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Sydney Sixers vs Lions Post Match Presentation CLT20 Final 2012
Sydney Sixers vs Lions Highlights Final CLT20 2012
Sydney Sixers vs Lions Scorecard Champions League Final 2012
Sydney Sixers wins toss, opts to field vs Lions – CLT20 Final 2012
CLT20 2012 Final Preview: Sydney Sixers vs Lions

Sydney Sixers vs Lions Post Match Presentation CLT20 Final 2012

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Brad Haddin: ‘We’ve been building up for the game for two weeks. We were very nervous in the first game and in the semi final. We wanted such a performance since we arrived. T20 is a lot about gut feel. I decided to bowl the spinner only 30 seconds before I gave the ball to him. Everyone thought we would do well going with our pacers and that’s the reason we decided to mix things up a bit. We’ve showed the world we are a pretty good cricket team. The biggest positive has been playing as a team.’

Alviro Petersen: ‘We started poorly. Not a lot of people gave us a chance to get to the final but we did it. We would have liked to play better cricket today but they were better than us. We played in front of fantastic crowds. Disappointing we could not put on a show for them today. There is a lot of positives. Some exciting young players coming through. Every single game someone stepped out and scored runs or took wickets. As a team we are gelling well.’

Starc: ‘The extra bounce and pace after coming from Sri Lanka was really good. Everyone really enjoyed it. Our spinners showed their class today. We did well as a unit. Josh deserves all the wickets he took. My first time here and it has been a great one.’

Mitchell Starc is the Man of the Series. He finished as the leading wicket taker in the series.

Michael Lumb: ‘It was just one of those nights when everything goes your way. I think they bowled pretty well early on and we had to be cautious. The pitch was really good for batting. The boys have been first class throughout the tournament. Congratulations to all of them.’

Michael Lumb is the MoM. He also finished as the leading run scorer of the tournament.

Sydney Sixers vs Lions Highlights Final CLT20 2012

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

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Sydney Sixers vs Lions Scorecard Champions League Final 2012

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:03 AM PDT

Champions League T20 2012

Lions v Sydney Sixers – Final

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, 28 Oct 2012

Toss - Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.

Result – Sydney Sixers beat Lions by 10 wickets

Lions Inn

Lions Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Alviro Petersen (c)	c N McCullum b S O’Keefe	1	6	0	0	16.66
Gulam Bodi	c B Rohrer b N McCullum	6	3	0	1	200.00
Quinton de Kock	c S O’Keefe b J Hazlewood	1	7	0	0	14.29
Neil McKenzie	c B Rohrer b J Hazlewood	0	4	0	0	0.00
Sohail Tanvir	lbw b N McCullum	11	12	1	0	91.66
Jean Symes	c B Haddin b J Hazlewood	51	46	8	0	110.87
Thami Tsolekile (wk)	c S O’Keefe b N McCullum	20	19	1	2	105.26
Dwaine Pretorius	run out (B Rohrer)	21	13	1	2	161.54
Chris Morris	run out (M Henriques/B Haddin)	5	5	0	0	100.00
Aaron Phangiso	c J Hazlewood b M Starc	3	5	0	0	60.00
Dirk Nannes	Not Out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0,lb 1,w 1, nb 0)	2
Total	(All Out; 20 overs)	121	(6.05 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Lions):

1-7 (Bodi, 0.4 ov), 2-8 (de Kock, 2.2 ov), 3-8 (McKenzie, 2.6 ov), 4-9 (Petersen, 3.3 ov), 5-32 (Sohail Tanvir, 6.6 ov), 6-73 (Tsolekile, 13.3 ov), 7-111 (Pretorius, 17.5 ov), 8-112 (Symes, 18.2 ov), 9-120 (Phangiso, 19.5 ov), 10-121 (Morris, 19.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Nathan McCullum	4	0	24	3	6.00
Steve O’Keefe	4	0	11	1	2.75
Josh Hazlewood	4	1	22	3	5.50
Mitchell Starc	4	0	36	1	9.00	(w 1)
Pat Cummins	4	0	27	0	6.75

Sydney Sixers Inn

Sydney Sixers Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Lumb	Not Out	82	42	8	5	195.24
Brad Haddin (c & wk)	Not Out	37	33	4	1	112.12
Nic Maddinson
Steven Smith
Moises Henriques
Ben Rohrer
Steve O’Keefe
Nathan McCullum
Pat Cummins
Mitchell Starc
Josh Hazlewood
Extras	(b 0, lb 0,w 4, nb 0)	4
Total	(0 wickets; 12.3 overs)	124	(9.92 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (Sydney Sixers):

