Mohali: Scoreboard after Kings XI Punjab defeated Hobart Hurricanes by 5 wickets with 14 balls to spare in second match of 2014 CLT20 played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh on Thursday.
Kings were reduced to 51 for four in the chase of 145 before Maxwell hammered 43 runs off 25 balls to turn things around for the home team. Thereafter, captain George Bailey (34 runs of 27 balls) and Thisara Perera (35 off 20) shared a blistering 69-run stand in 41 balls to make short work of the target in 17.4 overs.
They had a disastrous start to their chase with Virender Sehwag caught at third man off Doug Bollinger (2/30) on the very first ball.
Hobart Hurricanes innings
| Ben Dunk | c Maxwell b Perera | 26 |
| Tim Paine | b Patel | 11 |
| Aiden Blizzard | c Awana b Perera | 27 |
| Shoaib Malik | c Bailey b Karanveer Singh | 14 |
| Travis Birt | c Karanveer Singh b Awana | 28 |
| Jonathan Wells | run out (Karanveer Singh/Saha) | 28 |
| Evan Gulbis | not out | 6* |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | not out | 0* |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1) | 4 |
| Overs | innings break | 20 |
| Total | for 6 wickets | 144 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-15 (Paine, 4.2 ov), 2-43 (Dunk, 7.6 ov), 3-71 (Blizzard, 11.2 ov), 4-78 (Malik, 12.3 ov), 5-130 (Wells, 17.4 ov), 6-143 (Birt, 19.5 ov) |
Did not bat: Cameron Boyce, Ben Laughlin, Doug Bollinger
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Anureet Singh | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Parvinder Awana | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Akshar Patel | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Virender Sehwag | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Thisara Perera | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Karanveer Singh | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
Kings XI Punjab innings
| Virender Sehwag | c Boyce b Bollinger | 0 |
| Manan Vohra | c Hilfenhaus b Laughlin | 18 |
| Wriddhiman Saha | c Malik b Bollinger | 11 |
| David Miller | c Boyce b Hilfenhaus | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | c Paine b Gulbis | 43 |
| George Bailey | not out | 34* |
| Thisara Perera | not out | 35* |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 4) | 5 |
| Overs | match over | 17.4 |
| Total | for 5 wickets | 146 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-0 (Sehwag, 0.1 ov), 2-21 (Saha, 2.5 ov), 3-23 (Miller, 3.5 ov), 4-51 (Vohra, 7.3 ov), 5-77 (Maxwell, 10.5 ov) |
Did not bat: Akshar Patel, Karanveer Singh, Parvinder Awana, Anureet Singh
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Doug Bollinger | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Cameron Boyce | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Ben Laughlin | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Evan Gulbis | 2.4 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Thisara Perera
Toss: Kings XI Punjab chose to field
