International 20:20 Club Championship
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The International 20:20 Club Championship is an international Twenty20
competition for club cricket
teams similar to football's
FIFA Club World Championship.
The inaugural competition was hosted by Leicestershire County Cricket Club
from 15 to September 17, 2005.
Only thirteen deliveries
were possible outdoors at Grace Road
in the inaugural Twenty20 Club Championship match. West Indian
off-spinner Chris Gayle
bowled an expensive first over
, conceding 16 runs including five off wides, and Chilaw Marians
made 21 for no loss from 13 balls. However, rain forced the players inside, where the PCA Masters XI won the bowl out competition by a margin of 6-2.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
Rain fell steadily on Grace Road
as the second of three scheduled Twenty20
matches in the Twenty20 Club Championship on 15 September 2005 was rained off. The match result was decided by an indoor bowl out competition, which Leicestershire
won 5-3.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
Titans
and PCA Masters XI were held indoors by the weather, and a bowl out determined the result. After both sides had used five players, the score was still 5-5, but Paul Harris missed the stumps
while Jon Lewis
hit, giving PCA Masters the win and a semi-final place.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
Faisalabad Wolves
overcame the reigning English Twenty20 Cup
champions Somerset Sabres thanks to the all-round efforts of Mohammad Hafeez
. Opening the batting, he hit six sixes and six fours in a 35-ball 79, and helped by the 17 extras
and 40 from Ijaz Ahmed junior, the Pakistani club made 207 for 5. Arul Suppiah
took one wicket and conceded five runs for Somerset in his lone over, but was still taken off, possibly due to the two wides he bowled. Somerset needed 10.35 off every over, and they took ten off the first, but wicket-keeper
Carl Gazzard
had to retire hurt
and Wood was caught by Hafeez, leaving the score at 31 for 2 (effectively, counting Gazzard's retirement as a wicket) with Ian Blackwell
at the crease. He took 14 fours and two sixes in a 48-ball 82, but once he departed the remainder of the batting order failed to keep up with the asking rate of nearly twelve an over. Hafeez wrapped up the tail, taking three for 23, but credit also went to Samiullah Khan
, who earlier dismissed Somerset opener Matthew Wood
and number four James Hildreth
.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
This match, effectively a quarter-final as the PCA Masters XI already had qualified for the semi-finals through their two bowl out wins, started with Morne Morkel
bowling a ten-ball over for the Titans
, including two no ball
s and two wides. He conceded twenty-six runs, and Chilaw Marians
made it to 43 for no loss in the first two overs, with Mbhalati bowling an eleven-ball over. Morkel got Charith Sylvester
out in the third over, but it didn't stop the Marians, as Sylvester's opening partner Ishan Mutaliph slashed 32 in 14 deliveries
before he was caught by Pieter de Bruyn. Spin bowler
Paul Harris managed to get two batsmen out with successive balls and the Marians were set back to 98 for 4 after nine overs. Then, the number six Nimesh Perera
hit South African international Albie Morkel
for boundaries to end wiith hit 39 from 18 deliveries before wicket-keeper
Kruger van Wyk
had him stumped off part-time off-spinner
Johannes Myburgh, who got three wickets for 16 as Chilaw Marians lost their last five for 22 to finish on 179.
However, the Marians did enough with the ball to win the game, with Manoj Chanaka dismissing pinch hitter
Albie Morkel with the second ball of the match, and continuing to plug away. Chanaka and Dinuka Hettiarachchi
got two wickets each in the opening ten overs, but Pieter de Bruyn and van Wyk nurdled the runs about in a partnership lasting 34 deliveries. However, they added 43 runs at that time - well below the average asking rate - and thus the Titans needed 74 from the last 30 deliveries. Off spinner
Janaka Gunaratne took four wickets as the Titans lost five wickets for six runs and finished on 112.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
The hosts Leicestershire Foxes could conceivably have been knocked out of the tournament with a loss in this match, but three knocks worth more than 35 runs and bowling two maiden overs helped them to a 66-run win. HD Ackerman (run-a-ball 28) and Darren Maddy
(42) hit plenty of boundaries in the opening overs to give Leicestershire 76 runs for the first wicket. Maddy took a particular liking to young seamer
Richard Woodman, whom he took for 16 in an over. Then, both openers fell within the space of three balls, but Dinesh Mongia
pushed onward with John Sadler, to add 79 for the third wicket. A few lofted shots to fielders in the deep led to three catches in the final overs, and the final score was 171 for 6, Woodman repairing his figures somewhat with a 19th over that yielded two wickets and went for only five runs, and Leicestershire only added 15 from their last 15 balls.
Somerset Sabres started positively in the chase, making their way to 32 for 2 after four overs, but a wicket maiden over from David Masters
- including the wicket of Somerset captain Ian Blackwell
- set them back. Their batsmen from three through seven were all dismissed in single figures, and though John Francis
made 49, Somerset still needed 91 for the last three wickets. 18-year-old wicket-keeper
Sam Spurway
made his Somerset debut in this match, standing in for the injured Carl Gazzard
, and Spurway made 15 not out, seeing out the last overs as Somerset closed on 106 for 8 to be knocked out of the tournament.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
1 Won one bowl out
2 Lost one bowl out
3 Won two bowl outs
Points system:
Chilaw Marians
failed to convert 33 for 1 after four overs into an above-average total against Leicestershire Foxes, as David Masters
' medium pace bowling
shook up the visitors. Masters got a wicket in each of his first three overs, ending with figures
of 4-1-7-3. With the score 57 for 6 after 10.3 overs, Chilaw were forced to consolidate, although captain
Hasantha Fernando hit two straight sixes off Dinesh Mongia
. However, Ottis Gibson
came back to rip out two wickets at the death, and Chilaw Marians closed on 112 for 9.
