CL T20 has two games on Sunday, New South Wales took on Sussex and the Delhi Daredevils clash with Wayamba. CL T20 Match reviews: 1.New South Wales v Sussex: New South Wales 130 for 2 (Hughes 62*, Henriques 51*) beat Sussex 95 for 8 (Nash 24, Henriques 3-23) by 35 runs. Player of the match: MC Henriques (New South Wales) New South Wales, the champions of Australia's Big Bash, became the second team to qualify for the next stage after Cape Cobras, who made it to the last eight league round after defeating Otago Volts on Saturday. They did so by showing tremendous adaptability in both their matches on slow Delhi pitches with low bounce. Moises Henriques's all-round show guided New South Wales Blues to the League stage of the Champions League Twenty20 as the Australian side beat Sussex Sharks comfortably by 35 runs. Henriques smashed a 33-ball unbeaten 51 and in the company of Phillip Hughes, who batted superbly for his unbeaten 64-ball 62 helped New South Wales reach a modest 130 for two after opting to bat. Henriques then picked up three wickets for 23 runs from his four overs to shape his team's victory.Defending a modest 130, in-form Brett Lee gave a dream start to NSW. In his opening over of the chase, Bowling fast and straight, Lee pitched one on a length: the ball stayed low, ripped through Ed Joyce's defence, and crashed into the middle of off stump.Opener Chris Nash (24 off 30) was the lone bright spot in Sussex batting line-up but he too crumbled under pressure when his side needed him. Without their inspirational captain Michael Yardy, who didn't play the match due to illness, the Sussex batsmen found life difficult against the pace duo of Lee and Doug Bollinger as they could manage only 12 runs of the first four overs. Earlier, the NSW started on a cautious note on the unpredictable Kotla pitch, scoring 30 runs in the first six overs. NSW's innings was in strife at 40 for 2 and they had reached only 50 at the half-way stage. NSW took 17 runs off the 11th over and appeared to be back on track. Henriques had struck three sixes during his cameo against the … [Read more...]
CL T20 Cricket match preview: October 11
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...]
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