CLT20 2011: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GJ-Hopkins-c1490 disappointed after his side failed to make the main tournament – Cricket News Update
The losing skipper of Auckland Aces, Gareth Hopkins, has termed last night’s defeat to Somerset as devastating, as the four-wicket loss to the Sabers cut short Kiwis’ tour of subcontinent by eliminating them from the Champions League T20, underway in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
The county side defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766 by four wickets in a Pool A qualifying match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
It was Auckland’s second defeat in 24 hours as they lost to Kolkata Knight Riders by just 2 runs in a thrilling last-ball finish on Monday night.
"The loss in the second close game is devastating,” said Hopkins while talking to the media reporters after the four-wicket defeat at the hands of Sabers. “ This is the second successive defeat in the last over of the game. And it was very disappointing.
126 runs were not enough and our batsmen struggled," the New Zealander lamented.
After opting to bat first, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 side was able to put a meagre 125-run total on the board, thanks to Lou Vincent’s unbeaten 47 off as many deliveries, including three boundaries and a six. The top three batsmen of the Aces were back in the pavilion
inside the first four overs of the day for a combined contribution of 14 runs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jimmy-Adams-c1696 going on a duck.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lou-Vincent-c73143 and skipper Gareth Hopkins tried to put the side back on the track with a 49-run stand for the fourth-wicket partnership, but after Hopkin’s dismissal, Vincent could not find a partner to build a partnership as the side amassed 125 runs from
their allotted quota of 20 overs.
In reply, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steve-Snell-c2580 leading from the front scoring 34 runs apiece.
The last match of Pool A will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset at the same http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 venue on Wednesday.
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