Victoria virtually assured themselves of a spot in the Champions League Twenty20 cricket semi-finals with a crushing seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday.
The Bushrangers bowlers rallied superbly to restrict the home side to 6-127 after they blazed 43 runs off the first five overs.
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The Champions League T20 could expand as early as next year into a larger tournament with more teams and a new home, with possible venues including England and South Africa. The ambitions reflect the fact that the pace of change in Twenty20 cricket is set at one speed level. Fast. The tournament is barely a week old and there is another eight days until its first final. No matter. Focus for all is on the future.
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Diamond Eagles defeated Sussex Sharks in a pulsating Super Over contest and joined New South Wales from Group B in the Super Eight stage of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament here today.
Riding on a six from Rilee Rossouw, Eagles scored nine runs in their Super Over and then Cornelius de Villiers bagged back-to-back wickets to seal the nail-bitting victory for the South African side.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore have crushed Otago by 80 runs in Bangalore to move through to the top-eight round of the Champions League Twenty20. South Africa's Jacques Kallis was the hero if the day as the home plundered 188 runs for the loss of just two wickets with Kallis contributing 73 from 59 balls.
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Rumours about Twenty20 cricket killing the one-day game may have been a bit exaggerated. TV ratings show more people watched the recently concluded Champions Trophy 50-overs tournament held in South Africa than those currently following the inaugural T20 Champions League in India.
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Delhi Daredevils defeated Wayamba Elevens by 50 runs in a Champions League Twenty20 Group D encounter at Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here today.
Brief score:
Delhi Daredevils: 170 for 5 wickets in 20 overs (V Sehwag 66, D Karthik 61; A Welegedara 2/24, A Mendis 2/35).
Wayamba Elevens: 120 for 7 wickets in 20 overs (M Jayawardene 53, S de Zoysa 21 n.o.; D Nannes 4/24, G McGrath 2/20).
Via PTI
Somerset Sabres have snatched a thrilling one-wicket victory over Deccan Chargers on the final ball of their Champions League Twenty20 match in Hyderabad.
An eighth-wicket partnership of 50 runs between Alfonso Thomas (30 from 17 balls) and James Hildreth (25 from 24 balls) was the match-winner with Thomas nailing two boundaries from the final three deliveries to seal victory.
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Otago face a sudden death match against Bangalore after losing their Champions League Twenty20 cricket opener by 54 runs to South Africa's Cape Cobras in Hyderabad, India, today.
Chasing 194 to win, Otago were hurt by three crucial run outs early in their innings as they folded for 139 in the 18th over in the group C match.
The New Zealand champions now need to beat the Royal Challengers, including Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor, on their home ground on Tuesday morning (NZT) to progress to the final eight.
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Victoria completed a fabulous first day for Australian teams in the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament in India with a crushing seven wicket win over Delhi Daredevils overnight.
In the early part of the Delhi double-header, NSW (6 for 144) scored a convincing 53-run win over South Africa's Diamond Eagles (9 for 91) in a group B clash.
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NSW 6-144 (Katich 52, Henriques 27, van Schalkwyk 2-22) d Diamond Eagles 9-91 (R McLaren 40, Clark 3-12, Henriques 2-13)
A devastating bowling and fielding performance propelled NSW to a 53-run thrashing of South Africa's Diamond Eagles in its opening match of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday.
After posting a seemingly skinny 6-144 at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, the Blues reduced the Cobras to a humilating 5-25, before tailender Ryan McLaren (40) showed some belated grit to drag his side's total to 9-91. Stuart Clark was the pick of the NSW bowlers with 3-12 off his four overs.
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