The Leicestershire batsmen, however, decided to offer their pads to everything, and the fast bowlers
Manoj Chanaka and Hasantha Fernando shared five wickets in the opening seven overs - three lbw
, one bowled
as the ball hit the pad and then the stumps, and one clean bowled. No batsman passed 15 in the first ten overs, in which Leicestershire lost six men, and only HD Ackerman got into double figures. Leicestershire needed a rebuilding effort from Jim Allenby
and Jeremy Snape
, but Snape was caught behind off by slow left arm bowler Dinuka Hettiarachchi
, leaving them needing 70 runs to win for the last four wickets. Two further lbws set them 26 from the last two overs - after a 27-run stand between Ottis Gibson
and Paul Nixon
, and despite Charl Willoughby
hitting a six with the first ball of the final over, the last two batsman were run out
, giving Chilaw a nine-run victory.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
In conditions where the first match had seen 5.37 runs hit in every over, the PCA Masters XI started well with Chris Gayle
and Craig Spearman
adding 17 for the first wicket, but Faisabalad Wolves'
Samiullah Khan
and Imran Khalid fought back with two wickets each - Samiullah getting Gayle bowled
, while Imran removed Phil DeFreitas and Martin McCague
(who had just before his dismissal hit Imran for six). Thus, the Masters XI were 56 for 6, The former Indian
international Robin Singh
added 32 with Mark Hardinges
through gentle hitting of the ball around the pitch, and was also helped by a dropped catch while on 29. He departed in the nineteenth over, though, giving an easy catch to Naved Latif
for 38, one ball after hitting a straight six. However, Parthiv Patel
and Martyn Ball
added seventeen in the final over, despite Samiullah Khan catching Patel on the fourth ball of the over, and those 17 runs boosted the total to 138 for 9.
Jon Lewis
and Mark Hardinges
took one wicket each with the new ball as they only conceding three runs from the first nine balls, but a few lofted boundaries from Abdul Mannan and Naved Latif
saw the Wolves' third-wicket stand reach 38 from just fifteen deliveries and the asking rate crept down towards six an over. Wickets fell, but Latif continued to hit boundaries, ending with 36 when a straight ball from Chris Gayle
had him lbw
. Gayle continued to beat the bat, ending with three for 13 off his four overs, and his spell left the Wolves needing 36 from 30 balls. However, Mohammad Salman
hit at just the pace required, ending with 28 not out
including one six off Robin Singh. Tauqeer Hussain was left needing a single to win the game off the last ball, hit it for four, and Faisalabad qualified for the final.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
Chilaw Marians
won the toss in the inaugural final of the International 20:20 Club Championship, and opted to bat first against Faisalabad Wolves
. In the first over, they lost their opener Charith Sylvester
lbw for 0, only to score a leg bye
off the next ball and then have Ishan Mutaliph hit 12 runs off three balls. However, coming back for the third on the last ball, his partner Arosha Perera was run out
. The loss of wickets did not stop Mutaliph, however, who hit two sixes and two fours before he was caught off left-armer Samiullah Khan
for 25. The dismissal of Mutaliph slowed the run rate, as Chilaw Marians wanted to build from 32 for 3, but they needed 24 extras and 37 from Nimesh Perera
to get a total of 132.
Mohammad Hafeez
helped the Wolves to 50 in 5.4 over, hitting six fours in a 31 before he was dismissed lbw by spinner
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
, and despite Hettiarachchi taking three for 19, Naved Latif
hit three sixes in a 33-ball 45 not out
to see Faisalabad to a five-wicket win with eleven balls to spare - ending the game with a straight six off Nimesh Perera.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
Twenty20
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competition for club cricket
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teams similar to football's
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FIFA Club World Championship.
The inaugural competition was hosted by Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
from 15 to September 17, 2005.
