NSW’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SPD-Smith-c2555 claims to bounce back in Champions League Twenty20 – Cricket News Update
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The Australian club was restricted to 135 for the loss of eight wickets in their match against the Cobras and the bowlers failed to defend the total.
Despite having a couple of explosive hitters in the top-order, the NSW team failed to make a big impression with the bat. The highest scorer for the team was Australia’s star all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558. He scored 34 runs at the top of the order, but failed
to capitalise on the start.
Cobras did not have any trouble chasing 136 runs for victory, as they reached the target in just 17.2 overs with seven wickets in hand.
Smith blamed the slow nature of the pitch for his side’s poor show. He said, “I thought the other day was quite difficult (against Cobras), the ball got pretty soft pretty early, so I think the boundaries are the way to go early on, with the newer ball is
probably the best time to bat.”
Although this loss dented the confidence of the Aussie club, Smith was still looking forward to the next game against Trinidad & Tobago (T&T).
The young all-rounder claimed that his side had plenty of hard hitters. He stated, “We’ve got some big, strong boys. (Moises) Henriques has cleared the boundaries plenty of times in his career so I’m sure there’s no problem with him being a lightweight.”
NSW will have to work extremely hard in order to overcome http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472he T&T side. The latter have been playing consistently well throughout the tournament and will start as favourites to win against the Australian team.
There are a few very good hitters in the West Indian club and they have the ability to match any side taking part in the tournament.
Apart from the solid batting line up, the T&T team has a fine bowling attack. The team almost managed to defend less than 100 runs against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians (MI) in their last encounter and will definitely challenge the opposition today.
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