Mitch Marsh has delivered a pugnacious half-century, his best knock of the IPL season -- but it still wasn't enough to deliver a badly needed victory for Justin Langer's struggling charges, the Lucknow Super Giants.
Australia's T20 skipper did his best to bail out a sinking ship on his home ground in their 40-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday, hitting his first 50 of the campaign while wickets were tumbling all around him.
Eventually, though, a couple of balls after he flat-batted Nandre Burger for a big six over long-off to reach his half-century, the opener himself proved the decisive sixth wicket to fall as he reached for a wide one from the South African quick and lofted it to Royals' skipper Riyan Parag at extra cover.
