Sydney Sixers in final after nailbiter
Fortunes ebbed and flowed in true Twenty20 style in Centurion, as Sydney Sixers scripted a final-ball jailbreak to set up a title clash with Lions on Sunday
Fortunes ebbed and flowed in true Twenty20 style in Centurion, as Sydney Sixers scripted a final-ball jailbreak to set up a title clash with Lions on Sunday
Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Sidharth Monga
"How splintered would a south african cricket heart be? really." Andy Clarke, I am being told that the all-woman scoring crew at Supersport Park are in tears. That's how splintered, perhaps
That's all we have from the incredible semi-final tonight. It was a night when nerves and skill met to produce a match that kept twisting and turn, and if the final is something similar not many will complain. See you on the final night then. Cheers
Quotes from presentation
"Opening the batting was good fun," says MoM Steve O'Keefe. "Hadds came to me three days ago if I wanted to open, and I jumped at the opportunity. Probably the first time I have been Man of the Match without taking a wicket, but I will take it. Not our most clinical performance, but we have a final coming up."
"We got our jail-free card," says Brad Haddin. "No matter what format you play, you have got to execute your skills. e panicked a bit, I think, but we are going into the final. We can think of anything of this game, but the bottom line is we have a final to play this Sunday. We have played Lions before, and they are similarly stacked as us. I think the two best teams have made it to the final."
"Really disappointed," says Martin van Jaarsveld. "but really proud how we kept fighting. With the bat we were down and out. I have been talking him up through the tournament, and boy did he shine tonight. Our execution up top is not where we'd like it to be, and that's where we lost. A bitter pill to swallow."
What a match then. It refused to go down a straight line. Drunk people stagger less. Spare a thought for David Wiese who brought Titans back in with the crazy hitting, which brought them 72 runs off the last four overs of the innings. And then Sixers chased as if they needed to win in 16 overs. And it kept coming off for a while. Before they could kill it off, though, they began to lose wickets. And in the final equation, how costly was that dropped catch off the last ball of the 19th over. Forget the wicket, it's the two extra runs. I wouldn't want to feel what Farhan Behardien is feeling right now. And how apt that it was Cummins's desperation that saw Sixers through. It was his ordinary - rare event -bowling that put Sixers in this trouble. It was his scrambling that pulled them out
Lot of thought being put in here. Kuhn wants to stand up to the stumps, CJD doesn't look happy with it. Van der Merwe and de Villiers having a chat. Kuhn has gone back now. Not a single body in the crowd
CJD is back up, and he has the new man on strike. Mitch Starc it is. Mid-off and mid-on both up
Three off three now
Right boys, you quicks, you conceded all those runs in the last few overs. Now go an get them. Cummins is on strike. He has broken South African hearts in a Test in Jo'burg once. Will he do the same here?
BJ Rohrer c van der Merwe b de Villiers 21 (33m 24b 1x4 0x6) SR: 87.50
What will a wicket do to the crowd?
Pat Cummins was the Sixers' finisher but their impressive starts with ball and bat were just as important
Plays of the Day for the Champions League semi-final between Titans and Sydney Sixers in Centurion
Fortunes ebbed and flowed in true Twenty20 style in Centurion, as Sydney Sixers scripted a final-ball jailbreak to set up a title clash with Lions on Sunday
It will be a battle between Titans' batsmen and Sydney Sixers' bowlers in the second Champions League T20 semi-final in Centurion
AB de Villiers has been ruled out of Titans' Champions League semi-final against Sydney Sixers on Friday
Group A | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
DC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1.44 |
TITNS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -0.017 |
KKR | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.488 |
PS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -0.474 |
AUCK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -0.963 |
Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1.656 |
LIONS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0.14 |
CSK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -0.049 |
MI | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -0.471 |
YORKS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1.791 |
Qualifying Pool 1 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
AUCK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.904 |
Sia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -0.511 |
HANTS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.331 |
Qualifying Pool 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
YORKS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.507 |
UvNxt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -0.244 |
T&T | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -0.777 |