CLT20 2011: Warriors v South Australia: Champions League T20 – Match Recap
Warriors beat South Australia by 50 runs yesterday, September 25, in the day/night match of Champions League T20-2011, courtesy an 88-run knock by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Botha-c1610, the skipper of Warriors, won the toss and decided to bat first with a view to capitalise on the dew factor for bowling in the 2nd innings.
Smuts and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AG-Prince-c949 came to open the innings for Warriors. Prince, who was being expected to hit big like his last outing, punched the ball at cover and got three runs on the 4th delivery of the first over.
However, the the third delivery of the 2nd over proved to be a disastrous blow for Warriors as their match-winning batsman, Prince, was bowled out by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SW-Tait-c2616. The commentator churned out, ‘The Warriors' hero from their game against Bangalore is gone’.
Prince could score just 3 off 2 balls. The one-down batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Colin-Alexander-Ingram-c51381, seemed to be in great form as he did not let the rivals get their tails up after Prince's departure.
The second wicket partnership was outstanding as Smuts and Ingram collectively added 73 runs to their side's tally, taking the total to 83 in ten overs. However, Ingram was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Harris-c1310. He scored 30 off 24 deliveries
with the help of 3 fours and 1 six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MV-Boucher-c2048, the wicketkeeper batsman, succeeded Ingram and forged a handsome partnership of 80 runs with Smuts. It was the climax of Warriors’ innings as the Australian bowlers were rendered helpless.
The dashing duo kept firing till the second last over. Unfortunately, Smuts, who was eying a sterling ton, fell on the 5th ball of the 19th over, for 88 runs. He played 65 balls to hit 10 fours and 2 sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 as both Boucher and Thyssen fell on the second last and last balls respectively. Boucher made 34 off 26 balls with the help of 3 fours and
a six, while Thyssen could score only 3.
Warriors posted a mammoth target of 172 runs at 8.55 runs per over, after losing 5 wickets.
In the bowling line-up of South Australia, Harris and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308, grabbed two wickets each, while Tait bagged one scalp for 53 runs.
The target was huge and the dew was there to help the fielding side - factors which led the spectators to assume Warriors’ victory.
However, Harris and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harris-c61739 fell on the fifth ball of the very first over after hitting a boundary.
The one-down batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Lexley-William-Cooper-c94199, followed suit and moved back to the pavilion after making just 3 runs. Thus, the Kangaroo side lost two valuable wickets in just 3 overs.
The next batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CJ-Ferguson-c1264, could not make an impact either as he fell on the fifth ball of the sixth over after adding just 7 runs.
Borgas and Christian were the only middle-order batsmen who showed resistance against the furious Warriors, contributing 18 and 26 respectively.
The skipper stayed on the crease till the first half of the innings and lashed 34 off 29 balls with the help of 2 fours and one six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tim-Ludeman-c2672, the wicketkeeper batsman, was the sixth batsman to fall before the 20-over quota came to an end.
South Australia could reach only 121/6 in the given 20 overs. Their run rate was 6.05.
From the bowling side, Tsotsobe bowled out two players, while Smuts, Rusty Theron, Botha and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787 bagged one wicket each.
After winning the game, Warriors elevated to the top slot in Group B with 4 points, while South Australia is at the bottom with zero.
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