Champions League Twenty20, Group A Auckland v Titans – Titans end Auckland’s winning streak – Live Score and Update
Titans 172/4 (20/20 ov) v Auckland 113 (18.1/20 ov) - Titans won by 59 runs
Auckland finally had a bad day on Wednesday when their winning streak in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 came to an end, as they lost their Group A match against Titans by 59 runs, at Kingsmead, Durban.
Auckland’s golden boy, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Dent-c41093 in the opposition as he took only one wicket and scored seven runs when his side needed a big innings from him to overcome 172 runs to win the match.
“It wasn't a great day with the bat. We were relatively happy with 170, but sad that our batting let us down. We have a chance to make the semis, so we've got to move on pretty quickly from this,” said Auckland skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GJ-Hopkins-c1490 after his side failed to put a fight.
Meanwhile, satisfied with his side’s impressive performance http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Jaarsveld who scored 13 runs said, “It was a clinical performance. At the top Davids and Rudolph laid the platform for us. Behardien was outstanding at the death. With the ball, asked the guys to hit the deck hard and when they do, it is pretty easy to captain.”
After being named as the Man of the Match for belting an unbeaten knock of 48, F Behardien said, “The trend has been for the batters to get in and only in the last couple of overs did I capitalise. I spoke to Jacques and we had the full license for the last 5 overs, luckily it came off today.”
Earlier, requiring a steady run chase, Auckland had a terrible start to their innings where they lost three wickets with only 37 on the board.
Mahmood’s wicket was vital for Titans and once they had him, they maintained extreme pressure on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766.
AK Kitchen and C de Grandhomme tried to craft a comeback but the partnership was broken by ER Links, who dismissed Kitchen for 23.
Later, Grandhomme crumbled on 14 followed by the next four batsmen walking back without scoring in double figures.
With AR Adams hammering 30 runs, Auckland faltered in 18.1 overs on 113.
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