Cape Cobras set 176-run target for T & T

October 22nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Cape Cobras captain Andrew Puttick won the toss and elected to bat against Trinidad and Tobago in the second semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket here Thursday.

October 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Trinidad and Tobago, the only unbeaten team in the Champions League Twenty20, cannot afford to be complacent when they meet highly rated Cape Cobras in the semifinals at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium here Thursday. The young spirited team from the West Indies, led by Darren Ganga, has turned out to be the surprise package of the tournament and are now the favourites to win the title.

October 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A dominant display by New South Wales Blues saw them crush Victoria Bushrangers by 79 runs in the first semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket at Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here Wednesday. Chasing a challenging target of 170, Victoria Bushrangers finished at 90 for nine in 20 overs.

October 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cape Cobras captain Andrew Puttick won the toss and elected to field against Delhi Daredevils in the last Super Eight match of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket here Monday. Teams: Cape Cobras: Andrew Puttick (captain), Herschelle Gibbs, Henry Davids, Jean-Paul Duminy, Justin Ontong, Vernon Philander, Ryan Canning (wicket-keeper), Rory Kleinveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Francois Plaatjies.

October 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Scoreboard of the Champions League Twenty20 Group C match between Cape Cobras and Otago here Saturday. Cape Cobras: Andrew Puttick not out 104 Herschelle Gibbs c de Boorder b Mascarenhas 1 Henry Davids c McSkimming b Mascarenhas 12 JP Duminy c Redmond b Butler 32 Rory Kleinveldt c Rutherford b Wagner 1 Justin Ontong not out 39 Extras: (w-4) 4 Total: (For four wickets in 20 overs) 193 Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Gibbs, 1.3 overs), 2-38 (Davids, 5.1), 3-133 (Duminy, 15.3), 4-139 (Kleinveldt, 16.1) Bowling: Neil Wagner 4-0-42-1 Dmitri Mascarenhas 4-1-20-2 Ian Butler 4-0-48-1 Nathan McCullum 4-0-39-0 Warren McSkimming 3-0-30-0 Craig Cumming 1-0-14-0 Otago: Brendon McCullum run out (Davids/Canning) 21 Aaron Redmond c Davids b Kleinveldt 14 Hamish Rutherford c Canning b Zondeki 14 Craig Cumming run out (Gibbs/Henderson) 18 Neil Broom run out (Davids/Canning) 5 Nathan McCullum c Zondeki b Kleinveldt 38 Dmitry Mascarenhas c Gibbs b Duminy 10 Ian Butler c Gibbs b Kleinveldt 1 Derek de Boorder c Kleinveldt b Philander 12 Warren McSkimming not out 2 Neil Wagner b Duminy 1 Extras: (w-3) 3 Total: (all out in 17.1 overs) 139 Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Redmond, 3.5 overs), 2-40 (Brendon McCullum, 5.1), 3-54 (Rutherford, 6.4), 4-63 (Broom, 8.1), 5-79 (Cumming, 10.1), 6-116 (Nathan McCullum, 13.2), 7-118 (Butler, 13.6 ov), 8-131 (Mascarenhas, 15.5), 9-136 (de Boorder, 16.3), 10-139 (Wagner, 17.1) Bowling: Monde Zondeki 4-0-26-1 Rory Kleinveldt 3-0-24-3 Vernon Philander 3-0-27-1 Claude Henderson 4-0-25-0 Justin Ontong 2-0-27-0 JP Duminy 1.1-0-10-2 Toss: Otago, who chose to field Man of the Match: Andrew Puttick (Cape Cobras) Umpires: Daryl Harper (Australia) and AM Saheba TV umpire: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

October 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Captain Andrew Puttick scored the maiden century of the Champions League Twenty20 as Cape Cobras made 193 for four in 20 overs against Otago Volts in a Group C match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Saturday. Puttick scored an unbeaten 104 off 62 balls while Justin Ontong remained not out on 39.

October 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Otago Volts captain Craig Cumming won the toss and elected to field against Cape Cobras in a Group C match of the Champions League Twenty20 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at the Uppal here Saturday. Cape Cobras: Andrew Puttick (captain), Herschelle Gibbs, Henry Davids, Jean Paul Duminy, Justin Ontong, Ryan Canning (wicketkeeper), Stiaan van Zyl, Vernon Philander, Rory Kleinveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki.

October 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Cape Cobras beat Otago Volts by 54 runs in a Group C match of the Champions League Twenty20 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Saturday. Chasing 194, Otago Volts were bowled out for 139 in 17.1 overs.

October 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Cape Cobras sailed into the quarterfinal league stage of the Champions League Twenty20 with a 54-run win over Otago Volts in their second Group C match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Saturday. Chasing 194, Otago were bowled out for 139 in 17.1 overs after Nathan McCullum top scored with 38.

October 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - Robin Uthappa and Ross Taylor scored quickfire half centuries as Royal challengers set Cape Cobras a victory target of 181 runs in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 cricket match here Thursday evening. After electing to bat, Royal Challengers scored 180 for four in their allotted 20 overs.

October 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - Royal Challengers captain Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bat against Cape Cobras in the inaugural Airtel Champions League Twenty20 cricket at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Thursday.

October 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - Cricket's first ever international club tournament -- Champions League Twenty20 -- will kick off here Thursday with a high voltage match between local favourites Royal Challengers and South African Cape Cobras. Some of game's big names will turn out in their club jerseys for the twelve teams drawn from hosts India, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago.

October 4th, 2009 BANGALORE - South African domestic cricket team, Cape Cobras, arrived in Bangalore on Sunday to take part in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which begins on October 8. Cape Cobras, is one of the 12 teams which will fight for the trophy with domestic twenty20 teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.

July 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Champions League Twenty20 cricket will kick off in Bangalore Oct 8 with the Royal Challengers Bangalore taking on the Cape Cobras of South Africa at the N. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

May 26th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Indian Premier League's (IPL) overseas players are finding it tough to choose between their home teams and lucrative Indian franchises for the Twenty20 Champions League to be played later this year in India. Three Victorian players, skipper Cameron White, fast bowler Dirk Nannes and all-rounder Andrew McDonald and two New South Wales' players, paceman Nathan Bracken and batsman David Warner are set for a tug of war between their state side and the IPL teams they have signed up for.