Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has praised Moises Henriques for his outstanding 74-run knock in an IPL match, saying the Australian all-rounder is a capable player who has delivered with both bat and ball.
Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has praised Moises Henriques for his outstanding 74-run knock in an IPL match, saying the Australian all-rounder is a capable player who has delivered with both bat and ball.
Henriques struck a blistering 74 off 46 balls against Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League encounter on Saturday, helping his side reach 163/4 at the Shaeed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. Daredevils were restricted to 157/4, losing by six runs. "Moises Henriques is an experienced player. He hasn't played a lot of international cricket but he has been around IPL getting a lot of opportunity. What he has shown is more than capable (today), taking the responsibility in the top order batting well. His bowling has also been handy, he gives us depth with the ball too," Moody said at the post-match press conference.
About the balance in his side, Moody said, "At this moment the balance of the side is well suited to the combination we are carrying, we have. We have got two world-class bowlers on the sidelines but you know in the same we also got world-class batsmen, Kane Williamson sitting on the sidelines. "We cannot play with everyone and the balance with which we have gone into the game has been effective in the past couple of matches. We enjoyed success with that." The 49-year-old coach also praised the skills of Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and captain David Warner.
"Absolutely he is backing up well. With the new ball, he is dangerous, the swing with the new ball he can get (especially) in the closing over when the pressure is on his defencive skills has been outstanding," Moody said lauding Bhuvneshwar's consistent performance.
Hailing Warner's leadership skills, Moody said, "He has been excellent. I think his tactical judgement has been good. As a captain he made right moves in the right times, he has been calm under pressure. Certainly the bowlers have enjoyed having the Australian opener Warner as captain because he has given them responsibility and he has done a god job."
When asked whether the spin department of Sunrisers will be more attacking in forthcoming matches, Moody said his team opted for off-spinners against Delhi because the team's top order has a number of left-handers.
Earlier in the SRH innings Henriques managed to stick around with a wobbly top-order to finally stitch a crucial 64-run unbeaten fifth wicket stand with Ravi Bopara (17 not out) and take the team to a respectable total.
Veteran DD pacer Zaheer Khan (1-33) drew first blood after scalping Shikhar Dhawan (13) in the fourth over.
The left-hander tried to flick an incoming delivery from the left-arm pacer but mistimed the shot to lob an easy catch to Albie Morkel at midwicket Nathan Coulter-Nile (2-25) struck in the very next over to send David Warner (17) back in the dug out, just when the skipper was looking dangerous.
Henriques and Eoin Morgan (22) then stitched a quiet 33-run partnership before Jayant Yadav (1-19), who opened the attack for DD, broke through in the 11th over. Morgan tried to loft out a pitched up Yadav delivery to long-off but Coulter-Nile took a good catch as he got his hands under the dipping white ball.
Coulter-Nile continued to make his presence on the field as he broke through another partnership after getting Karn Sharma (16) back in the pavilion. It was now the turn of Yadav to return the favour as he picked a neat catch after Sharma mistimed a short ball to the point region.
After that it an Henriques show, who helped the side get 21 runs of the penultimate over post hitting Albie (0-35) for two big sixes. The final over, bowled by Zaheer, also saw a six from Henriques as SRH managed 64 runs from the final 5 overs. Duminy, Amit Mishra and Albie went wicketless.
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