Quarterfinal 1: Trinidad and Tobago v Kings XI Punjab
T&T 208-6 (20 overs)
D Ganga 114* (50), AB Barath 20 (18), DA Kearsley 16 (8)
VRV Singh 2-22 (4), YA Abdulla 2-36 (4)
Kings XI Punjab 195-7 (20 overs)
PP Chawla 65* (35), SM Katich 37 (19), SE Marsh 27 (13)
S Badree 3-42 (4), DJ Bravo 2-35 (4), DA Kearsley 0-20 (2)
T&T won by 13 runs | Man of the Match: D Ganga
Quarterfinal 2: East Robbham v Victoria
The second quarterfinal went right down to the wire, and ultimately beyond it, as Upper Body advanced to the semifinal with a Super Over victory. Victoria batted first upon winning the toss, but the move backfired as they slipped to 48-5. Form batsmen Adam Crosthwaite then rose to the challenge with a timely half-century and helped the Australians to a total of 154-7.
The tricky, slow pitch did few favours for Upper Body as they chased, but Phil Hughes played a beautifully determined innings at the top, and held the effort together with 73 from 47 balls. The ever-consistent Joshua Ritchie then played a solid hand of 33 in the middle, and despite a couple of blows by CWer Greg Thomas, East Robbham tied the score.
Again Victoria batted first in the Super Over, and Cameron White and Brad Hodge plundered 22 runs off Nath Patrick, before the former was caught in the deep off the final ball. But Hughes attacked from ball one and quickly eased the chase with a four and two sixes to start off against Nannes. A single followed and Ritchie belted the fifth ball over square leg to record an amazing win.
Victoria 154-7 (20 overs)
AJ Crosthwaite 64* (38), CL White 25 (21), GM Thomas 4* (3)
LA Camps 2-25 (4), NL Patrick 2-28 (4)
Upper Body 154-5 (20 overs)
PJ Hughes 73 (47), JJ Ritchie 33* (28)
DG Wright 2-12 (4), GM Thomas 2-23 (4)
SUPER OVER: Upper Body 23-1 (0.5 overs) PJ Hughes 17*, JJ Ritchie 6*, DP Nannes 0-23 beat Victoria 22-1 (1 over) BJ Hodge 19, CL White 3*, NL Patrick 1-22
Upper Body won Super Over | Man of the Match: PJ Hughes
Quarterfinal 3: Kolkata v Sussex
Kolkata 190-4 (20 overs)
Yashpal Singh 57* (26), CH Gayle 37 (25), JJD Heads 33 (28), MD Luff 27 (21)
MH Yardy 1-15 (2), WAT Beer 2-19 (2)
Sussex 190-6 (20 overs)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 56* (32), EC Joyce 33 (14), M Corrin 5 (3)
CH Gayle 2-17 (3)
SUPER OVER: Sussex 21-0 (1 over) DR Smith 21*, RSC Martin-Jenkins 0*, LR Shukla 0-21 beat Kolkata 13-2 (0.5 overs) CH Gayle 7*, LR Shulka 0, MD Luff 6, MH Yardy 2-13
Victoria won Super Over | Man of the Match: RSC Martin-Jenkins
Quarterfinal 4: West Robbham v Deccan
Another exceptional allround performance by West Robbham unceremoniously dumped the final IPL team out of the Champions League. They started confidently, batting first after winning the toss, and Dan Rai (50) and Nick Scott (28) sparked a 52-run opening stand within 5 overs. With the arrival of Read the tempo slowed a bit, but by the time Rai departed to Rose in the 13th over, the score was 104-2. Enter Kieron Pollard, primed for another dashing knock. Though he never truly got going, he and Read added 83 unbeaten to carry the score to 183-2 at the end of the 20 overs. Pollard finished on 37 (25 balls), while Read's anchor knock was worth 69* (51).
Deccan struggled out of the blocks, due largely to Kev Gough's best spell of the tournament to date. He kept Adam Gilchrist bogged down, then trapped him LBW with a superb yorker from around the wicket. A ball later he sent Rohit Sharma back to the hut, and the score soon slumped to 63-4. Tirumalasetti Suman was the only real challenger for Deccan from then in. His 86 from 46 balls was crucial in a pride-restoring total of 160, albeit in a convincing 27-run defeat.
Rabid Wolves 187-2 (20 overs)
BS Read 69* (51), DK Rai 50 (31), KA Pollard 37* (25)
XPA Rose 1-26 (3)
Deccan 160 all out (18.4 overs)
T Suman 86* (46), XPA Rose 4 (3)
KJ Gough 2-12 (3), MJ Smith 2-18 (3)
Rabid Wolves won by 27 runs | Man of the Match: BS Read
