Gale hoping to reverse result in remaining CL T20 matches – Cricket News Update
After their overwhelming defeat in the first match of the tournament proper, Yorkshire skipper, Andrew Gale, said that the team will look to reverse the result in the remainder of their Champions League T20 campaign.
The only English representative in the competition, Yorkshire suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Sydney Sixers after posting a lowly 96 on the board, having elected to bat first.
It remained a rude awakening for the county side, which had breezed through the three-team qualifying round to book their passage in the main draw. They defeated the reigning Sri Lankan premier League champions Uva Next in the first game, before outplaying Trinidad & Tobago in the second qualifying match, only to buckle under pressure against the so-called big boys.
Under sunny skies, the Yorkshire batters failed to deal with the pace threat of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558, all of whom took regular wickets to derail their opponents. Starc remained the most impressive bowler on show, picking up 3 wickets for 22.
The batting workload for Sixers was carried by captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981, both of whom made 41 and 43* respectively and further stood in a match-winning stand of 78. The victory total was achieved in just 34 minutes with an astounding 67 balls to spare.
The major damage ironically, was inflicted by players who could have represented http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 and Notts respectively.
Lumb rued the team’s failure to kick-off following a solid start, but was hopeful of an improved performance from his players in the coming days. Yorkshire’s next game is against the struggling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians on October 18.
"150-160 would have been a good score," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Gale-c1039 said. "But we didn't get off to a good start, and we were chasing the game from thereon. We have learned valuable lessons from today, have three games left, and will hopefully reverse the result on Thursday."
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