Indian Cricket Team Updates

Perth Scorchers announced final squads for the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2014 tournament, to be played in India from 13 September to 4 October 2014. Coach: Justin Langer | Captain: Adam Voges | CLT20 Best: 2012 Group Stage Perth Scorchers CLT20 2014 Squad: Adam Voges (captain) Ashton Agar Yasir Arafat Michael Beer Cameron Bancroft Jason Behrendorff Hilton Cartwright Nathan Coulter-Nile Brad Hogg Simon Mackin Mitchell Marsh Joel Paris Craig Simmons Ashton Turner Sam Whiteman Perth Scorchers CLT20 2014 Support Staff: Warren Andrews Glen Foreman Kade Harvey Nick Jones Justin Langer Adam Griffith Brett Jones Vic Smith Statistics CLT20 GAMES 8 WIN 1 LOSE 5 YEAR BY YEAR BREAKDOWN 2013: L L L NR 2012: W L NR L Top Performers MOST RUNS Simon Katich [146 Runs] MOST WICKETS Michael Beer [6 Wickets] MOST CATCHES Luke Ronchi [5 Catches] MOST SIXES Sam Whiteman [2 Sixes] MOST FOURS...

Perth Scorchers vs Auckland Aces Statistical Highlights CLT20-2012: 1 Mitchell Marsh missed a T20 match for the Perth Scorchers for the first time. 4 for 24 – Michael Bates’ figures are the best for any New Zealand side in the main event of the CLT20. Fellow teammate Azhar Mahmood had taken 3 for 16 against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Cape Town on October 15. 10 Number of matches after which a side batting first won a T20 match at Centurion. 66 Dot balls bowled by Kyle Mills in CLT20 2012 – most by any bowler. The all-time record is of 84 dots held by Trinidad & Tobago’s Samuel Badree in the 2011 edition. 264 Runs scored in the match – second lowest in a match in CLT20 2012 where both teams batted their allotted 20 overs. The lowest remains 260 for 15 in Sydney Sixers-Mumbai Indians match at Durban on October 22. Brief Scores:  Perth Scorchers 140-7 in 20.0 overs (Paul Collingwood 38, Marcus North 37, Michael Bates 4-34) beat Auckland Aces 124-8 ...

Perth Scorchers vs  Auckland Aces Match 19 Report CLT20-2012: The Perth Scorchers drew the curtains on the Auckland Aces’ campaign in the Karbonn CLT20 2012 after they registered a 16-run win at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. Needing 141 to win, the Aces lost wickets at regular intervals and could only muster 124 in their 20 overs. A win here would have meant the Aces would remain in contention for a place in the semi-finals. However, that was not to be. Despite losing Lou Vincent early in the innings, Martin Guptill and Azhar Mahmood put the innings back on track with a 49-run partnership. Both players kept finding the boundary regularly; in one particular instance, Azhar Mahmood even hit Paul Collingwood for three boundaries in an over. But left-arm spinner Michael Beer brought his team back into the contest when he snapped up both batsmen. He dismissed Guptill with a fantastic delivery; the 28-year-old threw the ball up in the air, got it to turn and bounce and tak...

Perth Scorchers vs Delhi Daredevils Statistical Highlights   CLT20-2012: 3  The victory margin of three wickets for Delhi Daredevils is the narrowest for any side in this edition of CLT20. 21  Number of singles taken by Virender Sehwag. In his entire T20 career only once has Sehwag taken more singles in an innings – 23 vs Pune Warriors India at Pune in IPL 2012 during his innings of 87* 43  Number of balls taken by Virender Sehwag to score his fifty – his slowest in T20 cricket. He had taken 38 balls for his fifty in a Twenty20 International against England at Durban in 2007, which was his previous slowest. 121  Perth Scorchers’ total – the lowest by a side against any IPL side in this edition. Brief Scores:  Perth Scorchers 121-5 in 20 overs (Shaun Marsh 39, Simon Katich 34, Morne Morkel 3-19) lost to Delhi Daredevils 123-7 in 19.3 overs (Virender Sehwag 52, Michael Beer 2-18) by 3 wickets. Man of the Match:  ...

