Mumbai, New South Wales Blues qualify for Champions League T20 2011 semi-finals Visit Ladbrokes Save For Later Posted by Suneer Chowdhary 4 Oct 2011 Tweet Warner smashed Chennai for 135 Related Articles See all Champions League T20 news Share it Pin It Mumbai Indians and New South Wales Blues became the first two sides to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League T20 after the last day of the Group A games in the tournament. Trinidad and Tobago defeated the Cobras in stunning first game of the evening that meant that they had not only given themselves a chance to make it to the semi-finals, but also ensured that Mumbai had gone through. However, Trinidad and Tobago’s joy soon turned into despair as New South Wales opening batsman, Dave Warner pummelled the home team, Chennai Super Kings into submission – not only winning the game but also doing it in fine style by 46 runs.It was Warner’s 135 that was the talking point of the day, on a track where sides collectively have struggled to get to those many runs. It usurped a man of the match performance from Kevon Cooper earlier in the evening, who propelled Trinidad and Tobago to a win out of nowhere. Chasing 138 for a win, the Caribbean side needed 54 to get from the last five overs on a supposedly difficult pitch. Cooper smashed a couple of sixes to guide the team to a win. For the second game in a row, Dale Steyn was at the receiving end of some late-order hitting when it looked like the game had been pocketed. Throughout the tournament, the pitch at Chennai has seen scores between 100 and 159, speaking volumes about how difficult it was for the batsmen to get going on it. And yet, Warner was from a different planet tonight. Everything that he tried went to the fence. And there were others that he did not try that went to the fence as well. His innings of 135 was easily the best in the history of Champions League T20 and counted among the greatest in this format of the game, probably up there with the 150 that Brendon McCullum had hit in the first game of the IPL 2008. Chennai had gone into the game knowing that they had to chase down the target set by the Blues in around 17 overs to qualify for the semi-finals, but fronting up to the mammoth 202, they just capitulated. There were the occasional sparks of brilliance, but nothing to come close to Warner’s innings. The other two semi-finalists will be unveiled at the end of tomorrow evening. Mumbai (5/2 at Victor Chandler to win CLT20 2011), by the virtue of finishing second in the group will now play the first semi-final on October 7 at Bangalore, while New South Wales Blues (2/1 at Victor Chandler to win CLT20 2011) will remain in Chennai to play in the second semi-final of the Champions League T20. 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