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Azhar Mahmood-inspired Auckland beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:57 PM PDT


Kolkata Knight Riders’ chances of making the semifinals of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament suffered a major blow as they slumped to their second successive defeat after losing to Auckland Aces by seven wickets in a Group A match on Monday.

Auckland rode high on veteran Azhar Mahmood’s all-round show as they knocked off a modest target of 138 runs with 14 balls to spare.

Mahmood, who was instrumental in restricting KKR to 137 for six with figures of 3 for 16, also produced an unbeaten knock of 51 runs, which turned out to be crucial in the final outcome of the match at the New Wanderers stadium.

KKR captain Gautam Gambhir’s decision to induct Shakib Al Hasan at the expense of seasoned Brett Lee backfired badly as the reigning IPL champions missed out a genuine paceman on a pitch that was assisting the faster bowlers.

Apart from Mahmood, Lou Vincent (30), Martin Guptill (25) and Anaru Kitchen (24) also came up with useful contributions.

Brendon McCullum top-scored for the Knight Riders with a 35-ball 40, which was laced with two sixes and three fours. But the Knight Riders could not build partnerships and lost wickets in regular intervals.

Mahmood made inroads into the KKR’s middle-order with his twin strike in the 10th over as he dismissed Jacques Kallis (0) and Manoj Tiwary (0) in successive deliveries to dent the Knight Riders innings, who after the early loss of Gautam Gambhir had tried to recover well.

Mahmood, in his second spell, removed dangerman McCullum to add to the misery of KKR, who came into this match after being crushed by Delhi Daredevils by 52 runs in their opening tournament fixture on Saturday.

Mahmood was ably supported by Kyle Mills, Michael Bates and Ronnie Hira, who picked up a wicket apiece.

KKR were off to a bad start after electing to bat first as Gambhir’s poor run in the tournament continued for the second straight match when Martin Guptill, diving to his left, took a one-handed catch to dismiss the southpaw.

The KKR skipper tried to work the ball towards the on side but only managed to get a leading edge off Michael Bates.

After the early loss of Gambhir (5), Bisla (38) and McCullum recovered well for KKR and put up a 62-run partnership to hold the innings steady.

Bisla was caught by Kitchen off Ronnie Hira over long off in the ninth over. He struck six fours and a six in his 24-ball stay at the crease.

As things looked settling down in favour of the Kolkata team, Mahmood came up with a dream spell to break the backbone of KKR’s middle-order.

KKR never recovered from the jolt and slumped to 98 for five in the 15th over.

Yusuf Pathan and Rajat Bhatia then added 29 runs for the unbeaten seventh-wicket partnership to provide some respectability to the score.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Auckland Aces Post Match Presentation CLT20 2012

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:52 PM PDT


Azhar Mahmood: ‘We got a good start and bowled well as a group. We talked about the bowling before the tournament. Myself and Andre guided the other younger bowlers. Martin and Lou were terrific at the top and gave us a very good start.’

Azhar Mahmood is the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 51 to go along with his 3/16.

Hopkins: ‘There is a lot of confidence. Once we got the start we kept going with the chase. We backed the bowlers and they did it. Lou gave us a good start and Mahmood took upon the responsiblilty to finish it off.’

Gambhir: ‘This is what the format is all about. I think Azhar’s first over changed the momentum entirely in their favour. We have to play better and smart cricket.’

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Auckland Aces Scorecard Champions League 2012

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT


Champions League T20 2012

Auckland v Kolkata Knight Riders – Group A

Played at Newlands, Cape Town, 15 Oct 2012

Toss - Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

Result – Auckland beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders Inn

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Manvinder Bisla (wk) c A Kitchen b R Hira 38 24 6 1 158.33
Gautam Gambhir (c) c M Guptill b M Bates 5 9 1 0 55.56
Brendon McCullum c G Hopkins b A Mahmood 40 35 3 2 114.29
Jacques Kallis c L Vincent b A Mahmood 0 2 0 0 0.00
Manoj Tiwary c & b A Mahmood 0 1 0 0 0.00
Shakib Al Hasan c C de Grandhomme b K Mills 15 22 0 0 68.18
Yusuf Pathan Not Out 22 19 2 0 115.78
Rajat Bhatia Not Out 9 9 1 0 100.00
Pradeep Sangwan            
Sunil Narine            
Lakshmipathy Balaji            
Extras (b 0,lb 4,w 3, nb 1) 8
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 137 (6.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Kolkata Knight Riders):

1-10 (Gambhir, 1.5 ov), 2-72 (Bisla, 8.4 ov), 3-72 (Kallis, 9.2 ov), 4-72 (Tiwary, 9.3 ov), 5-98 (McCullum, 14.3 ov), 6-108 (Shakib Al Hasan, 16.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Kyle Mills 4 0 23 1 5.80 (nb 1)
Michael Bates 4 0 33 0 8.25  
Andre Adams 4 0 33 0 8.25 (w 1)
Ronnie Hira 4 0 30 1 7.50 (w 2)
Azhar Mahmood 4 1 16 3 4.00  


Auckland Aces Inn

Auckland Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Martin Guptill c S Narine b L Balaji 25 26 3 0 96.15
Lou Vincent c Manoj Tiwary b S Narine 30 12 3 2 250.00
Azhar Mahmood Not Out 51 42 3 2 121.42
Anaru Kitchen lbw b S Narine 24 15 3 1 160.00
Colin de Grandhomme Not Out 9 11 1 0 81.81
Colin Munro            
Gareth Hopkins (c & wk)            
Ronnie Hira            
Kyle Mills            
Andre Adams            
Michael Bates            
Extras (b 0,lb 0,w 0, nb 0) 0
Total (3 wickets; 17.4 overs) 139 (7.86 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Auckland):

1-37 (Vincent, 2.6 ov), 2-76 (Guptill, 9.5 ov), 3-117 (Kitchen, 14.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4 0 38 1 9.50  
Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 34 0 8.50  
Sunil Narine 4 0 24 2 6.00  
Jacques Kallis 3 0 17 0 5.66  
Pradeep Sangwan 2.4 0 26 0 9.80  


Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Manvinder Bisla (wk), Gautam Gambhir (c), Brendon McCullum, Jacques Kallis, Shakib Al Hasan, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Rajat Bhatia, Pradeep Sangwan, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji.

Auckland Aces (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Lou Vincent, Azhar Mahmood, Anaru Kitchen, Colin de Grandhomme, Colin Munro, Gareth Hopkins (c & wk), Ronnie Hira, Kyle Mills, Andre Adams, Michael Bates.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Auckland Aces Highlights Champions League 2012

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:20 AM PDT


Kolkata Knight Riders vs Auckland Aces Highlights Champions League T20 2012. Auckland Aces vs Kolkata Knight Riders Highlights T20 Cricket Champions League 2012. Watch KKR vs AA Highlights Champions League played in Cape Town on 15 Oct. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Auckland Aces CLT20 Cricket Highlights. T 20 Cricket Champions League 2012.

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