Marsh takes Lions out of CSK's way

BANGALORE: Lahore Lions' quest to qualify for the CLT20 semifinal came to a heart-breaking end after Perth Scorchers handed the Pakistan champions a three-wicket defeat in their last Group 'A' league match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.

The outcome helped Chennai Super Kings join Kolkata Knight Riders in the semifinals from group 'A'.

Replying to Lions' modest 124, Scorchers made heavy weather of their chase before Mitchell Marsh chipped in with a fighting 38-ball 63 to help his team post 130 and finish their tour of India on a high.

Following their top order collapse, Scorchers rode on Marsh's blistering innings which was laced with seven fours and three sixes to recover from a hopeless 35 for five en route to their second win of the tournament.

Marsh joined hands with Brad Hogg (28) to forge an unfinished 68-run partnership from 41 balls to complete the rout with six balls to spare.

After having struggled to post a modest 124, largely on the back of Saad Nasim's fighting 55-ball 69, Lions needed to restrict Scorchers to 78 runs to better Chennai Super Kings net run rate and advance to the semifinals.

Earlier, Perth captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first, but inclement weather arrived a mere three deliveries into the game with Lions already one down for two runs.

Joel Paris (3/22) rattled the top order removing Nasir Jamshed in the third delivery of the innings and returned after a 45-minute rain-break to dismiss Umar Siddiq. Nasim's blistering knock helped Lions recover from a humiliating 11 for four.

Lions top order again came a cropper before Saad and Umar Akmal (26) steadied the innings. The fifth-wicket pair knitted 43 runs from 37 balls.

In the other match of the night, Northern Knights scored 135/7 against Barbados Tridents while batting first after the match was reduced to 19-over-a-side due to rain interruptions.

Brief scores: Lions 124/6 (S Nasim 69 not out; J Paris 3/22) lost to Scorchers 130/7 in 19 overs (M Marsh 63* ; M Hafeez 2/8).

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