Mumbai Indians v Sydney Sixers – Champions League Twenty20 2012 (Group B) – Match Recap
Continuing their impressive run in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 sans the services of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians in their final Group B match of the tournament, played at Kingsmead in Durban on October 22.
With the Sixers virtually certain of their berth in the semi-finals of the CLT20, and the Mumbai Indians just packing for home, the Sixers' victory sent the defending champions home winless, and proved that despite the absence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, the Sixers are a force to be reckoned with.
The Sixers won the toss and chose to bat first, and while the bahttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987 (4-1-17-2) and Lasith Malinga (4-0-36-2).
Opening for the team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 (0) in the 6th over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moises-Henriques-c2021’ dismissal on duck in the very next over, trapped lbw by the Mumbai Indians’ skipper Harbhajan Singh.
Player of the Match http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NL-McCullum-c2120 (20*).
Smith was bowled by Malinga in the 18th over, but by this point he had already gotten the Sixers up to 119. McCullum and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins (4*) took it from there, and got the team up to a final total of 136 by the end of 20 overs, at the expense of 7 wickets.
137 did not look to be too daunting a target, but the Mumbai Indians were hardly able to settle in at the crease, faced with the Sixers’ fierce pace attack, comprising Cummins (4-0-16-2), Henriques (4-0-29-2), and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392 (4-0-32-2).
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 (4) followed soon after, caught out by Haddin off Cummins in the 16th over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 struck a valiant 22 off 9 balls, his efforts went in vain.
The final partnership of the match was an unbeaten 20-run stand between Harbhajan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198 (0*), but by the end of 20 overs, the Mumbai Indians only managed to reach 124, with the Sixers going on to claim a 12-run victory.
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