Wayamba beat Victoria Bushrangers in the final Group D match of the Champions League Twenty20 2009. However, Victoria Bushrangers advanced to the Super Eights despite losing the match with better net run rate. Wayamba Elevens won the toss and chose to bat first. Victorian Bushrangers started off really well and kept pressure on the Wayamba batsmen right from the first over. Udawatte was out for 1 in the second over. Michael Vandort and Jeevantha Kulatunga added 81 runs for the second wicket. But Bushrangers took 8 wickets for 33 runs and Wayamba managed to score 118 runs from their 20 overs. In reply, Victoria Bushrangers managed to score 103/4 in their 20 overs.
Wayamba Elevens: 118/9 (20 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 42(39), Michael Vandort 42(44), Shane Harwood 3/14 (4 overs)
Victoria Bushrangers: 103/4 (20 overs): Brad Hodge: 44* (52); Andrew McDonald: 27* (16); Chanaka Welegedara 2/18 (4 overs)
Toss: Wayamba Elevens won the toss and chose to bat first.
Result: Wayamba Elevens won by 15 runs. Victoria Bushrangers qualify to Super Eights with better net run rate.
Player of the match: Shane Harwood 3/14 (4 overs)

Over 20: The last over of the innings. Welegedera continues. McDonald is the batsman. He makes a single off the 2nd ball. Hodge takes the strike - makes 2 runs off the 3rd ball. Hodge makes a single from the 4th ball. The last ball is appealed for a catch but the umpire says a no. Wayamba wins the match!!
Victoria Bushrangers (20 overs): 103/4: Brad Hodge: 44* (52); Andrew McDonald: 27* (16); Welegedera: 4-0-18-2
Over 19: Mendis comes in. A single comes from the first ball. McDonald hits a nice FOUR in the 3rd ball. A single comes from the 4th ball. Hodge makes another single from the 5th ball. Victoria needs 21 runs from the 6 balls.
Victoria Bushrangers (19 overs): 98/4: Brad Hodge: 41* (50); Andrew McDonald: 25* (12); Mendis: 4-0-20-1
Over 18: Two consecutive FOURs from the first two balls and Victoria is now qualified for the next level of the championship!! A huge six here from the 4th ball. 18 runs from the over.
Victoria Bushrangers (18 overs): 91/4: Brad Hodge: 39* (48); Andrew McDonald: 20* (8); Lokuarachchi: 1-0-18-0
Over 17: Herath comes back. McDonald faces his first ball - makes a single hitting the ball towards the third man. Hodge makes a single immediately. McDonald makes a single off the 3rd ball. Hearth makes a unsuccessful appeal for an lbw in the 5th ball. So 3 runs from the over. Here comes the end of the stipulated 4 overs of the match.
Victoria Bushrangers (17 overs): 73/4: Brad Hodge: 39* (48); Andrew McDonald: 2* (2); Hearth: 4-0-10-0
Over 16: Mendis is bowling his 3rd over of the innings. White begins to face him and gets a single when the 1st ball is driven towards the long-off. Hodge gets the strike and a single comes in here as the ball is driven towards the off side. White loses his wicket after giving a simple catch to Perera. White c Perera b Mendis 11 (20). So, the first wicket for Mendis in the match. Andrew McDonald is the new batsman in. McDonald has played 21 T20 matches so far and has a batting average of 19.46. Hodge closes the over getting 2 runs off the last ball
Victoria Bushrangers (16 overs): 70/4: Brad Hodge: 38* (44); Andrew McDonald: 0*(0); Mendis: 3-0-13-1
Over 15: Thissara Perera comes in. White is on the batting side. The 3rd ball is driven towards deep midwicket for a single. Hodge hits the 4th ball towards the long-on for a single. White makes a single off the 5th ball. 4 leg byes in the 6th ball. So a total of 7 runs from the. Victorians need to make 53 runs off the remaining 30 balls to win this match.
Victoria Bushrangers (15 overs): 66/3: Brad Hodge: 35* (41); White: 10* (17); Perera: 3-0-10-0
Over 14: Mendis is bowling the over. A huge SIX comes from the 5th ball. A single is claimed from the immediate next ball. So 7 runs from the over. Victoria needs 60 runs from 36 balls. Thats exactly 10.00 runs required rate.
Victoria Bushrangers (14 overs): 59/3: Brad Hodge: 34* (39); White: 8* (13); Mendis: 2-0-9-0
Over 13: Maharoof is bowling his 4th over of the innings. 4 runs comes from it.
Victoria Bushrangers (13 overs): 48/3: Brad Hodge: 31* (39); White: 1* (7); Maharoof : 4-0-19-1
Over 12: Herath bowls the over. 3 runs comes from it.
