Match 18, Group A: Chennai vs New South Wales (Winner: NSW)

New South Wales won by 46 runs (Dominance : NSW 51% \| CSK 49%)
	Match Scorecard
Man of the Match: D Warner	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai (4 Oct 2011)

Once again it was the case of both teams needing to win and CSK needing to win big to go to next round. Batting first NSW got off to an absolute flyer as Warner and Watson raised a fifty stand in no time. Though Watto fell soon, Warner and Smith kept the momentum going as they raced away to 73/1 after 10 with 46% COW. At this point Warner took charge and absolutely pummeled the CSK attack as he smashed 135* off just 69 balls as NSW ran up a mammoth 201/2 with 62% COW. CSK needed to chase this down in just 17 overs so the task became even harder for them. Despite losing wickets CSK kept finding boundaries as they reached 88/3 after 10 with 64% COW. But the fall of Raina and MSD in successive overs sent their RR tumbling and along with it their COW as it crashed to 40%. It was too tall an ask for the CSK middle order and forget about qualifying they lost the match too as they were bowled out for 155 in 18.5 overs.

1st Innings (New South Wales) - 20 overs Maximum

5 overs: NSW 41/0

NSW 47%

Warner and Watto gave NSW a

good start as they started setting up base for a big total. They scored 41 runs in this period as NSW’s COW went up by 1% to 47%.

10 overs: NSW 73/1

NSW 46%

After Watto fell, Smith joined

Warner and the scoring slowed down a bit as NSW managed to score 32 runs in this period as their COW dipped by 1% to 46%.

15 overs: NSW 134/1

NSW 53%

Warner took on the CSK bowlers

as he attempted to put the match out of the reach of CSK with a brutal assault as 61 runs came in this period. NSW’s COW went up by 7% to 53%.

20 overs: NSW 201/2

NSW 62%

Warner bulldozed his way to a

whopping 135* off just 69 balls as he destroyed any hopes CSK had of qualifying as 67 runs came off the last 5 overs and NSW’s COW went up by 9% to 62%.

2nd Innings (Chennai Super Kings : Target 202) - 20 overs Maximum

5 overs: CSK 41/0	CSK 49%	M Hussey and Vijay gave CSK an
		equally good start as they collected 41 runs in the opening session as CSK’s COW jumped up by 11% to 49%.
10 overs: CSK 88/3	CSK 64%	CSK looked to up the tempo as
		they tried to match the RRR and they were looking good till Raina fell in the last over. But CSK still scored 47 runs in this period to increase their COW by 15% to 64%.
15 overs: CSK 120/7	CSK 16%	CSK’s chase came unstuck as
		NSW’s bowlers picked up 4 wickets in 5 overs as CSK batsmen tried to hit their way to their target. 32 runs for 4 wickets saw their COW plummet by 48% to 16%.
18.5 overs: CSK 155/10	CSK 0%	CSK crumbled to a 46 run defeat
		as their last wicket fell off the 5th ball of the 19th over as they were bowled out for 155 ending their campaign.

Match 18, Group A: Chennai vs New South Wales (Winner: NSW)

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