Match Day

3705dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

Spin tornado sees off Hurricanes

Kolkata Knight Riders took their winning streak to 14, the joint second-highest in Twenty20 history, and made it to their first Champions League T20 final

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Retirement allowing me to work on T20s - Kallis

Jacques Kallis, who scored an unbeaten half-century to take Kolkata Knight Riders into the final of the Champions League T20, said that his international retirement has given him an opportunity to work harder on T20s

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Narine banned from bowling in CLT20 final

Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine cannot bowl in the Champions League T20 final on Saturday, after he was reported for a second time in two matches for a suspect action

14

Number of consecutive wins for KKR - the second-longest winning streak in T20 history

4

Number of times KKR's openers have posted a sub-30 partnership in this CLT20. No other team has done worse

61

KKR's win percentage when chasing 140-150 targets. They have won 11 and lost seven. In CLT20s, they won one out of one

76

Most runs Hurricanes have scored in the last five overs - versus Knights earlier in this tournament

that's a maximum

6

Number of countries in which Shoaib Malik plays domestic T20s - for eights teams in all

NOT HIS FIRST

1

Number of times Blizzard has previously scored a first-ball duck - For Rajshahi against Dhaka in 2010

89

Strike rate of Hurricanes' opening stand in this CLT20 - the slowest for any team. Their average of 18 is the second worst

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
KKR440160.716
CSK421100.945
PS4228-0.038
Lions4126-0.051
DOLPH4040-1.338
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
PBKS440162.13
HH431121.193
BR4134-0.256
COBRA4134-0.955
ND4134-2.667
Qualifying Group
TeamMWLPTNRR
ND330122.08
Lions3218-0.065
MI3124-0.064
Expre3030-2.033