Victoria Bushrangers (12 overs): 48/3: Brad Hodge: 31* (36); White: 0* (4); Hearth: 3-0-7-0
Over 11: Maharoof is continuing. Hussey faces the first ball, guides it to the point for a single. Hodge gets the strike and makes a quick single. Hussey gets a single off the 3rd ball hitting it to the long-off. Hodge hits a beautiful FOUR off the 4th ball. Another single comes in the 5th ball. And the last one is an interesting one. David Hussey is out! David Hussey b Maharoof 7(22). 8 runs from the over. Victoria needs 74 runs from 54 balls.
Victoria Bushrangers (11 overs): 45/3: Brad Hodge: 29* (34); Maharoof: 3-0-15-1
Over 10: Herath continues. 5 runs from the over.
Victoria Bushrangers (10 overs): 37/2: Brad Hodge: 23* (31); David Hussey: 5* (19); Herath: 2-0-5-0
Over 9: Maharoof continues. Hodge makes a single off the 2nd ball. Hussey gets the strike. He makes a single off the 5th ball when it is driven towards deep cover. 2 runs from the over.
Victoria Bushrangers (9 overs): 32/2: Brad Hodge: 19* (26); David Hussey: 5* (18); Maharoof: 2-0-7-0
Over 8: Herath is the new bowler. Hodge makes a single off the first ball. Only 1 run from the over. Nice piece of bowling by Herath. So here comes the 30 runs mark.
Victoria Bushrangers (8 overs): 30/2: Brad Hodge: 18* (23); David Hussey: 4* (15); Herath: 1-0-1-0
Over 7: Maharoof is other new bowler put into the attack. Maharoof has a claimed 33 wickets in the 30 Twenty20 matches he played. 5 runs from the over.
Victoria Bushrangers (7 overs): 29/2: Brad Hodge: 17* (22); David Hussey: 4* (10); Maharoof: 1-0-5-0
Over 6: Mendis comes into the attack now. We can also notice a slip position is now put in. Hussey is the man on the batting side. Hussey makes 2 quick runs off the 4th ball. Just 2 runs from the over. The Victorians need 95 runs from 14 overs.
Victoria Bushrangers (6 overs): 24/2: Brad Hodge: 13* (17); David Hussey: 3* (9); Mendis: 1-0-2-0
Over 5: Welegedara is bowling his 3rd over of the innings. Blizzard loses his wicket in the 2nd ball. Aiden Blizzard c Mendis b Welegedara 6 (7). David Hussey is the new man in. Hodge hits a nice FOUR to wrap the over. 9 runs from the over.
Victoria Bushrangers (5 overs): 22/2: Brad Hodge: 13* (17); David Hussey: 1* (3); Welegedara: 3-0-14-2
Over 4: Perera continues the bowling attack. Hodge hits a beautiful six off the 5th ball. So 6 runs from the over. 106 runs required from 16 overs. The asking run rate is at 6.62 an over.
Victoria Bushrangers (4 overs): 13/1: Hodge: 9* (16); Blizzard: 2* (5); Perera: 2-0-7-0
Over 3: Chanaka Welegedara continues the bowing attack. Hodge is facing him. From the stats book: Hodge played 70 Twenty20 match so far! Hodge hits the 3rd ball to the third man for a single. Blizzard who got the strike in the next ball hits it towards mid-on for a single. Hodge makes a single in the next ball. So 3 runs from this over.
Victoria Bushrangers (3 overs): 7/1: Hodge: 3* (10); Blizzard: 2* (5); Welegedara: 2-0-5-1
Over 2: Thissara Perera is the other bowler in the attack. 2 runs from the over. Blizzard makes a single from the first ball while Hodge makes another in the last ball.
Victoria Bushrangers (2 overs): 4/1: Hodge: 1* (6); Blizzard: 1* (3); Perera: 1-0-1-0
Over 1: Welcome to our continued coverage of the match. Victoria Bushrangers batting innings has just begun. Welegedara is bowling the first over. The third ball he claimed the first wicket! RJ Quiney c & b Welegedara 0 (3). AC Blizzard is the new man in. 2 runs made from the over.
Victoria Bushrangers: 2/1: Hodge: 0* (1); Blizzard: 1* (2); Welegedara: 1-0-2-1
Victorian Bushrangers require 119 runs from 20 overs to win the match. Wayamba Elevens on the other hand need to restrict Victoria for under 83 runs to qualify to the Super Eights.
Over 20: Last over to go and Peter Siddle will bowl the over. Ajantha Mendis is the new man in. A four off the last delivery. 8 runs from the over. Wayamba Elevens finishes with 118/9 from 20 overs.
