RCB v Cape Cobras, CL T20, Group C, Bangalore - Duminy's 99 outdoes Bangalore  

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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Cape Cobras 184 for 5 (Duminy 99*) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 180 for 4 (Taylor 53*, Uthappa 51) by five wickets


JP Duminy goes downtown, Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 12th Match, Durban, April 25, 2009
What he couldn't do for Mumbai Indians, JP Duminy achieved for Cape Cobras © AFP
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Players/Officials: Ryan Canning | Jean-Paul Duminy | Ross Taylor | Robin Uthappa
Matches: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras at Bangalore
Series/Tournaments: Champions League Twenty20
Teams: Cape Cobras | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore

At this venue in 2008, Brendon McCullum slammed the most famous Twenty20 century to knock the stuffing out of Royal Challengers Bangalore. On another starry South Indian night, against the hosts again, JP Duminy struck the most awesome 99 you will see in this format to take the Cape Cobras to a thrilling last-over victory.

And so a new chapter in the rapidly growing Twenty20 format has begun. After a gala opening ceremony reminiscent of the opening night of the first IPL, the two teams treated a capacity Chinnaswamy Stadium to a superb exhibition of Twenty20 overs. Anil Kumble had no hesitation in batting first on a good batting track and 20 action-packed overs later the Cobras had their task cut out, after Robin Uthappa and Ross Taylor starred in a powerful batting display. But Duminy thumped five sixes and eight fours in as clinical and perfect a display of shotmaking as you could hope to see, and his partnership of 61 with Ryan Canning transformed the game after Bangalore had grabbed three early wickets in defence of 180.

The Cobras were in real strife early on with the bat, as Herschelle Gibbs edged Praveen Kumar behind in the first over, and captain Andrew Puttick followed suit with a leading edge to point. Henry Davids played a couple of handsome strokes but when Virat Kohli took an easy catch at point off R Vinay Kumar, the scoreboard showed 62 for 3.

As he has done at the international stage, Duminy didn't waste time in finding his range. Kumble continued to vary his pace and fed Duminy a steady diet of googlies; Duminy was beaten on occasions but replied with deft boundaries, the pick being a cut behind short third man for four. There was a moment of drama, too: Taylor dropped a dolly at long-off when Duminy was 23, after which a dead ball was called because the ball hit the cable of the fly camera.

Once he found his range, Duminy was unstoppable. Vinay was scooped for four and Roelof van der Merwe was driven over mid-on for six. After getting to 50 in 30 balls, Duminy stepped up a notch and Canning played his part with 20 from 18 balls.

The game was wide open when the Cobras needed 54 off five overs. That was eased significantly as Kohli's part-time medium-pace went for 13 in the 16th over, Kumble and van der Merwe were struck for big sixes and Vinay was mowed for boundaries either side of the pitch. Duminy's final six took him to 99 yet, cruelly, there was to be no century as Rory Kleinveldt finished the deal with two balls remaining.

This seemed a distant possibility after 20 overs in the field, when the Cobras seemed distinctly overawed by the moment and a packed house breathing down their necks, misfielding with alarming regularity and serving up a dozen too many full tosses. Uthappa paved the way with a belligerent but plucky half-century, being dropped on 18 and miscuing more than a few between catchers, and an astonishing assault from Taylor rounded flattened the attack.

Depleted by the injury blow to Charl Langeveldt in the sixth over, the Cobras were sloppy in the field, putting down three catches and missing a run-out. Uthappa was the beneficiary of one sitter and a couple miscues that dropped safely, and flourished in Rahul Dravid's company after Langeveldt took out Jacques Kallis early. Using his feet regularly to try and get on top of the bowlers, Uthappa pulled off some stinging shots down the ground and over midwicket, each of which the partisan home crowd cheered with gusto.

Dravid, dropped on 16, played some crisp and orthodox shots before he was run out for 28, after which Kohli was stumped for 17. But Bangalore took 61 off their final four overs, 40 of them in boundaries off just eight balls by Taylor, who picked up a 24-ball half-century off the final delivery of the innings, courtesy a top-edged four. Taylor has a penchant for clearing his front leg and heaving across the line, but this evening he was aided by an array of stray slower balls on the pads and rank full tosses.

A target of 181 ultimately proved a saunter with Duminy at his dazzling best. Tonight a new chapter began, one that could dictate the future of club cricket.

