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Chennai Super Kings vs  Yorkshire  Statistical Highlights CLT20-2012: 25   Years 330 days – Suresh Raina’s age while captaining Chennai Super Kings for the first time in a CLT20 match. He became the youngest to captain a side in CLT20. Victoria’s Cameron White held the previous record at 26 years 64 days. (Mahela Udawatte captained Ruhuna in a CLT20 qualifier match at the age of 25 years 62 days). 22  Number of wickets taken by Doug Bollinger in CLT20; he equalled Lasith Malinga’s record for most wickets in CLT20 . 7  Number of batsmen in Chennai Super Kings who scored their runs at a strike-rate of 100 or more – highest in an innings in this edition of CLT20.  4  Number of batsmen to score two fifties in this edition of CLT20. Gary Ballance joined Jacques Rudolph (Titans), Gulam Bodi (Lions) and Azhar Mahmood (Auckland). 6  Number of Twenty20 games MS Dhoni has played as a non-captain. The other five were before he too...

Chennai Super Kings vs  Yorkshire  Match 17 Report CLT20-2012: The Chennai Super Kings finished their Karbonn CLT20 2012 campaign on a happy note after they beat Yorkshire by four wickets. After putting Yorkshire in to bat first, the IPL outfit restricted their opponents to 140 and then knocked off the required runs in 19 overs. Though the Chennai Super Kings lost the wickets of Faf du Plessis and Murali Vijay early in the run-chase, they recovered through a 48-run partnership between S Badrinath and Suresh Raina. The pair accumulated runs with ones and twos, apart from hitting the odd boundary and helped the momentum swing back in their team’s favour. At 74 for two at the end of 11 overs, the Chennai Super Kings certainly held the edge and it was their game to lose. However, against the run of play, Raina perished when he was beaten by a slower delivery from Oliver Hannon-Dalby and holed out to the man at deep cover; the left-hander hit only one boundary and o...

Highveld Lions vs Yorkshire Statistical Highlights CLT20-2012: 1 These two sides were meeting each for the first time in a Twenty20 match. 3 Number of sides that crashed out with Lions’ win – Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Yorkshire. 6 Number of sixes conceded by Azeem Rafiq in the tournament – most by any bowler. Seven other bowlers have conceded 5 sixes. 30 Number of wickets taken by Aaron Phangiso in T20s – most by any Lions bowler. He went past Ethan O’Reilly’s tally of 28 wickets. 152 Runs scored by Gulam Bodi in the tournament – most by any batsman. He went ahead of Titans’ Jacques Rudolph’s tally of 146 runs. Brief Scores:  Yorkshire 131-7 in 20 overs (Phil Jaques 31, Aaron Phangiso 2-23) lost to Highveld Lions 134-5 in 19.2 overs (Quinton de Kock 32, Dwaine Pretorious 25, Jean Symes 27*, Steven Patterson 2-21) by 5 wickets. Man of the Match:  Jean Symes for his match-winning 27 that steered his team home in the run-chase. ...

Highveld Lions vs Yorkshire Match 13 Report CLT20-2012: The Highveld Lions confirmed their passage to the semi-finals of the Karbonn CLT20 2012 with a thrilling win over Yorkshire at the New Wanderers Stadium. After keeping Yorkshire down to a modest 131, the Lions got past the finish line in 19.2 overs, thereby taking their tally to 12 points. This result also means the semi-finals door is shut for the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians as well. It wasn’t a straightforward run-chase by any means. Both teams had their moments and the threat of rain added to the drama. Yorkshire pulled the match back into the balance after the Lions had raced to 89 for 4 in 13 overs. The dismissals of Neil McKenzie, Quinton de Kock and Dwaine Pretorious (who played a useful cameo) brought Yorkshire back into the game. And just when Yorkshire were running away with the match, the Lions found a hero in Jean Symes. After crawling to six runs off sixteen deliveries, the 25-yea...

Mumbai Indians  vs  Yorkshire  Match 11 Report - CLT20-2012 It rained – sixes off the bat and from the heavens – at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on Thursday evening. After Yorkshire had put them into bat, the Mumbai Indians cruised to 156 – thanks to cameos from several of their batsmen – before the skies opened up and brought the proceedings to an abrupt end. Play was halted after 17.5 overs had been bowled in the Mumbai Indians innings; no further play was possible thereafter and the match had to end as a ‘No Result’ with both teams taking home two points from the tie. Dwayne Smith got his team off to just the kind of started they needed this evening; he hit the off-spinner Joe Root for sixes off the second and third deliveries of the innings. His opening partner Sachin Tendulkar then creamed an exquisite extra cover drive in the following over to kindle hopes of a special performance. However, a misunderstanding while running cut Tendulkar’s innings ...

Sydney Sixers vs Yorkshire   - Statistical Highlights CLT20 - 2012 11 Number of boundaries Yorkshire managed in their entire innings. For the Sydney Sixers Brad Haddin and Michael Lumb hit 14 boundaries during their partnership alone! 67 Sydney Sixers won the match with 67 balls to spare – largest win for a chasing side in CLT20 in terms of balls remaining. New South Wales had beaten Somerset with 49 balls to spare at Hyderabad in 2009. 69 Sydney Sixers’ score in the powerplay - third highest in Champions League history. Only Eagles (77-2 vs Trinidad & Tobago at Hyderabad in 2009) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (71-1 vs New South Wales at Bengaluru in 2011) have scored more runs in powerplay overs. 96 Yorkshire’s total is the lowest total for any side in CLT20 batting first and playing its full quota of 20 overs. The Delhi Daredevils had made 98-8 against Victoria at Delhi in 2009. 194 Runs scored in the entire match – lowest match agg...

Sydney Sixers vs Yorkshire  CLT20-2012  Match 6 Report: In a one-sided contest the Sydney Sixers handed Yorkshire an eight-wicket drubbing in Match 6 of the Karbonn CLT20 2012. After surprisingly opting to bat first, Yorkshire struggled to cope with the Sydney Sixers’ pace battery and only managed 96 runs in their 20 overs. In reply, the Sixers scored the required runs in 8.5 overs to run away with four points from the match and give their net run-rate a major boost.  Earlier in the afternoon, the Yorkshire innings got off to a sound start with openers Andrew Gale and Phil Jaques adding 30 runs in close to six overs. However, both batsmen would be dismissed in the space of three deliveries to let the Sixers back into the match. A 32-run partnership – the biggest of the innings – between Joe Root and Adam Lyth once again swung the pendulum towards Yorkshire. But once Moises Henriques pegged back Joe Root’s off-stump in the 13th over, the Sixers foun...

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