Wayamba Elevens face Strong Chennai Super Kings

Bush Rangers face Central Stags in T20 Champions League

Victorian Bushrangers are the stronger of the two teams, at least on paper, but would be looking to shed their rusty form which perhaps cost them the game against the Warriors. Both the bowling and batting departments need to put up improved performances if the Bushrangers are to win against the Stags. Expect Dirk Nannes and Shane Harwood to look like a different lot of bowlers than they did in the opening game. Rob Quiney, Brad Hodge and Matthew Wade will look to give a better account of their batting reputations.

Central Stags didn’t do all that badly with the ball in the game against CSK. In fact many feel that keeping a Chennai side that boasts names like Matthew Hayden, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, M Vijay and S Badrinath down to a score of 151 highlights the quality of their pace attack. Yet, if the Stags are to have any real chance of beating the Bushrangers, it is their batsmen, who only put up a total of 94 runs in the game against CSK, who will have to fire.

Key players

Rob Quiney, the Bushrangers’ left-handed opener, had an ordinary game against the Warriors, having found himself back in the pavilion with only a solitary run against his name. Quiney will look to correct that in the match against the Stags.

Doug Bracewell was the standout performer with bat and ball for the Stags against CSK. His 2 for 28 and knock of 30 runs gave the Stags an all-round performer they required desperately in the absence of Jacob Oram. Bracewell will have his task cut out for him as the Victorian side’s pace attack is better than that of CSK as is their handling of fast bowling vis-à-vis the team from Chennai . Nevertheless, expect Bracewell to come good when the going gets tough.

What Next

Playing in a group where the Warriors have already won two games, and a strong Chennai outfit looking like the team to beat, a loss tomorrow for either side will make the route to a semi-final appearance virtually impossible or a function of net run rates. So sit back and anticipate in a high octane encounter with some superlative ground fielding which is the hallmark of Trans-Tasmanian cricket.

Champions League T20 3rd Match Central Districts vs Chennai Super Kings

Dhoni Won the toss and elected bat first. But Hyden and Suresh Raina got out early in the innings now chennai is struggling to get the rid in the match. 

Vayamba sets target 154 for Warriors

Wayamba 153/9 (19.6/20 ov)

Warriors

Wayamba won the toss and elected to bat

	Wayamba innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Kreusch b Theron	0	2	0	0	0.00
	0.2 Got em! Rusty has picked a huge wicket early, Jayawardene is gone! Another away swinger coming from that nagging angle, wide of the crease, Mahela throws his bat at it, but the away movement does him in. The thick edge flies into the slip cordon and it is snaffled by Kreusch at second slip. Well done! 0/1
	HGJM Kulatunga	c Kreusch b Tsotsobe	59	44	6	3	134.09
	14.1 aaaand gone! Tsosobe landed that on a length outside off and Kulatunga tried to do what he has been doing all day - looks to loft it straight, but for a change, it misses the middle and hits low down on the bat. He ends up spooning it straight up and Kreusch settles down under it. Important wicket. 110/4
	ML Udawatte	c Boje b Theron	2	4	0	0	50.00
	0.6 another one bites the dust! Theron has removed two in his opening over and Wayamba are reeling here! Short ball, but not short enough to pull, Udawatte decides to take the challenge, but it was quicker on him and gets a top edge as his top hand comes off. As ungainly as they come! It balloons easily towards mid on, where the fielder tumbles across to take a good catch 2/2
	J Mubarak*	c Prince b Boje	9	16	1	0	56.25
	8.2 Eid Mubarak to Jehan Mubarak, but the party is over! Tossed up on off stump, he pranced out of his crease and looked to loft it over long off, but he got too close to it and hence could not get the elevation. Straight into long off's lap 50/3
	MDKJ Perera†	c Prince b Theron	39	24	1	3	162.50
	16.3 Gone! The frustration gets to Perera, who has not been given much to drive.. He backs away to the leg side this time, to make some room, but this one was short and outside off.. He went for the lofted drive, but could not clear long off. The canny Theron strikes again. 126/5
	KS Lokuarachchi	c Boje b Botha	14	11	0	1	127.27
	17.1 Another one bites the dust, Loku is gone looking to smash one straight.. He is down the track and Botha smartly pulls the length back and Loku can't get into any position. Still goes through with th4e shot and offers a dolly to short cover 133/6
	NLTC Perera	c Botha b Ntini	11	8	1	1	137.50
	19.1 WHOA! As I collect my breath, let me describe what happened there: It was a length ball on middle and leg, Thisara got under it and hoisted it high and it seemed headed for the long on stands.. Boucher behind the stands had his hand out to protect his eyes from the sun as he sought to trace the path of that ball... and somehow, Botha at long off, on the edge of the playing area, hauled it in. Thisara is distraught, and Ntini breaks into a smile! 144/7
	MF Maharoof	c Tsotsobe b Ntini	5	7	0	0	71.42
	19.2 two in two, again holes out in the deep! Length ball on middle and leg, Maharoof looks to send this into another planet, but gravity brings it back down to the lap of deepmidwicket. Can he get a hat-trick? 144/8
	HMRKB Herath	run out (Botha/†Boucher)	8	3	0	1	266.66
	19.6 from Ntini, and a run-out to finish, bizarre I must say. Herath stayed in the crease and swung it to deep wicket, picked a single, and then seemed to take for ever to turn back and go for the second.. Seemed like a relay race where he was waiting for his partner to come over and pass on the baton. The throw was smartly sent to the striker's end and Boucher removed the bails before Herath could dive in. 153/9
	BAW Mendis	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 2)	5
	Total	(9 wickets; 19.6 overs)	153	(7.65 runs per over)

