NSW beat Sussex by 35 runs, qualify for Super Eight

Saumojyoti Singha Choudhury

New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) Moises Henriques's stellar all-
round show guided New South Wales Blues to the Super Eight
stage of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament as the
Australian side beat Sussex Sharks comfortably by 35 runs in a
Group B match here Sunday.

NSW, thus, became the second team to qualify for the next
stage after Cape Cobras, who made it to the last eight league
round after defeating Otago Volts yesterday.

Henriques smashed a 33-ball unbeaten 51 and in the
company of Phillip Hughes, who batted superbly for his
unbeaten 64-ball 61 helped NSW reach a modest 130 for two
after opting to bat.

Henriques then picked up three wickets for 23 runs from
his four overs to shape NSW's win.

Opener Chris Nash (24 off 30) was the lone bright spot in
Sussex batting line-up but he too crumbled under pressure when
his side needed him most.

Defending a modest 130, in-form Brett Lee gave a dream
start to NSW as he struck in the first over of the innings,
cleaning up stand-in skipper Sussex skipper Ed Joyce for a
duck.

Without their inspirational captain Michael Yardy, who
didn't play the match due to illness, the Sussex batsmen found
life difficult against the pace duo of Lee and Doug Bollinger
as they could manage only 12 runs of the first four overs.
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