Chennai Entered in Semi-final Mumbai Out

Port Elizabeth: Riding on yet another superb innings by Matthew Hayden not out 60, Chennai Super Kings assured themselves of a semi-final berth while ending Mumbai Indians' hopes with a seven-wicket triumph in their Indian Premier League match on Saturday

Chasing a target of 148 by Mumbai built largely on JP Duminy's knock of 62, Chennai once again relied heavily on Hayden to romp home with five balls to spare.

Hayden was not his usual explosive self to start with but soon cut loose to help Chennai recover from a rather wobbly start.

The Australian opener, who is currently the leading run-scorer of the tournament, hit his 7th fifty of the event in the process. Hayden also shared a match-winning 87-run partnership with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (23).

After their bowlers did a fine job to restrict Mumbai to 147 for five, Chennai's chase didn't get off to a very good start as Parthiv Patel was dismissed off the very first ball by Lasith Malinga, who trapped the Indian leg-before.

Suresh Raina did not last long either and was brilliantly caught and bowled by Dwayne Bravo after a quickfire 20 off 12 balls that included two fours and an equal number of sixes.

Earlier, electing to bat after winning the toss, Mumbai was dealt an early blow when Dwayne Bravo's (5) stumps were knocked off by Albie Morkel in the second over.

Sanath Jayasuriya then played out a blistering 30-run knock that came off just 17 balls. Sri Lanka's ageless warrior, who had been slightly off-colour with the bat, smashed three fours and a couple of sixes before top-edging a Sudeep Tyagi delivery to Suresh Raina at cover.

Jayasuriya's dismissal slowed down Mumbai's scoring rate and the team went into the strategy break with 72 runs in their first 10 overs.

Mumbai suffered another setback after the break when skipper Sachin Tendulkar (11) holed out to Lakshmipathy Balaji at deep midwicket off a Raina delivery.

It was left to JP Duminy, yet again, to steer the innings and he lived upto the task with a 54-ball 62.

Brief Score: Chennai Super Kings 151 for 3 (Hayden 60*) beat Mumbai Indians 147 for 5 (Duminy 62, Nayar 33*, Jayasuriya 30) by seven wickets.

Numbers Game:

• 26 - Number of extras conceded by Mumbai Indians, the highest by a team in the tournament.
• 5 - Number of half-centuries by Matthew Hayden and JP Duminy, the highest in the tournament.
• 50 - Percentage of the innings, that Parthiv Patel has failed to make a run.
• 5.60 - Economy-rate of Suresh Raina, the best by a Chennai bowler.
• 10 - The number of times a wicket has fallen on the first ball of the innings.