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Champions League Twenty20 - Cape Cobras won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)  



Bangalore 180/4 (20/20 ov)

Cape Cobras 184/5 (19.4/20 ov)

Cape Cobras won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

  • Champions League Twenty20 - 1st Match, Group C
  • Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
  • Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
  • 8 October 2009 - day/night (20-over match)









Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal JH Kallis c †Canning b Langeveldt 8 9 1 0 88.88
View dismissal RV Uthappa c Gibbs b Zondeki 51 39 7 2 130.76
View dismissal R Dravid run out (Philander/†Canning) 28 24 2 1 116.66
View dismissal V Kohli st †Canning b Henderson 17 14 2 0 121.42

LRPL Taylor not out 53 24 4 4 220.83

MK Pandey not out 10 10 0 0 100.00

Extras (lb 4, w 9) 13











Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 180 (9.00 runs per over)
Did not bat RE van der Merwe, MV Boucher, P Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, A Kumble*
Fall of wickets1-14 (Kallis, 2.6 ov), 2-82 (Uthappa, 10.5 ov), 3-97 (Dravid, 12.6 ov), 4-115 (Kohli, 15.2 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ

View wicket CK Langeveldt 3 0 12 1 4.00 (1w)

RK Kleinveldt 4 0 45 0 11.25 (1w)

VD Philander 2 0 21 0 10.50 (1w)
View wicket M Zondeki 4 0 39 1 9.75 (1w)
View wicket CW Henderson 4 0 34 1 8.50


JL Ontong 3 0 25 0 8.33 (1w)









Cape Cobras innings (target: 181 runs from 20 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AG Puttick* c Kohli b Kumar 11 11 2 0 100.00
View dismissal HH Gibbs c †Boucher b Kumar 0 1 0 0 0.00
View dismissal H Davids c Kohli b Vinay Kumar 27 21 2 1 128.57

JP Duminy not out 99 52 8 5 190.38
View dismissal JL Ontong b van der Merwe 19 14 2 0 135.71
View dismissal RCC Canning c Kumble b Kumar 20 18 1 0 111.11

RK Kleinveldt not out 5 2 1 0 250.00

Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 1) 3











Total (5 wickets; 19.4 overs) 184 (9.35 runs per over)
Did not bat VD Philander, CW Henderson, M Zondeki, CK Langeveldt
Fall of wickets1-5 (Gibbs, 0.6 ov), 2-14 (Puttick, 2.4 ov), 3-62 (Davids, 7.6 ov), 4-103 (Ontong, 12.2 ov), 5-164 (Canning, 18.2 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ

View wickets P Kumar 4 0 32 3 8.00


JH Kallis 2 0 18 0 9.00

View wicket R Vinay Kumar 3.4 0 40 1 10.90


A Kumble 4 0 35 0 8.75 (1nb)
View wicket RE van der Merwe 4 0 34 1 8.50


V Kohli

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Bangalore 180/4 (20/20 ov)  



Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat

  • Champions League Twenty20 - 1st Match, Group C
  • Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
  • Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
  • 8 October 2009 - day/night (20-over match)









Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal JH Kallis c †Canning b Langeveldt 8 9 1 0 88.88
View dismissal RV Uthappa c Gibbs b Zondeki 51 39 7 2 130.76
View dismissal R Dravid run out (Philander/†Canning) 28 24 2 1 116.66
View dismissal V Kohli st †Canning b Henderson 17 14 2 0 121.42

LRPL Taylor not out 53 24 4 4 220.83

MK Pandey not out 10 10 0 0 100.00

Extras (lb 4, w 9) 13











Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 180 (9.00 runs per over)
Did not bat RE van der Merwe, MV Boucher, P Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, A Kumble*
Fall of wickets1-14 (Kallis, 2.6 ov), 2-82 (Uthappa, 10.5 ov), 3-97 (Dravid, 12.6 ov), 4-115 (Kohli, 15.2 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ

View wicket CK Langeveldt 3 0 12 1 4.00 (1w)

RK Kleinveldt 4 0 45 0 11.25 (1w)

VD Philander 2 0 21 0 10.50 (1w)
View wicket M Zondeki 4 0 39 1 9.75 (1w)
View wicket CW Henderson 4 0 34 1 8.50


JL Ontong 3 0 25 0 8.33 (1w)

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RCB v Cape Cobras, CL T20, Group C, Bangalore -Taylor fireworks lift Bangalore to 180  



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20 overs Royal Challengers Bangalore 180 for 4 (Taylor 53*, Uthappa 51) v

Robin Uthappa paved the way with a belligerent but plucky half-century, being dropped on 18 and miscuing more than a few between catchers, and an astonishing assault from Ross Taylor rounded off a powerful batting performance. Anil Kumble had no hesitation in batting first on a good batting track at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and 20 action-packed overs later the Cape Cobras had their task cut out. They seemed distinctly overawed by the moment and a packed house breathing down their necks, misfielding with alarming regularity and serving up a dozen too many full tosses.

