Morkel's dismissal of KP

[Arnik]

A man say that the ball pitch and move and only Lara of all batsmen in the world could have laid a bat on it.

Now I don't know what him was watching. I know what I saw and it certainly gels with cricinfo's account of the dismissal:

13.1 Morkel to Pietersen, FOUR, 87.2 mph, he's going to go for the short ball, this was banged in outside off stump and Pietersen fetches it in front of square
The deep square-leg moves straighter after that shot
13.2 Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 85.7 mph, full outside off stump, Pietersen plays his walking leave
13.3 Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 87.5 mph, nips back into Pietersen and takes him on the thigh pad
13.4 Morkel to Pietersen, FOUR, 87.2 mph, boy, he's got lucky! Another short ball and another pull which takes the top and flies over AB de Villiers. We all know 'it's the way he plays', but...
13.5 Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 87.7 mph, on a fuller length at off stump and defended to mid-on
13.6 Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 85.5 mph, outside off and left alone

15.1 Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 88.4 mph, back of a length outside off and left alone

15.2 Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 86.1 mph, fuller but still outside off, Pietersen just stands there and doesn't play

15.3 Morkel to Pietersen, FOUR, 86.3 mph, decent bouncer but a terrific pull shot from Pietersen as he rolls his wrists and picks the gap between deep square and long leg

15.4 Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 88.8 mph, dropped!, what a wicket that would have been. Pietersen plays a pretty ordinary shot to a rising ball outside off stump, can't get over the top of it to keep it down but Kallis can't take the catch diving to his right at second slip
Would have been the first slip catch of the match

15.5 Morkel to Pietersen, 2 runs, 86.8 mph, on leg stump, worked away in front of square and sprints for second...intense cricket out there

15.6 Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 87.2 mph, good ball to finish with, full on middle and off, defended solidly to the bowler

17.1
Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 87.0 mph, full on off side, driven to mid-off...important that Pietersen settles down

17.2
Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 88.1 mph, a tempting length outside off but Pietersen resists launching into a drive

17.3
Morkel to Pietersen, OUT, 83.9 mph, gone! What a blow. Pietersen cleaned up by Morkel, reward for some top-quality fast bowling. Pietersen caught a little on the back foot and basically missed a straight ball, but the short stuff kept him hanging back in the crease

KP Pietersen b Morkel 16 (36m 17b 3x4 0x6) SR: 94.11

[Arnik]

This is what the BBC saw:

WICKET- Pietersen b Morkel 16 (Eng 57-3)
Is that the ball game? Pietersen is nowhere near far enough forward to a ball of good length from Morkel, somehow missing as the ball goes straight on and removes his middle stump. South Africa are cockahoop and England are staring down the barrel.

[BallOil]

yuh mean dis?

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Kallis spills it

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[Arnik]

Thanks bally. IMO KP played down the wrong line. The ball seemed to do very little.

KP had been worked over by Morkel for about two overs.

But some others who are the fount of all wisdom say that only Lara could have possibly played that delivery.

[mapoui]

totally beaten anyway. he wasn't back to start with..he had the ball sized up, line, length everythng..which meant that he as the ballas it pictched and knew it was a ball to be defended and played it where he saw it.

if it wasnt there in the end then it moved away and he was bowled.

what I said is that that ball would have been very hard to defend by any batsman due to pace and late movement. they way pietersend played it could only have been late movement that defeated him

chances are if a bowler produces such a ball for a batsmen his innings wont continue. what are his realistic chances....

if he misses he is LBW or bowled. his best chance is if he is tracking the ball well enuff, he edges it into his pads and avoids LBW

or he might edge it to the keeper or slip cordon. or it may hit the pad balloon and he can be caught.

or he could be vooping like a tailender, make lucky contact and hit it for 4444.

chances he he gets bowled or lbw with such a ball

[mapoui]

Thanks bally. IMO KP played down the wrong line. The ball seemed to do very little.

KP had been worked over by Morkel for about two overs.

But some others who are the fount of all wisdom say that only Lara could have possibly played that delivery.

Pieteresen played down what wrong line. Pietersen is not bline. not an incompetent. pietersen is a capable batsman and he tried to play that ball properly and was defeated.

the ball move late..that is why he did not make contact.

it was a splendid ball that wat it was..capable of defeating any batsman in the world