2012 CLT20: Scorchers set 122-run target for Delhi Daredevils – Cricket News Roundup – Part I – October 21, 2012
A clinical bowling performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 led pace attack helped Delhi Daredevils restrict Perth Scorchers to a paltry 121 for 5, in a crucial Champions League T20 match, being played at Newlands, Cape Town today, October 21, 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543 and Shaun Marsh in his spell of four overs, conceding just 14 runs.
Earlier, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 won the toss and opted to bowl first, aiming to restrict the opposition to a low score with assistance from the wicket and the overcast conditions. Both the sides have fielded unchanged squads from their previous games.
Squads:
Delhi Daredevils: 1 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 2 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625.
Perth Scorchers: 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Coulter-Nile-c2070.
Despite losing to Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, Mumbai Indians skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 lavished praise on his team saying he was proud of his boys.
While chasing a challenging 174 set by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780’s 45-ball 74 being the highlight of Mumbai’s innings.
“Proud of the boys. Whenever we play CSK it's always a good game,” said the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642. Great fight shown,” the right-arm off-spinner added further.
Though they managed to eke out a six-run win over Mumbai Indians in a CLT20 clash on Saturday night, Chennai Super Kings skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 believes his side was 15 runs short of a par total.
After being put into bat, the 2010 CLT20 champions rode on Faf du Plessis' 33-ball 52 to post a challenging 173 for 8 in their stipulated 20 overs. The Super Kings got off to a brisk start reaching 86 without loss at the end of eight overs, but a clinical spell from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 in the second half of CSK's innings curbed the run-scoring as Dhoni's men could manage only 87 runs in the next 12 overs.
“We could have got another 15 runs. 170 plus two runs makes difference,” said the Ranchi wicketkeeper batsman, who scored valuable 35 runs off just 19 balls, at the post-match presentation ceremony. “It’s important to guide Jadeja. Matches like these really groom a cricketer. Hilfenhaus was right on the money. We took the gamble of giving the later overs to the spinners,” he added further.
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