Eagles v Somerset

Champions League Twenty20 - 14th match, League A

Eagles v Somerset

Eagles won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

• Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
• Played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad (neutral venue)
• 16 October 2009 (20-over match)

	Somerset innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	C Kieswetter†	lbw b de Villiers	8	9	2	0	88.88
	1.4 got him this time, pitching on a length and coming in, hits Kieswetter in front of middle, height's not a problem either, the umpire's finger is up in a jiffy, barely any footwork from Keiswetter there 11/1
	JL Langer*	b Tshabalala	12	14	2	0	85.71
	6.1 no bad start for him, the very best start for him, in fact, he yorks Langer, who misses the ball which goes on to hit middle and leg stump 40/4
	AV Suppiah	lbw b de Villiers	0	1	0	0	0.00
	1.5 de Villiers is on fire here, continuing the form of the Eliminator, he gets Suppiah lbw now, again the ball was slanting in, hits the batsman's pads between middle and off, he's got to go 12/2
	Z de Bruyn	c AP McLaren b de Villiers	2	8	0	0	25.00
	3.4 de Bruyn is gone, de Villiers gets three, not a great delivery, short and wide, de Bruyn flatbats it, mistimed and it lobs to mid-off for an easy catch 18/3
	JC Hildreth	c Rossouw b Coetzee	31	40	2	0	77.50
	19.3 another wicket, no runs in the final over so far, this was chipped tamely to mid-on by Hildreth, just couldn't get enough power behind that 131/8
	PD Trego	c & b Kruger	6	11	0	0	54.54
	8.6 this tournament has seen some great caught-and-bowled catches, add one more to the list, Trego bunts a fullish ball to the bowler's left, just below shoulder height, Kruger sticks out his left hand, the ball sticks, Trego is out 52/5
	WJ Durston	c R McLaren b de Villiers	57	32	10	0	178.12
	18.2 the slower ball does the trick for Eagles, Durston mistimes his swipe at it, the ball loops towards long-on, McLaren races forward from the boundary to take the catch 129/6
	BJ Phillips	c AP McLaren b Coetzee	0	4	0	0	0.00
	19.1 Adrian McLaren takes stunning one-handed catch at short fine leg to dismiss Phillips, who was looking to hoick it to the leg side, gets an edge, it didn't seem that the less-than-athletic Adrian McLaren would reach it, doffs his hat after that 131/7
	AC Thomas	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
	MTC Waller	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 10, w 3, nb 2)	15
	Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs)	132	(6.60 runs per over)

Did not bat CM Willoughby

Fall of wickets1-11 (Kieswetter, 1.4 ov), 2-12 (Suppiah, 1.5 ov), 3-18 (de Bruyn, 3.4 ov), 4-40 (Langer, 6.1 ov), 5-52 (Trego, 8.6 ov), 6-129 (Durston, 18.2 ov), 7-131 (Phillips, 19.1 ov), 8-131 (Hildreth, 19.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Coetzee	4	0	24	2	6.00	(1nb)
	19.1 to Phillips, Adrian McLaren takes stunning one-handed catch at short fine leg to dismiss Phillips, who was looking to hoick it to the leg side, gets an edge, it didn't seem that the less-than-athletic Adrian McLaren would reach it, doffs his hat after that 131/7 19.3 to Hildreth, another wicket, no runs in the final over so far, this was chipped tamely to mid-on by Hildreth, just couldn't get enough power behind that 131/8
CJD de Villiers	4	2	17	4	4.25	(2w)
	1.4 to Kieswetter, got him this time, pitching on a length and coming in, hits Kieswetter in front of middle, height's not a problem either, the umpire's finger is up in a jiffy, barely any footwork from Keiswetter there 11/1 1.5 to Suppiah, de Villiers is on fire here, continuing the form of the Eliminator, he gets Suppiah lbw now, again the ball was slanting in, hits the batsman's pads between middle and off, he's got to go 12/2 3.4 to de Bruyn, de Bruyn is gone, de Villiers gets three, not a great delivery, short and wide, de Bruyn flatbats it, mistimed and it lobs to mid-off for an easy catch 18/3 18.2 to Durston, the slower ball does the trick for Eagles, Durston mistimes his swipe at it, the ball loops towards long-on, McLaren races forward from the boundary to take the catch 129/6
SC van Schalkwyk	1	0	9	0	9.00	(1nb)
R McLaren	4	0	31	0	7.75
T Tshabalala	3	0	18	1	6.00	(1w)
	6.1 to Langer, no bad start for him, the very best start for him, in fact, he yorks Langer, who misses the ball which goes on to hit middle and leg stump 40/4
AK Kruger	3	0	14	1	4.66
	8.6 to Trego, this tournament has seen some great caught-and-bowled catches, add one more to the list, Trego bunts a fullish ball to the bowler's left, just below shoulder height, Kruger sticks out his left hand, the ball sticks, Trego is out 52/5
RT Bailey	1	0	9	0	9.00

