, Swann 6-106) by eight wickets.

In the end it was a breeze. Whatever doubts England might have had
about chasing 94 to win the secondTest at the end of a tormented Asian
winter did not manifest themselves as they gambolled to a victory
that, for the moment at least,preserves their status as the No.
1-ranked side in the world.
Lurking memories of their collapse to 72 all out, in pursuit of 145,
in Abu Dhabi barely two months ago were banished as Alastair Cook
proceeded from the outset ata one-day rate and Kevin Pietersen added a
lighthearted singalong to his majestic first-innings century. England
had it all wrapped up within 20 overs.

How To Play The Sweep Shot?

It is a cross-batted shot played to a delivery on or around leg stump
behind square on the leg side.
There's an element of risk when you play the shot, so read on to make
sure you don't give your wicket away needlessly.

Step 1

Lead towards the line of the ball with head and front shoulder.
Place the front pad into the line of the ball and then bending the
front leg and collapsing the back leg.

Step 2

With your head over the front knee, bring the bat down and across from
a high backswing.
Strike the ball in front of the pad with the arms outstretched and
both shoulders facing directly down the pitch.
Roll the wrists on contact to keep the ball down.

Step 3

Follow through so that the bat finishes in a high positionwith the
hands close to the front shoulder.