Wayamba Elevens: 118/9 (20 overs); Chanaka Welegedara 7*(5), Ajantha Mendis 1*(2), Peter Siddle 4-0-12-1
Over 19: Chanaka Welegedara comes in at No. 10. He is off the mark with a single. Herath is run out for 2. Harwood finishes with 3/14 from 4 overs.
Wayamba Elevens: 110/9 (19 overs); Rangana Herath 3(3), Chanaka Welegedara 1*(1), Shane Harwood 4-0-14-3
Over 18.4: Shane Harwood to continue. Rangana Herath gets a single off the first delivery. Another wicket goes down. Farveez Maharoof is bowled for 1. Eight wickets down for Wayamba.
Wayamba Elevens: 108/8 (18.4 overs); Farveez Maharoof 1(5), Rangana Herath 2*(2), Shane Harwood 3.4-0-12-3
Over 18: Rangana Herath is the new man in. Maharoof is off the mark with a single off the fifth delivery. A single off the last delivery for Herath. McDonald finishes with 2/29 from 4 overs.
Wayamba Elevens: 107/7 (18 overs); Farveez Maharoof 1*(2), Rangana Herath 1*(1), Andrew McDonald 4-0-29-2
Over 17.3: Perera is the new man in. He is off the mark with a SIX. And he departs the next ball. Seventh Wicket down for Wayamba.
Wayamba Elevens: 105/7 (17.3 overs); Thissara Perera 6(2), Farveez Maharoof 0*(0), Andrew McDonald 3.3-0-27-2
Over 17.1: Andrew McDonald comes back. Mahela Jayawardene is out for 3. Another wicket goes down.
Wayamba Elevens: 99/6 (17.1 overs); Mahela Jayawardene 3(5), Thissara Perera 3(6), Andrew McDonald 3.1-0-21-1
Over 17: Shane Harwood comes back into the attack. Jehan Mubarak hits the first ball of the over for a four. And he is bowled for 10 off the delivery. Lokurachchi is the new man in. And he departs for a duck off the last delivery. 4 runs and a 2 wickets in the over. A very good over for Victoria.
Wayamba Elevens: 99/5 (17 overs); Mahela Jayawardene 3*(5), Jehan Mubarak 10(7), Lokuarachchi 0(3), Shane Harwood 3-0-11-2
Over 16: 5 overs to go now. Jehan Mubarak is the new man in. Brad Hodge is back into the attack. Mubarak hits a four off the fourth ball of the over. 7 runs from the over.
Wayamba Elevens: 95/3 (16 overs); Mahela Jayawardene 3*(6), Jehan Mubarak 6*(4), Brad Hodge 2-0-15-0
Over 15: Mahela Jayawardene is the new man in. He is off the mark right away with a single. Another wicket goes down. A very good over for Victorian Bushrangers. Kulatunga goes for 42. 3 runs and 2 wickets from the over. McKay finishes with 2/24 from 4 overs.
Wayamba Elevens: 88/3 (15 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 42(39), Mahela Jayawardene 2*(3), Clint McKay 4-0-24-1
Over 14.1: McKay comes back to bowl his final over. And he strikes the very first ball. A big wicket. McKay finally breaks the partnership that is worth 81 runs. Michael Vandort is out for 42.
Wayamba Elevens: 85/2 (14.1 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 41*(37), Michael Vandort 42(44), Clint McKay 3.1-0-21-1
Over 14: McDonald to continue. 8 runs from the over.
Wayamba Elevens: 85/1 (14 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 41*(37), Michael Vandort 42*(43), Andrew McDonald 3-0-21-0
Over 13: David Hussey comes into the attack. 8 runs from the over.
Wayamba Elevens: 77/1 (13 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 40*(35), Michael Vandort 35*(39), David Hussey 1-0-8-0
Over 12: Andrew McDonald is back. 6 runs from the over. Vandort is dropped at long off by Rob Quiney off the fifth delivery.
Wayamba Elevens: 69/1 (12 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 38*(33), Michael Vandort 29*(35), Andrew McDonald 2-0-13-0
Over 11: Clint McKay comes back. 10 runs from the over. Kulatunga hits a massive SIX over long-off off the fourth delivery. That's his second six in the match. The fifty partnership comes between the pair in the over.
Wayamba Elevens: 63/1 (11 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 36*(31), Michael Vandort 25*(31), Clint McKay 3-0-21-0
Over 10: Brad Hodge comes into the attack to bowl his off breakers. Vandort hits a four off the fifth delivery. 8 runs from the over. Wayamba Elevens are 53/1 after 10 overs.
