Opener Neil Broom produced a hurricane 117-run knock off just 56 balls as the Otago Volts recorded a comprehensive 62-run win over the Perth Scorchers in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament on Wednesday. Riding on Brooms blistering ton,the Kiwi side posted the highest-ever total in the tournament history as they reached mammoth 242 for four after being put into bat. Apart from Brooms breathtaking unbeaten knock,Ryan ten Doeschate tormented the Scorchers bowler with his fiery 26-ball 66. Broom and ten Doeschate rattled up a stunning 128-run partnership for the fourth wicket in just eight overs as they plundered 24 boundaries,including 10 sixes,between them. The Australian side put up a brave fight but all they could manage was 180 for six,built around Hilton Cartwrights unbeaten 73 and some superb batting by the lower-order. Broom butchered the Australian bowlers with his incredible knock as he hit nine fours and eight sixes. Such was the impact of the Brooms electrifying knock that Otago collected 94 runs in the last five overs. Brooms was only the fifth hundred in CLT20. He reached 95 with a six off young paceman Joel Paris and reached the three-figure mark with another big shot as he hit three successive sixes in that over. Broom was dropped in the first ball of that Paris over,when he was on 87,and he made the Aussies pay quite heavily. Paris had given away just nine runs in his first two overs as he had rocked the Otago top-order by dismissing Hamish Rutherford and Brendon McCullum in successive balls in the third over but ended up giving away 41 runs the last two. Brief Scores: Otago Volts 242/4 in 20 overs (Neil Broom 117* off 56 balls,Ryan ten Doeschate 66 off 26 balls,Joel Paris 2/50) vs Perth Scorchers 180/6 in 20 overs (Hilton Cartwright 69 off 53 balls,I butler 3/47) Tomorrows fixture: CSK vs SRH in Ranchi: Live on Star Cricket,8 pm
