Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2335dFirdose Moonda

Cobras cruise to big victory

Cape Cobras completed a clinical win over New South Wales in a contest that failed to capture the same imagination in the same way the tournament opener did on Friday

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

HH Gibbs
55(47) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 20 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
1 7 5 7 20 2 10 3
RE Levi
RE Levi
43(27) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 12 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 0 18 7 2 9 4 2

Best performances - Bowlers

VD Philander
VD Philander
O4
M0
R21
W2
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
CK Langeveldt
O4
M0
R38
W2
Eco9.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Sidharth Monga

That's all we have from the first game, but there is another one coming. Cheers

Herschelle Gibbs is MoM. He says: "Lovely to be back here. Nice to get off with a win. Ask Justin what was happening in the field. But even after those lapses, it's nice to finish the way we did. It was a two-paced wicket, slower, bowl back of a length, and it stops at you. You were better off hitting through the line rather than across."

Justin Kemp: We are really happy getting a win against a very good side. The guys came exceptionally well, we read the wicket well and took the pace off the ball. Then the guys batted exceptionally well. It's always a big occasion so we might have got ahead of ourselves when we dropped those catches. We are back to the drawing board on Monday."

Simon Katich: The openers got us off to a great start, we were aided by some of the drops, but we were later outplayed. The start we got we should scored at least 150. Well short of the mark. We clawed back well with the ball, but we need to improve."

So finally some team wins comprehensively as oppose to contriving to manufacture a thriller out of a straightforward chase. Cobras have done really well after a shambolic start to their day, where catches went down frequently. They gave away just 53 off the last overs they bowled, and then Gibbs and Levi mastered this slow track to see them home

17.2
1
Henriques to Duminy, 1 run, dabbed away wide of point to bring up the win with 16 balls to go. Duminy also becomes the highest run-getter in all Champions league games
17.1
0
Henriques to Duminy, no run, length ball, wide off, driven straight to extra cover

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs | COBRA: 135/3 (1 run required from 18 balls, RR: 7.94, RRR: 0.33)

  • Justin Ontong11 (11b)
  • Jean-Paul Duminy13 (14b)
  • Pat Cummins4-1-27-1
  • Steven Smith4-0-27-1
16.6
2
Cummins to Ontong, 2 runs, slower ball, picks it early, lofts it over midwicket, comes back for two to level the scores
16.5
0
Cummins to Ontong, no run, slower ball, he closes the face early, gets a leading edge towards cover
16.4
4
Cummins to Ontong, FOUR, That should do it, or bring it within a blow of doing it. Length ball, gets under it, lofts it over mid-on
16.3
0
Cummins to Ontong, no run, slower ball, just outside off, pushed with an open face to point

Cape Cobras 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st88HH GibbsRE Levi
2nd5HH GibbsOA Shah
3rd19HH GibbsJP Duminy
4th24JL OntongJP Duminy

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
NSW43160.627
MI4215-0.28
T&T42240.176
COBRA41230.229
CSK4132-0.712
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM4215-0.557
RCB42240.325
KKR42240.306
WAR42240.246
SOA4123-0.533
Qualifying Tournament Pool A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM22040.3
KKR2112-0.225
AUCK2020-0.075
Qualifying Tournament Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
T&T22041.659
RU2112-0.275
LEICS2020-1.375