A dazzling unbeaten half century by Damien Martyn (67) and Lou Vincent's 43 helped ICL World XI beat ICL India XI by eight wickets in the ICL 20s World Series, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad, on Wednesday night.
ICL World XI, replying to India XI's 141 for 5 in 20 overs, hit up 145 runs for the loss of two wickets in 18.3 overs.
Martyn scored an unbeaten 67 from 53 deliveries, which included ten hits to fence, while Vincent, contributed a valuable 43 runs off 32 balls, inclusive of six fours and a six. Marvan Atapattu (25) was also unbeaten.
Scorecard
ICL India XI
A A Jhunjhunwala lbw b Van der Wath 0
G vignesh c Harrish b Tuffey 7
A T Rayudu run out (Harris) 1
T P Singh not out 63
R Sathish c Cairns b Van der Wath 0
R S Gavaskar run out (Arnold) 30
S T R Binny not out 37
Extras: (lb-1, w-2) 3
Total: (for five wickets in 20 overs) 141
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-9, 4-9 , 5-70
Bowling: J J Van der Wath 4-1-12-2, DR Tuffey 3-0-27-1, UDU Chandanna 4-0-30-0, AJ Hall 4-0-29-0, CZ Harris 3-0-19-0, IJ Harvey 2-0-23-0.
ICL World XI
L Vincent c Kumaran b Binny 43
IJ Harvey c Murtaza b Vignesh 5
DR Martyn not out 67
M S Atapattu not out 25
Extras: (w-5) 5
Total: (for two wickets in 18.3 overs) 145
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-79
Bowling: AN Ahmed 3-0-25-0, G Vignesh 3.3-0-28-1, A Murtaza 4-0-25-0, T P Singh 1-0-11-0, T Kumaran 2-0-20-0, STR Binny 4-0-32-1, R Satish 1-0-4-0.