Bushrangers thrash Daredevils in Champions LeagueOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Victoria Bushrangers put up a clinical show to beat Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets in a Group D encounter of the Champions League Twenty20 at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here Friday. Chasing a small target of 99, Bushrangers made 100 for the loss of three wickets in 16.4 overs with opener Rob Quiney scoring 40 and Cameron White stroking an unbeaten 22.
Bushrangers beat Daredevils in Champions LeagueOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Victoria Bushrangers beat Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets in a Group D match of the Champions League Twenty20 at the Ferzoeshah Kotla here Friday.
Chasing a target of 99, Bushrangers made 100 losing three wickets in 16.4 overs after Rob Quiney made 40 and skipper Cameron White remained unbeaten on 22.
Victoria Bushrangers bowl out Delhi Daredevils for 98October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Daredevils were all out for 98 in 20 overs against Victoria Bushrangers in a Group D match of the Champions League Twenty20 at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here Friday. Mithun Manhas was the highest scorer with 25.
Daredevils to bat against BushrangersOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat against Victoria Bushrangers in Champions League Twenty20 Group D match at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here Friday.
Champions League scoreboard: Delhi Daredevils vs. Victoria BushrangersOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The following is the scoreboard of the match between Delhi Daredevils and Victoria Bushrangers in a Group D match of the Champions League Twenty20 at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Friday.
Delhi Daredevils:
Gautam Gambhir b Harwood 4
Virender Sehwag c&b McKay 21
Tillekaratne Dilshan b McKay 18
Owais Shah c Wade b McKay 0
Dinesh Karthik run out (White/McDonald) 6
Mithun Manhas b Harwood 25
Rajat Bhatia b McDonald 8
Amit Mishra not out 7
Pradeep Sangwan b McDonald 1
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 4) 8
Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 98
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Gambhir, 2.4 overs), 2-31 (Sehwag, 4.5), 3-41
(Shah, 6.2), 4-47 (Karthik, 7.6), 5-76 (Dilshan, 15.1), 6-84 (Manhas,
16.3), 7-96 (Bhatia, 19.3), 8-98 (Sangwan, 19.6)
Bowling:
Shane Harwood 4-0-20-2
Peter Siddle 4-0-21-0
Clinton McKay 4-0-17-3
Andrew McDonald 4-0-17-2
Jon Holland 3-0-10-0
David Hussey 1-0-9-0
Victoria Bushrangers:
Rob Quiney b Mishra 40
Brad Hodge b Dilshan 9
Cameron White not out 22
David Hussey b Bhatia 7
Aidan Blizzard not out 15
Extras (lb 1, w 5, nb 1) 7
Total (for three wickets in 16.4 overs) 100
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Quiney, 7.5 overs), 2-55 (Hodge, 8.2), 3-78
(Hussey, 12.5)
Bowling:
Ashish Nehra 3-0-20-0
Dirk Nannes 3-0-17-0
Amit Mishra 4-0-30-1
Tillekaratne Dilshan 4-0-14-1
Result: Victoria Bushrangers won by seven wickets
Toss: Delhi Daredevils, who chose to bat
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Billy Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare (India)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Spotlight on Sehwag as Daredevils take on VictoriaOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The spotlight will be on Virender Sehwag when he turns out for Delhi Daredevils against Victorian Bushrangers in the Champions League Twenty20 Group B enocunter in Friday's double header at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium. Though he has handed over the captaincy to Gautam Gambhir to concentrate on his batting, Sehwag would still be the face of Daredevils.
McGrath replaces injured Vettori in Champions League squadOctober 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australian bowling great Glenn McGrath can be seen in action again. After failing to play in any of the matches in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the summer, he is back in the Delhi Daredevils squad for the Champions League Twenty20.
Blues and Bushrangers carry Australia's domestic rivalry to IndiaOctober 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australia's New South Wales Blues and Victorian Bushrangers, will carry their domestic rivalry to the $3 million 12-team Champions League Twenty20 competition that begins next week. Both the teams secured their place in the league, from Oct 8-23, by reaching the Pura Cup final where the Blues beat Bushrangers in a thriller by two runs.
Victorian Bushrangers hoping to secure Flintoff's servicesOctober 1st, 2009 MELBOURNE - The Victorian Bushrangers are hoping to secure the services of England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff for the upcoming Twenty20 Big Bash should Muttiah Muralitharan miss the competition because of international commitments. Muralitharan could miss out on the Australian season as Sri Lanka could contest a tri-series with India and Bangladesh early in the new year.
'Lucky' Nannes dangles between Delhi and VictoriaAugust 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Daredevil cricketer Dirk Nannes, who has been in the news for his alliance with numerous teams, has said that he considers himself lucky for the opportunities that he has been enjoying. "I guess I've been lucky and bowled pretty well a couple of times and it's been a pretty exciting journey," The Age quoted Nannes, as saying.
Muralitharan to play Twenty20 cricket for Queensland BushrangersAugust 27th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Champion Sri Lankan off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan will join West Indian Dwayne Bravo as the Queensland Bushranger's second international recruit for the national Twenty20 competition. While both players are not eligible to play in October's Champions League international Twenty20 tournament and are committed only for this season's month-long Big Bash, they would be eligible to turn out at next year's Champions League if the team qualifies, reports Fox Sports.
Muralitharan set to sign for Victoria BushrangersJuly 3rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is all set to sign for Victoria Bushrangers for the Twenty20 Big Bash and play as local hero at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the same venue where 14 years ago he was labelled a chucker by umpire Darrel Hair. "Murali has been in touch with the authorities in Cricket Victoria, he is pretty keen to represent Victoria.
Gayle, Murli, among top stars being eyed by Victoria for T20 squadJune 25th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Victoria is set to add a second international cricketer to its squad in a bid to reach a fifth consecutive Twenty20 Big Bash final next summer. The Bushrangers on Wednesday confirmed they had signed West Indies all rounder Dwayne Bravo for the 2009-10 series, and another big name is likely to be added to the squad before Christmas Day.
Pakistan banking on "momentum" to prevail over "strong side" Sri Lanka : AlamJune 12th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan is banking upon its senior players to start the super-eight stage of the ICC Twenty20 World Championship on a winning note. Pakistan would take on Sri Lanka in the first game of the super-eight stage later this evening.
Super Kings set 147-run target for Royal ChallengersMay 23rd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Chennai Super Kings scored 146 for five in 20 overs against Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second semi-final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the New Wanderers here Saturday. Brief scores: Chennai Super Kings 146/5 in 20 overs (Parthiv Patel 36, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 28; R.