Highveld Lions v Sydney Sixers – Champions League Twenty20 2012 (Group B) – Toss Report
The Sydney Sixers have won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Highveld Lions, in the 10th match of the ongoing Champions League Twenty20, due to be played today on October 18 at Newlands in Cape Town.
With the chance to get closer to earning a spot in the semi-finals of the ongoing CLT20 at stake, the Sixers and the Lions are both bound to come out fighting today. Both teams are as yet unbeaten in the tournament, and have won two games each. Group B table-toppers, the Sydney Sixers, have wins over the Chennai Super Kings and Yorkshire under their belt, while the Lions, second on the Group B table, have defeated the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians and the Super Kings.
With a green-tinged pitch at their disposal, Sixers’ skipper Haddin was justifiably eager to unleash his deadly pace attack on the fresh surface. The team’s quicks – Mitchell Starc, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867, the bowlers managed to restrict the opposition to a dismal total of 96.
The match is also likely to be the last in the 2012 CLT20 for all-rounder Watson, who will be flying home owing to national duties. In this regard, the Sixers are understandably eager to ensure their batting order is just as strong without http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Rohrer-c1139.
Expressing their faith in what has proved to be a winning XI so far, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 went in with an unchanged side – however, they were visibly gutted to have lost the toss, with skipper Alviro Peterson admitting his side would have bowled first too. The Lions won the toss in both of the two games they have played in the CLT20 so far, and elected to field first on both occasions, displaying a knack for limiting the opposition to low, easy-to-chase totals.
The Lions had initially relied heavily on the top four batsmen - Alviro Petersen, Gulam Bodi, Quinton de Kock, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094 – but in their most recent match, the middle order skilfully brought the game to a successful finish. While they have managed successful chases, the batsmen will need to step up today, and post a daunting total on the board.
Highveld Lions XI:
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Sydney Sixers XI:
1 Shane Watson, 2 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Josh-Reginald-Hazlewood-c69504
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