Squads
| Leicestershire Foxes runners up Twenty20 Cup Twenty20 Cup The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:... 2005 |
Chilaw Marians Chilaw Marians Cricket Club Chilaw Marians Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at Colombo Cricket Club Ground. The club has won the one day Tournament in 2005 Sri Lankan first class competition.... Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... n Twenty20 Cup holders |
Faisalabad Wolves Faisalabad Wolves The Faisalabad Wolves is a Twenty-20 Cup team based in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004 and its home ground is Iqbal Stadium... 2004-05 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2004-05 The ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2004-05 was the 1st edition of the domestic Twenty-20 Cup in Pakistan, sponsored by ABN-AMRO. It was held in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore and LCCA Ground Lahore. This edition had 11 competing teams divided into three groups... Twenty-20 Cup holders |
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| HD Ackerman | (c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
Hasantha Fernando | (c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
Naved Latif Naved Latif Naved Latif is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has played in one Test match, against the West Indies in January/February 2002. During 2004/05 he started playing Twenty20 cricket... |
(c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
| Paul Nixon Paul Nixon Paul Andrew Nixon is an English cricket player who has played for Leicestershire, England, England A, MCC and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman... |
(wk) Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... |
Ishan Mutaliph | (wk) Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... |
Mohammed Salman | (wk) Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... |
| James Allenby | Charith Sylvester Charith Sylvester Charith Sylvester Fernando in Badulla is a Sri Lankan first class cricketer. Debuting in 2001, Sylvester is a left-handed wicket-keeper batsman.-External links:... |
(wk) Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... |
Abdul Mannan | ||
| Stuart Broad Stuart Broad Stuart Christopher John Broad is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for England and is currently the captain of their Twenty20 team... |
Manoj Chanaka | Ahmed Hayat | |||
| Ottis Gibson Ottis Gibson Ottis Delroy Gibson is a cricket coach and former player from Barbados. A pace bowler and exploiter of the older cricket ball for the West Indies, Gibson is now head coach for the West Indies. He previously worked as bowling coach for England.- International career :Gibson made two Test... |
Kalidu Fernando | Asif Hussain | |||
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Faisal Afridi | |||
| Darren Maddy Darren Maddy Darren Lee Maddy is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Warwickshire. He played three Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England, making one international fifty in his ten innings between 1998 and 2000 before he was finally dropped following the tour of Zimbabwe in 2000,... |
Janaka Gunaratne | Ijaz Ahmed junior | |||
| David Masters David Masters David Masters is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Kent, Leicestershire and Essex.David is a very accurate seam bowler who bowls at speeds around 75–80 miles per hour... |
Dinuka Hettiarachchi Dinuka Hettiarachchi Dinuka Hettiarachchi is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.Hettiarachchi began playing cricket in 1995 for Tamil Union. He represented clubs at every level from under-13s to under-19s and beyond to senior level... |
Imran Ali | |||
| John Maunders John Maunders John Maunders is an English cricketer.John Maunders was born in Ashford Middlesex and initially played his cricket for Ashford Cricket Club where he was a key member of a very good colts side.-Career:... |
Praneth Jayasundera | Imran Khalid | |||
| Dinesh Mongia Dinesh Mongia Dinesh Mongia is an Indian cricketer who has appeared in ODIs for India. Mongia is a heavy run-scorer in domestic cricket with just under 6850 runs at an average of just under 50 and his highest score being an unbeaten 308... |
Arosha Perera | Khurram Shehzad | |||
| John Sadler | Dammika Perera | Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm Slow bowler... |
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| Jeremy Snape Jeremy Snape Jeremy Nicholas Snape is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm offbreak. Outside of cricket, he has a Masters in Sports Psychology and has worked with a variety of national cricket teams.... |
Chinthaka Perera | Mohammad Saleem | |||
| Charl Willoughby Charl Willoughby Charl Myles Willoughby is a South African cricketer who played two Tests and three ODIs for South Africa between 2000 and 2003. He played for Boland and Western Province before spending two seasons with the Cape Cobras. He has also played English county cricket, and after a season with... |
Nimesh Perera Nimesh Perera Modara Muthugalage Don Nimesh Randika Gayan Perera is a Sri Lankan first class cricketer. A genuine all rounder, Perera is an aggressive left-handed middle to lower order batsman and a leg spin bowler.... |
Saeed Ajmal Saeed Ajmal Saeed Ajmal ; born 14 October 1977) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler who also uses the Doosra to good effect.-Early life and domestic cricket:... |
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| Dinuk Sulakshana | Samiullah Khan Samiullah Khan (cricketer) Samiullah Khan Niazi is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Sargodha, Faisalabad and Pakistan A as a left-arm medium-fast bowler.... |
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| Mahela Udawatte Mahela Udawatte Mahela Lakmal Udawtte known as Mahela Udawatte is a Sri Lankan opening batsman who made his first class debut in 2004-05 in Sri Lanka and he was also named in the thirty-man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup but failed to make it to the final fifteen... |
Shahid Muzaffar | ||||
| Gayan Wijekoon Gayan Wijekoon Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Gayan Ramyakumara is a Sri Lankan cricketer... |
Tauqeer Hussain | ||||
| Omesh Wijesiriwardene | |||||
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Professional Cricketers' Association Masters XI Professional Cricketers' Association The Professional Cricketers' Association is the representative body of past and present first-class cricketers in England and Wales, founded in 1967... |
Somerset Sabres holders Twenty20 Cup Twenty20 Cup The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:... |
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| Gerald Dros Gerald Dros Gerald Dros is a South African-born Irish cricketer. He has represented both Ireland and South Africa during his cricketing career.... |
(c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
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(c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
Ian Blackwell Ian Blackwell Ian David Blackwell is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman, he has played for England in one-day and Test sides, and plays county cricket for Durham, having left Somerset at the end of the 2008 season.-Career:Blackwell was called up for the England... |
(c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
| Kruger van Wyk Kruger Van Wyk Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk in Wolmaransstad. He is a South African cricketer who plays for the Central Districts Stags . Kruger is a Wicket Keeper Batsman... |
