Dont Push It - Grand National Winner

So we had a 8 horses in our line up at the most famous Race In the World - Race Staretd at 16:15
CantBuyTime - 16:20 Out of Race - Fell at 8th Fence
BackStage - 16:23 Unseated 20th Fence
MonMome - 26th Fence
ComplyOrDie - 12th
CloudyLane - 8th
SnowyMorning -6th
HelloBud - 5th
DontPushIt - 1st

So heres what happened to our line up in The Grand National 2010

CantBuyTime
8th Fence
1620: Can't Buy Time is out of the race as Black Apalachi is prominent.

1622: Around 20 are still in the race but The Package has a huge amount of ground to make up, so too Ballyfitz. Flintoff is last.

BackStage
20th Fence
1623: Conna Castle is still in the lead with Hello Bud travelling well, BackStage unseating his rider and Royal Rosa a casualty.

MonMome
26th Fence
Last year's winner Mon Mome still appeared to be going well when he fell at the 26th fence.

ComplyOrDie - 12th

CloudyLane - 8th

SnowyMorning - 6th
1624: Black Apalachi is in the lead now with Big Fella Thanks making up ground and Snowy Morning in good shape. Six fences to go.
 
HelloBud - 5th
I should add that Hello Bud was fifth with his schoolboy jockey Sam Twiston-Davies on board while the last horse to cross the line was Preists Leap in 15th place. Everything else was either pulled up, unseated its rider or fell but we are not aware of any fatalities.

DontPushIt - 1st
1625: Don't Push It and Tony McCoy are making their bid now - sure to get a place at least one feels
1626: Black Apalachi is joined by Big Fella Thanks and Don't Push It.
1626: Don't Push It is being chased home by Black Apalachi but MCCOY AND DON'T PUSH IT win.

Leader By Example - Inspirational Team Infusion

Shane Warne clearly demonstrated how self belief can make all the difference for the Rajasthan Royals.

Having come back from behind, he majestically took four wickets, however the pressure was still on Trivedi to come up with trumps, and boy did Shane Warne put on some inspirational pressure.

Guiding his fielders into position as though he was directing a satellite navigation system, he clearly demonstrated his photographic memory of the fielders positions between overs, and to some extent even between crucial deliveries within overs!

Napgur, April 5 (IANS) Rajasthan Royal defeated Deccan Chargers by 2 runs in an Indian Premier League match here Monday.

Set a winning target of 160, Deccan Chargers were all out for 157 with a ball to spare.

Rohit Sharma struck 73 off 44 balls, but Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne turned the game picking four wickets at a crucial time.

Towards the end it looked like an impossible task, but the wickets kept on coming and coming. Morkels catch with one hand, running away from the wicket with his back against the picth and into the crowd, was nothing short of sublime.

It eventually looked like the Deccan Chargers were through with a win, when the penultimate bowl was hit sky high looking for a boundary, but somehow, garvity defied the trajectory, and the ball came landing down into the hands of an omcoming fielder to seal the tantalising victory for the Rajasthan Royals.

What a great match, Rivan and Nihal went crazy and so did Rivan's Dad. Rivan's Mum was not phased by the comotion as she continued with her ironing, as if nothing had happened, and likewise Jasmine decided to watch Hannah Montana in the other room in protest, as if that was going to change the score!

Come on squire, we had just witnesses a momentous and nail biting finish to an exhilirating performance amidst an atmosphere that was near electric. IPL Cricket at Easter and World Darts at Christmas, what a treat, truly sensational cricket thriller!

Here goes the detailed analysis ...

The tossed Rajasthan Royals punched off their batting with 159 runs at 19.5 ovs as the Deccan charges bounced on the stumps. In the other end, Deccan Charges lost the game at the 19.5 ovs itself at 157 runs.
Man of the Match – Shane Warne
Kamaal Catch of the Match – Morne Morkel
Maximum Sixes Award – Adam Gilchrist
Scorecard:
Rajasthan Royals: 159/10(19.5 ov)
Deccan Chargers: 157/10 (19.5 ovs)
Rajasthan Royals Fall of wickets
1-16(Michael Lumb, 2.1 ov.),2-17(Naman Ojha, 2.3 ov.),3-94(Faiz Fazal, 11.0 ov.),4-103(Yusuf Pathan, 12.4 ov.),5-130(Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, 15.2 ov.),6-130(Abhishek Raut, 15.5 ov.),7-136(Shane Watson, 16.4 ov.),8-140(Shane Warne, 17.4 ov.),9-145(Aditya Dole, 18.3 ov.),10-159(Siddharth Trivedi, 19.5 ov.)
Deccan Chargers Fall of wickets
1/26 (VVS Laxman, 2.3 ov.), 2/47 (Adam Gilchrist, 4.5 ov.), 3/86 (Andrew Symonds, 10.1 ov.), 4/112 (Anirudh Singh, 13.5 ov.), 5/120 (Dwayne Smith, 15.3 ov.), 6/137 (Azhar Bilakhia, 17.1 ov.), 7/139 (Ryan Harris, 17.4 ov.), 8/156 (RP Singh, 19.3 ov.), 9/157 (Harmeet Singh, 19.4 ov.), 10/157 (Rohit Sharma, 19.5 ov.)
Shane Warne: One of those days where things went right for us. Our fielding and bowling was great tonight. We were 15-20 runs short and we had to make that up in our bowling. We all did well as a team and it’s nice to get a couple of wickets. We really responded well as a group, it was up to the experienced guys to lead the way for the youngsters and we did that. Watson was batting really well. Don’t write us off. Trivedi is an experienced campaigner and it’s good to have him back. When you love the game and play for 20 years, you enjoy every moment of it. Credit to Modi, this is a fantastic competition.