We played terrible cricket, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Petersen-c1028 after CLT20 final defeat to Sydney Sixers – Cricket News Update
After being comprehensively beaten by the Sydney Sixers in their final match of the 2012 Champions League T20, Lions’ skipper Alviro Petersen conceded that it was their worst showing in the tournament.
While both sides came into the finale at the back of wins, it was the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils.
Winning the toss, Haddin decided to ask the Lions to bat first, a decision that paid well after Sydney opened with spinners. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Josh-Reginald-Hazlewood-c69504, as the Lions’ top-four struggled
for breathing space. The side eventually crumbled to 121, a target chased easily by Michael Lumb and skipper Haddin, bringing a close to the match well before time.
Disappointed with the performance, Petersen said, “We just played some terrible cricket. We kept our worst game for last.”
However, the skipper did realise that coming so far into the tournament was an achievement in itself, especially given the lack of support the Lions had initially. “I can't be [angry] because at the start of this tournament if someone said we would play
in the final, I would have told them we are smelling their socks.”
While the top-four were dismal, managing to accumulate a total of 8 runs between themselves, the Lions did resist, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jean-Symes-c66756 racked up a fifty on the other end. While
the middle-order was able to take the tally to 121, it was never enough against the Sixers. “At one stage, it looked like we could get to 140 and then we could have competed,” said Petersen.
Sydney’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392 was the Player of the Series for his 14 wickets in the tournament.
Despite having beaten the odds and reaching the final, the Lions were disappointed to lose out on the trophy – as expressed by Petersen, “We're obviously disappointed to go out like this.”
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