Wayamba Elevens: 53/1 (10 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 29*(28), Michael Vandort 22*(28), Brad Hodge 1-0-8-0
Over 9: Jon Holland into the attack now. He has taken 1 wicket from 4 Twenty20 matches so far. Vandort gets a single off the first delivery. First SIX for Wayamba as Kulatunga charges down the track and hits it over the long on boundary. Another six in the over off the last delivery. A good over for Wayamba. 14 runs from the over.
Wayamba Elevens: 45/1 (9 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 27*(25), Michael Vandort 16*(25), Jon Holland 1-0-14-0
Over 8: Change in Bowling as Andrew McDonald comes into the attack replacing Peter Siddle. Siddle was very impressive in his first spell giving just 5 runs in his 3 overs and taking a wicket. McDonald pitches the ball up and Kulatunga hits it to the mid-off boundary. 7 runs from the over.
Wayamba Elevens: 31/1 (8 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 20*(21), Michael Vandort 9*(23), Andrew McDonald 1-0-7-0
Over 7: Clint McKay to continue. Kulatunga walks down the pitch and hits a four over point. He takes a single off the second delivery. Vandort gets a double off the third delivery. A single off the fifth delivery. 8 runs from the over.
Wayamba Elevens: 24/1 (7 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 15*(18), Michael Vandort 7*(20), Clint McKay 2-0-11-0
Over 6: Siddle into his third over. A run out opportunity missed off the second delivery. Had that been a direct hit the player would have been heading back to the pavilion. Another run out opportunity missed off the fourth delivery. The batsmen are living dangerously at the moment. 2 runs from the over. End of the powerplay and Wayamba are 16/1 after 6 overs. This is the lowest score by any team in the Powerplay in the tournament so far.
Wayamba Elevens: 16/1 (6 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 10*(15), Michael Vandort 4*(17), Peter Siddle 3-0-5-1
Over 5: Clint McKay comes into the attack replacing Shane Harwood. McKay is the player of the match for Victoria in their first match against Delhi Daredevils. A single for Vandort off the third delivery. Kulatunga gets a single off the next delivery. 3 runs from the over. Wayamba are 14/1 after 5 overs. One more to go in the Powerplay.
Wayamba Elevens: 14/1 (5 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 9*(14), Michael Vandort 3*(12), Clint McKay 1-0-3-0
Over 4: Siddle to continue. He has given the first break for Victoria in his first over. A leg bye off the third delivery. Vandort is yet to get off the mark. A quick single off the last delivery. 2 runs from the over.
Wayamba Elevens: 11/1 (4 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 8*(13), Michael Vandort 1*(7), Peter Siddle 2-0-3-1
Over 3: Michael Vandort is the new man at Number 3. Not a good start for Wayamba Elevens here. They need to beat Victorian Bushrangers by heavy margin to qualify to the Super Eights. Harwood to continue. Kulatunga hits a four off the first delivery to the long on boundary. A single off the second delivery brings Vandort on strike. Wayamba are 9/1 after 3 overs at 3 runs per over.
Wayamba Elevens: 9/1 (3 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 8*(10), Michael Vandort 0*(4), Shane Harwood 2-0-7-0
Over 2: Peter Siddle will share the new ball and will bowl from the other end. Udawatte is off the mark with a single off the first delivery. Not well timed, but he will get a single. A single off the third delivery for Kulatunga. A loud shout for LBW and Siddle strikes. First wicket down for Wayamba Elevens. Mahela Udawatte is out LBW for 1.
Wayamba Elevens: 4/1 (2 overs); Jeevantha Kulatunga 3*(8), Mahela Udawatte 1(4), Peter Siddle 1-0-2-1
Over 1: Jeevantha Kulatunga and Mahela Udawatte will open the batting for Wayamba Elevens. Shane Harwood will open the bowling for Victorian Bushrangers. Kulatunga is off the mark with a double off the first delivery. A good start for Victorian Bushrangers, just 2 runs from the first over.
Wayamba Elevens: 2/0 (1 over); Jeevantha Kulatunga 2*(6), Mahela Udawatte 0*(0), Shane Harwood 1-0-2-0
A bright and warm day with sunshine. It will become a bit cooler later in the day.
First Session: 16:00-17:20
Interval: 17:20-17:40
Second Session: 17:40-19:00
Umpires: Billy Doctrove, Sanjay Hazare
TV Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena
Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama
Reserve Umpire: Subroto Das

Brad Hodge, Rob Quiney, Aiden Blizzard, David Hussey, Cameron White (captain), Andrew McDonald, Matthew Wade(wicket keeper), Clint McKay, Shane Harwood, Jon Holland, Peter Siddle
Michael Vandort, Mahela Udawatte, Jehan Mubarak (captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Jeevantha Kulatunga, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Farveez Maharoof, Rangana Herath, Thissara Perera, Ajantha Mendis, Chanaka Welegedara
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