Airtel Champions League 2009 Match2

New South Wales(NSW) Blues vs Diamond Eagles

Date: October 9th 2009.
Venue: Feroz Shah Kolta,Delhi.

Toss: NSW blues won the toss and elected to bat first.

Match Result: NSW Blues win by 53 runs

Scorecard:
1st Innings

NSW Blues Diamond Eagles
144-6 (20 Overs)
Simon Katich 53(41 balls) S van SchalakWYK 2-22 (4 Overs)
Henriques 27(19 balls) Bailey 1-10 (4 Overs)
Warner 23 Mpitsang 1-11

2nd Innings

Diamond Eagles NSW Blues
91-9(20 Overs)
R McLaren 40 (37 balls) Stuart Clark 3-12(4 Overs)
A McLaren 11 (9 balls) Henriques 2-13(3 Overs)
Tshabalala 8* Hauritz 1-13

Man of the Match: Simon Katich.

Most Economical bowler of the Match: Stuart Clark

Description:

Diamond Eagles who thought that their target of 145 can be acheived, but the bowling performance of the NSW blues is fabulous. Brett Lee bowled with his pace and stunned the position whereas Stuart Clark with his economical bowling got the award of the Most Economical Bowler of the match. Diamond Eagles struggled to score the runs and lost their wickets at regular intervals of time.Simon Katich gets 2 run outs as we all know about the fielding of the Australian Team Players. Stuart Clark gets 3 wickets,Henriques 2wickets whereas Hauritz and Brett Lee gets a wicket each.Mean while in the starting of the match Simon Katich scored a spectacular innings of 53 from 41 balls to give NSW blues a stable position whereas Henriques scored 27 from 19 balls.
With this win NSW Blues gains 2 points and a Net Run-rate of +2.650.