CLT20: Otago Volts vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad Scorecard, Recap and More

The Otago Volts made it three wins from three in the Champions League T20 after another crushing victory, this time over Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Both sides had already qualified for the tournament proper, but Otago have shown in the qualifiers that they are serious contenders for the title.

The New Zealand-based Volts restricted the Sunrisers to 143 for five from their 20 overs, a score that looked well below par.

And in response, Brendon McCullum led the charge to victory, his unbeaten 67 from 39 balls making sure that Otago triumphed with more than three overs in hand.

The bowling was crucial—of all the vaunted Hyderabad batsmen, only JP Duminy, who hit 57 not out, was able to make a score of any note. And while Cameron White and Darren Sammy both managed scores over 20, they struggled to get their run rate above a run a ball.

Otago set the tone early with off-spinner Nathan McCullum prising out the wicket of both openers, including the dangerous Shikhar Dhawan, who had hit half-centuries in both his previous matches.

With the bat, Otago were clinical. They raced out to 74 from just eight overs, with Hamish Rutherford and Neil Broom starting brightly before McCullum kicked the innings into a higher gear. 

There were crumbs of comfort for Hyderabad—Amit Mishra's googly to dismiss Ryan ten Doeschate was superb—but by then a victory had become almost inevitable.

Here's the scorecard, as provided by the official CLT20 website:

Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings (Run Rate: 7.15)			Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
	Parthiv Patel	b Nathan McCullum	12	12	100.00	2	0
	Shikhar Dhawan	c Ryan ten Doeschate b Nathan McCullum	12	10	120.00	0	1
	Biplab Samantray	c Michael Bracewell b Nick Beard	8	16	50.00	0	0
	JP Duminy	NOT OUT	57	38	150.00	7	0
	Cameron White	c Brendon McCullum b Neil Wagner	25	23	108.69	1	1
	Darren Sammy	c Neil Broom b Nick Beard	26	22	118.18	1	2
Extras	(nb 1, w 1, lb 1)	3
Total	(5 wickets; 20/20 overs)	143

• Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots
  Nathan McCullum	4	23	2	5.75	9
  Neil Wagner	4	25	1	6.25	11
  Jimmy Neesham	4	26	0	6.50	9
  Nick Beard	4	31	2	7.75	7
  Ryan ten Doeschate	4	37	0	9.25	6

• Fall of Wickets
  1/20 (Patel, 2.5 ov)	2/25 (Dhawan, 4.3 ov)
  3/45 (Samantray, 7.4 ov)	4/85 (White, 13.4 ov)
  5/143 (Sammy, 19.6 ov)

Otago Volts Innings (Run Rate: 8.81)			Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
	Neil Broom	c Parthiv Patel b Dale Steyn	16	15	106.66	2	1
	Hamish Rutherford	c Parthiv Patel b Dale Steyn	27	23	117.39	5	0
	Brendon McCullum	NOT OUT	67	39	171.79	5	5
	Ryan ten Doeschate	b Amit Mishra	3	5	60.00	0	0
	Jimmy Neesham	c Shikhar Dhawan b Darren Sammy	21	13	161.53	1	2
	Nathan McCullum	run out (JP Duminy)	1	2	50.00	0	0
	Derek de Boorder	NOT OUT	1	1	100.00	0	0
Extras	(w 2, lb 6)	8
Total	(5 wickets; 16.2/20 overs)	144

• Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots
  Dale Steyn	3	13	2	4.33	10
  Ishant Sharma	3	40	0	13.33	6
  Karan Sharma	3.2	29	0	8.70	11
  Darren Sammy	3	30	1	10.00	6
  Amit Mishra	4	26	1	6.50	11

• Fall of Wickets
  1/27 (Broom, 2.6 ov)	2/80 (Rutherford, 9.4 ov)
  3/85 (ten Doeschate, 10.5 ov)	4/136 (Neesham, 15.2 ov)