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AUCKLAND Aces sealed their place in the group stages of the Champions League T20 at the expense of Hampshire with an eight-wicket win at Centurion, although Yorkshire managed to beat Trinidad and Tobago to move into the next round. Azhar Mahmood was the star performer for the New Zealand side as the former Pakistan all-rounder took five for 24 from his four overs then belted 55 not out to see his team home.
The 37-year-old from Rawalpindi plundered four sixes and five fours in his belligerent innings, after removing James Vince, Jimmy Adams, Shahid Afridi and Liam Dawson with the ball.
Hampshire posted 121 for eight from their 20 overs, but it proved hopelessly insufficient as Auckland reached their victory target with 5.3 overs remaining, for the loss of just two wickets.
It was a hugely disappointing defeat for Giles White’s team, who won both the Twenty20 Cup and the CB40 in the English domestic season.
Michael Carberry provided the lone resistance for the English side with a run-a-ball 65 before he was caught one-handed by Lou Vincent on the boundary in the final over
Afridi, who failed in a four-ball duck with the bat, took a solitary wicket, as did first-change bowler Chris Wood, but it was a stroll for the Auckland batsmen who dealt better with a slow, sticky wicket at the SuperSport Park.
The defeat sees Dimitri Mascarenhas’s side fall at the first hurdle in the 20-over competition in South Africa, with $6M prize money on the line.
Hampshire’s second match, against Pakistan side Sialkot Stallions today, will be all but a dead rubber. (Eurosport)
The 37-year-old from Rawalpindi plundered four sixes and five fours in his belligerent innings, after removing James Vince, Jimmy Adams, Shahid Afridi and Liam Dawson with the ball.
Hampshire posted 121 for eight from their 20 overs, but it proved hopelessly insufficient as Auckland reached their victory target with 5.3 overs remaining, for the loss of just two wickets.
It was a hugely disappointing defeat for Giles White’s team, who won both the Twenty20 Cup and the CB40 in the English domestic season.
Michael Carberry provided the lone resistance for the English side with a run-a-ball 65 before he was caught one-handed by Lou Vincent on the boundary in the final over
Afridi, who failed in a four-ball duck with the bat, took a solitary wicket, as did first-change bowler Chris Wood, but it was a stroll for the Auckland batsmen who dealt better with a slow, sticky wicket at the SuperSport Park.
The defeat sees Dimitri Mascarenhas’s side fall at the first hurdle in the 20-over competition in South Africa, with $6M prize money on the line.
Hampshire’s second match, against Pakistan side Sialkot Stallions today, will be all but a dead rubber. (Eurosport)
