CL 09, M7: D: DD v. Wayamba: Sehwag and Nannes Keep DD's Qualifying Hopes!

DD beat Wayamba comfotably by 50 runs and kept their hopes alive to move to next round. Their net run rate is much better than that of Wayamba, which means, Wayamba has to beat Victoria by a big margin.

Deciding to bat, Gambhir moved to number 3 promoting Dilshan. Though it did not work, Sehwag and Dinesh Karthick improvised the innings and kept the scoreboard moving. Dilshan scored 10 while Gambhir got out for 3.

Both Sehwag and Karthick scored his first fifty in this tournament which helped DD to put 170 on the board. Sehwag scored 66 in 42 balls with 10 fours and a six while Karthick scored 61 in 41 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes.

DD has 2 points from 2 matches with a net run rate of +1.100;
Victoria has 2 points from 1 match with a net run rate of -0.700;
Wayamba has 0 points from 1 match with a net run rate of -2.500.

If Wayamba qualify by beating Victoria with a huge margin, Delhi will enter next stage with 2 points earned by beatng Wayamba. Else Victoria will move with 2 points.

Scoreboard:

Match # 7, Group D
Date: Sunday Oct 11, 2009
Teams: Delhi Daredevils v. Wayamba
Captains: G Gambhir and J Mubarak
Toss: Delhi Daredevils, decided to bat
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 50 runs
Points: Delhi Daredevils 2; Wayamba 0
Man of the Match: V Sehwag off Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
T Dilshan	c Mubarak b Welegedara	10	16	2	0
V Sehwag	run out (Jayawardene/de Zoysa)	66	42	10	1
G Gambhir	lbw b Mendis	3	6	0	0
D Karthik	st de Zoysa b Mendis	61	41	5	3
OA Shah	b Welegedara	18	10	1	1
M Tiwari	not out	3	3	0	0
R Bhatia	not out	5	3	0	0
Extras	(lb 1, w 2, nb 1)	4	-	-	-
Total	for 5 wkts in 20 overs	170	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-27 (Dilshan, 4.2 ov), 2-45 (Gambhir, 6.3 ov), 3-112 (Sehwag, 14.6 ov), 4-156 (Karthik, 18.4 ov), 5-164 (Shah, 19.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Welegedara	4	1	24	2
I Udana	4	0	38	0
M Maharoof	4	0	34	0
Mendis	4	0	35	2
Lokuarachchi	3	0	31	0
J Mubarak	1	0	7	0

Wayamba Innings: (171 to win in 20 overs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
H Kulatunga	c Shah b Mishra	10	13	1	0
M Udawatte	b Nannes	2	4	0	0
M Vandort	b Nannes	9	12	2	0
DPMD Jayawardene	c Dilshan b Nannes	53	40	5	2
J Mubarak	b McGrath	0	1	0	0
K Lokuarachchi	b McGrath	4	5	1	0
M Maharoof	c Dilshan b Nannes	3	12	0	0
R de Zoysa	not out	21	23	2	0
I Udana	not out	11	10	1	0
Extras	(lb 3, w 4)	7	-	-	-
Total	for 7 wkts in 20 overs	120	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (Udawatte, 1.1 ov), 2-18 (Vandort, 3.4 ov), 3-31 (Kulatunga, 6.2 ov), 4-31 (Mubarak, 7.1 ov), 5-36 (Lokuarachchi, 7.6 ov), 6-52 (Maharoof, 11.4 ov), 7-105 (Jayawardene, 17.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
A Nehra	4	0	23	0
D Nannes	4	0	24	4
G McGrath	4	0	20	2
A Mishra	4	1	18	1
T Dilshan	2	0	19	0
R Bhatia	2	0	13	0