18th Match, League A: NSW v Somerset at Hyderabad

[aussie1st]

Watch out for...

Wes Durston came into Somerset's XI only because Trescothick flew home and he was their best batsman in the loss against the Eagles. Batting at No. 7, Durston had the advantage of unfamiliarity and he cracked 57 off 32 balls to lift a flagging innings. He won't have that unknown quality against NSW though and will be challenged to repeat his performance.

Craig Kieswetter, the 21-year old batsman, came into the tournament having scored over 1000 runs in the first-class season for Somerset. He's been disappointing so far in India, though, aggregating only 17 runs after three matches. He was given the added responsibility of opening in Trescothick's absence against Eagles, in addition to his wicketkeeping duties, and it's likely he'll be asked to do the same against NSW.

The Hughes-Warner opening combination added 121 against T&T, the highest partnership for any wicket in the tournament. Both left-handers are capable of sending the new ball speeding to the boundary and they do a fine job of setting up the innings for the long-handled skills of Henriques. NSW's batting has been so accomplished that their captain, Simon Katich, has batted only once in three matches.

Brett Lee and Doug Bollinger have consistently given NSW excellent starts with the new ball. Lee's taken only a wicket in each of his games but his economy-rate - 3.54 per over - is staggering and would have been excellent in a one-day international, never mind a Twenty20 thrash. Bollinger has conceded only 4.66 an over and an economical and incisive start on Sunday could dash Somerset's hopes.

NSW favourites to bounce back | Cricket News | Champions League Twenty20 2009 | Cricinfo.com

 

[Spinksy]

When is this being played (Eastern Standard Time)?

 

[TumTum]

It starts at 10:30GMT, make sure to check if you are in daylight savings or not.

Why do I have a feeling Hughes will thrash the Poms?

 

[Spinksy]

Wes Durston came into Somerset's XI only because Trescothick flew home and he was their best batsman in the loss against the Eagles. Batting at No. 7, Durston had the advantage of unfamiliarity and he cracked 57 off 32 balls to lift a flagging innings. He won't have that unknown quality against NSW though and will be challenged to repeat his performance.

This is indeed a promising cricketer and judging by the performance against the Eagles he won't be any means be a light weight. He is 30 though so I'm almost seeing him as a Michael Hussey in the sense that he's not a young gun so he isn't inexperienced on the cricketing stage. So, he should be a highlight provided that the 57 he scored wasn't all that he had in him. Judging by his statistics he's a bit bowler as well, so it wouldn't be half bad if he is given the chance to bowl. Being an off-spinner however, I don't know how he'd fair in this format of the game.

 

[ajdude]

Dude is this happening to anybody else, seriously, I knew Doug was awesome and everything but ████

 

[aussie1st]

Obviously Doug Bollinger owns cricinfo
No changes to the NSW lineup, probably best after the hammering 3 of our bowlers took last game.

aussie1st added 11 Minutes and 54 Seconds later...

Bollinger hit the 144 mark then everything went down hill. Not good having him go for so many runs, will put pressure on our 4th and 5th bowling option.

Clark does it again, no idea how he manages to get some many wickets caught in the deep but hes got 3 of them today. Just need to avoid another Pollard like innings and we should be safe.

 

[MUFC1987]

I see we went with the lesser known 'put your most in-form batsman even further down the order' method today. Thank god this is Langer's last game for us, he's out of his depth with the bat and his tactical ideas leave a lot to be desired. Just a shame that we've lost some quality players because of him.

Saying that though, quite an alarming lack of respect being shown by the commentators. Led by Allan Donald who seems to think that we only win matches through luck or something, along with whichever Chappell brother this is, telling us how Deccan should be embarrassed or something for losing too us. It's been a long season and I'm glad to see the back of it (and Langer.) Oh, and hopefully, someone will take Omari Banks off our hands too.

 

[Garson007]

Saying that though, quite an alarming lack of respect being shown by the commentators. Led by Allan Donald who seems to think that we only win matches through luck or something, along with whichever Chappell brother this is, telling us how Deccan should be embarrassed or something for losing too us. It's been a long season and I'm glad to see the back of it (and Langer.) Oh, and hopefully, someone will take Omari Banks off our hands too.

Ah, friendly RSA, AUS and ENG banter. Sport wouldn't be the same without it.

 

[treva]

Harsh. Langer has been excellent for us. Just because he isn't in form in some hectic T20 Champions league thing doesn't mean he's out of his depth. He's lifted us to Division 1 in the Championship and in the past two seasons has mounted a title challenge. He also guided us to a T20 final and second in the Pro40. He's been fantastic for us and he'll be missed badly. Can't believe you, as a Somerset fan, is glad to see Langer go...

 

[angryangy]

Seems like a conscious decision to take every run on offer and use every wicket to the full by NSW. The way Warner rocketed to 40, it seems the target set by Somerset is far below the target they're aiming for. The NRR boost won't hurt, but they'll want to make sure their batting plans are perfect for the finals. Doesn't seem like Katich will get another bat before then, however.

 

[MUFC1987]

Harsh. Langer has been excellent for us. Just because he isn't in form in some hectic T20 Champions league thing doesn't mean he's out of his depth. He's lifted us to Division 1 in the Championship and in the past two seasons has mounted a title challenge. He also guided us to a T20 final and second in the Pro40. He's been fantastic for us and he'll be missed badly. Can't believe you, as a Somerset fan, is glad to see Langer go...

Langer in his first season (maybe two, I've lost count) was good. After that he started alienating the likes of Blackwell by refusing to play him in One Day cricket, even though he'd walk into any County side and do well (which he has.) This year has been built on Trescothick, Kieswetter a bit of canny bowling and the emergence of Suppiah. Langer wouldn't even have been in the team if he wasn't captain. He's been poor with the bat and he's shirked responsibility by batting down the order in all forms of the game. Not to mention this infatuation with Omari Banks who isn't even half the player Blackwell is. I'd much rather have had Blackwell at the club than Langer this year.

 

[aussie1st]

Amazing hitting by Smith, good move by Katich in moving him up the order. Was surprising at first given Katich played so well at 3 but Smith has more than justified it.

 

[srikarr12]

It makes cringe when I look at the male cheerleader dancing in those chick clothes :crying

 

[MUFC1987]

Bounced out by De Bruyn.

 

[CricketPunk]

Comfortable win in the end by NSW with some good hitting from Warner and Smith.