Eagles innings (target: 133 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MN van Wyk†	c †Kieswetter b Thomas	47	41	4	1	114.63
	16.5 van Wyk misses out on his fifty, he looked to pull another short ball, gets a top edge towards short fine leg, the keeper runs across and takes a good, diving catch 126/4
RR Rossouw	c Thomas b Willoughby	13	8	1	1	162.50
	1.6 Rossouw is gone, Somerset needed to get rid of him early and they have, a length ball outside off, Rossouw tries to blast it over mid-on, gets it off the toe end of the bat, the ball is in the air for a very long time, Thomas keeps his nerves and pouches it at mid-on 16/1
AP McLaren	c Durston b Willoughby	13	14	3	0	92.85
	5.3 back of length ball on the pads, McLaren looks to swing that to square leg, mishits it, and again it's goes very high in the air, short fine leg remains cool and takes the catch 46/2
HH Dippenaar*	c Durston b Waller	18	19	2	0	94.73
	11.1 Waller gets the wicket of Dippenaar, ho chips a length ball after waltzing down the track, can't get enough power behind the stroke and it sails to the waiting fielder at long-off, much-needed wicket for Somerset 77/3
RT Bailey	c Waller b Thomas	29	24	4	0	120.83
	18.3 even more waiting for Eagles, as the batsman slaps a back of length ball to backward point 132/5
R McLaren	not out	4	5	1	0	80.00
AK Kruger	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, w 1)	9
Total	(5 wickets; 18.4 overs)	133	(7.12 runs per over)

Did not bat J Coetzee, CJD de Villiers, T Tshabalala, SC van Schalkwyk

Fall of wickets1-16 (Rossouw, 1.6 ov), 2-46 (AP McLaren, 5.3 ov), 3-77 (Dippenaar, 11.1 ov), 4-126 (van Wyk, 16.5 ov), 5-132 (Bailey, 18.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AC Thomas	3.4	0	20	2	5.45
	16.5 to van Wyk, van Wyk misses out on his fifty, he looked to pull another short ball, gets a top edge towards short fine leg, the keeper runs across and takes a good, diving catch 126/4 18.3 to Bailey, even more waiting for Eagles, as the batsman slaps a back of length ball to backward point 132/5
CM Willoughby	4	0	29	2	7.25
	1.6 to Rossouw, Rossouw is gone, Somerset needed to get rid of him early and they have, a length ball outside off, Rossouw tries to blast it over mid-on, gets it off the toe end of the bat, the ball is in the air for a very long time, Thomas keeps his nerves and pouches it at mid-on 16/1 5.3 to AP McLaren, back of length ball on the pads, McLaren looks to swing that to square leg, mishits it, and again it's goes very high in the air, short fine leg remains cool and takes the catch 46/2
BJ Phillips	4	0	22	0	5.50	(1w)
MTC Waller	4	0	28	1	7.00
	11.1 to Dippenaar, Waller gets the wicket of Dippenaar, ho chips a length ball after waltzing down the track, can't get enough power behind the stroke and it sails to the waiting fielder at long-off, much-needed wicket for Somerset 77/3
PD Trego	3	0	26	0	8.66

Match details

Toss Somerset, who chose to bat Points Eagles 2, Somerset 0

Player of the match CJD de Villiers (Eagles)

Umpires RE Koertzen (South Africa) and AM Saheba TV umpire DJ Harper (Australia) Match referee S Venkataraghavan Reserve umpire S Ravi

Match notes

Somerset innings Somerset: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (52 balls), Extras 11 Somerset: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (95 balls), Extras 12 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (JC Hildreth 14, WJ Durston 35, Ex 1) WJ Durston: 50 off 26 balls (9 x 4) Innings Break: Somerset - 132/8 in 20.0 overs (AC Thomas 1, MTC Waller 0) Eagles innings Eagles: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (40 balls), Extras 4 Eagles: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (85 balls), Extras 4