Somerset Sabres have snatched a thrilling one-wicket victory over Deccan Chargers on the final ball of their Champions League Twenty20 match in Hyderabad.
An eighth-wicket partnership of 50 runs between Alfonso Thomas (30 from 17 balls) and James Hildreth (25 from 24 balls) was the match-winner with Thomas nailing two boundaries from the final three deliveries to seal victory.
Deccan bowler Scott Styris managed two wickets in the action-packed final over but it wasn’t enough as the English side were able to eclipse the Chargers’ total of 153.
VVS Laxman was the stand-out performer in the first innings with 46 runs from 35 balls but it was former England international Marcus Trescothick who starred in the field for Somerset, picking up two catches before adding 14 runs at the top of the Sabres’ order.
Meanwhile Cape Cobras have claimed their second victory of the tournament with a 54-run victory over Otago, also in Hyderabad.
The result leaves Otago and fellow group C team Royal Challengers Bangalore facing a sudden-death match-up to decide who will accompany the Cobras into the final eight.
South Africa’s Cobras set the New Zealand champions 194 to win and Otago started positively before the run outs of Brendon McCullum, Neil Broom and Craig Cumming left the side reeling.
Earlier the Cobras had reached their total thanks to captain Andrew Puttick who hammered an unbeaten 104 off 62 balls which included 12 fours and three sixes.
The win sees the South African side become the first team to qualify for the next stage of the tournament.
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