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Centurion: Sydney Sixers kept kept their cool to beat Nashua Titans by two wickets in a nerve-wracking second semifinal of the Champions League Twenty20 here on Friday.

Needing eight runs from the final over to reach the target of 164, Sydney Sixers’ Pat Cummins held his nerves to scamper home for a bye off the last delivery as Sydney won the most thrilling match of the Twenty20 competition.

Sydney will now take on Highveld Lions in the final to be played on Sunday.

The match went to the wire and all three results were possible, but Sydney reaped dividends due to an opening stand of 54.

A few quick wickets then seemed to turn the tide towards the local team, but Moises Henriques then again steadied the ship with a brisk 27 that had couple of huge sixes, but once he was gone, Sydney were 132 for seven. But Cummins and Ben Rohrer ensured that the Australian team crossed the finishing line.

For Titans’ David Wiese and Henry Davids, the loss must have been hard to bear after their stellar batting.

While Davids made an unbeaten 59 from 44 balls, Wiese struck a stellar 61 not out from just 28. (PTI)

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