(wk) Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... |
Parthiv Patel Parthiv Patel Parthiv Ajay Patel is an Indian cricketer, wicketkeeper-batsman, and a member of the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman. He got married in 2008 to Avni Zaveri.- ODI career :... |
(wk) Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... |
Carl Gazzard Carl Gazzard Carl Gazzard is a former English cricketer who played for Somerset. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.He made his debut for Cornwall in 1998 and was their regular wicket-keeper in 1998 and 1999... |
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| Maurice Aronstam Maurice Aronstam Maurice Albert Aronstam is a South African first class cricketer for Northerns. An allrounder, he is a right-handed opening batsman and legbreak bowler. He has a highest score of 201 not out and best bowling figures of 5 for 10.-References:... |
Phil DeFreitas | Sam Spurway Sam Spurway Samuel Harold Patrick Spurway is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Somerset before he was released in 2007. He was born in Taunton.... |
(wk) Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike... |
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| Goolam Bodi | Rohan Gavaskar Rohan Gavaskar Rohan Sunil Gavaskar is an Indian cricketer who has played in 11 One Day Internationals. He is a specialist middle-order left-handed batsman and an occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler. He studied at St... |
Gareth Andrew Gareth Andrew Gareth Mark Andrew is an English cricketer who plays for Worcestershire. He is a fast medium bowler and left-handed batsman. He toured Australia with the England Under-17 team in 1997, made his debut for the Somerset 2nd XI in 1999 and played for the Somerset Cricket Board in the Nat West Bank... |
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| Pierre de Bruyn Pierre de Bruyn Pierre de Bruyn is a South African cricketer. de Bruyn is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Pretoria, Transvaal Province.-External links:* at ESPNcricinfo* at CricketArchive... |
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| Francois du Plessis Francois du Plessis Francois "Faf" du Plessis is a right-handed batsman who plays One Day International cricket for South Africa and is a former under 19 representative.... |
Mark Hardinges Mark Hardinges Mark Andrew Hardinges is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.... |
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| Paul Harris | Martin McCague Martin McCague Martin John McCague is a cricketer who played for England in 3 Tests from 1993 to 1994.His development as a cricketer started in Australia, where he grew up. He played first-class cricket for Kent, who due to his Northern Ireland origins were allowed to field both him and an overseas player... |
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| Ethy Mbhalati | Jon Lewis Jon Lewis Jonathan "Jon" Lewis is an English cricketer. He was brought up in Swindon where he went to Churchfields School and Swindon College. He played for Swindon CC and, in Minor Counties cricket, for Wiltshire County Cricket Club in 1993. He joined Northamptonshire in 1994 and played for its Second XI... |
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| Albie Morkel Albie Morkel Johannes Albertus Morkel , better known as Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm- medium fast and bats left-handed. He is famous for his six hitting abilities in Twenty20 cricket... |
Nadeem Shahid Nadeem Shahid Nadeem 'Nads' Shahid is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Essex and Surrey. In his 148 game career as a right-handed batsman, he made 6453 runs at 31.02 with 9 hundreds.... |
James Hildreth James Hildreth James Charles Hildreth is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. He attended Millfield School, Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Hildreth represented England at all youth levels including the 2003-04 Under-19 World cup... |
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| Morne Morkel Morne Morkel Morné Morkel is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. He is a right-arm fast bowler with "genuine pace" according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald, and a useful lower order left-handed batsman. Some believe he has the ability to become a genuine... |
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Keith Parsons Keith Parsons Keith Alan Parsons is an English cricketer who played first-class for Somerset between 1992 and 2008. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.... |
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| Johannes Myburgh | Robin Singh Robin Singh Robin Singh , full name Rabindra Ramanarayan Singh is a former all-rounder who played for India. He is currently the coach of Mumbai Indians... |
Arul Suppiah Arul Suppiah Arul Vivasvan Suppiah is an English/Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1999, and currently plays county cricket in England for Somerset.... |
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| Alviro Petersen Alviro Petersen Alviro Nathan Petersen is a South African cricketer who plays his domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions. He has represented his country at international level in One Day International cricket as a specialist batsman. On the 14th of February 2010, he became the third South African after Andrew... |
Craig Spearman Craig Spearman Craig Murray Spearman played 19 Tests and 51 One Day Internationals for New Zealand from 1995 - 2001.A right-handed opening batsman, Spearman made his international debut for New Zealand in a Test Match in December 1995 against Pakistan at Christchurch... |
Matthew Wood Matthew Wood (cricketer) Matthew James Wood is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler.-Career:... |
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| Aaron Phangiso | Javagal Srinath Javagal Srinath Javagal Srinath is a former Indian cricketer. He was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement, being the second Indian pace bowler after Kapil Dev to take 200 Test wickets. One ball that he bowled during the 1996 tour of South Africa measured... |
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Chilaw Marians v PCA Masters XI (15 September)
No result; PCA Masters (2pts) beat Chilaw Marians (0pts) 6-2 in bowl-outOnly thirteen deliveries
Delivery (cricket)
A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...
were possible outdoors at Grace Road
Grace Road
Grace Road is a cricket ground, in Leicester, England, home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club.-History:The land which Grace Road is built on was bought by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1877 from the then Duke of Rutland and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club,...
in the inaugural Twenty20 Club Championship match. West Indian
West Indian cricket team
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off-spinner Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...
bowled an expensive first over
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In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....
, conceding 16 runs including five off wides, and Chilaw Marians
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at Colombo Cricket Club Ground. The club has won the one day Tournament in 2005 Sri Lankan first class competition....
made 21 for no loss from 13 balls. However, rain forced the players inside, where the PCA Masters XI won the bowl out competition by a margin of 6-2.
