T20 Champions League SF - Redbacks v Warriors

[brod]

Fergusson drops tough chance..thats five half chances missed

[brod]

Harris get another wicket..back to back three fors

Boucher c Christian b Harris 25 (21)

Warriors 5/144 (18)

Harris 4 overs 3/18..career best figures

[brod]

Wicket to Tait

Botha c Putland b Tait 6 (8)

Warriors 6/146 (18.3)

[brod]

Christian bowling last over

664 so far

[brod]

Christian goes for 23 off the last over..

his three overs cost 45 tonight

after the first 7 went for 77, the next 12 went for 75...last went for 23

[brod]

SA need 176 to win..SA have scored this 8 times in 25 T20 cricket matches (3 times in this tournament), but only once chasing..against Mumbai last week

[brod]

3.2 Harris out for 8 (14 balls)
3.3 Kliner 6
3.5 Kliner out for 13 (9 balls)

SA 2/21 ( 4overs)

[Jim05]

FFS what a pathetic batting display. Would have rather been rolled for 50 having a dip than sitting up to 5am to eatch that

[Gozu]

2nd Semi-Final

Chevrolet Warriors 6/175

Jacobs 61 (41)
Ingram 46 (35)

Harris 3/18 (4)
Tait 2/38 (4)


South Australia 7/145

Ferguson 71 (49)

Tsotsobe 2/16 (4)
Botha 2/34 (4)

Warriors won by 30 runs

[Dogmatic]

FFS what a pathetic batting display. Would have rather been rolled for 50 having a dip than sitting up to 5am to eatch that

Jim, it wasn't the batting that cost SA it may have been a by product in the end.

Sometimes a game can be changed with some individual brilliance.
Unfortunately this does not fit that category.
Klinger changed the game by bowling OB in the 2nd after Tait got on top in the 1st.
Bad mistake, fielding restrictions gave the batsmen free hits.
Momentum is the most important thing in cricket and if you have it don't give it away.
After that over the momentum changed, all the redback bowlers struggled for some time.
SA did a fantastic job when the pitch started to slow up and got back into the game.
Giving the ball back to Tait when the slow ballers were dominating was the next mistake.
Even though he didn't bowl too bad his pace caused the ball to fly.
Exhaust all your slow bowlers before you bring the pace back on.
Boucher batted ordinary and got out on his best hit of his innings.
The last over was a disaster, very poor bowling from Christian.
Bowled to the strengths of the batsmen.
Can't work out why Klinger opened the bowling with OB biut then didn't utilise his 4th over when the conditions suited.
Manou, time to retire.
Great bowling from Tsotsobe got the redbacks on the backfoot and were never likely to recover despite another great innings by Fergie.

[jackpot jim]

Very well summed up Dogmatic.
Warriors simply batted & bowled better than the Redbacks.Bowling O'Brien the 2nd over was just dumb.
Bailey bowled well, plenty of spin.
Christian had a shocker with the ball. Whats wrong with bowling yorkers instead of 1/2 trackers and full tosses down leg side?
SA batsmen struggled with Tsotsobe who bowled a good line & length whilst varying his pace.
Redbacks deserved to lose by continuing to bat Manou at 3. Totally out of form and just causes the batting to lose all momentum.
Ferguson is proving himself to be a class act.

Well done Redbacks for making the semi-final, a great effort but were simply outplayed by the Warriors

[lion heart]

Very well summed up Dogmatic.
Warriors simply batted & bowled better than the Redbacks.Bowling O'Brien the 2nd over was just dumb.
Bailey bowled well, plenty of spin.
Christian had a shocker with the ball. Whats wrong with bowling yorkers instead of 1/2 trackers and full tosses down leg side?
SA batsmen struggled with Tsotsobe who bowled a good line & length whilst varying his pace.
Redbacks deserved to lose by continuing to bat Manou at 3. Totally out of form and just causes the batting to lose all momentum.
Ferguson is proving himself to be a class act.

Well done Redbacks for making the semi-final, a great effort but were simply outplayed by the Warriors

Absolutely spot on JJ!!

Time for the selectors to get real or get lost!!

[Jim05]

Yeah agree with most points. Damn adam gilchrist now all aussie teams think keepers should bat at top. Manou is a number 6 at best. Very worried about our attack could be a long year at the redbacks. I hope not. Ferguson IS a gun we wont have him much this summer. Marcus north beware

[GWW]

I can't believe how quick Ferguson has found his pre-injury form. I thought he'd struggle for a bit, but its almost as though he's not been away from the game at all.