Sydney sixers beat Nashua Titans by 2 wickets in Champions league T20 match
Centurion: Sydney Sixers beat Nashua Titans by two wickets in a nerve-wracking second semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20 here on Friday.
Sydney will now take on Highveld Lions in the final to be played on Sunday.
The match went onto the wire and all three results were possible but Sydney ultimately reaped dividends due to a good opening stand.
Opting to bat, veteran batsman Jacques Rudolph slashed one hard from Josh Hazlewood but Michael Lumb stationed in the deep third man took a nice catch running to his left.
Left-arm paceman Starc bowled a short one to Heino Kuhn who misread the length as he tried a pull shot but the ball clipped the off-bail.
Skipper Martin van Jaarsveld couldn’t check his drive as he lobbed a simple catch to Cummins at cover to give Starc his second wicket.
At 36 for three, the home team was certainly in trouble but Davids took some calculated risks as he hit a few big hits during his 46-run fourth wicket partenrship with Farhan Behardien to stage a recovery. Once Behardien and Roloef van der Merwe were out in quick succession, Sixers thought of wrapping it up quickly but Wiese had other ideas.