(Cricinfo scorecard)
Leicestershire v Faisalabad (15 September)
No result; Leicestershire (2pts) beat Faisalabad (0pts) 5-3 in bowl-outRain fell steadily on Grace Road
Grace Road
Grace Road is a cricket ground, in Leicester, England, home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club.-History:The land which Grace Road is built on was bought by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1877 from the then Duke of Rutland and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club,...
as the second of three scheduled Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
matches in the Twenty20 Club Championship on 15 September 2005 was rained off. The match result was decided by an indoor bowl out competition, which Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
won 5-3.
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PCA Masters XI v Titans (15 September)
No result; PCA Masters (2pts) beat Titans (0pts) 6-5 in bowl-outTitans
Titans cricket team
The Nashua Titans is the name used by the combined Easterns and Northerns first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues of the Titans are at SuperSport Park, Centurion and Willowmoore Park, Benoni...
and PCA Masters XI were held indoors by the weather, and a bowl out determined the result. After both sides had used five players, the score was still 5-5, but Paul Harris missed the stumps
Stump (cricket)
Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three different meanings:# part of the wicket# a manner of dismissing a batsman# the end of the day's play .-Part of the wicket:...
while Jon Lewis
Jon Lewis
Jonathan "Jon" Lewis is an English cricketer. He was brought up in Swindon where he went to Churchfields School and Swindon College. He played for Swindon CC and, in Minor Counties cricket, for Wiltshire County Cricket Club in 1993. He joined Northamptonshire in 1994 and played for its Second XI...
hit, giving PCA Masters the win and a semi-final place.
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Somerset v Faisalabad (16 September)
Faisalabad (2pts) beat Somerset (0pts) by 30 runsFaisalabad Wolves
Faisalabad cricket team
Faisalabad Cricket Team is one of the 8 regional first-class cricket clubs, based in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Its limited overs team is called Interloop Wolves Faisalabad...
overcame the reigning English Twenty20 Cup
Twenty20 Cup
The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...
champions Somerset Sabres thanks to the all-round efforts of Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm Slow bowler...
. Opening the batting, he hit six sixes and six fours in a 35-ball 79, and helped by the 17 extras
Extra (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, an extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball.Other than runs scored off the bat from a no ball, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score...
and 40 from Ijaz Ahmed junior, the Pakistani club made 207 for 5. Arul Suppiah
Arul Suppiah
Arul Vivasvan Suppiah is an English/Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1999, and currently plays county cricket in England for Somerset....
took one wicket and conceded five runs for Somerset in his lone over, but was still taken off, possibly due to the two wides he bowled. Somerset needed 10.35 off every over, and they took ten off the first, but wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
Carl Gazzard
Carl Gazzard
Carl Gazzard is a former English cricketer who played for Somerset. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.He made his debut for Cornwall in 1998 and was their regular wicket-keeper in 1998 and 1999...
had to retire hurt
Substitute (cricket)
A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game...
and Wood was caught by Hafeez, leaving the score at 31 for 2 (effectively, counting Gazzard's retirement as a wicket) with Ian Blackwell
Ian Blackwell
Ian David Blackwell is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman, he has played for England in one-day and Test sides, and plays county cricket for Durham, having left Somerset at the end of the 2008 season.-Career:Blackwell was called up for the England...
at the crease. He took 14 fours and two sixes in a 48-ball 82, but once he departed the remainder of the batting order failed to keep up with the asking rate of nearly twelve an over. Hafeez wrapped up the tail, taking three for 23, but credit also went to Samiullah Khan
Samiullah Khan (cricketer)
Samiullah Khan Niazi is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Sargodha, Faisalabad and Pakistan A as a left-arm medium-fast bowler....
, who earlier dismissed Somerset opener Matthew Wood
Matthew Wood (cricketer)
Matthew James Wood is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler.-Career:...
and number four James Hildreth
James Hildreth
James Charles Hildreth is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. He attended Millfield School, Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Hildreth represented England at all youth levels including the 2003-04 Under-19 World cup...
.
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Titans v Chilaw Marians (16 September)
Chilaw Marians (2pts) beat Titans (0pts) by 67 runsThis match, effectively a quarter-final as the PCA Masters XI already had qualified for the semi-finals through their two bowl out wins, started with Morne Morkel
Morne Morkel
Morné Morkel is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. He is a right-arm fast bowler with "genuine pace" according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald, and a useful lower order left-handed batsman. Some believe he has the ability to become a genuine...
bowling a ten-ball over for the Titans
Titans cricket team
The Nashua Titans is the name used by the combined Easterns and Northerns first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues of the Titans are at SuperSport Park, Centurion and Willowmoore Park, Benoni...
, including two no ball
No ball
In the sport of cricket a no ball is a penalty against the fielding team, usually as a result of an illegal delivery by the bowler. The delivery of a no ball results in one run to be added to the batting team's score, and an additional ball must be bowled...
s and two wides. He conceded twenty-six runs, and Chilaw Marians
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at Colombo Cricket Club Ground. The club has won the one day Tournament in 2005 Sri Lankan first class competition....
made it to 43 for no loss in the first two overs, with Mbhalati bowling an eleven-ball over. Morkel got Charith Sylvester
Charith Sylvester
Charith Sylvester Fernando in Badulla is a Sri Lankan first class cricketer. Debuting in 2001, Sylvester is a left-handed wicket-keeper batsman.-External links:...
out in the third over, but it didn't stop the Marians, as Sylvester's opening partner Ishan Mutaliph slashed 32 in 14 deliveries
Delivery (cricket)
A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...
before he was caught by Pieter de Bruyn. Spin bowler
Spin bowling
Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the...
