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Klinger stars for Redbacks

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LEADING THE WAY:Michael Klinger fashioned Redbacks' win against

CENTURION: Michael Klinger led South Australia Redbacks to an 11-run victory over Highveld Lions at the Champions League Twenty20 tournament on Sunday.

Skipper Klinger and Callum Ferguson added 97 runs for the third wicket as Redbacks amassed 178 for six off 20 overs before a large crowd at sun-drenched SuperSport Park.

Lions, which shocked Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians in the opening match on Friday, lost opener Jonathan Vandiar just four balls into the innings and only captain Alviro Petersen passed 50. Lions could score only 167 for six.

The party-pooping Redbacks halted a good start by the South African team in the 16-day extravaganza.

Opener Klinger struck 78 off 48 balls, including five 6s and six 4s, before a flat, back-foot strike aimed at long-on was spectacularly caught by Petersen just short of the boundary rope.

Ferguson had departed three balls earlier, compiling a 47-run total spiced with seven fours before being run out off the bowling of Robert Frylinck with a brave dive unable to save him.

Early blow

Lions suffered an early blow as it chased a run rate of 8.95 per over to win when Vandiar — 71-run star of the win over Mumbai — got a thick edge and was bowled by fast bowler Shaun Tait.

While the South Africans were ahead of the run target for much of the innings, they lost wickets too frequently and no one stayed long enough with Petersen to establish a potentially match-winning partnership.

Petersen was out leg before to a Daniel Christian inswinger from an awkward angle having made 56 off 35 balls, including one 6 and seven 4s, and when the final over began, Lions needed 19 for victory.

The scores: South Australia Redbacks 178 for six in 20 overs (M. Klinger 78, C. Ferguson 47) bt Highveld Lions 167 for six (Alviro Petersen 56) . — AFP

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