2558dThe Report by Rachna Shetty

Hurricanes surge to 86-run win

A calculated performance with the bat and ball helped Hobart Hurricanes rout Northern Knights by 86 runs in Raipur, keeping their chances of taking a knock-out spot alive

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AC Blizzard
62(43) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 21 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
5 14 8 2 14 8 4 7
Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik
45(22) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
4 1 10 5 6 6 3 10

Best performances - Bowlers

BW Hilfenhaus
BW Hilfenhaus
O4
M0
R14
W3
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
DE Bollinger
DE Bollinger
O2.4
M0
R22
W3
Eco8.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Northern Districts , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00

Match days

23 September 2014 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Hobart Hurricanes 4, Northern Districts 0

Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy

11.20pm And that is that. Bit of an early finish, and an opportunity to rest those fingers. Hope you enjoyed the game. I certainly enjoyed bringing it to you, and all of that chat about doppelgangers and whatnot. Until next time, it's ta ta and good night.

11.10pm Time for the presentation.

Tim Paine: "Can't fault that bowling effort, as good as we've bowled for some time. I thought Shoaib and Aiden played really well to get us out of a disastrous start. [When I got out] we were probably looking at 15-0-160. I thought if we could take early wickets against them, some of their guys haven't batted much in the qualifiers or their first game, so we thought we might get them under pressure."

Ben Hilfenhaus is the man of the match "I think it was very well set up by Blizzard and Malik. Fantastic effort, gave us bowlers a pretty good chance. It's quite funny, I thought it came out better the other day but I was hit everywhere. There was a bit of movement and assistance, and it was good to get the overs out of the way and not get tapped around at the end."

Aiden Blizzard: "It was quite tough out there. I knew if I hung in there, I knew Shoaib Malik is coming in, he's in superb form, I knew we could get a big total. It was a little two-paced, some were skidding on, some were stopping. I was able to go under the radar for a little bit. Shoaib is on fire, we're glad to have him."

Daniel Flynn: "The way those guys [openers] have been playing, we just backed them to pull off their game plans, it didn't just work for us today. We've got another big game in a couple of days, we look forward to that."

11.05pm Till today, Northern Knights' middle order hadn't been properly tested. Today it was, and the batsmen haven't passed the test. Chasing a big target, they lost Williamson and Devcich cheaply, and from there it was all one-way traffic. Hilfenhaus swung the new ball beautifully, and the other bowlers chipped in as well, Doherty getting a few to really grip and turn and Bollinger sweeping away the lower order in a hurry. Knights' net run rate has plummeted from +4.5 to -1.94.

16.4
W
Bollinger to Southee, OUT, backs away from the stumps, and slaps this high and straight into long-off's hands, and Bollinger finishes with three wickets. This is a humongous win for Hurricanes.

TG Southee c Hilfenhaus b Bollinger 21 (18m 12b 1x4 2x6) SR: 175.00

16.3
W
Bollinger to Sodhi, OUT, now he looks to clear his front leg and slog it over midwicket. It's too quick for him and he slices it high into the air over the off side, drops into the hands of cover point

IS Sodhi c Birt b Bollinger 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

16.2
0
Bollinger to Sodhi, no run, off-stump yorker, and he steers that to point with an open face
16.1
W
Bollinger to JJ Boult, OUT, low full-toss, and today they are all going to get you wickets. He makes some room, and hits that straight to cover at a nice catchable height

JJ Boult c Wells b Bollinger 1 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

Nayeem: "Once in ICL they tried introducing a "Niner". All that Northern Districts needs is some "Niners"" They could also win it playing Cricket Max, that form of cricket invented in New Zealand. Didn't they have double the runs if you hit it in one particular zone down the ground?

END OF OVER:
16 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | ND: 92/7 (87 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.75, RRR: 21.75)

  • Tim Southee21 (11b)
  • Jono Boult1 (1b)
  • Joe Mennie3-1-10-2
  • Ben Laughlin3-0-25-0
15.6
0
Mennie to Southee, no run, length ball outside off now, and Southee, having made room, was too far away from the ball to connect with that slash
15.5
4
Mennie to Southee, FOUR, slower ball, too short, and it sits up perfectly for Southee to pull that powerfully to the deep midwicket boundary
  • Laughlin flies at point

    Plays of the day from the Group B match between Hobart Hurricanes and Northern Knights

  • Hurricanes surge to 86-run win

    A calculated performance with the bat and ball helped Hobart Hurricanes rout Northern Knights by 86 runs in Raipur, keeping their chances of taking a knock-out spot alive

  • Knights success not a surprise - Sodhi

    Ish Sodhi, the Northern Knights legspinner, has said that the performances of his side in the Champions League T20 were along expected lines after their intense preparations before the tournament

Styris' double

4000+

Scott Styris is the second allrounder after Kieron Pollard to score more than 4000 runs and take more than 100 wickets in T20s

Hilfenhaus' best

3-14

Ben Hilfenhaus' figures against Knights are also his best in T20s

A Powerplay struggle

15

Number of runs Knights scored in the Powerplay against Hurricanes, the lowest across all seasons of the Champions League

A low for Knights

5

Knights' score when their third wicket fell. This equals the lowest they have scored at the loss of their third wicket in T20s

Mennie shines

1

Hurricanes' Joe Mennie produced the first wicket-maiden and the fourth overall maiden over of this season's CLT20

Kane tops the charts

220

Number of runs Kane Williamson has scored in this CLT20, the most by a batsman in the 2014 edition. His knocks include a hundred and two fifties

The big Hurricanes stands

100

The partnership between Aiden Blizzard and Shoaib Malik against Knights is only the fourth century stand for Hurricanes in T20s

A T20 Blizzard

4

Number of fifties Aiden Blizzard has scored in T20s in India. Only one of his five T20 fifties has come in Australia

Malik's run of form

879

Runs by Shoaib Malik in 2014 while batting at No.3 or lower. Only Glenn Maxwell and David Miller have scored more in T20s among non-opening batsmen

The other Boult

5

Number of T20 wickets Jono Boult has taken when fielding first at 36.40 apiece. He's taken 10 at 14.4 when bowling second

Sodhi's T20 journey

40.5

Ish Sodhi's bowling average in T20s; he has taken 10 wickets in 18 games at an economy of 8.20

The Boult-Southee show

13

Number of wickets Tim Southee and Trent Boult have taken in this CLT20 at 9.9 runs apiece. Knights' other bowlers have taken 9 at 25.6.

A solid pair

4

Number of fifty-plus partnerships Ben Dunk and Tim Paine have put up in nine innings in 2014

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