Paul Harris managed to get two batsmen out with successive balls and the Marians were set back to 98 for 4 after nine overs. Then, the number six Nimesh Perera
Nimesh Perera
Modara Muthugalage Don Nimesh Randika Gayan Perera is a Sri Lankan first class cricketer. A genuine all rounder, Perera is an aggressive left-handed middle to lower order batsman and a leg spin bowler....
hit South African international Albie Morkel
Albie Morkel
Johannes Albertus Morkel , better known as Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm- medium fast and bats left-handed. He is famous for his six hitting abilities in Twenty20 cricket...
for boundaries to end wiith hit 39 from 18 deliveries before wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
Kruger van Wyk
Kruger Van Wyk
Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk in Wolmaransstad. He is a South African cricketer who plays for the Central Districts Stags . Kruger is a Wicket Keeper Batsman...
had him stumped off part-time off-spinner
Off break
Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....
Johannes Myburgh, who got three wickets for 16 as Chilaw Marians lost their last five for 22 to finish on 179.
However, the Marians did enough with the ball to win the game, with Manoj Chanaka dismissing pinch hitter
Pinch hitter (cricket)
In cricket, pinch hitter is the usual term for a batsman promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. As attempting to score runs quickly involves playing more aggressive shots and thus an increased likelihood of being dismissed, it is generally considered unwise for a top-order...
Albie Morkel with the second ball of the match, and continuing to plug away. Chanaka and Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Dinuka Hettiarachchi is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.Hettiarachchi began playing cricket in 1995 for Tamil Union. He represented clubs at every level from under-13s to under-19s and beyond to senior level...
got two wickets each in the opening ten overs, but Pieter de Bruyn and van Wyk nurdled the runs about in a partnership lasting 34 deliveries. However, they added 43 runs at that time - well below the average asking rate - and thus the Titans needed 74 from the last 30 deliveries. Off spinner
Off break
Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....
Janaka Gunaratne took four wickets as the Titans lost five wickets for six runs and finished on 112.
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Leicestershire v Somerset (16 September)
Leicestershire (2pts) beat Somerset (0pts) by 66 runsThe hosts Leicestershire Foxes could conceivably have been knocked out of the tournament with a loss in this match, but three knocks worth more than 35 runs and bowling two maiden overs helped them to a 66-run win. HD Ackerman (run-a-ball 28) and Darren Maddy
Darren Maddy
Darren Lee Maddy is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Warwickshire. He played three Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England, making one international fifty in his ten innings between 1998 and 2000 before he was finally dropped following the tour of Zimbabwe in 2000,...
(42) hit plenty of boundaries in the opening overs to give Leicestershire 76 runs for the first wicket. Maddy took a particular liking to young seamer
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
Richard Woodman, whom he took for 16 in an over. Then, both openers fell within the space of three balls, but Dinesh Mongia
Dinesh Mongia
Dinesh Mongia is an Indian cricketer who has appeared in ODIs for India. Mongia is a heavy run-scorer in domestic cricket with just under 6850 runs at an average of just under 50 and his highest score being an unbeaten 308...
pushed onward with John Sadler, to add 79 for the third wicket. A few lofted shots to fielders in the deep led to three catches in the final overs, and the final score was 171 for 6, Woodman repairing his figures somewhat with a 19th over that yielded two wickets and went for only five runs, and Leicestershire only added 15 from their last 15 balls.
Somerset Sabres started positively in the chase, making their way to 32 for 2 after four overs, but a wicket maiden over from David Masters
David Masters
David Masters is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Kent, Leicestershire and Essex.David is a very accurate seam bowler who bowls at speeds around 75–80 miles per hour...
- including the wicket of Somerset captain Ian Blackwell
Ian Blackwell
Ian David Blackwell is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman, he has played for England in one-day and Test sides, and plays county cricket for Durham, having left Somerset at the end of the 2008 season.-Career:Blackwell was called up for the England...
- set them back. Their batsmen from three through seven were all dismissed in single figures, and though John Francis
John Francis (cricketer)
John Francis is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. He is a left-handed batsman and an occasional slow left-arm bowler....
made 49, Somerset still needed 91 for the last three wickets. 18-year-old wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
Sam Spurway
Sam Spurway
Samuel Harold Patrick Spurway is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Somerset before he was released in 2007. He was born in Taunton....
made his Somerset debut in this match, standing in for the injured Carl Gazzard
Carl Gazzard
Carl Gazzard is a former English cricketer who played for Somerset. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.He made his debut for Cornwall in 1998 and was their regular wicket-keeper in 1998 and 1999...
, and Spurway made 15 not out, seeing out the last overs as Somerset closed on 106 for 8 to be knocked out of the tournament.
