Phoenix v Claymores CPL Oval %Phoenix 1. %Chris Gayle 2. %Andrew Strauss 3. %Mahela Jayawardene 4. %Ian Bell 5. %Saurabh Tiwary 6. %Brendan Nash 7. %Niall O'Brien 8. %Ajmal Shahzad 9. %Andre Adams 10. %Monty Panesar 11. %Dillon du Preez %Claymores 1. %Jacques Rudolph 2. %Dheeraj Jadhav 3. %Mohammad Kaif 4. %Angelo Mathews 5. %Mike Hussey 6. %Yusuf Pathan 7. %Nic Pothas 8. %Chaminda Vaas 9. %Zaheer Khan 10. %Saeed Ajmal 11. %Corey Collymore Phoenix - 1.74 Claymores - 2.10
Adams and Gayle are going to be the big players for how we do. If we do well against them we will win it. Definitely a game we have to be looking to win.
With Ajmal in for the injured Kaneria, it will make the new ball even more important. Not got much faith in Ajmal tbh.
Most teams would be in trouble if their top 4 or 5 went cheaply tbh. I am too worried about getting you massively cheaply I have confidence in my batting.
Phoenix have been the under performers of the CPL this season, largely as a result of an inconsistent bowling attack. There were positive signs for the side last start though, when they managed to bungle out a Titans outfit boasting one of the more consistent top 4's in the game for under 200. Although they struggled to contain the same side in the second innings of the match, there were at least promising signs for an attack who'd previously leaked 565 against a Hurricanes side boasting the 4th worst batting record of the league. Even with the 400+ score that was achieved from the Titans in the 2nd dig, they could still take heed in the fact they were able to close out an opposition 4th innings to seal victory, having previously come up short against the Carvers - 3/280 and ElDamo0003 - 5/306, struggling to take wickets when defending solid totals. Claymores sit in the same boat this season, fielding a pace attack that has lacked punch, with Indian star Zaheer Kahn failing to make any sort of impact expected of him. Sri Lankan veteran Vaas has provided some sting with the new ball, but they've been short of any further seam up options beyond him, with Collymore offering little and the allrounders doing little more than chewing up overs. Pakistani leggie %Danish Kaneria has been their one shining light to date and much will rest on his shoulders once more if the pace attack can't do damage with the new ball. Smart vcash for this game is on the draw, though Phoenix do have the strike power to force a win should the attack draw on their new found confidence.
Code: Claymores 1st Innings JA Rudolph b Gayle 48 104 6 1 DS Jadhav ct O'Brien b Shahzad 28 71 2 0 M Kaif ct Shahzad b Panesar 29 66 3 0 AD Mathews ct Panesar b Gayle 13 33 1 0 MEK Hussey b Panesar 4 9 0 0 YK Pathan ct Bell b du Preez 83 172 8 1 N Pothas b Adams 7 22 0 0 WPUJC Vaas ct O'Brien b Adams 36 77 3 0 Z Khan b Adams 2 8 0 0 S Ajmal not out 5 26 0 0 CD Collymore ct Adams b du Preez 10 8 2 0 Extras (byes 12 leg byes 9 no balls 7 wides 4) 32 Total (10 Wkts 98.1 Overs) 297 Fall of Wkts 87 95 135 140 151 170 241 251 287 297 Adams 25 5 66 3 2 3 du Preez 21.1 1 65 2 3 0 Shahzad 21 5 58 1 2 0 Gayle 17 2 58 2 0 1 Panesar 14 3 29 2 0 0
Code: Phoenix 1st Innings CH Gayle ct Collymore b Khan 33 53 3 0 AJ Strauss ct Pothas b Khan 30 44 2 1 DPMD Jayawardene ct Jadhav b Collymore 8 10 1 0 IR Bell b Ajmal 39 104 2 0 SS Tiwary ct Mathews b Ajmal 36 66 5 0 BP Nash lbw b Hussey 128 233 13 3 NJ O'Brien ct Khan b Vaas 20 73 2 0 A Shahzad ct Collymore b Ajmal 66 144 7 0 AR Adams lbw b Hussey 6 23 1 0 MS Panesar ct Pathan b Khan 1 4 0 0 D du Preez not out 2 7 0 0 Extras (byes 3 leg byes 15 no balls 7 wides 3) 28 Total (10 Wkts 125.4 Overs) 397 Fall of Wkts 54 73 79 152 177 233 374 394 395 397 Khan 27 4 72 3 5 2 Vaas 25 3 91 1 1 0 Collymore 22 4 92 1 1 1 Ajmal 32 4 86 3 0 0 Pathan 15 3 29 0 0 0 Hussey 4.4 0 9 2 0 0 Phoenix lead by 100 runs on first innings.
Code: Claymores 2nd Innings JA Rudolph ct Tiwary b Shahzad 147 282 10 4 DS Jadhav ct O'Brien b Shahzad 154 311 14 2 M Kaif not out 102 170 9 2 AD Mathews lbw b du Preez 1 8 0 0 MEK Hussey lbw b Gayle 26 32 4 0 YK Pathan ct du Preez b Panesar 14 19 1 1 N Pothas not out 94 152 8 2 WPUJC Vaas Z Khan S Ajmal CD Collymore Extras (byes 7 leg byes 22 no balls 8 wides 3) 40 Total (5 Wkts Declared 161.0 Overs) 578 Fall of Wkts 312 344 345 387 406 Adams 28 2 101 0 3 1 du Preez 28 2 101 1 3 0 Gayle 33 4 102 1 0 1 Panesar 31 4 94 1 0 1 Shahzad 30 1 113 2 2 0 Bell 11 3 38 0 0 0 Phoenix need 479 runs to win. lol
Code: Phoenix 2nd Innings CH Gayle ct Mathews b Vaas 13 24 2 0 AJ Strauss ct Collymore b Vaas 12 42 1 0 DPMD Jayawardene b Vaas 6 12 1 0 IR Bell ct Mathews b Vaas 2 10 0 0 SS Tiwary ct Pothas b Ajmal 33 67 3 0 BP Nash ct & b Vaas 0 1 0 0 NJ O'Brien lbw b Vaas 41 81 5 0 A Shahzad ct Rudolph b Ajmal 6 22 0 0 AR Adams ct Mathews b Khan 0 3 0 0 MS Panesar ct Mathews b Khan 0 2 0 0 D du Preez not out 10 18 2 0 Extras (byes 1 leg byes 1 no balls 3 wides 1) 6 Total (10 Wkts 46.3 Overs) 129 Fall of Wkts 21 27 33 45 45 95 107 111 111 129 Khan 13 1 35 2 1 0 Vaas 13.3 3 32 6 1 0 Collymore 10 1 29 0 1 0 Ajmal 10 1 31 2 0 1 Claymores won by 349 runs. lolol
