Champions League T20 2014

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Game over...

Chennai Super Kings 157/4 (20/20 ov)
Kolkata Knight Riders 159/7 (19/20 ov)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

 

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11.20pm Tremendous win for Kolkata, considering the situation they were in when Russell walked in - 51 for 5, with 107 to get from 66 balls. All of their top four had fallen for single-digit scores. But Russell played some exceptional shots, going deep in his crease to mess up the lengths of the bowlers, and Ryan ten Doeschate kept his calm and pulled off the big shots whenever needed. They've won with an over to spare, and it's their tenth win in a row.

Dhoni: "I don't think we had enough runs on the board. Their spinners bowled very well. I didn't know if we could defend 160 on this track, but the pacers bowled very well. The difference was their lower-order batting, especially Russell and the other guy [I assume he means ten Doeschate]." At some point, he also says Shiv-narine instead of Narine, but he's pretty frazzled right now, so you can excuse him those slips of the tongue. "Ishwar should have told Mohit that the captain has told me to bowl at this end," he says, when asked about the strange bowling change.

Ten Doeschate: "It was a very good wicket. I just tried to watch the ball early on and strategise as I went along. From the first ball I thought it was a good wicket, and the white ball does swing for 3 or 4 overs. I don't think it mattered what I said to him [Russell]. When someone has that sort of firepower, you just leave it to him."

Good game to start the tournament.

 

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Pommie doing the interviews and presentations. Done well for himself.

 

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Gautam Gambhir: "I think after the first 15 overs we thought we could have restricted them to an even smaller total. We didn't start off well in the chase but we always knew it was a matter of a couple of good overs. We have a lot of depth in our line-up and a lot of firepower. We were looking to go hard at the top, it didn't work. The way Russell batted, the way Ryan batted, unbelievable. I need to mention Sunil Narine, he is a special guy. Giving nine runs in four overs, always controls the game for us. This is one tournament we haven't won. Guys are pretty motivated to go out there and turn it around for us."

No brainer this: Andre Russell is the man of the match

"Was just positive, coming from the CPL, backing myself all the time. I'm a bit used to getting the team over the line, well done to Tendo as well. We just kept rotating it, he told me to stay positive. When you work hard in training, it becomes natural [hitting big]. It's all about positive. T20 cricket, I love it. Smashin' it. Was a very good wicket, it didn't matter who the bowler was. Wasn't much spin in the wicket. Backed myself against Ashwin and Jadeja to hit them over the line."

 

[lilggg]

Nice one dolphins -_-

 

[sox63]

You'd swear the Dolphins' top order has never played against left arm swing

 

[lilggg]

Not a bad total considering.

 

[MickeyD]

Dolphins 164-7

Zondo 63* off 50 balls.

 

[sox63]

Yep. All set up for Abbott to show his class

 

[lilggg]

what the ****

 

[sox63]

Wtf Frylink!!!!

 

[Creag]

what the ****

Wtf Frylink!!!!

Yup. Sucks. Talk about stealing defeat from the jaws of victory

 

[MickeyD]

Two games today:

Cape Cobras v Hobart Hurricanes (12h30)
Kolkata Knight Riders v Lahore Lions (16h30)

Pretty much a must-win game for the Cobras.

 

[sox63]

Our teams in this tournament seem intent on going guns blazing in the first 6 overs. Even at the expense of wickets falling

 

[MickeyD]

Cape Cobras 184/6

Levi - 42 (30)
Peterson - 25* (14)
Philander - 32* (14)

 

[MickeyD]

Cape Cobras 184/6

Hobart Hurricanes 186/4

HH win by 6 wickets.

 

[lilggg]

Our teams in this tournament seem intent on going guns blazing in the first 6 overs. Even at the expense of wickets falling

It has worked somewhat, better than being bowled out for 50, but we somehow manage to lose by bowling absolute crap near the end.

 

[sox63]

It has worked somewhat, better than being bowled out for 50, but we somehow manage to lose by bowling absolute crap near the end.

Full tosses from our most experienced bowlers, cant believe it..

 

[Chris14]

Cobras Lost and it was a shocking bowling performance.

 

[MickeyD]

It has worked somewhat, better than being bowled out for 50, but we somehow manage to lose by bowling absolute crap near the end.

Full tosses from our most experienced bowlers, cant believe it..

Very disappointing. The least recognised bowler performed best!