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Group Tables
| Team | Pld | Won | Lost | NR | Pts | NRR Net run rate Net Run Rate is a statistic used in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of separating teams in one-day league competitions, effectively acting as the Cricket equivalent of "goal difference" in football.... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | ||||||
| Leicestershire Foxes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +3.30 |
| Faisalabad Wolves | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +1.50 |
| Somerset Sabres | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2.40 |
| Group B | ||||||
| PCA Masters XI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Chilaw Marians | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +3.35 |
| Nashua Titans | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | -3.35 |
1 Won one bowl out
2 Lost one bowl out
3 Won two bowl outs
Points system:
- 2 points awarded for a victory
- 1 point awarded to each team for a tie
- If the match was cancelled and a no result declared, the winner of a bowl out competition were to be awarded two points.
Leicestershire v Chilaw Marians (17 September)
Chilaw Marians won by nine runs and qualified for the International 20:20 Club Championship FinalChilaw Marians
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at Colombo Cricket Club Ground. The club has won the one day Tournament in 2005 Sri Lankan first class competition....
failed to convert 33 for 1 after four overs into an above-average total against Leicestershire Foxes, as David Masters
David Masters
David Masters is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Kent, Leicestershire and Essex.David is a very accurate seam bowler who bowls at speeds around 75–80 miles per hour...
' medium pace bowling
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
shook up the visitors. Masters got a wicket in each of his first three overs, ending with figures
Bowling analysis
In the sport of cricket, a bowling analysis usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens , total runs conceded and number of wickets taken...
of 4-1-7-3. With the score 57 for 6 after 10.3 overs, Chilaw were forced to consolidate, although captain
Captain (cricket)
The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
Hasantha Fernando hit two straight sixes off Dinesh Mongia
Dinesh Mongia
Dinesh Mongia is an Indian cricketer who has appeared in ODIs for India. Mongia is a heavy run-scorer in domestic cricket with just under 6850 runs at an average of just under 50 and his highest score being an unbeaten 308...
. However, Ottis Gibson
Ottis Gibson
Ottis Delroy Gibson is a cricket coach and former player from Barbados. A pace bowler and exploiter of the older cricket ball for the West Indies, Gibson is now head coach for the West Indies. He previously worked as bowling coach for England.- International career :Gibson made two Test...
came back to rip out two wickets at the death, and Chilaw Marians closed on 112 for 9.
The Leicestershire batsmen, however, decided to offer their pads to everything, and the fast bowlers
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
Manoj Chanaka and Hasantha Fernando shared five wickets in the opening seven overs - three lbw
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
, one bowled
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
as the ball hit the pad and then the stumps, and one clean bowled. No batsman passed 15 in the first ten overs, in which Leicestershire lost six men, and only HD Ackerman got into double figures. Leicestershire needed a rebuilding effort from Jim Allenby
Jim Allenby
James 'Jim' Allenby is an Australian cricketer currently playing for Glamorgan. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....
and Jeremy Snape
Jeremy Snape
Jeremy Nicholas Snape is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm offbreak. Outside of cricket, he has a Masters in Sports Psychology and has worked with a variety of national cricket teams....
, but Snape was caught behind off by slow left arm bowler Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Dinuka Hettiarachchi is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.Hettiarachchi began playing cricket in 1995 for Tamil Union. He represented clubs at every level from under-13s to under-19s and beyond to senior level...
, leaving them needing 70 runs to win for the last four wickets. Two further lbws set them 26 from the last two overs - after a 27-run stand between Ottis Gibson
Ottis Gibson
Ottis Delroy Gibson is a cricket coach and former player from Barbados. A pace bowler and exploiter of the older cricket ball for the West Indies, Gibson is now head coach for the West Indies. He previously worked as bowling coach for England.- International career :Gibson made two Test...
and Paul Nixon
Paul Nixon
Paul Andrew Nixon is an English cricket player who has played for Leicestershire, England, England A, MCC and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman...
, and despite Charl Willoughby
Charl Willoughby
Charl Myles Willoughby is a South African cricketer who played two Tests and three ODIs for South Africa between 2000 and 2003. He played for Boland and Western Province before spending two seasons with the Cape Cobras. He has also played English county cricket, and after a season with...
hitting a six with the first ball of the final over, the last two batsman were run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
, giving Chilaw a nine-run victory.
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PCA Masters XI v Faisalabad (17 September)
Faisalabad beat PCA Masters XI by three wickets to qualify for the International 20:20 Club Championship FinalIn conditions where the first match had seen 5.37 runs hit in every over, the PCA Masters XI started well with Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...
and Craig Spearman
Craig Spearman
Craig Murray Spearman played 19 Tests and 51 One Day Internationals for New Zealand from 1995 - 2001.A right-handed opening batsman, Spearman made his international debut for New Zealand in a Test Match in December 1995 against Pakistan at Christchurch...
adding 17 for the first wicket, but Faisabalad Wolves'
Faisalabad cricket team
Faisalabad Cricket Team is one of the 8 regional first-class cricket clubs, based in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Its limited overs team is called Interloop Wolves Faisalabad...
Samiullah Khan
Samiullah Khan (cricketer)
Samiullah Khan Niazi is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Sargodha, Faisalabad and Pakistan A as a left-arm medium-fast bowler....
and Imran Khalid fought back with two wickets each - Samiullah getting Gayle bowled
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
, while Imran removed Phil DeFreitas and Martin McCague
Martin McCague
Martin John McCague is a cricketer who played for England in 3 Tests from 1993 to 1994.His development as a cricketer started in Australia, where he grew up. He played first-class cricket for Kent, who due to his Northern Ireland origins were allowed to field both him and an overseas player...
