New South Wales qualify for Champions League quarterfinalOctober 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - New South Wales Blues defeated Sussex Sharks by 35 runs in a Group B match to qualify for the quarterfinal league stage of the Champions League Twenty20 at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Sunday. Chasing a target of 131, Sussex made 95 for eight in 20 overs.
Champions League scoreboard: New South Wales Blues vs. Sussex SharksOctober 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The following is the scoreboard of the Group B match between New South Wales Blues and Sussex Sharks in the Champions League Twenty20 at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Sunday:
New South Wales Blues:
David Warner run out (Smith) 14
Phil Hughes not out 62
Daniel Smith c Martin-Jenkins b Chawla 2
Moises Henriques not out 51
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (for two wickets in 20 overs) 130
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Warner, 7.2 overs), 2-40 (Smith, 8.4)
Bowling:
Robin Martin-Jenkins 2-0-14-0
Yasir Arafat 4-0-23-0
James Kirtley 3-0-15-0
Chad Keegan 4-0-25-0
Piyush Chawla 2-0-21-1
Rory Hamilton-Brown 1-0-8-0
Dwayne Smith 4-0-23-0
Sussex:
Chris Nash c Clark b Henriques 24
Ed Joyce b Lee 0
Rory Hamilton-Brown st Daniel Smith b Steven Smith 13
Dwayne Smith b Bollinger 13
Joe Gatting run out (Katich/Hauritz) 9
Piyush Chawla c Hughes b Henriques 0
Yasir Arafat b Hauritz 1
Andy Hodd c Steve Smith b Henriques 12
Chad Keegan not out 10
Robin Martin-Jenkins not out 2
Extras (b 5, lb 4, w 2) 11
Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 95
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Joyce, 0.3 overs), 2-26 (Hamilton-Brown, 6.1), 3-49 (Smith, 9.5), 4-64 (Nash, 13.3), 5-64 (Chawla, 13.4), 6-68 (Gatting, 14.5), 7-68 (Arafat, 14.6), 8-83 (Hodd, 17.4)
Bowling:
Brett Lee 4-1-8-1
Doug Bollinger 4-0-13-1
Moises Henriques 4-0-23-3
Stuart Clark 3-0-20-0
Steven Smith 4-0-19-1
Nathan Hauritz 1-0-3-1
Result: New South Wales won by 35 runs
Toss New South Wales, who chose to bat
Man of the Match: Moises Henriques (New South Wales)
Umpires: Kumara Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Sanjay Hazare (India)
TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (West Indies)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
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England may reject Aussie plan for Ashes preparationMay 28th, 2009 SYDNEY - Ricky Ponting's plans to field an extra player in Australia's two Ashes warm-up matches can go up in smoke with England reportedly opposed to the idea. England is unlikely to allow Ponting play an extra man in both games as he seeks to give returning quicks Brett Lee and Stuart Clark a chance for the Test selection.
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