Perth Scorchers vs Delhi Daredevils Match 15 Report CLT20-2012: The Delhi Daredevils made a meal of what should have been a simple run-chase in their match against the Perth Scorchers at the Newlands Stadium. Needing 122 to win and go on top of the table in Group B, the Daredevils lost four of their top order batsmen cheaply, yet got past the finish line in the final over to win by three wickets. Virender Sehwag, the only batsman who seemed to have cracked the code of batting on the difficult Newlands track, scored a half-century, while Irfan Pathan’s 14 was the second-best score of the innings. In pursuit of 122, the Delhi Daredevils lost Mahela Jayawardene, Unmukt Chand, Kevin Pietersen and Ross Taylor to single-digit scores to leave Virender Sehwag to steer the team through. The 34-year-old batted sensibly, held one end firm and went about in a manner one doesn’t normally associate with him. Until he was out in the middle, the Delhi Daredevils were definitely favouri...

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Perth Scorchers Match 9 Report - CLT20-2012 The Weather Gods had their way in the match between the Perth Scorchers and the Kolkata Knight Riders. 14 overs into the Scorchers’ innings, rains set in and forced the players back into the dressing rooms. After more than an hour, the rains did not relent and the match officials had to declare the match as a No Result. Both teams would walk away with two points. The result means, barring miracles, KKR are out of contention from making it to the semi-finals of CLT20 2012. Earlier in the evening, the Kolakta Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and put the Scorchers in to bat. The IPL champions got off to a great start when Brett Lee dismissed the dangerous Herschelle Gibbs in the first over. Shaun Marsh and Simon Katich then added 70 runs over the next ten overs to put their team back on track. Marsh, who was timing the ball beautifully, would be dismissed when he missed a yorker from ...

Titans vs Perth Scorchers - M1- CLT20-2012 - Statistical Highlights: 83 Jacques Rudolph’s innings is his personal best and the fifth highest score by any Titans batsman in all T20 cricket. 41 Years 250 days - Brad Hogg’s age. He became the oldest to appear in a CLT20 main event match, beating Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Anil Kumble’s record of 39 years 342 days, while playing against the Chennai Super Kings at Durban in 2010. However, Sanath Jayasuriya remains the oldest to appear in any CLT20 match. He was 42 years and 83 days old while playing for Ruhuna against Leicestershire at Hyderabad in a qualifying game last year. 7 Rudolph and Davids provided the seventh instance of both openers scoring a fifty together in the same innings in CLT20. 3 Rudolph has now remained unbeaten in three consecutive innings in T20 cricket – 62* off 55 balls vs Dolphins in February 2012, 47* off 39 balls vs Impi in February 2012 and 83* off 59 balls in this match. 1 Titans...

Titans vs Perth Scorchers - M1- CLT20-2012 - Match Report: The Karbonn Champions League T20 got off to a fantastic start as the home team Titans humbled the Perth Scorchers by 39 runs in the opening match at Centurion Park. After being put in to bat, the Titans openers saw their team off to a flier; the first two scoring shots were a four and a six; and that set the tone for the rest of the innings. Jacques Rudolph and Henry Davids matched each other stroke for stroke; while they played some ruthless shots, they also used a cerebral approach to building the innings. They scored 50 runs off the first six overs when the field restrictions were in place, milked the good deliveries thereafter and made the most of the weak links in the opposition’s bowling. Both Davids and Rudolph identified Mitchell Marsh and Ben Edmondson as the ones to go after and singled them out for some special treatment. Rudolph hit Marsh for three boundaries and a six, and scored 12 runs off the...

Perth Scorchers Squad CLT20-2012 Coach : Lachlan Stevens Captain :  Marcus North CLT Best :  2012 Debut Squad   : Related Links: CLT20 2012 Teams, Schedule & Broadcasters