To bat UWMBCA Welegedara

Fall of wickets1-0 (Jayawardene, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Udawatte, 0.6 ov), 3-50 (Mubarak, 8.2 ov), 4-110 (Kulatunga, 14.1 ov), 5-126 (MDKJ Perera, 16.3 ov), 6-133 (Lokuarachchi, 17.1 ov), 7-144 (NLTC Perera, 19.1 ov), 8-144 (Maharoof, 19.2 ov), 9-153 (Herath, 19.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	J Theron	4	0	23	3	5.75	(1w)
	0.2 to Jayawardene, Got em! Rusty has picked a huge wicket early, Jayawardene is gone! Another away swinger coming from that nagging angle, wide of the crease, Mahela throws his bat at it, but the away movement does him in. The thick edge flies into the slip cordon and it is snaffled by Kreusch at second slip. Well done! 0/1 0.6 to Udawatte, another one bites the dust! Theron has removed two in his opening over and Wayamba are reeling here! Short ball, but not short enough to pull, Udawatte decides to take the challenge, but it was quicker on him and gets a top edge as his top hand comes off. As ungainly as they come! It balloons easily towards mid on, where the fielder tumbles across to take a good catch 2/2 16.3 to MDKJ Perera, Gone! The frustration gets to Perera, who has not been given much to drive.. He backs away to the leg side this time, to make some room, but this one was short and outside off.. He went for the lofted drive, but could not clear long off. The canny Theron strikes again. 126/5
	LL Tsotsobe	4	0	31	1	7.75	(1w)
	14.1 to Kulatunga, aaaand gone! Tsosobe landed that on a length outside off and Kulatunga tried to do what he has been doing all day - looks to loft it straight, but for a change, it misses the middle and hits low down on the bat. He ends up spooning it straight up and Kreusch settles down under it. Important wicket. 110/4
	M Ntini	3.6	0	34	2	8.50
	19.1 to NLTC Perera, WHOA! As I collect my breath, let me describe what happened there: It was a length ball on middle and leg, Thisara got under it and hoisted it high and it seemed headed for the long on stands.. Boucher behind the stands had his hand out to protect his eyes from the sun as he sought to trace the path of that ball... and somehow, Botha at long off, on the edge of the playing area, hauled it in. Thisara is distraught, and Ntini breaks into a smile! 144/7 19.2 to Maharoof, two in two, again holes out in the deep! Length ball on middle and leg, Maharoof looks to send this into another planet, but gravity brings it back down to the lap of deepmidwicket. Can he get a hat-trick? 144/8
	J Botha	4	0	21	1	5.25
	17.1 to Lokuarachchi, Another one bites the dust, Loku is gone looking to smash one straight.. He is down the track and Botha smartly pulls the length back and Loku can't get into any position. Still goes through with th4e shot and offers a dolly to short cover 133/6
	N Boje	2	0	22	1	11.00
	8.2 to Mubarak, Eid Mubarak to Jehan Mubarak, but the party is over! Tossed up on off stump, he pranced out of his crease and looked to loft it over long off, but he got too close to it and hence could not get the elevation. Straight into long off's lap 50/3
	JP Kreusch	2	0	19	0	9.50

Warriors double strikes early as Vayamba Struggling

Theron strikes in the innings first over as Vayamba top order batsmen like Jayawardene and ML Udawatte.
Jeevantha Kulatunga only the Vayamba batsmen played some good cricketing shots.

