Neil Johnson 54 vs Pakistan, Cricket World Cup 1999
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00:00So, so much is going to depend on Johnson. It's the third ball, Wazim is bowling to him. How will they get on in reply?
00:12And he's away. Beautiful shot. Magnificently timed. Just straying into the pads for Wazim Akrab looking for that swing and didn't.
00:22Lovely balanced on drive. Picked it away, Neil Johnson. He's so confident.
00:30So a back tap from the Vauxhall end. He'll be testing the speedster today.
00:45And that's a vicious delivery. Is that off the bat? For the bat handle? And they're asking the question.
00:52It hasn't been given a no ball by either umpire. Now, was it a no ball? I think the umpire is indicating that he thought it might have been a no ball.
01:04Let's come off the helmet.
01:10And that's close. It might have just pitched outside, legs down. And it's one leg by.
01:18Tried to hit it across the line of delivery. Whoa, dearie me. I don't know that that's pitched outside, Barry.
01:28It pitched outside leg and outside off. So therefore it pitched middle.
01:33I have to hurry here. If he hits, he's gone. And he's missed. And they're going to get overthrows.
01:42Doesn't look like there really is a single in this. He's on the back foot. See, a bit hesitant there. Malik comes in. Not in the picture there. Surely a direct hit.
01:52Well, no, he may have been there.
01:55And he's just got it past the stumps. And he's done that on a few occasions in New York-Johnson. Three or four against South Africa. He got the benefit of four and he's done it again here.
02:04A lot of work to do now.
02:06That's handy.
02:36Four more to Johnson. Just for a moment there, I think maybe his heart was in his mouth.
02:54I see Matt Cran has taken himself off now.
02:57And he's bringing on the cyclone and this will be very interesting.
03:01And that's the response.
03:07And so far, and I'm sure you'll be touching wood frantically when I say this, Andy, but he's shown no discomfort from his groin strain at all.
03:17Well, Andy Flower will be thinking, well, I couldn't have had that little bit of fortune.
03:24He's again definitely threatened the stumps.
03:28But I must say, I do wonder if Johnson getting a good look at the ball with the spectators sitting there right behind him.
03:35And he'll have to hurry here, there.
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04:02No.
04:05He got himself between the stumps and the fielder again, Neil Johnson, and that's his 50.
04:11Very, very well played.
04:13100 in the last game against Australia, now 50 against Pakistan.
04:18So Neil Johnson has had a wonderful tournament.
04:27That's got to be wide.
04:29And it might be four-wides, in fact.
04:31It's in fact five-wides, of course.
04:35One plus the boundary, so five off that.
04:39Without having to do too much.
04:42Bobby will be hoping for a few more of those.
04:49And that's a bit closer, but I still think it's going down leg side.
04:53Oh, he's given him out.
04:55Well, I think that's a little bit disappointing for Neil Johnson.
04:59He's not a happy man.
05:01Bowling from round the wicket, Azam Hamoud.
05:04And we saw how the last one moved, and he does pitch the ball on the seam.
05:08He's very consistent like that.
05:10And I just think that that might have snuck down the leg side.
05:13Umpire Buckner does not agree with me.