(who had just before his dismissal hit Imran for six). Thus, the Masters XI were 56 for 6, The former Indian
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
international Robin Singh
Robin Singh
Robin Singh , full name Rabindra Ramanarayan Singh is a former all-rounder who played for India. He is currently the coach of Mumbai Indians...
added 32 with Mark Hardinges
Mark Hardinges
Mark Andrew Hardinges is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....
through gentle hitting of the ball around the pitch, and was also helped by a dropped catch while on 29. He departed in the nineteenth over, though, giving an easy catch to Naved Latif
Naved Latif
Naved Latif is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has played in one Test match, against the West Indies in January/February 2002. During 2004/05 he started playing Twenty20 cricket...
for 38, one ball after hitting a straight six. However, Parthiv Patel
Parthiv Patel
Parthiv Ajay Patel is an Indian cricketer, wicketkeeper-batsman, and a member of the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman. He got married in 2008 to Avni Zaveri.- ODI career :...
and Martyn Ball
Martyn Ball
Martyn Charles John Ball is an English former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. He spent his 19 year career at Gloucestershire....
added seventeen in the final over, despite Samiullah Khan catching Patel on the fourth ball of the over, and those 17 runs boosted the total to 138 for 9.
Jon Lewis
Jon Lewis
Jonathan "Jon" Lewis is an English cricketer. He was brought up in Swindon where he went to Churchfields School and Swindon College. He played for Swindon CC and, in Minor Counties cricket, for Wiltshire County Cricket Club in 1993. He joined Northamptonshire in 1994 and played for its Second XI...
and Mark Hardinges
Mark Hardinges
Mark Andrew Hardinges is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....
took one wicket each with the new ball as they only conceding three runs from the first nine balls, but a few lofted boundaries from Abdul Mannan and Naved Latif
Naved Latif
Naved Latif is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has played in one Test match, against the West Indies in January/February 2002. During 2004/05 he started playing Twenty20 cricket...
saw the Wolves' third-wicket stand reach 38 from just fifteen deliveries and the asking rate crept down towards six an over. Wickets fell, but Latif continued to hit boundaries, ending with 36 when a straight ball from Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...
had him lbw
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
. Gayle continued to beat the bat, ending with three for 13 off his four overs, and his spell left the Wolves needing 36 from 30 balls. However, Mohammad Salman
Mohammad Salman
Mohammad Salman is an international cricketer from Pakistan. He is a right handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He was brought in as a replacement for Kamran Akmal.-International:...
hit at just the pace required, ending with 28 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
including one six off Robin Singh. Tauqeer Hussain was left needing a single to win the game off the last ball, hit it for four, and Faisalabad qualified for the final.
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Chilaw Marians v Faisalabad (17 September)
Faisalabad won by five wickets and won the International 20:20 Club ChampionshipChilaw Marians
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at Colombo Cricket Club Ground. The club has won the one day Tournament in 2005 Sri Lankan first class competition....
won the toss in the inaugural final of the International 20:20 Club Championship, and opted to bat first against Faisalabad Wolves
Faisalabad cricket team
Faisalabad Cricket Team is one of the 8 regional first-class cricket clubs, based in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Its limited overs team is called Interloop Wolves Faisalabad...
. In the first over, they lost their opener Charith Sylvester
Charith Sylvester
Charith Sylvester Fernando in Badulla is a Sri Lankan first class cricketer. Debuting in 2001, Sylvester is a left-handed wicket-keeper batsman.-External links:...
lbw for 0, only to score a leg bye
Leg bye
In the sport of cricket, a leg bye is a run scored by the batting team when the batsman has not hit the ball with his bat, but the ball has hit the batsman's body or protective gear.-Scoring leg byes:...
off the next ball and then have Ishan Mutaliph hit 12 runs off three balls. However, coming back for the third on the last ball, his partner Arosha Perera was run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
. The loss of wickets did not stop Mutaliph, however, who hit two sixes and two fours before he was caught off left-armer Samiullah Khan
Samiullah Khan (cricketer)
Samiullah Khan Niazi is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Sargodha, Faisalabad and Pakistan A as a left-arm medium-fast bowler....
for 25. The dismissal of Mutaliph slowed the run rate, as Chilaw Marians wanted to build from 32 for 3, but they needed 24 extras and 37 from Nimesh Perera
Nimesh Perera
Modara Muthugalage Don Nimesh Randika Gayan Perera is a Sri Lankan first class cricketer. A genuine all rounder, Perera is an aggressive left-handed middle to lower order batsman and a leg spin bowler....
to get a total of 132.
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm Slow bowler...
helped the Wolves to 50 in 5.4 over, hitting six fours in a 31 before he was dismissed lbw by spinner
Spin bowling
Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the...
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Dinuka Hettiarachchi is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.Hettiarachchi began playing cricket in 1995 for Tamil Union. He represented clubs at every level from under-13s to under-19s and beyond to senior level...
, and despite Hettiarachchi taking three for 19, Naved Latif
Naved Latif
Naved Latif is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has played in one Test match, against the West Indies in January/February 2002. During 2004/05 he started playing Twenty20 cricket...
hit three sixes in a 33-ball 45 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
to see Faisalabad to a five-wicket win with eleven balls to spare - ending the game with a straight six off Nimesh Perera.
(Cricinfo scorecard)