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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
DELHI: The Delhi Daredevils ended their Champions League Twenty20 campaign on a high by handing the Cape Cobras a 30-run defeat, the South African side's first loss in the tournament at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Monday.
Early breakthroughs and regular wickets thereafter vindicated the Cobras skipper Andrew Puttick's surprising decision to field as the Daredevils struggled with the bat. Owais Shah helped finish the innings with a flourish with an unbeaten 39, while Dinesh Karthik scored 23 as the home side finished with a modest 114 for six.
The Daredevils, however, defended that small total with aplomb, fast bowler Dirk Nannes claiming three wickets for 19, while spinners Amit Mishra, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Yogesh Nagar claimed two apiece as the Cobras, who are already in the semi-finals, were restricted to 84 in 18.3 overs.
Fast bowler Rory Klienveldt had rocked Delhi's top order, dismissing both opening batsmen, Dilshan and Gautam Gambhir, in his first over after Monde Zondeki had delivered an excellent over with the new ball.
Karthik, one of the few Daredevils batsmen to return with some success in this tournament, revived the innings together with with Manoj Tiwary (19).
Tiwary, however, fell to Claude Henderson, the left-arm spinner striking in his first over, and Karthik was then run out following a mix-up with Shah as the Daredevils again slumped.
Nagar (10) and Shah lowered their sights and settled for singles as the Daredevils recovered slightly. The two put on 34 for the fifth wicket, but Nagar perished while attempting to force the pace and the Daredevils crumbled again.
Shah injected some acceleration at the death, blasting Justin Ontong for the only six of the innings and clubbing two boundaries as the Daredevils finished with a modest, but defendable total.
Score board
Cape Cobras won toss
Delhi Daredevils
T M Dilshan b Kleinveldt 1
*G Gambhir b Kleinveldt 0
M K Tiwary b Henderson 19
†K D Karthik run out (Puttick/Canning) 23
O A Shah not out 39
Y Nagar c Henderson b Ontong 10
R Bhatia b Ontong 0
A Mishra not out 8
Extras (b1, lb3, w10) 14
Total (6 wickets, 20 overs) 114
Did not bat: P J Sangwan, D P Nannes, A M Salvi
Fall: 1-1, 2-4, 3-44, 4-46, 5-80, 6-87
Bowling: Zondeki 4-0-13-0; Kleinveldt 4-0-31-2; Plaatjies 4-0-13-0 (2w); Henderson 4-0-19-1 (1w); Duminy 1-0-9-0 (1w); Ontong 1-0-8-2; Philander 2-0-17-0 (1w)
Cape Cobras
*A G Puttick b Nannes 6
H H Gibbs lbw b Dilshan 0
H Davids run out (Sangwan) 22
J P Duminy b Mishra 14
R K Kleinveldt c Shah b Mishra 8
J L Ontong b Dilshan 9
V D Philander c Dilshan b Nagar 12
†R C C Canning b Nannes 3
C W Henderson b Nannes 0
M Zondeki c Dilshan b Nagar 0
F C Plaatjies not out 0
Extras (lb6, w4) 10
Total (all out, 18.3 overs) 84
Fall: 1-1, 2-17, 3-44, 4-57, 5-57, 6-72, 7-78, 8-78, 9-79
Bowling: Dilshan 4-0-16-2 (1w); Nannes 4-0-19-3 (2w); Bhatia 2-0-11-0; Mishra 4-0-19-2 (1w); Sangwan 2-0-4-0; Nagar 2.3-0-9-2
Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 30 runs
Man of the match: Owais Shah (Delhi Daredevils)
Umpires: H D P K Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and B R Doctrove (West Indies). TV umpire: S S Hazare. Match referee: R S Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
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