Final report to follow...

Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore opted to bat v Cape Cobras

And so a new chapter in the rapidly growing Twenty20 format began. After a gala opening ceremony reminiscent of the opening night of the 2008 IPL at this very venue, Anil Kumble won the toss and opted to bat against Cape Cobras in the first match of the first Champions League Twenty20.

An estimated 50,000 strong Bangalore crowd gathered much before the event kicked off in anticipation of a cracking game. When Kumble won the toss, a deafening roar went about the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore went in without Dale Steyn. The Cobras fielded their strongest side.

In a short time frame, cricket as a sport has been noticed globally as a modern and very marketable product. At the heart of that has been the rapid rise of the Twenty20 format. Tonight a new chapter begins, and one that could dictate the future of club cricket.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Manish Pandey, 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Roelof van der Merwe, 4 Rahul Dravid, 5 Ross Taylor, 6 Robin Uthappa, 7 Virat Kohli, 8 Mark Boucher (wk) 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 R Vinay Kumar, 11 Anil Kumble (capt).

Cape Cobras: 1 Andrew Puttick (capt) 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Henry Davids, 4 JP Duminy, 5 Justin Ontong, 6 Ryan Canning (wk), 7 Vernon Philander, 8 Rory Kleinveldt, 9 Claude Henderson, 10 Monde Zondeki, 11 Charl Langeveldt.


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West Indies v India, 3rd ODI, St Lucia  

Friday, July 3, 2009


India and West Indies fight for pole position


The Big Picture


Yuvraj Singh pulls off his hip, West Indies v India, 2nd ODI, Kingston, June 28, 2009
India will have to look beyond Yuvraj Singh to counter the West Indies pace attack © Associated Press
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Player/Officials: Dwayne Bravo | Gautam Gambhir | Ravindra Jadeja | Ravi Rampaul | Rohit Sharma | Jerome Taylor | Yuvraj Singh
Series/Tournaments: India tour of West Indies
Teams: India | West Indies

It's been a year of contrasting fortunes for the two teams in the ODI format, and they have much to make up for in tomorrow's contest in St Lucia. India have had a successful 2009 in the 50-over game, with series wins in New Zealand and Sri Lanka. An unassailable lead with a win in St Lucia will boost their chances of wrapping another series away from home, making amends for their debacle in the World Twenty20 and ending their hectic few weeks ahead of a two-month break on a high. West Indies have been disappointing this year, winning four ODIs and losing eight, but have the momentum going into a crunch game with a comprehensive win in Kingston to level the series. However, they are under as much pressure to perform at home. A 2-1 lead, and more so a series win, will do a lot towards easing that burden and leaving them a confident outfit as they take on Bangladesh in their next series.

The home team's performance in the second ODI marked a major improvement, particularly in its bowling. West Indies found a gem in Ravi Rampaul, who swung the ball both ways, inducing the batsmen to make mistakes, while Jerome Taylor was the pick of the West Indies bowlers. He claimed the wickets of Dinesh Karthik, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni, each of whom had a role to play in smashing 339 in the series opener. Though they didn't have a big score to chase, the West Indies batsmen ensured their team outclassed India in every field, with Chris Gayle and Runako Morton deciding the game even before a wicket fell with a century opening stand.

India's bowlers were indisciplined in the first game, bowling 19 wides and two front-foot no-balls, and the trait seemed to have rubbed off on their batsmen. Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj, each got out chasing wide deliveries, while the tail, with the exception of RP Singh, who added 101 with Dhoni to save India's blushes, was hapless. Dhoni, at the end of the game, pointed out that over-reliance on Yuvraj, who has scores of 131 and 35 in the series, was not going to win India the series. And with an important game coming up, India's top order will have to step up, with greater preparedness to counter the short ball.

ODI form guide

(last five matches, most recent first)

India - LWLWW
West Indies - WLLLN

Watch out for ...

Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma: With an average of 25.33 in 39 ODIs, there is plenty of room for improvement for Rohit in the ODI format. Another failure at No.3 tomorrow is something he can ill afford after scores of 4 and 0 in the series so far. Gambhir has had a satisfactory year, averaging 38.80, but his weakness against the short ball was exposed in the ICC World Twenty20, and in the first game by Jerome Taylor. The pair will do well to deliver when it matters tomorrow to boost India's chances of a series win.

West Indies' pace attack: Each of West Indies' pace bowlers bagged wickets in the eight-wicket rout in Kingston, using swing and variations to unsettle the Indian batsmen. Taylor was the best among them, Rampaul was the surprise package and Bravo bowled a scorcher to get rid of Yusuf Pathan. They made the best use of favourable conditions while India were batting, and if they are offered anything similar at the Beausejour Cricket Ground, India's batsmen are up for another serious challenge.

