CL T20
Mohali: Already through to the main draw, Otago Volts today continued their winning spree by notching up a comfortable five wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an inconsequential qualifying match of the Champions League Twenty20 here.
The McCullum brothers — Nathan and Brendon, were the star performers for Otago as the New Zealand side produced a disciplined all-round performance to register their third win in the tournament so far. Riding on Nathan’s crucial two-wicket burst, Otago first restricted the sunrisers to 143 for five after inviting the Hyderabad side to bat first.
The New Zealand side then returned to overhaul the target with 22 balls to spare at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, courtesy Brendon’s blistering 39-ball 67-run innings.
Brendon anchored the Otago innings, sharing 53 runs in 40 balls with opener Hamish Rutherford (27) for the second wicket and forging a 51-run stand with James Neesham (21) for the fourth wicket.
Dale Steyn (2/13) was the only successful bowler for Hyderabad but the others could not emulate his performance as Otago went about their runchase with ease.
Earlier, South African J P Duminy blasted a 38-ball 57 to help Sunrisers Hyderabad post a modest 143 for five in their stipulated 20 overs. (PTI)
SCOREBOARD
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Parthiv b N McCullum 12
Dhawan c D’chate b McC’m 12
Samantray cBracewell b Beard 8
Duminy not out 57
White c B McCullum b Wagner 25
Sammy c Broom b Beard 26
Total: (5 wkts in 20 overs) 143
Fall of wickets: 1/20 2/25 3/45 4/85 5/143
Bowling: Nathan McCullum 4-0-23-2, Neil Wagner 4-0-25-1, James Neesham 4-0-26-0, Nick Beard 4-0-31-2, Ryan ten Doeschate 4-0-37-0.
Otago innings:
Broom c Patel b Steyn 16
Rutherford c Patel b Steyn 27
B McCullum* not out 67
ten Doeschate b Mishra 3
N’sham c Dhawan b Sammy 21
N McCullum run out 1
de Boorder†not out 1
Total (5 wkts in 16.2 overs)144
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-80, 3-85, 4-136, 5-143
Bowling: DW Steyn 3-0-13-2, I Sharma 3-0-40-0, KV Sharma 3.2-0-29-0, DJG Sammy 3-0-30-1, A Mishra 4-0-26-1.