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Bomb scare delays Cobras clash

Cape Town - The League B Champions League match between the Cobras and Victoria at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday will start an hour and a half late due to a bomb scare.

The match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore will start at 14h00 South African time, instead of the originally scheduled 12h30. The toss will take place just after 13h00.

According to Cricinfo, an under-22 cricketer staying at the Karnataka State Cricket Association complex in the stadium was arrested by the Bangalore police in connection with a suspected presence of explosives at the venue.

The ground is being searched. The teams have been advised to stay back at their hotel until further notice.

If and when the match gets under way, it assumes added significance for the Royal Challangers Bangalore, who lost to Victoria on Thursday.

If the Cobras win, they will knock Bangalore out of the tournament. If the Cape Town-based franchise loses, Victoria will advance to the semifinals.

The match between the Delhi Daredevils and the final league game between the Cobras and Delhi will than decide who will join Victoria in the semifinals from the other League B teams.

The Victoria-team, spearheaded by the Australian national fast bowler Peter Siddle and Shane Harwood, who has represented the Baggy Greens in one-day internationals, poses a real bowling threat.

The all-rounder Andrew McDonald is the leading wicket-taker in the Champions League with eight wickets at an economy rate of 5.50.
JP Duminy and Andrew Puttick have made it into the All-Star X1 selected provisionally, thanks to superb match-winning batting performances in the group stages.

Teams:

Nashua Cape Cobras: Andrew Puttick (capt), Herschelle Gibbs, Henry Davids, JP Duminy, Justin Ontong, Ryan Canning (wk), Vernon Philander, Rory Kleinveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Charl Langeveldt, Stiaan van Zyl.

Victoria: Cameron White (capt), Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, JW Hastings, Brad Hodge, Jon Holland, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Bryce McGain, Clint McKay, Rob Quiney, Peter Siddle, Matthew Wade (wk), Damien Wright


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