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Centurion: Perth Scorchers beat Auckland Aces by 16 runs in their final Group A Champions League T20 match to send Delhi Daredevils and Titans into the Champions League T20 semifinal stage.
Auckland Aces kept losing wickets at regular intervals to dent their 141-run chase at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday.
Once the Aces lost Anaru Kitchen, Azhar Mahmood and Colin de Grandhomme in quick succession, their chances to win seemed pretty bleak.
Kitchen (6) was the first in a series of wickets to fall when Brad Hogg had him caught out at midwicket. Mahmood (24) was the next in line to be dismissed when Herschelle Gibbs took an exceptional catch off the bowling of Michael Beer right before De Grandhomme (4) was run out.
Michael Beer then picked up the wicket of Aces skipper Gareth Hopkins right before Joe Mennie scalped Colin Munro.
An impressive 49-run partnership for the second wicket was cut short when Beer dismissed Martin Guptill (36) when Luke Ronchi took a skillful catch behind the stumps to after an outside off delivery.
After losing Lou Vincent early, Guptill and Azhar Mahmood put up a decent 49-run partnership right after Ryan Duffield gave Perth Scorchers an early breakthrough when he dismissed a struggling Lou Vincent.
Vincent (2), in his attempt to hit a wild swing, nicked a short off length Duffield delivery straight to keeper Luke Ronchi.
Earlier, an impressive bowing effort by Michael Bates helped Auckland Aces restrict Perth Scorchers to a score of 140/7.
Michael Bates finished with remarkable figures of 4 for 34 from his allowed overs and picked up the wickets Ronchi and Joe Mennie in the last over right after he scalped Tom Beaton.
Beaton and Paul Collingwood helped revive the Scorchers innings after early setbacks. Beaton and Collingwood put up a much needed 51-run partnership right after Perth Scorchers lost skipper Marcus North, Simon Katich.
A 55-run partnership for the second wicket was broken when North (37) was run-out after a direct hit by Kyle Mills. Then almost immediately Katich (21) fell victim to some impeccable bowing by Ronnie Hira, who got the better of the southpaw's stumps.
North and Katich hit a flurry of boundaries with the skipper contributing with 4 boundaries and a single six.
Earlier, Bates helped Auckland Aces get an early breakthrough when he dismissed Herschelle Gibbs.
An out-of-form Gibbs (6) was left bamboozled when Bates' slower delivery was taken comfortably at mid-off by Colin Munro right after Perth Scorchers skipper Marcus North won the toss and decided to bat against Auckland Aces.
Brief scores
Perth Scorchers 140 for 7 (Collingwood 38, Bates 4-34)
Auckland Aces 124 for 8 (Beer 3-13)
Result Perth Scorchers won by 16 runs
Points Perth Scorchers 4, Auckland 0
MOM Miachel Beer (Perth Scorchers)
