Bushrangers crush dismal Wayamba
The Victoria Bushrangers outclassed a dismal Wayamba Elevens team at
SuperSport Park on Monday night to keep alive their hopes of reaching
the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
Fast bowler Peter Siddle took four for 29 as Wayamba crashed to 106
all out in 16.3 overs, losing their last eight wickets for 25 runs.
Victoria hurried to victory with 6.4 overs to spare with captain
David Hussey hitting 47 not out and opening batsman Aaron Finch making
38 not out.
The Bushrangers, who have completed their round robin fixtures with
six points from three wins, now have to await the result of a match
between Chennai Super Kings and the Eastern Cape Warriors in Port
Elizabeth on Wednesday.
If the unbeaten Warriors beat Chennai, they will go through with
Victoria, but if Chennai win the semi-finals places will be decided on
run rate.
Chennai have the best net run rate of 2.57 but need the win to draw
level on points. The Warriors are on 0.98 and Victoria’s big win lifted
them into positive territory on 0.03.
“Hopefully we can go a long way in this tournament because we are
playing some good cricket now,” said Hussey. Wayamba reached 81 for two
after ten overs with Mahela Jayawardene (51) and captain Jehan Mubarak
(44) putting on 72 off 52 balls for the third wicket. But Mubarak fell
to a superb catch at cover by Hussey and the Sri Lankan side collapsed
ignominiously against the fast bowling of Siddle and James Pattinson and
the medium pace of Andrew McDonald.
Nine batsmen contributed five runs between them, with six failing to
score.
Victoria were outstanding in the field but Wayamba followed their
poor batting by dropping two early catches and missing a run-out
opportunity as well as allowing extra runs through misfields.
“That was probably our worst performance of the tournament,” said
Mubarak. “We need to do a lot of soul searching.”
Wayamba (SRI) 106 in 16.3 overs (M. Jayawardene 51, J. Mubarak 44; J.
Pattinson 2-14, P. Siddle 4-29, A. McDonald 2-22). Victoria (AUS) 108-2
in 13.2 overs (A. Finch 38 not out, D. Hussey 47 not out). Victoria win
by eight wickets. CENTURION, South Africa, AFP |
