Chennai Super Kings v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 – Champions League Twenty20 2012 (Group B) – Match Recap
An inconsequential match between the Chennai Super Kings and Yorkshire at Kingsmead in Durban, with both teams having failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the ongoing Champions League Twenty20, culminated in a 4-wicket victory for the Chennai Super Kings
while Yorkshire went home winless, on October 22.
The Super Kings won the toss and decided to field first – the decision was taken by captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DE-Bollinger-c1348
(4-0-16-2) remained the key bowlers of the day for the Super Kings and Yorkshire were eventually restricted to a final total of 140.
Yorkshire opened their innings with skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204 followed up with the wicket of Lyth in the
very next over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Ballance-c1465 (58) stepped in to keep the innings moving forward, and set
up a 78-run stand for the fourth wicket – the highest partnership of the match.
Their combined efforts got the team up to 121 by the 18th over, after which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AU-Rashid-c1106 (4*) – however, the final
over saw Ballance run out by Super Kings wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, and Dan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hodgson-c63281 (1) sent packing by Bollinger, with Yorkshire posting a final total of 140 by the end of 20 overs.
The team’s bowlers attempted to make amends for the mediocre batting performances, with Iain Wardlaw (4-0-23-2), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Oliver-James-Hannon-Dalby-c80190 (4-0-23-2) all claiming 2 wickets each. However, the Super Kings found themselves equal
to the chase, and managed to reach 141 by the end of 19 overs.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 (13) and skipper Raina (31) managed to keep the innings going, setting up a 23-run stand for the second wicket.
Hannon-Dalby intervened in the 5th over to send Vijay back to the pavilion, but the next batsman to step up to the crease was Player of the Match http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Subramaniam-Badrinath-c91587, who top-scored for the team with 47, in addition to setting up a 48-run partnership
with Raina.
The skipper was eventually dislodged by Hannon-Dalby in the 12th over, but he was followed to the crease by Dhoni, who chipped in with a 31-run contribution, and joined Badrinath for a 43-run partnership for the 4th wicket.
Their contributions got the team up to 117 by the 17th over, but the partnership did not proceed beyond that. Wardlaw eventually claimed the wickets of both Badrinath and Dhoni, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 (5) made his exit at the hands of Patterson.
However, by this point the Super Kings had all but made it, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WP-Saha-c2800 (1*) scored the finishing runs which got the team over the line, with 4 wickets and 6 balls remaining.
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