Team news

Ravindra Jadeja had an impressive ODI debut, making an unbeaten 60 against Sri Lanka but has failed in this series, getting dismissed in an identical manner on both occasions. He was out first ball in the first game, playing away from his body and edging to the keeper, and managed just 7 in the second with his team in trouble. He could be left out of the next game for allrounder Abhishek Nayar to make his international debut.

India (probable): 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Ravindra Jadeja/ Abhishek Nayar, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 RP Singh, 11 Ashish Nehra.

West Indies retained their squad for the final two one-dayers and Gayle said the allrounder Darren Sammy will return to the line-up. He rubbished rumours of an off-field rift with Sammy and said he had great confidence in him.

West Indies (probable): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Runako Morton, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Darren Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Darren Sammy, 10 Suleiman Benn, 11 Ravi Rampaul.

Pitch and conditions

Gayle expects the pitch to be full of runs as the venue has traditionally helped the batsmen.

Stats and trivia

  • West Indies have played nine games at the Beausejour Cricket Ground, winning five and losing four. India are yet to play a game at this venue.

  • West Indies' eight-wicket victory in Kingston was their biggest against India in terms of balls remaining after winning. They won with 95 balls to spare, bettering their effort in Port of Spain 20 years earlier, where they had won with 68 balls left.

  • MS Dhoni and RP Singh's stand of 101 is the fourth-highest for the ninth wicket in ODIs, and the third-highest for India.

  • The average score while batting first in St Lucia is 243. The side batting first has won on seven occasions and lost nine. The highest score at the venue is 363, by New Zealand against Canada in the 2007 World Cup. The lowest is 146, by West Indies against England earlier this year.

Quotes

"It is a case of two good teams playing against each other, and we expect two very competitive matches."
Denesh Ramdin

"Yuvraj, on any given day, can destroy any bowling attack. When he is in that sort of mood (as he was in the first ODI) he is very difficult to bowl to. We have to try and contain him as much as possible but at the same time he's experienced and has a lot of power and he is definitely the main batter in this Indian team."
Chris Gayle

"We have good communication out there which is very good and we can assess the conditions as quickly as possible and make the necessary adjustments. I want him to play his game and I will support him at the other end."
Chris Gayle on Runako Morton

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West Indies v India, 3rd ODI, St Lucia- Ishant, Nayar in as India field  



Toss India chose to bowl v West Indies

On a humid day, on a damp pitch with moisture lurking under the surface, Mahendra Singh Dhoni won his third toss of the series and chose to bowl. With rain in the air, it was the obvious choice. West Indies have gone in with an unchanged side while India have made two changes - Ishant Sharma in for Praveen Kumar and Abhishek Nayar replacing Ravindra Jadeja.

India's batting line-up hasn't clicked for some time now and they have tended to depend heavily on Yuvraj Singh, who pulled them out of trouble in the first ODI. His early exit in the second ODI saw India fold up cheaply. The top-order was troubled by the short-pitched stuff in the first game and undone by swing bowling in the second. There was some talk prior to the game that India might draft in M Vijay to bolster their batting but they have only tinkered with the bowling options.

West Indies were expected to struggle in their bowling department due to the absence of Fidel Edwards but Ravi Rampaul rose to the occasion. Jerome Taylor has bowled fast and straight and has been the pick of the bowlers. The batsmen were not rattled by the big score in the first game and comfortably chased down the below-par target in the second. They will be batting first for the first time in the series and it has to be seen how they deal with the pressure of setting up a target.

West Indies: Chris Gayle (capt), Runako Morton, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Dinesh Ramdin, Jerome Taylor, David Bernard, Sulaimenn Benn, Ravi Rampaul

India: Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, Aashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma

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India in West Indies 2009 - PICS,PHOTOS  

Dwayne Bravo poses with the Digicel girls, St Lucia, June 30, 2009
Dwayne Bravo poses with the Digicel girls

Darren Bravo plays pan on arrival in St Lucia, St Lucia, June 30, 2009
Darren Bravo plays pan on arrival in St Lucia shanth Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and RP Singh in conversation during a practice session, St. Lucia, July 1, 2009
Ishanth Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and RP Singh in conversation during a practice session
Chris Gayle practicing his throwing skills, St. Lucia, July 1, 2009
Chris Gayle practicing his throwing skills
MS Dhoni inspects the pitch at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia, July 2, 2009
MS Dhoni inspects the pitch at the Beausejour Stadium








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