Sunday’s games in the Twenty20 Champions League see New South Wales take on Sussex and the Delhi Daredevils look to avoid elimination from the tournament when they meet Wayamba. Both the games will take place in Delhi and we take a look at matche preview. New South Wales Blues v Sussex Team: Time and Venue: 10:30 GMT, Delhi The New South Wales Blues will take on the Sussex Sharks in the T20 Champions League on 11th of October. The Blues started with a flier after marking an emphatic 53-run win against the Diamond Eagles in their previous match. That win came on this same ground and Simon Katich’s side will benefit from having experienced the conditions. Katich himself top scored with 53 off 41 balls as NSW posted 144. Stuart Clark with 3 wickets for just 12 runs was chief destroyer as The Eagles made just 91 in the chase. This terrific victory has kept the side boiling with confidence and rising with positive energy, which will be conspicuous in their next encounter with the Sussex Sharks as well. Simon Katich and David Warner displayed some splendid batting performance that eventually led the NSW Blues to clinch their first victory in the league.On the other hand, it will be the first match for the Sussex Sharks in the Champions League and they will take heart from the performance of fellow English challengers Somerset, who beat Deccan in Hyderabad on Saturday. The side has an impressive lineage. Michael Yardy leads the side which includes the likes of Dwayne Smith, Luke Wright and Yasir Arafat, all of whom can be more than useful in this format on their day. It’s also a big tournament for the young spinner Piyush Chawla who has plenty of talent. The side has been quite successful in the longer version of the game. In the T20 version the Sharks though have not come up with good performances and the match against the Australia’s Blues will be a tough one for the English cricket team.And the fact that the Blues’ previous victory has boosted their morale the Sharks might find it difficult to face the opposition in such a form. The scales weigh much towards the Blues and the Sharks … [Read more...]
CL T20 Cricket teams: Somerset CCC
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset. Its limited overs team is called the Somerset Sabres. The club has its headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. First-class games are also played at Bath. Former grounds include Yeovil, Weston-super-Mare, Frome, Glastonbury, Wells and the Imperial Tobacco ground in south Bristol. Origin of club: The formation of Somerset CCC was on 18 August 1875 by a team of amateurs at a meeting in Sidmouth, Devon immediately after a match against a local side. Somerset is the only one of the present first-class counties in English cricket whose county cricket club was founded outside the boundaries of the traditional county. In 1886, Somerset did not play any other first-class counties and dropped out of the Championship until 1891. Somerset was then able to arrange 12 matches against first-class counties and so force its way back into the Championship, which was now an official competition. Somerset CCC is therefore recognised as a first-class team from 1882 until 1885 and from 1891 to the present day. Team Composition:With the inclusion of English T20 runners up Somerset CCC in the CLT20, India sees the return of prolific batsman Marcus Trescothick for the first time since he broke down due to stress during the England tour in 2006. He is easily Somerset’s best batsman having scored 1024 runs in 30 matches at a strike rate of 156.33. The English side will be relying heavily on Trescothick to continue his good form at the top of the order along with fellow veteran opener and Captain Justin Langer. These two need to fire if Somerset is to make it to the latter stages of the tournament, although the rest of the side comprises of some handy cricketers who could make things uncomfortable for superior opponents. Somerset Squad: Justin Langer (capt), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark … [Read more...]
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