CLT20: Mumbai Indians v Cape Cobras – Match abandoned due to rain as Mumbai post 176 runs – Match Update
The game between Mumbai Indians and Cape Cobras was called off due to heavy showers at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 on Friday, September 30, 2011.
Rain prevented http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cape-Cobras-c776 from starting their innings to chase a target of 177 runs needed to win the game against rivals Mumbai. Consequently both teams were awarded one point from the game.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Cape Cobras chose to field first against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 in a bid to restrict the opposition on a meagre total.
However, Mumbai openers initiated an early onslaught as they clobbered the bowlers all around the park and raced to 65 runs before losing their first wicket in the seventh over when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Peterson-c2332.
On the first delivery of the ninth over, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aiden-Blizzard-c958 was also caught by Shah off Peterson after the batsman knocked 19 runs off 24 deliveries. At the time of his departure Mumbai had managed to post 69 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets.
26-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007 then found his way back to the pavilion in the tenth over after playing a cameo innings of six runs off seven deliveries.
It was then the fourth-wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 that posted 69 runs against a rampant bowling outfit.
Willington born Franklin contributed 17 runs while Pollard clobbered 48 runs in the partnership as the batsmen exhibited a resilient stand against the opposition.
However, the 17th over brought an end to this partnership when Franklin after scoring 18 runs was caught by Richard Levy off the bowling of skipper/pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Justin-Kemp-c1750.
At the time of this wicket, Mumbai had scored 144 runs for the loss of four wickets.
Shah was again involved in another spectacular catch when he caught Pollard in the deep at long-off. The batsman was dismissed by right-arm pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 after playing a knock of 58 runs off 37 deliveries.
Later, Mumbai under the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 ended their innings by posting 176 runs on the board; however, Cape Cobras never got a chance to chase the target due to constant rain.
From Cape Cobras, 32-year-old Peterson was the most successful bowler as he grabbed two wickets in four overs by conceding 29 runs.
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