CLT20 : SM Katich shines with bat as NSW coasts to fine win over Diamond Eagles
Match Number 2 : Diamond Eagles vs New South Wales at Delhi on 09.10.09. New South Wales won by 53 runs
MHN van Wyk became the eleventh wicket keeper to appear in 50 plus T20 game. This game was his 50th T20 appearance. Wicket keepers who have 50 plus T20 appearances are listed below
| No | Wicketkeepers | Mat |
| 1 | BB McCullum | 63 |
| 2 | PA Nixon | 60 |
| 3 | JS Foster | 58 |
| 4 | BJM Scott | 55 |
| 5 | N Pothas | 53 |
| 6 | P Mustard | 52 |
| 7 | MA Wallace | 51 |
| 8 | KC Sangakkara | 51 |
| 9 | Kamran Akmal | 51 |
| 10 | JN Batty | 51 |
| 11 | MN van Wyk | 50 |
SM Katich scored a fifty {53} in this game to become the first captain to register a fifty in CLT20 games. It was his fifth fifty as a batsman and first fifty as captain in T20 games
B Lee scored zero in this game which was his third T20 duck. He was dismissed run out for zero. The other two occasions in which he failed to open the account are – in the game between Kings Eleven Punjab and Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur on 21.04.08 and in the game between Australia and Pakistan at Dubai on 07.05.09
B Lee collected the first ball duck in this game to become the second batsman in CLT20 to collect the first ball duck after HH Gibbs of Cape Cobras {vs RCB at Bangalore on 08.10.09}
B Lee became the second batsman to be dismissed run out in CL20 games after R Dravid {RCB vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09}, In Eagles’s innings, AP McLaren and RT Bailey were run out and joined R Dravid and B Lee to become the third and fourth batsman to be dismissed run out in CLT20 games
MH van Wyk who was playing his 50th T20 game was out for duck in this game. He was caught by caught by PJ Hughes of SR Clark for zero. It was his third T20 duck
It is interesting to note that the margin of victory in this game was 53 runs and was identical with the score by NSW Captain SM Katich {he scored 53 runs}
Diamond Eagle’s score of 91 for 9 in this game represents the first team total of less than 100 runs in CLT20 games.
DA Warner and SM Katich added 79 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far. This stand represents the highest partnership for any wicket in CLT20 games played so far..
SM Katich was named Man of the Match in this game. He earned the distinction of becoming the first captain to be awarded Man of the Match in CLT20 games.
SR Clark of NSW became the second bowler to capture three wickets in CLT20 games played so far. He returned with figure of 4.0-0-12-3 in this game.
SM Katich with his 53 in this game became the fourth batsman to register a fifty in CLT20 games played so far. Others are RV Uthappa of RCB {51 vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09}, LRPL Taylor of RCB {53* vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09} and JP Duminy of Cobras {99* vs RCB at Bangalore on 08.10.09}