LIVE – Somerset v Warriors – Champions League T20 - Toss Report
The Champions League (CL) Twenty20 (T20) enters the final stage of its league matches as English County side, Somerset, gears up to face the South African outfit, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861, in the second last Group B match of the tournament, which begins today, October 5,
2011, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfonso-Thomas-c991, won the toss and will be batting first; hoping to make good use of the Bangalore pitch which comes with slight moisture, that may aid the batters to earn some hard knocks in the early overs.
Since a win would mean a berth at the CLT20 semi-finals for either of the two teams, the match will therefore come out as real thriller with both the sides at daggers drawn.
Having secured the fourth spot on Group B roster, the bout will be a win or lose situation for Somerset, after having marked a single triumph out of three fixtures.
On the other hand, the group leaders, Warriors, may still have a chance to find a place in the semi finals if they fail to mark a triumph tonight. However, in such a scenario the team will have to rely on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Australia-c844 to win their next CLT20 match, which
is scheduled to be the following game tonight.
Opting to bat first, Skipper Alfonso will be relying on his team’s top-order to pile up a competitive opening and post a decent total for the formidable opponents.
For the task, the team will have to bank on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Hildreth-c1647, who earned
an imposing knock worth 34 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766, during the qualification matches.
As for the South African squad, Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LL-Tsotsobe-c1842, and star bowler, Rusty Theron.
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