The Aussie franchise restricted the home team to 121 after electing to bowl and then shot down the target with 45 balls to spare, as Lumb (82*, 42b) and skipper Brad Haddin (37*, 33b) made the most of dropped catches.
Lumb was named Man of the Match and also received the Golden Bat for being the highest run scorer. Left arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc was named Man of the Series, for being the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 14 scalps.
For a brief phase it seemed that Highveld Lions would make a match of it. After being 9 for 4 they had scraped together a score that touched the foot of competitiveness, put their faith in their two left-arm strike bowlers - Dirk Nannes and Sohail Tanvir - who had given away just 10 runs in their first four overs.
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| Champions of Champions of 2012 |
This was the second Champions League T20 title for a team from New South Wales; current champions Brad Haddin, Steve O'Keefe, Moises Henriques, Steve Smith and Ben Rohrer were part of the winning NSW squad in 2009 too. Like the previous final, Haddin almost missed this one with an injured thumb, but not only was he spot on with the call at the toss, he spun a rabbit out of his hat after putting Lions in.
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