New South Wales defeated Diamond Eagles comfortably by 53 runs. Batting first New South Wales scored 144 runs for the loss of 6 wickets as Simon Katich Scored a fifty. Diamond Eagles in reply were restricted to 91 for 9 in their 20 overs with some solid bowling performance from Stuart Clark who took the man of the match award.

The Scorecard for the match is as follows:

New South Wales innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
PJ Hughes b Mpitsang 1 4 0 0 25.00
DA Warner b Bailey 23 31 4 0 74.19
SM Katich* c Rossouw b van Schalkwyk 53 41 6 2 129.26
MC Henriques c R McLaren b van Schalkwyk 27 19 0 3 142.10
BJ Rohrer not out 22 15 2 1 146.66
SPD Smith b du Preez 10 8 1 0 125.00
B Lee run out (†van Wyk/du Preez) 0 1 0 0 0.00
DLR Smith† not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 6, w 2) 8

Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 144 (7.20 runs per over)
Did not bat NM Hauritz, SR Clark, DE Bollinger
Fall of wickets1-3 (Hughes, 1.4 ov), 2-82 (Warner, 12.3 ov), 3-84 (Katich, 13.4 ov), 4-126 (Henriques, 17.4 ov), 5-138 (SPD Smith, 19.2 ov), 6-138 (Lee, 19.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
D du Preez 4 0 32 1 8.00
PV Mpitsang 3 0 11 1 3.66
R McLaren 3 0 30 0 10.00 (1w)
SC van Schalkwyk 3 0 22 2 7.33
T Tshabalala 4 0 33 0 8.25
RT Bailey 3 0 10 1 3.33 (1w)

Eagles innings (target: 145 runs from 20 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
RR Rossouw lbw b Lee 1 5 0 0 20.00
AP McLaren run out (Katich) 11 9 2 0 122.22
MN van Wyk† c Hughes b Clark 0 5 0 0 0.00
D Elgar st †DLR Smith b Hauritz 2 5 0 0 40.00
HH Dippenaar* c Katich b Clark 7 14 1 0 50.00
RT Bailey run out (Katich) 8 10 1 0 80.00
R McLaren c Hauritz b Henriques 40 37 4 1 108.10
SC van Schalkwyk b Henriques 3 14 0 0 21.42
D du Preez b Clark 7 6 1 0 116.66
T Tshabalala not out 8 14 0 0 57.14
PV Mpitsang not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 4) 4

Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 91 (4.55 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-2 (Rossouw, 0.6 ov), 2-13 (AP McLaren, 2.4 ov), 3-14 (van Wyk, 3.1 ov), 4-22 (Dippenaar, 5.6 ov), 5-24 (Elgar, 6.3 ov), 6-36 (Bailey, 9.4 ov), 7-62 (van Schalkwyk, 14.3 ov), 8-71 (du Preez, 15.6 ov), 9-90 (R McLaren, 19.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
B Lee 4 1 14 1 3.50
DE Bollinger 4 0 21 0 5.25
SR Clark 4 0 12 3 3.00
MC Henriques 3 0 13 2 4.33
NM Hauritz 4 0 13 1 3.25
SPD Smith 1 0 14 0 14.00
Match details
Toss New South Wales, who chose to bat
Points New South Wales 2, Eagles 0
Player of the match SM Katich (New South Wales)
Umpires BR Doctrove (West Indies) and SS Hazare
TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire S Asnani