Wayamba 62/3 (9.3/20 ov)

Warriors

Wayamba won the toss and elected to bat

• Champions League Twenty20 - 2nd Match, Group A
• Twenty20 match | 2010/11 season
• Played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
• 11 September 2010 (20-over match)

	Wayamba innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Kreusch b Theron	0	2	0	0	0.00
	0.2 Got em! Rusty has picked a huge wicket early, Jayawardene is gone! Another away swinger coming from that nagging angle, wide of the crease, Mahela throws his bat at it, but the away movement does him in. The thick edge flies into the slip cordon and it is snaffled by Kreusch at second slip. Well done! 0/1
	HGJM Kulatunga	not out	44	33	5	2	133.33
	ML Udawatte	c Boje b Theron	2	4	0	0	50.00
	0.6 another one bites the dust! Theron has removed two in his opening over and Wayamba are reeling here! Short ball, but not short enough to pull, Udawatte decides to take the challenge, but it was quicker on him and gets a top edge as his top hand comes off. As ungainly as they come! It balloons easily towards mid on, where the fielder tumbles across to take a good catch 2/2
	J Mubarak*	c Prince b Boje	9	16	1	0	56.25
	8.2 Eid Mubarak to Jehan Mubarak, but the party is over! Tossed up on off stump, he pranced out of his crease and looked to loft it over long off, but he got too close to it and hence could not get the elevation. Straight into long off's lap 50/3
	MDKJ Perera†	not out	4	2	0	0	200.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 2)	3
	Total	(3 wickets; 9.3 overs)	62	(6.52 runs per over)

To bat KS Lokuarachchi, MF Maharoof, NLTC Perera, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis, UWMBCA Welegedara

Fall of wickets1-0 (Jayawardene, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Udawatte, 0.6 ov), 3-50 (Mubarak, 8.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	J Theron	2	0	8	2	4.00	(1w)
	0.2 to Jayawardene, Got em! Rusty has picked a huge wicket early, Jayawardene is gone! Another away swinger coming from that nagging angle, wide of the crease, Mahela throws his bat at it, but the away movement does him in. The thick edge flies into the slip cordon and it is snaffled by Kreusch at second slip. Well done! 0/1 0.6 to Udawatte, another one bites the dust! Theron has removed two in his opening over and Wayamba are reeling here! Short ball, but not short enough to pull, Udawatte decides to take the challenge, but it was quicker on him and gets a top edge as his top hand comes off. As ungainly as they come! It balloons easily towards mid on, where the fielder tumbles across to take a good catch 2/2
	LL Tsotsobe	3	0	23	0	7.66	(1w)
	M Ntini	2	0	14	0	7.00
	J Botha	1.3	0	8	0	5.33
	N Boje	1	0	8	1	8.00

Champions League T20 2nd Match vayamba Win toss and Elected bat first

Wayamba Captain talk on Toss:

Mubarak: Win and decide to bat  "We are playing to out strengths. We are used putting runs on the board and defending totals at home. All three spinners (Mendis, Herath and Lokuarachchi) playing today."

Warriors Captain talk on Toss:

Jacobs: "Toss does not matter so much.. We are fielding a typical Warriors XI, and in the mix is Nicky Boje." (I sure am excited to see that man back in action!)

Teams Playing 11

Wayamba playing 11:

1. DPMD Jayawardene, 2. HGJM Kulatunga, 3. ML Udawatte, 4. J Mubarak, 5. MDKJ Perera, 6. KS Lokuarachchi, 7. MF Maharoof, 8. NLTC Perera, 9. HMRKB Herath, 10. BAW Mendis, 11. UWMBCA Welegedara

Warriors playing 11:

1. DJ Jacobs, 2. AG Prince, 3. CA Ingram, 4. JP Kreusch, 5. MV Boucher†, 6. J Botha, 7. CA Thyssen, 8. N Boje, 9. J Theron, 10. M Ntini, 11. LL Tsotsobe

PRINCELY TOUCH by Prince of Kolkatha

The Chennai Super Kings have been one of the most consistent sides of the IPL. They reached the finals in the first year, were there in the semi-finals of the second year and ultimately became the champions in the third year - all this bears testimony to their consistent performance in this shortened format. 


They will definitely be strong candidates in CLT20 in South Africa. At one stage in IPL 2010, CSK were down and out, but they made a grand comeback at the end to not only qualify for the semis, but also win the tournament. 
 
Their turnaround in the third IPL had a lot to do with the success of the spinners. One will have to wait and see how Ravichandran Ashwin, Jakati, Murali and other spinners will fare for CSK in completely different conditions in South Africa. 

The Australian trio of Hayden, Hussey and Bollinger will be very important for Dhoni’s team in this tournament. Bollinger’s inclusion happened in the latter half of the IPL last year, and that made a huge difference to the CSK team - he will again be an important factor for his team on those fresh South African wickets. 
Taking early wickets will be crucial, and Bollinger along with Morkel and the Indian seamers will have to take the responsibility for getting the breakthroughs. 

CSK boasts of a strong batting line up. Raina will be very important for the team as he is a very competent T-20 player and has been in very good form of late. If Raina bats at No. 3, it will be a good test of his batting skills against the new ball, as he will be playing the Test series scheduled in South Africa later this year.