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21-Sep-2010 02:05:00 GMT
Victoria v Wayamba, CLT20 2010, Centurion

Victoria Crush Wayamba to Stay Alive For Semis Berth

Centurion: Victoria produced a disciplined all-round performance to inflict a humiliating eight-wicket defeat on Wayamba and keep their hopes alive of reaching the semifinals of the Champions League Twenty20 on Monday.

Peter Siddle returned with a four-wicket haul to help Victoria bowl out Wayamba for a paltry 106 after Jehan Mubarak won the toss and elected to bat.

David Hussey (47) and Aaron Finch (38) then shared an unbeaten 47-ball 77-run third wicket partnership to overhaul the target with 6.4 overs to spare as Victoria moved to the second spot in the points table of Group A.

Victoria's brilliant run-chase have also improved their run-rate but the road to semifinals will depend on the result of the match between the Warriors and Chennai Super Kings at Port Elizabeth on Wednesday.

Earlier, Mahela Jayawardene anchored the Wayamba innings with a 40-ball 51 but the Sri Lankan team lost last eight wickets for 25 runs to be bundled out in 16.3 overs at the SuperSport Park.

Chasing 107 to win, Victoria lost early two wickets Brad Hodge (8) and Matthew Wade (5) for 31 runs in 5.3 overs but Aaron Finch and David Hussey added an unfinished 77 runs in 7.5 overs to romp home comfortably.

Looking to flick Thisara Perera across the short fine leg boundary, Hodge lobbed it straight to Isuru Udana, while Wade was done in by a Udana slower ball.

Finch picked up his first boundary in the fourth over off Perara and repeated the treatment to Karunanayake in the 12th over.

In the eighth over, Hussey smashed two fours and a six off Udana to accumulate 17 runs, before hitting Shalika Karunanayake for another boundary in the 10th over.

Earlier electing to bat, Wayamba had a shaky start as they lost two early wickets in opener Jeevantha Kulatunga and Mahela Udawatte with the score reading just nine in 1.3 overs.

Jayawardene and skipper Jehan Mubarak (44) then tried to stem the rod and added 72 runs in 52 balls for the third wicket but Wayamba suffered a massive batting collapse and folded for 106 in 16.3 overs.

Jayawardene and Mubarak were the only batsmen to score in double figures as five of their teammates were back to the pavilion for duck.

Brief score
Wayamba
106 (Jayawardene 51, Mubarak 41, Siddle 4-29)
Victoria 108 for 2 (Hussey 41*, Finch 38*)
Result Victoria won by eight wickets
MOM Peter Siddle (Victoria)
Points Victoria 2, Wayamba 0


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