The final day of the qualifiers for the Champions League in 2011 and the first of the double headers is between Leicestershire and Ruhuna. Both these teams went red in the face after embarrising defeates, Leicestershire got absolutley smash while Ruhuna choked in the final overs to grant Trinidad & Tobago a win. Both teams can still qualify but only if they smash their opponent and both teams will be desperate to get at least a win on the board.
How the Teams Stand:
Many people had high expectations when it came to Leicestershire’s position in this competition but their reputation has now gone down the drain after a poor performance against Trinidad & Tobago. The 51 run defeat sounds much better than it actually is because majority of their runs were score by James Taylor who would of impressed most of the viewers watching with his clean hitting. In the top order there were 3 ducks and it were those batsman that have major potential in this tournament like Andrew Mcdonald and Nixon. Gurney was the only bowler to pick up wickets as they were controllled by Simmons and Barath for majority of the innings and had no chance to recover. Claude Anderson has 88 wickets to his 96 match T20 career and this is his chance to pick up a few wickets on a pitch that is sure to be deteriating so his role is pivotol. Andrew Mcdonald had an successful stint in the T20 competition in England where he topped the run scoring list so he will have to continue his form to hopefully smash Ruhuna and somehow find a spot in the main draw in this tournament.
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