1-54 (Lumb, 4.5 ov), 2-85 (O’Keefe, 8.2 ov), 3-92 (Haddin, 9.5 ov), 4-92 (Maddinson, 9.6 ov), 5-113 (Smith, 12.3 ov), 6-132 (Henriques, 15.6 ov), 7-132 (McCullum, 16.1 ov), 8-158 (Rohrer, 19.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sohail Tanvir	3	0	16	0	5.33	(w 1)
Dirk Nannes	4	0	28	0	7.00	(w 1)
Chris Morris	2	0	25	0	12.50
Aaron Phangiso	2	0	29	0	14.50	(w 1)
Jean Symes	1	0	9	0	9.00	(w 1)
Dwaine Pretorius	0.3	0	16	0	32.00

Teams:
Lions (Playing XI): Gulam Bodi, Alviro Petersen(c), Quinton de Kock, Dwaine Pretorius, Neil McKenzie, Jean Symes, Chris Morris, Thami Tsolekile(w), Sohail Tanvir, Dirk Nannes, Aaron Phangiso

Sydney Sixers (Playing XI): Michael Lumb, Brad Haddin(w/c), Nic Maddinson, Steven Smith, Moises Henriques, Ben Rohrer, Steve O’Keefe, Nathan McCullum, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood

Sydney Sixers wins toss, opts to field vs Lions – CLT20 Final 2012

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:18 AM PDT

Toss: Sydney Sixers have won the toss and elected to field

Haddin: ‘We are going to bowl first. The surface looks like the one where 434 was chased down. Our team is ready to go. We have the same team as the semifinal.’

Alviro Petersen: ‘It looks like a good wicket and I’ll enjoy batting. We love playing here. Hope to put up a good show tonight. The boys have done really well and we are going with the same team as the one for the semifinal.’

There is a fair crowd building up. It’s bright and sunny for a change. Expect a cracker of a final. The toss and team coming up shortly.

Pitch report: The pitch is flat and will be a good track for batting. There is no grass on it.

CLT20 2012 Final Preview: Sydney Sixers vs Lions

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 02:31 PM PDT

Invincible so far in the competition, Sydney Sixers are firm favourites for the title but South Africa’s enterprising Highveld Lions would look to upset the Australian powerhouse’s applecart when the two sides clash in the Champions League Twenty20 final at Johannesburg on Sunday.

Sydney won each of their five matches — including four group stage games — to be considered by far the best team to take the field in the competition.

Despite losing the services of their match-winner, prolific all-rounder Shane Watson, Sydney were strong enough for the Mumbai Indians in their final Group fixture and their semi-final clash against the Titans even though it was a close shave on Friday night.

The unavailability of Watson is certainly a big blow for Sydney Sixers, given that a winner’s cheque of USD 2,500,000 rides on this match.

Watson, incidentally, was a key figure when Sydney beat the Lions in a low-scorer during the group stage earlier in the tournament.

However, the Australian outfit will not be too concerned, given they have several players who have been in good touch.

Skipper Brad Haddin has been consistently among the runs.

Michael Lumb too has been in outstanding form, having scored in every outing.

In Moises Henriques and Steve Smith, the Sixers have two players in their middle order who are contributing regularly.

But a few chinks in the armour were left exposed by the last-ball on Friday night’s win over Titans during which Smith and Haddin failed to add anything significant.

Sydney’s bowling has been impressive with Mitchell Starc being the leading wicket-taker. In Pat Cummins, the Sixers have another strike bowler, while the likes of Moises Henriques and Josh Hazlewood have been very effective in the middle overs.

However, the attack did leak crucial runs in the death overs of the clash against Titans.

“Our running between the wickets could probably improve.

I think our first 16 over were brilliant but our death bowling let us down (but) we have to give credit to their batsmen, (David) Wiese and (Henry) Davids were whacking the ball so, (we could) probably (work on) the death bowling and not losing wickets consistently,” feels Cummins.

The Lions, on the other hand, would be happy to start as underdogs as it would ease the pressure on them.

Opening batsman, Gulam Bodi, is the team’s top run-getter in the competition. The Lions will be banking on him to get them off to a good start.

Neil McKenzie too has been among the runs but he would need to convert his starts into match-winning performances.

Quinton de Kock, who was tipped as one of the players to watch in the days leading up to the tournament, would also aim to come good on Sunday.

On the bowling front, the Lions have quite an ace up their sleeve in the form of left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso.

He is the Lions’ leading wicket-taker and has bowled beautifully. Phangiso, in fact, tops the list of Lions’ wicket-takers accounting for 30 scalps in 33 T20 games for his team.

The Lions will also bank on the home support they are likely to enjoy to outwit Sydney, a team which has looked unstoppable all through the event.

Teams:

Sydney Sixers (Probable): Michael Lumb, Nic Maddinson, Brad Haddin (c&wk), Moises Henriques, Steven Smith, Ben Rohrer, Steve O’Keefe, Nathan McCullum, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood

Highveld Lions (Probable): Gulam Bodi, Alviro Petersen(c), Quinton de Kock, Neil McKenzie, Jean Symes, Thami Tsolekile (wk), Chris Morris, Sohail Tanvir, Dwaine Pretorius, Dirk Nannes, Aaron Phangiso.

Time: 17:30 local (21:00 IST)

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