South Australian Redbacks Vs Guyana

SAUS - 191/6 (20 overs)
Callum Ferquson - 55(37)
Cameron Borqas - 48(36)


Guyana - 176/7 (20overs)
Ramnaresh Sarwan - 70(46)
Richard Ramdeen - 35(22)


South Australian Redbacks won by 15 runs.

Klinger: We batted well in the middle overs. I am proud of the guys as we achieved four out of four wins. Tait is valuable to any bowling attack in the world but he will be back for the semi-finals. I thought that our fielding was a bit sloppy today and we need to work on that. We need to get the little things right before the semi finals, mostly in the fielding and in the running between the wickets.

Sarwan: We showed today that we are a capable side. The wicket was similar to the one in the Caribbean but it had a bit more bounce. We need to play with a clear mind and we need to apply ourselves. The youngsters were really impressive today and they grabbed their opportunities with both hands.

Callum Ferguson: The conditions were beautiful for batting. We did not get off to a great start, but I and Borgas decided that we have to step up and steer the team to safety. We are delighted that the middle order has got some runs. The top order has done a great job in the earlier matches. We feel that we are ready to go.

Callum Ferguson is the MoM for his knock of 55 off 37 balls

It has been a spirited reply from Guyana but they fell short by 15 runs. Sarwan and Steven Jacobs got things going for Guyana with a 56 run stand after the South Australia bowlers kept a tight check on the scoring rate. Guyana will be ruing the fact that their bowlers leaked 66 runs in the last five overs which made all the difference. Sarwan made a brilliant 70 but he did not have any kind of support from the other batsmen. In the end, South Australia top the group with four out of four wins, while Guyana go home empty handed. Stay tuned for the presentation...

Lions Vs Guyana, Group - B

Johannesburg: Riding on Ethan O'Reilly's 4/27, Richard Cameron's 42-ball 78 not out and skipper Alviro Petersen 57 not out off 38 balls, the Highveld Lions raced home to a 9-wicket victory over a hopeless Guyana team at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Chasing a decent target of 148, Lions got off to bad start losing their opener, Jonathan Vandiar (8 off 11 balls) in the third over to Esuan Crandon.

But that was the only moment of glory for Guyana as Lions skipper Alviro Petersen and Richard Cameron played a superb innings to give Lions an easy win with 4.5 overs to spare.

The Guyanese bowlers were blown away by the exploits of Petersen and Cameron as they blasted the bowlers to all parts of the ground.

Petersen, who showed signs of returning to form in their last outing, opened up and dispatched Eusan Crandon for a four and a six in the fifth over to accumulate 15 runs.

In the seventh over, Cameron also got his act together and dispatched Crandon for two fours and a six to bring up his team's 50. He was merciless in his approach and hammered the Guyanese bowlers to all parts of the ground.

Cameron was particularly severe on Christopher Barnwell and Royston Crandon as he treated both the bowlers with disdain, dealing with them in fours and sixes.

In the 14th over, Cameroon clobbered two sixes off Devendra Bishoo to take his side closer to the victory target.

Petersen completed the proceedings with a four and a six off Lennox Cush in the 15th over.

Earlier put into bat by Highveld Lions in a bright sunny afternoon, Guyana scored a respectable total of 148/9 runs in their quota of 20 overs.

Lions' bowlers started in a superb fashion by picking Travis Dowlin in the first ball of the second over. Dowlin was judged in lbw for just 7 on the bowling of Ethan O'Reilly.

Ethan O'Reilly was pick of the bowler for Lions as he finished with superb spell of 4/27 in his four overs.

Skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan failed to capitalize on his superb start, Sarwan looked in fantastic form as he hit four classy boundaries in his innings of 21 from just 16 ball before he was caught at point by Jean Symes on the bowling of Craig Alexander. Soon Sewnarine Chattergoon followed him back to the pavillion.

Chattergoon was out chipping the length ball straight to the mid on throats on the bowling of O'Reilly, who picked up his second wicket of the match.

Batsman Christopher Barnwell and Steven Jacobs then tried to consolidate the Guyana's innings with 37 run stand before Barnwell was run out to leave Guyana tottering at 79/4 in 12 overs.

Guyana's middle and lower order fell like pack of cards.

Right handed batsman Steven Jacobs was dismissed going for the maximum for fighting 34 off 37 balls. Jacobs was caught in the long off on the bowling of Aaron Phangiso and Guyana were reeling at 88/6 in the 14th over.

Jonathan Foo and Royston Crandon lost their stumps on the bowling of O'Reilly trying to up the ante for the team.

Last minute effort from Derwin Christian and Lennox Cush gave a final push to Guyana effort and helped them to reach a respectable score of

Craig Alexander and Aaron Phangiso picked up one scalp each.

Desperate Mumbai in must-win situation

Durban: Stunned by two back-to-back defeats, the Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians will be desperate to find their winning ways when they take on a low-profile Guyana in a Champions League Group B match at Durban on Thursday.

Having lost the first two games against the Lions and the Redbacks respectively owing to poor strategy and some sloppy fielding, the game against Guyana becomes a must-win encounter for the Mumbai side. Along with Guyana who got a thrashing of their life at the hands of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their first match, Mumbai currently make the bottom of the group B and both sides would be eyeing their first win of the tournament.

What would have hurt Mumbai is that they looked in a commanding position almost right through the game against the Redbacks, but poor bowling and awful fielding at the death led to their downfall. Both Zaheer Khan and Hrabhajan Singh have failed to impose themselves on the opposition and are struggling to get the rhythm right. Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga has been the impressive of the bowlers and Mumbai will be hoping that he continues his good work.

Though Mumbai lost once while chasing and once while defending, their batting looks more or less settled with scores of 176 and 180 in their two outings.

Although Sachin Tendulkar failed in the last match, he looked pretty solid in his innings of 20 runs after a breezy 62-ball 69 in the first game. Young batsman Saurabh Tiwary and Kireon Pollard played a swashbuckling innings of 44 and 36 respectively against the Redbacks and team will hope that the duo continue their impressive form against Guyana.

Guyana, who lost their campaign-opener to Bangalore by nine wickets, will find Mumbai Indians a tough nut to crack. Skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan is the only big name in their batting line-up which somehow managed to cross the 100-run mark against RCB's mighty bowling attack.

But Mumbai will surely not take Guyana for granted because the players like Christopher Barnwell and Sewnarine Chattergoon are capable of changing the equation in a matter of few overs with their smart batting.