Champions League, Delhi: New South Wales 144-6 (20 ovs) bt Eagles 91-9 (20 ovs) by 53 runs
Victoria 100-3 (16.4 ovs) bt Delhi Daredevils 98-8 (20 ovs) by seven wickets
Match scorecards from official website

Lee ousted Rilee Rossouw with the sixth ball of the Eagles reply

Australian Test players were in fine form as New South Wales crushed Eagles by 53 runs in the Champions League.

Skipper Simon Katich hit six fours and two sixes and Moises Henriques blasted three maximums in his 27 from 19 balls as NSW made 144-6 after opting to bat.

Brett Lee struck in the first over of the Eagles reply and Stuart Clark claimed two wickets in two overs.

In Friday's second match, Delhi could only muster 98-8 and Victoria won by seven wickets with 20 balls to spare.

Virender Sehwag hit four fours for Delhi before he was the first of three wickets for medium-pacer Clint McKay.

Left-hander Rob Quiney then blasted four fours and three sixes in his 40, while Aiden Blizzard finished the match in style with a six.

Meanwhile, Eagles skipper Boeta Dippenaar, one of Clark's victims, vowed to improve for his team's next match, against Sussex on Tuesday.

"I think we bowled particularly well at stages, but on this wicket the overall effort was not good enough," said Dippenaar.

"We were beaten by a very good team tonight and we shouldn't fool ourselves about that.

"But we still have a good chance of making it to the next round, and the next game against the Sussex Sharks is going to be very important for us.

"It's important that we learn our lessons very quickly, because we are going to play Sussex on the same wicket."

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Katich, whose team face Sussex on Sunday, stressed that winning the toss was a key factor.

"It was a good win, but it was an important toss to win because the wicket got lower and slower as the game went on," stated Katich.

"I thought our bowlers did a great job in the first six overs, and the fielding was sharp as well.

"We tried to assess the conditions as quickly as possible and we thought 140 on this wicket was a pretty good score.

"There wasn't a lot of bounce, and thankfully it turned out to be that way."

Twelve teams from around the world have qualified for the Champions League, the first global club tournament, on the back of strong performances in various domestic Twenty20 tournaments.

England's entrants are Sussex and Somerset, who enter the tournament at the weekend. A prize fund of £3.7m is at stake, with £1.5m going to the winners.

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